today. park today. >> tech leaders and spy chiefs will join the likes of elon musk and kamala harris as the uk hosts an event expected to highlight the opportunities and the dangers of artificial intelligence . since we'll be intelligence. since we'll be live in milton keynes and batten down the hatches because storm kieran is coming with a danger to life issued for parts of the uk. >> we'll be live across the country as gusts of wind are expected to reach a whopping 80 miles an hour. expected to reach a whopping 80 miles an hour . and we'll have miles an hour. and we'll have the latest for you on a third muchmore's attack as pro—palestine protesters unleash rodents painted in red , white rodents painted in red, white and green into yet another fast food chain in birmingham. >> i think it's the third restaurant that's been attacked in two days. dozens of rodents just released out onto the restaurant floor. >> horrible. that's making you almost jump onto your stool and

awful. >> yeah, i'd avoid mcdonald's if i knew that was that was coming to a mcdonald's near me anytime soon. >> and it might come to a mcdonald's near you soon. but first, here's your news headunes first, here's your news headlines with rhiannon . headlines with rhiannon. >> good afternoon. it's 12:01 o'clock. your top stories from the newsroom . the rafah crossing the newsroom. the rafah crossing from gaza has opened to allow foreign nationals and some injured civilians into egypt. the first group has now crossed the border and the wounded are receiving treatment at a nearby field hospital . all up to 500 field hospital. all up to 500 foreign passport holders are also expected to cross into egypt. also expected to cross into egypt . meanwhile, also expected to cross into egypt. meanwhile, aid also expected to cross into egypt . meanwhile, aid trucks egypt. meanwhile, aid trucks have entered into gaza with foreign secretary james cleverly warning their vital all to easing the humanitarian crisis there . it comes as the israeli there. it comes as the israeli military says nine of its soldiers have been killed during its ground offensive into gaza .

its ground offensive into gaza. explosions have been heard this morning as israel's bombardment continue renews the israel defence forces says it's hit 11,000 hamas targets so far. the idf also claims an airstrike yesterday killed a senior hamas commander it says was a ringleader of the attack on the 7th of october. palestinian officials say 50 gazans were killed and another 150 injured in that strike campaign is back here in london have projected the words ceasefire. now on to the words ceasefire. now on to the houses of parliament in the colours of the palestinian flag . colours of the palestinian flag. it was organised by save the children and other charities that say rishi sunak must put lives above politics and back calls for a ceasefire . they're calls for a ceasefire. they're handing a petition with over 300,000 signatures over to the government . it in other news,

government. it in other news, senior politicians and technology bosses are at the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . us safety at bletchley park. us vice president kamala harris, elon musk and companies including google, meta and microsoft are assessing the risks of ai. microsoft are assessing the risks of al. the prime minister hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology , as well monitor the technology, as well as attracting business investment and technology. secretary michelle donelan says a declaration on al safety has been agreed by attendees of the summit . summit. >> it commits us to deepening our understanding of the emerging risks of frontier ai . emerging risks of frontier ai. it affirms the need to address these risks as the only way to safely unlock these extraordinary opportunities . extraordinary opportunities. >> and it emphasised the critical importance of nation states, developers and civil society in working together for on our shared mission to deliver ai safety . ai safety. >> a former top civil servant is

answering questions at the covid inquiry . helen macnamara was inquiry. helen macnamara was deputy cabinet secretary in 2020 and 2021 and played a key role in britain's covid response. she told the inquiry that boris johnson displayed a breezy confidence regarding the pandemic, which she found jarring . she's also criticised jarring. she's also criticised her former colleagues at the cabinet office, saying it had been very difficult to obtain basic details ahead of her appearance at the inquiry. doctors are urging people to get their covid and flu jabs after it was revealed millions of those who are eligible haven't yet taken up the offer . cases of yet taken up the offer. cases of flu and covid are expected to rise significantly during the colder months. a new campaign called get winter strong aims to encourage people to get the jab, even if they don't typically come fonnard. doctors say it's one of the most important things any of us can do to protect ourselves from serious illness .

ourselves from serious illness. house prices increased by 0.9% in october, which experts say reflects the limited supply of properties on the market at nationwide's market index showed an increase on last month's figures, though average prices across the uk are down 3.3, compared to last year. the building society says market activity remains weak , with the activity remains weak, with the number of mortgages approved in september, down 30. hundreds of schools in scotland are closed today as support staff walk out in a dispute over pay. janitors cleaners and pupil support assistant are among those striking . it's part of a rolling striking. it's part of a rolling action by unison members after they rejected an earlier pay offer. more walkouts are expected next week . amber expected next week. amber weather warnings are in place for the south coast of england and parts of pembrokeshire in wales as storm kieran approaches the uk . the met office says wind the uk. the met office says wind and rain could bring potential

risk to life and property. parts of northern ireland have already been flooded due to heavy rainfall and people have been warned not to travel. it comes less than two weeks after storm babet caused widespread damage across the uk and the king and queen are in kenya on day two of their state visit . their their state visit. their majesties are celebrating animal welfare and environmental conservation with a tour of an elephant orphanage on the queen's agenda. the king will also visit an urban forest to highlight the importance of green spaces in cities . this is green spaces in cities. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back over to ellie and . martin and thanks to ellie and. martin and thanks for that. >> rhiannon. okay. welcome to gb news live now. boris johnson's downing street displayed an

unbelievably bullish and dismissive approach to coronavirus early in the pandemic. a former civil servant has said yes. >> helen macnamara, who served as deputy cabinet secretary dunng as deputy cabinet secretary during the pandemic, said they were laughing at the italians as the then prime minister expressed a breezy confidence . expressed a breezy confidence. >> she told the covid 19 inquiry early today that's her injections of caution in january and february of 2020. did not register with boris johnson . register with boris johnson. >> well, pep thompson, gb news presenter , joins us now. and pep presenter, joins us now. and pep , good afternoon to you all eyes right now on helen macnamara . right now on helen macnamara. >> yeah, she was the second most senior civil servant and we heard her mentioned yesterday by dominic cummings during his four hours of evidence because he was accused of being misogyny mystic towards her. so it's been very interesting to hear what she's been saying so far. she hasn't covered that topic, but she she has highlighted what appears to

be such a lack of preparation by bofis be such a lack of preparation by boris johnson, former prime minister, believing that the uk would sail through it. a frustration that boris johnson didn't understand the science and that the government was blindly following the scientists advice , which helen mcnamara advice, which helen mcnamara said following the science mantra was a cop out because it allowed ministers to avoid decisions and put unfair pressure on scientists . and one pressure on scientists. and one particular thing that that well, so far i've found a highlight is the warning that she gave ten days before lockdown march 2020, where she actually said in a meeting , i where she actually said in a meeting, i think this country is heading for disaster. i think we are going to kill thousands of people. and she told the inquiry that that was a horrible moment. there was also the challenge of working out what to do when bofis working out what to do when boris johnson fell ill. do you remember he had covid, he was hospitalised with it. they had

to have a plan as to what should happenif to have a plan as to what should happen if the prime minister was incapacity dated. she said working that out felt like working that out felt like working in a dystopian nightmare . the overriding thing that she keeps saying, though , so far is keeps saying, though, so far is about this lack of planning and preparation and almost an overconfidence s in what they were in, what they were planning to do, and they thought they could get through it. and this inquiry, at the moment it feels a bit like a pinata of boris where everybody is queuing up to have a whack. >> boris face the inquiry >> boris will face the inquiry in december. yesterday dominic cummings called everything a dumpster fire. he called cobra hopeless . people running out and hopeless. people running out and briefing the press without any control, even unable to get basic technology data displayed to the prime minister in those cobra meetings, it sounded like a combination of headless chickens , rats in a sack, and chickens, rats in a sack, and they're all swearing like squaddies. >> were you surprised , though,

>> were you surprised, though, martin, that dominic cummings said all that? not remotely. no he's got scores to settle, hasn't he? and he painted a picture yesterday of dysfunction and chaos , dithering and and chaos, dithering and indecision . now, many people indecision. now, many people might agree with him, but others will say , hang on a minute, you will say, hang on a minute, you know, this is this is your revenge. and boris johnson will be speaking, like you say before the end of the year. one of the things cummings dominic cummings said yesterday was referring to bofis said yesterday was referring to boris johnson as a trolley because he kept changing his mind. he was so inconsistent, veering from one decision to another. but it's a long inquiry. there is a long way to go. but certainly what helen mcnamara has said today is again highlighting this lack of preparation , lack of planning preparation, lack of planning and an overconfidence. >> and pip, you'll be across this for us throughout the afternoon and hopefully we hear afternoon and hopefully we hear a bit more from helen mcnamara about the culture at downing street. and as you as you mentioned earlier, the allegations of misogyny as well.

it's to be very, very it's going to be very, very interesting be thank interesting to be across. thank you very much. interesting to be across. thank youthanknuch. moving on, the >> thank you. pip moving on, the foreign british foreign secretary says british nationals in gaza could nationals trapped in gaza could start leave the besieged start to leave the besieged strip within days. james cleverly said the rafah crossing would likely open for a first group of foreign nationals today, with uk teams ready to help britons as soon as they're able to go. >> well, meanwhile, hamas says seven civilian hostages have been killed in israeli strikes on a refugee camp, including three foreign passport holders as well. >> gb news a security as a mark white joins us now live from tel aviv. so, mark, some hope at last that foreign nationals , last that foreign nationals, including some britons, may be allowed out of gaza and into egypt. >> a rare piece of good news and it is happening in a controlled and limited way with we're told that about 500 or so foreign or dual nationals being allowed out of the rafah crossing and into

egypt today. now what we're told is that a number of ambulances have come in. there was a queue of ambulances at the rafah crossing that crossed over . the crossing that crossed over. the sevilla in the conflict . but sevilla in the conflict. but some of those ambulances have now returned back across the rafah crossing and are in egypt where these people can get some proper medical attention. in addition to the ambulances will be those civilian foreign nationals going across as well. no indication that any have crossed as yet. they've been queuing there are passport officials now on that crossing as we speak , and they are being as we speak, and they are being assisted by border agents from a number of different countries. now the nationals, who are crossing today, we understand , crossing today, we understand, are from a number of nations , are from a number of nations, including austria, india , nesia,

including austria, india, nesia, australia and others. now, there are some reports of a couple of british nationals, ngo workers whose names are on the list, but no confirmation of that as one of the report. s that's coming out. but the foreign office and other nations have been in in tense negotiations over recent days with the israelis and the egyptians to try to secure the opening of the rafah crossing, albeit in a limited way, to allow these foreign nationals out. there are obviously concerns that the israelis and the egyptians have. the israelis don't want to see, for instance , don't want to see, for instance, hamas terrorists going back across that border . that was an across that border. that was an issue they had with aid going in. they don't want to see aid falling into the hands of hamas terrorists as well . and the terrorists as well. and the egyptians don't want a mass exodus over the border . that exodus over the border. that will be a limited exodus of a

small number of people initially that will be treated in the hospitals in egypt. and of course, those foreign nationals, as i say, in a controlled way. but it will amount to thousands over a period of time . over a period of time. >> okay. mark white for us in tel aviv. as you say, some very rare good news amongst all this despair. thank you very much indeed. okay. >> and expand this story, >> and to expand on this story, we're delighted to joined we're delighted to be joined now by finkelstein, the by lord daniel finkelstein, the columnist and author who's written column in today's written a column in today's times . good afternoon to you, times. good afternoon to you, lord finkelstein. thank you for joining us. written a column in today's times called ceasefire supporters fail to understand israel. this is coming off the back, of course, of calls from sadiq khan and now 350 labour councillors have written to keir starmer demanding the same. can you explain to us, please, lord finkelstein, why these people simply fail to understand israel

? >> well, i've written a column about the film exodus , which was about the film exodus, which was about the film exodus, which was a book that came out in 1958. >> originally led to a film in 1960 by otto preminger , which 1960 by otto preminger, which starred paul newman. and it's a romantic vision of the foundation of the state of israel. and of course, you could look at it and think, well, this is a bit hackneyed. it doesn't include all the nuances, but it helps explain how israel looks at itself and also how americans look at israel. it's a vision, i suppose, of israel's foundation and why it sees itself as a as a last refuge for jews , that there last refuge for jews, that there had been violence for centuries against jews and now jews were going to protect themselves. and so those people who are calling for ceasefires don't appear to me to comprehend that israel is simply not to going live next door to a terror state that threatens its civilians. it would go against the essence of

what the state of israel is. so it's not merely absurd for sadiq khan , who cannot even end knife khan, who cannot even end knife crime on the tube to be lecturing everyone about how to solve the problems of the middle east. it's also pointless because israel is simply not going to allow the growth of a of a of a terrorist body right next door to it. and as as you wrote in your column , security wrote in your column, security is the biggest thing for the state of israel. >> and that is that is why a ceasefire cannot happen . ceasefire cannot happen. >> before the second world war. my grandfather was not a zionist. he was one of germany's leading anti—zionist s. he really believed that jews could live in germany. and what happened to his family? the death and destruction that was wrought upon it and the rest of the jewish community changed his mind. naturally enough , about mind. naturally enough, about whether or not a state was needed. whether or not a state was needed . and once you've decided needed. and once you've decided that really the part of the solution to the problems that jews have had of safety in the

world over centuries is the state of their own. and you've also realised that's the only place to which millions of jews really could go after the second world war. once you've determined on that, you aren't going to allow a state to exist next door . so that threatens next door. so that threatens that security . so i mean, i do that security. so i mean, i do i watched the sadiq khan speak and say he he recognised israel's right to defend itself for immediately before which he'd said there should be a ceasefire and you wonder what planet that kind of statement comes from really because how can israel defend itself? and also have a ceasefire leaving in place? the structure of terrorism and keir starmer was much more clear thinking about this. i think he's you know, my translation of this is he took a reasonably strong stance to begin with. he then saw that there was quite a lot of opposition in the past.

he a bit shaken by it, but he was a bit shaken by it, but he's come back to his original view fairly way, and view in a fairly bold way, and i was quite impressed. >> right, very movingly >> you're right, very movingly in your family memoir, your own mother was rescued from the hell of belsen and found safe haven in hendon in london. lord finkelstein, when you see today a 650% increase in anti—semitic crimes in london, when you see jewish schools have paint thrown on their doors, when you see jewish children too afraid to even wear their blazers hours to go to school , how does that make go to school, how does that make you feel ? you feel? >> well, it's frightening and worrying. and i write right at the beginning of my book, hitler style. and mum and dad, my story of what my parents suffered in the second war both the second world war from both hitler and the far left, hitler and from the far left, from stalin . i write about my from stalin. i write about my concern that this could happen again , and it's one of the again, and it's one of the motivations for writing the book. but when my grandfather, alfred wiener , was one of the

alfred wiener, was one of the first people to warn about the rise of the, he he first started warning about this in 1919. so well before anyone else had really begun to do that. and he he you can see in that some of the seeds of some of the things that we're seeing, this kind of growth of conspiracy theory thinking and the growth of populism and the dangers to jews of that that those those moves . of that that those those moves. but the other thing that you get is a sense of proportion. you know, my very strong feeling is we live in one of the best countries in the world for someone to live as a refugee family. and we that's who we that's what we are . and we love that's what we are. and we love this country for the peace and tolerance and stability we have. and we want to protect its special qualities. >> and do you still stand by that? do you still think that this is one of the safest places for refugee families? do you feel as though it is peaceful for those who are who are seeking ? is you

seeking refuge? is that how you felt in recent when felt in recent weeks when you've seen marches ? seen the pro—palestine marches? >> no , i am shaken by >> well, no, i am shaken by those, and i'm shaken by actually, you know, my reaction to, for instance , the takeover to, for instance, the takeover of liverpool street station yesterday by these groups was was two things. the one thing is i was i was worried about it. as a jew, i don't think that it would be safe for me to go to liverpool street station in the middle of that, demonstrate, which is very concerning. it's one first times i've felt one of the first times i've felt that country. but the that in this country. but the other that felt other thing that i felt was furious on behalf most furious on behalf of most ordinary don't ordinary commuters who don't have strong politics like have a strong politics like i do, we don't spend their life writing columns in the times and who were interrupted in their journey home by self—aggrandising people expressing their political opinion and asking the commuter going to cambridge or to call a ceasefire in the middle east. and you just sort of think, well, it's not they're not really going to be able to do that before they go home. so i do i do . i did find

that before they go home. so i do i do. i did find that extraordinary. and i'm i do think it's amazing that we now have these rolling demonstrations of a vast kind without any thought about the inconvenience it puts anybody else to. so of course, people have the right to free expression of their political views and political demonstrations are very important. they are, however, only one right the right to go home after you've been to work is also a right that also deserves respect. and there's a tension between these rights and i was a bit surprised that we allowed the station to be taken over by people , you know, over by people, you know, involved in a conflict. most people have no stake in at all, quite apart from the fact that for me it was certainly quite frightening to see. and, you know, imagine this. you can imagine that for me or particularly maybe for some people who , for instance, might people who, for instance, might wear a skull cap, which i don't do , and who are therefore more

do, and who are therefore more visibly jewish than i might look, they might find that a very disconcerting thing. so i, l, very disconcerting thing. so i, i, you know, to be fair, there weren't reports of violence. but then again, to be fair, probably nobody who was at risk went anywhere near the area . anywhere near the area. >> and lord finkelstein, in your column today, you also referenced a scene in exodus where the hero, paul newman, celebrates the idea that jews and arabs will one day live in peace side by side after the events of october the 7th. and what's followed subsequently. do you hope or think that that's still possible ? still possible? >> well, you know, paul newman delivers that speech over an open grave of an arab and jewish girl, an arab man and a jewish girl, an arab man and a jewish girl who both been murdered in the very earliest days of the conflict. what a tragedy this is. and from the beginning , is. and from the beginning, there has been possibility there has been the possibility of jews and arabs, palestine and arabs living side by side , both

arabs living side by side, both having a state, israel has repeatedly offered that . to the repeatedly offered that. to the to various incarnations of palestine and leadership. it's not possible to offer it to hamas because it's that would be like offering it to isis. it's not possible to do that. so hamas and their infrastructure does have to be fought out. but i think it's possible to have peace , you know, with with, you peace, you know, with with, you know, my grandfather was a was a considerable scholar of islamic literature, and he thought this wonderful civilisation was something that jews would would benefit greatly from living alongside and feel the same. i think this fight is an absolute tragedy. but the only way that it can be brought to an end is for both sides . and in for both sides. and in particular, this is a call upon all those people who say, you know , palestine from the river know, palestine from the river to the sea, something that you can also hear an echo of in extreme fundamentalist zionist circles to this is just not a

route to peace . the land has to route to peace. the land has to be shared . everyone has to be be shared. everyone has to be able to live in peace alongside each other . but let's not be each other. but let's not be wishy washy in our thinking. before that can happen. the israel is going to now have to deal with hamas and is going to have to destroy its infrastructure , its tunnel infrastructure, its tunnel system and its leadership , system and its leadership, because there's no peace for anybody , palestinian or jew, anybody, palestinian or jew, until that happens. and the people who are camping out in the stations and having these big demonstrations, they always know what israel should not do , know what israel should not do, what what what its disaster for israel to do. they never say what should israel do about the fact that this invasive force came into its country, killed 1.5 million, you know, 1500 people in most grotesque way, civilians in most grotesque way. and they say, as sadiq khan did, israel has a right to defend itself, but never say how. and

therefore they leave to people like me, the more responsibility for how and simply object to those methods. well, you know, that's just you know, it's very lame thinking, to be honest, that lord finkelstein, just before we let you go, i wanted to ask you about more expected protests this weekend. >> pro—palestine marches in various cities, a large one expected in london. we've heard suella braverman talking about this week, describing them as hate marches. but sir mark rowley of the metropolitan police says words like jihad and the chant that you you just said on air, they're certain chants such as that he says he can't police good taste. that isn't within in their scope. how do you react to that? how would you like to see this be policed ? like to see this be policed? >> well, look, i think all three of us would would be very strong advocates of free speech, even when it disturbs us. so when i review any demonstration or any

statement, you know, i, i prefer it when the police are err on the side of thinking something is a matter of political taste and judgement rather than a matter of law . but i have to say matter of law. but i have to say , if someone threatens jihad , it , if someone threatens jihad, it is ridiculous to regard that as not a violent threat . it's meant not a violent threat. it's meant to be and it is the question of whether or not people should say palestine from the river to the sea is a different matter . but i sea is a different matter. but i do think there's a question of proportion here and whether or not we ought to that it's reasonable that people hold these vast, very partisan an and two jews, whether rightly or wrongly, quite threatening, demonstrate whether it's right to feel threatened or not. it can be held week after week in a central london making central london effectively a no go zone for jewish people. that is . i am forjewish people. that is. i am a bit worried about that. and i

think it's right to ask that question. and there's a balance to be struck between people's rights to protest and the right of other people , all in the of other people, all in the light of their of their protest, taking over large parts of the city. >> okay. lord daniel finkelstein, thank you very much for joining us today on gb news forjoining us today on gb news and sharing your thoughts with lis. us. >> us. >> yeah, absolutely fascinating. i could talk to him all afternoon. i'm sure could as well. >> just just just fascinating insight. you insight. and, you know, if you want know what's going on, want to know what's going on, you him. and so you know, ask him. and so fascinating reactions all fascinating his reactions to all the politicians and the activists and the charities calling ceasefire and as calling for a ceasefire and as lord finkelstein said, completely ignoring israel's right defend itself. right to defend itself. >> well, let us know what you make of lord finkelstein, his comments that comments there in that interview. vaiews@gbnews.com >> okay, moving on. it's day two of a high court hearing into government plans to house asylum seekers at former military airfields . airfields. >> yes, west west lindsey district council argues the decision to use land at raf scampton , where the dambusters scampton, where the dambusters were based during world war ii is unlawful .

is unlawful. >> al eastman has. reporter will hollis is at scampton live now . hollis is at scampton live now. hello to you, will. so what's the latest there down on the ground . ground. >> yeah. good afternoon. >> yeah. good afternoon. >> well, we've been hearing today, particularly from the home office, it won't be until the end of this second day that we really hear from journalists that are actually inside of those court rooms. what's been said and what the discussions are. we won't even know if this judicial be judicial review will be successful for west lindsey, district council and braintree district council and braintree district council, which of course is representing wethersfield for at least three weeks, maybe weeks. but weeks, maybe four weeks. but what we are hearing every single day is the concern about what would happen if raf scampton is turned into an asylum centre , turned into an asylum centre, particularly from men and women , particularly from men and women, but particularly the women here in scampton. and i'm joined by rachel green as well as mandy, rebecca and sue, who are part of the actual action group, which is mainly fighting for women's issues around the use of scampton to house asylum

seekers. rachel we've been speaking to you a little bit on gb news before, butjust remind us, what is it that you and some of the other women here are concerned about if raf scampton is for housing asylum is used for housing asylum seekers, and seekers, it's security and safety women and safety for the women and children camp and the children on the camp and the home office just aren't addressing that at all. >> all the security and safety is aimed at the other side of the fence and nothing for us. >> you say that the home office aren't addressing it. what is it that you're telling the home office? are concerns office? what are the concerns specifically you've been specifically that you've been raising ? raising with them? >> the fact that it's an open facility and there's nothing >> the fact that it's an open faciliiso nd there's nothing >> the fact that it's an open faciliiso where re's nothing >> the fact that it's an open faciliiso where where thing >> the fact that it's an open faciliiso where where areg >> the fact that it's an open faciliiso where where are these here. so where where are these migrants going to go? they can't all be bused out every day. if it's 2000. and so what are they going to do all day and are they going to do all day and are they going to do all day and are they going to come onto our estate and cause issues for us? but no one seems to want to mitigate it. >> one of the things that the home office have said that they are going to do is have a lot of security around scampton, even if it is, like say, open

if it is, like you say, an open facility. they're offering facility. they're also offering additional support to lincolnshire which of lincolnshire police, which is of course, force that course, the police force that represents locally. that represents locally. does that not quell any of your fears or the fears some of the people the fears of some of the people here in scampton camp, which is the married living the former married living quarters edge of quarters right on the edge of the scampton? the fence of scampton? >> really , because our >> no, not really, because our police force have been underfunded for years now. and as far as anyone's telling us, they're not actually recruiting more officers. they're just redeployed officers. so our gain is someone else's loss . is someone else's loss. >> you've talked a little bit about safety for women. what about safety for women. what about for the other thing that you said, safety for children? >> it's abominable to think that it's a good idea to place this alongside a school. and the accommodate blocks are 18m from the prime school. the reception children's playground, the accommodation blocks that overlook the school and its playing fields . we were promised playing fields. we were promised eight foot security fencing with razor wire and wooden screening

for the children, which we thought they'd be able to decorate and make it feel a bit less threatening . and now what? less threatening. and now what? we've ended up with is temporary. harris fencing with green tarpaulins, and it's distressing to think that they would treat our children with such disrespect . such disrespect. >> what why does that matter to you? do you have children at the local school? >> i have two grandsons, six and nine. >> and then as somebody, how does that feel to you, knowing that your concerns aren't being listened this ? listened to about this? >> it's a child protection >> well, it's a child protection issue, isn't i mean , issue, isn't it? i mean, teachers at the school aren't even allowed to hug children these days because child these days because of child protection who in their protection action. who in their right mind would think, oh, i know we'll put 2000 single and no males, right alongside about 104 to 11 year olds. >> i think the home office, again, would argue that they're going to have security in place and they'd probably be and that they'd probably be speaking the school. we speaking to the school. we haven't heard from home haven't heard from the home office on this point, and we haven't spoken the school haven't spoken to the school specifically. can't specifically. so i can't comment. that's

comment. but i imagine that's what office say. what the home office would say. data judicial review . data of the judicial review. what's situation and what's the ideal situation and how are you feeling knowing that in four this could either in four weeks this could either happen or scampton could be, in your words, i imagine saved ? your words, i imagine saved? >> i want to be optimistic , but >> i want to be optimistic, but the home office have been breaking the law for the last month or so, going against the stop work notice, which is a nofice stop work notice, which is a notice that west lindsey district council put in place to stop work a legal enforcement notice. but they've carried on work and itjust worries me that work and it just worries me that even if the judicial review were to go ahead, to go our way, that they'd carry on anyway . they they'd carry on anyway. they seem to have invested so much in the camp that they sort of like committed now you think they're committed? >> now, i know that you and everybody else is committed as well. you've been protesting for at least seven months and it is at least seven months and it is a long fight, i'm sure, because we won't know what's going to happen at least four weeks. happen for at least four weeks. but of the day, we'll but by the end of the day, we'll know said the

know what's been said at the high court. know what's been said at the hig okay. t. know what's been said at the hig okay. will hollis live from >> okay. will hollis live from scampton, thank you much scampton, thank you very much for the poverty. for listening to the poverty. legitimate locals . legitimate concerns of locals. >> was just saying >> anna sewell was just saying their two of the judicial their day two of the judicial review at the high we'll review at the high court. we'll be live there your be going live there after your news rhiannon . news bulletin with rhiannon. >> thank you. elliott's 1233. your top stories from the newsroom . the rafah crossing newsroom. the rafah crossing from gaza has opened to allow foreign nationals and some injured civilians into egypt. the first group has now crossed the border and the wounded are receiving treatment at a nearby field hospital . up to 500 field hospital. up to 500 foreign passport holders are also expected to cross into egypt. also expected to cross into egypt . local also expected to cross into egypt. local media also expected to cross into egypt . local media says the egypt. local media says the first group has now arrived . first group has now arrived. james cleverly says uk teams are ready to assist any british nationals as soon as they can leave . meanwhile, a trucks have leave. meanwhile, a trucks have entered into gaza with foreign secretary james cleverly warning

they are vital to easing the humanitarian crisis there . humanitarian crisis there. senior politicians and technology bosses are at the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . us safety at bletchley park. us vice president kamala harris , vice president kamala harris, elon musk and companies including google, meta and microsoft are assessing the risks of ai. a declaration has been agreed by the summit attendees . attendees. the attendees. attendees. the starting point for a global conversation on artificial intelligence safety. in a pre—recorded message, king charles told the summit that the world must confront the risks with a sense of urgency . with a sense of urgency. >> ai holds the potential to completely transform home life as we know it to help us better treat and perhaps even cure conditions like cancer, heart disease and alzheimer's, to hasten our journey towards net zero. however if we are to

realise the untold benefits of ai, then we must work together on combating its significant risks . to and on combating its significant risks. to and a on combating its significant risks . to and a former on combating its significant risks. to and a former top on combating its significant risks . to and a former top civil risks. to and a former top civil servants answering questions at the covid inquiry, helen macnamara was deputy cabinet secretary in 2020 and 2021 and played a key role in britain's covid response. >> she told the inquiry a short time ago that boris johnson displayed a breezy confidence regarding the pandemic , which regarding the pandemic, which she found jarring . she's also she found jarring. she's also criticised her former colleagues at the cabinet office, saying it had been very difficult to obtain basic details ahead of her appearance at the inquiry . her appearance at the inquiry. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbviews@gbnews.com. now, though , it's back over to now, though, it's back over to martin and eddie. >> thanks, rhiannon welcome back

to gb news live with myself and martin. now let's return to the second day of the high court ruling to decide whether asylum seekers should be housed at military bases . joining us live military bases. joining us live from the high court is gb news is ray addison. it's pretty remarkable, isn't it, ray? we've got local councils and the home office is battling it out at the high court >> absolutely . >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> ellie martin good afternoon. >> ellie martin good afternoon. >> they're also taking on the department for levelling up as well. >> of course, yesterday was the turn of the cases for those two councils to give their evidence. of course, they're arguing that the home office doesn't have actually the necessary planning permission to house migrants on those two disused military bases. we're talking here about west lindsey district council five, writing those home office plans to house 2000 migrants at raf scampton. that's in lincolnshire and braintree district council is fighting plans to house 1700 asylum seekers at wethersfield old

airfield in essex. the councils are questioning the home office's use of this class. q law, which is used to, in the case of emergencies or to prevent emergencies cases for those councils saying this isn't an emergency situation, it doesn't justify by the use of class. q they're also arguing towards the end of yesterday's session that there have been indications and evidence to suggest that the home office actually intends to use these sites for far longer than the initial 12 months, which they initially stated potentially up as far as three or even five years as well. today it was the turn of cases for the government to give their response to that . to give their response to that. they say the home office has been very clear that the plan, the initial plan has always been for 12 month usage. and in fact class q . only applies for 12 class q. only applies for 12 months and therefore it shouldn't go any longer than that. shouldn't go any longer than that . they also say class

that. they also say class q requires a carries a requirement to return the site back to its previous condition after that 12 month period is over for, they say, the work that's going on at those two sites is tempered . those two sites is tempered. they're using modular units and everything will be removed after that time. and they say that any continuing use would actually depend upon the current situation . the secretary of situation. the secretary of state has. they admitted , state has. they admitted, received advice about the potential for using the site for longer, perhaps up to five years. and they've also carried out checks on the value for money that that would would offer. however, no decision has been made and decisions will only be made when those sites are actually up and running. now they're saying and this is key that that decision will depend on the situation with the small boats. the number of migrants who are coming across the channel and also on hotel availability as well. the cases say that the councils are bringing this case to the high court based upon a situation

they've kind of determined for themselves. the councils think it's likely that they're going to extend for 12 months and that's why they're bringing that challenge. argue that challenge. but they argue that there no intent to do it for there is no intent to do it for longer than 12 months at this stage . as was saying to you stage. as will was saying to you earlier we won't earlier on, we won't get a decision today. we're going to have wait weeks . have to wait several weeks. >> addison, live at >> okay. ray addison, live at the high court, thanks for that update. now now after the break, we'll be live at bletchley park for the ai summit as elon musk warns it could pose an existential threat if it becomes anti—human. >> see you shortly

the risk factor of what everyone's looking at today. and i think it is interesting . i think it is interesting. welcome back to gb news live with myself and martin. >> now we've just been talking about al. is now the time that global leaders will finally get a grip on it? >> well, elon musk says ai could pose existential risk if it becomes anti—human tech experts, chief spies and global leaders

are attending the uk's ai safety summit, starting today at bletchley park in milton keynes. >> well, governments across the world have scrambled to address the risks posed by the fast evolving technology . with us evolving technology. with us vice president kamala harris, elon musk and other companies, including google, meta and microsoft, all in attendance. rishi sunak is hoping to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology, as well as attracting new business investment. well . let's bring in investment. well. let's bring in our deputy political editor, tom hannood now, who's there at bletchley park. >> and tom, it's fair to say this kind gets you very this kind of stuff gets you very excited, doesn't it? so come on, excited, doesn't it? so come on, excite us. what expect excite us. what can we expect from this? global summit? from this? ai global summit? >> well, already had >> well, we've already had a number of announcements and it's only barely been a few hours since the start eating photograph, the sort of family photograph, the sort of family photograph of all of these digital ministers from around the world got going. people were

arriving at 9:00 and within a couple of hours, the first big piece of news broke. and that is the bletchley declaration signed by 28 countries here. most notably including the big players that the uk s the eu and china all signing up to this declaration , acknowledging the declaration, acknowledging the risks and the needs to carefully develop this s remarkable into the next crucial six and 12 month phases . indeed, that's month phases. indeed, that's something else that has been agreed at the very start of this conference that this conference is the start point, not the end point for the ai regulation journey for the world. the first conference that may well have some sort of global agreement framework agreed in a very loose sense of terms in six months time. it will be south korea thatis time. it will be south korea that is hosting a similar same sort of way , looking at the next

sort of way, looking at the next challenges and then in a further six months, it will be france hosting the next summit. in many ways, this this this ai summit here is starting a chain of summits, much like we see with these annual climate summits that started back in the 1990s and early 2000. this is the start of a chain of ai summits that will look at the existential danger was of ai in much the same way that the world looks at the existential dangers of a changing climate and that is perhaps one of the most things today. not just that the chinese vice minister for technology has been here, has been speaking, has been speaking along the same lines as the united states , the eu and the uk united states, the eu and the uk , but also well , not just those , but also well, not just those countries, but also those companies have signed up to this journey where every six months people are going to convene and

look at what can be done to make sure this remarkable new burgeoning technology remains safe. >> okay. tom hannood for us at bletchley park, which is the equivalent of his disney world. enjoy the summit, tom. thank you very, very much for that update. he's very excited, isn't he? certainly to be fair to him, it is a world first. and as he says, we want to be on the front foot of this we are going to foot of this and we are going to see these annual summits now. and we are the world leaders. i think something be think that is something to be quite really great stuff. >> moving to on the >> now, moving to on the weather, parts of newry weather, as large parts of newry and down northern ireland and county down northern ireland have floodwater have been swamped by floodwater as the city's canal burst, its banks amid heavy rainfall, well, dozens of businesses were engulfed in the floods with widespread caused to widespread damage caused to buildings, stock and furnishings with local police forces warning people to stay out of the city centre as streets have turned to rivers . meanwhile, people are rivers. meanwhile, people are protecting their homes and businesses. roads have been closed and ferries cancelled as

england, as well as the channel islands , prepare itself for islands, prepare itself for storm kieran, with the met office issuing yellow and amber warnings indicating potential risks to life and property. >> well, let's speak now with gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. good afternoon to you, dougie. and what's the situation on the ground there ? situation on the ground there? >> well , good afternoon indeed, yes. >> welcome to newry. newry is a city that sits in a valley and it flows out to the sea at warren point, rostrevor and the newry canal, which is one of the oldest canals in britain, meets the river. clanrye right here. and if you could just see behind us, there's been over 12,000 sandbags deployed into northern ireland's eastern province in in anticipation of the rain that's coming tonight. you could just see how high the river is here because the arches, you can't actually see them now . that's actually see them now. that's down about four feet than it was last night . down about four feet than it was last night. and if you take a walk with me now, the damage

that that did when it came over the top of the that wall and crashed into the city centre here, well, you can see just there behind us, the businesses here are still pretty much under water. now, those businesses, most of them haven't been able to return yet because as high tide is due here in just about 20 minutes time. and of course, because it's so close to the sea that will cause problems for those businesses and additional flooding. but some of the flood defences here that were put in place many, many years ago have also had a problem . you can see also had a problem. you can see just down in behind us here, thatis just down in behind us here, that is an orange pumping station and that was put into place in order to pump the water out of the clanrye river that came over the banks and into the streets. and last night it too was flooded . and because it was was flooded. and because it was absolutely drenched in water, it's sitting in a low point now , it's sitting in a low point now, where i stand now is county

armagh. and just across this bridge, if you just swing over there, that bridge is county down and you can see that they have actually closed that bridge off they're afraid of off because they're afraid of the structure of the bridge with the structure of the bridge with the amount of water that is hitting now, there's still been floods further up river in portadown , in banbridge and portadown, in banbridge and we're now hearing kilkeel and newcastle . and that's because newcastle. and that's because the land is so sodden that the water is washing off it and coming down in. so newry, one half of the city, is still operating very well and the half of the city that is in around the canal and the clanrye river is still in real problems. and tonight they're expecting more rain . rain. >> dougie beattie, thank you for that dramatic update from northern ireland. fantastic stuff and good luck to those businesses as well. >> as dougie says, the ground is already saturated. more rainfall coming their way. so dougie will be across that for us on gb news. >> and of course, the big news is where will the storm hit next? we'll have that later in

the programme. but moving on now, the king and continue now, the king and queen continue their to their four day state visit to kenya today, been kenya today, which has been overshadowed by calls for an apology for abuses committed dunng apology for abuses committed during british colonial rule. this is the this is the king's first state visit to a commonwealth country as monarch. king said that he felt king charles said that he felt the greatest sorrow and deepest regret for atrocities suffered by kenyans during their struggle for independence. but some are saying that this doesn't amount to a full apology. >> let's speak now with our royal correspondent, cameron walker. good afternoon to you, cameron. it's been an absolutely packed schedule, hasn't it? it's been a really positive trip, but it somewhat it has been somewhat overshadowed by all of this, hasn't certainly has. hasn't it? it certainly has. >> the king stopped short >> and the king stopped short of a apology night at his a full apology last night at his speech the state he speech at the state banquet. he did express sorrow, one of the first if not the first first royals, if not the first royal talk of the sorrow due royal to talk of the sorrow due to those atrocities committed dunng to those atrocities committed during the mau mau uprising of the 1950s, leaving some descendants of those people very disappointed that we didn't get a full apology. but from our

understanding, the british government stance is that a modern administration should modern day administration should not liable for the atrocities not be liable for the atrocities committed by governments 60 odd years ago. but you're right, they've had a very packed schedule today. the king, a really lovely moment this morning, actually meeting in 117 year old world war two veteran, thought to be one of the oldest people on the planet. and he represented him. we can see it there on your screens with his world war two medals because he had to throw them away in the 19505 had to throw them away in the 1950s for fear that he would be associated with britain. so it was a really lovely moment for this family here at the commonwealth war graves in nairobi , you see the queen nairobi, you see the queen camilla there accompanying the king on that engagement. the queen also had a solo engagement at the brook donkey sanctuary . at the brook donkey sanctuary. she was dressed up as she was dressed up by some some ladies there in she was given a gift called a shuka, which is a kind of cape. and she was dancing around with them. she looks a

little bit uncomfortable, to be perfectly honest, british. she was was a good but was she was a good sport. but earlier actually spoke to the earlier i actually spoke to the chief executive of brook, the charity, and he explained to me how it means having the how what it means having the queen as president of the charity. so let's take a listen . charity. so let's take a listen. >> comes through enormously. her love and passion for everything equine . equine. >> and when i've talked to her, she's incredibly knowledgeable both about the issues that we're trying to work on, but also about brook . she's very aware of about brook. she's very aware of our history dating back to the 1930 in egypt. and of course, her father fought in egypt in the second world war. so she's had a long knowledge and understanding and we couldn't be prouder. and more honoured to have her as our president at and cameron, we saw earlier on king charles king charles very tech savvy, recorded a message of support and also issuing caution for how we should handle a very impressive . impressive. >> yes, very impressive. a bit of a surprise that he popped up at bletchley park, even though

he is in kenya. we know that it's rishi sunak kind of attempts to make britain a world authority on artificial intelligence and the safety of it. downing street has denied that it's being snubbed. this summit is being snubbed by the us president as well as other world leaders . so i don't think world leaders. so i don't think it's hardly surprising that we've got the british government rolling out the king let's rolling out the king on, let's say bit of a royal star say a bit of a royal star offensive, giving it a bit of that star power to the summit. >> how do you feel as though the king and queen are being received in kenya? how do you feel though trip is going? >> i think it's a bit of a mix, to be honest. you look at the pictures of them surrounded, founded clearly founded by kenyans who clearly are with them and are really engaged with them and really want meet them. and really want to meet them. and you to remember whole you have to remember the whole point visit. of point of a state visit. of course, the british government sends queen sends the king and queen to these we know he had a these places. we know he had a bit of a there, actually, bit of a trip there, actually, because it's been such a atrocious weather year for those listening on we've just listening on radio. we've just seen on a bit of seen the king trip on a bit of artificial which been artificial grass which has been laid so shoes don't

laid out so their shoes don't get but yes , they very get muddy. but yes, they very much are being well received, i think in kenya it's all about trade and strengthening relations between britain and the african nation . the african nation. >> and it's funny because all eyes are on the king there. of course, there's a great recovery. he stubbed his toe. you well. you know, he did well. >> sunglasses , didn't he? >> and sunglasses, didn't he? and just carried on walking, >> and sunglasses, didn't he? and jusivery�*ied on walking, >> and sunglasses, didn't he? and jusivery�*ied oinnalking, looking very cool in his ray—bans. >> very cool. >> very, very cool. >> very, very cool. >> i hear as well, i just i >> and i hear as well, i just i saw something this morning that he's actually diary he's actually read a diary extract mother extract from his mother, which is a very moment for him. >> it was i'd never heard this before, spoke of it before, but he spoke of it dunng before, but he spoke of it during last at during his speech last night at the banquet where he had the state banquet where he had read a section of queen elizabeth ii diary from 1952, of course , very poignant for her. course, very poignant for her. it was because it was where she became the queen at treetop safari lodge in kenya in 1952. and in it, she spoke that she didn't want to miss a moment of the magnificence kenyan landscapes and the king referred to that in his speech last night . so, full history kenyan . so, yes, a full history kenyan has with the british royal family and how lovely how family and how lovely and how

poignant him to read those poignant for him to read those diary in the place poignant for him to read those diary she in the place poignant for him to read those diary she wrote the place poignant for him to read those diary she wrote them.ace where she wrote them. >> lovely. karen walker, always very you. thank you very good to see you. thank you very good to see you. thank you very especially very much. especially given those that , those medals out like that, especially time of year especially this time of year with poppies chest. with these poppies on our chest. >> makes my heart >> that really makes my heart swell. lovely . swell. yeah, lovely. >> 117 years old. they do look like they're having a really wonderful trip in kenya. we will have latest on the situation have the latest on the situation in israel and gaza as the rafah crossing opens for some foreign nationals about the latest with mark white. so do stay with . us mark white. so do stay with. us hi there . hi there. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast a day of blustery showers for many of us before it turns increasingly wet and windy as storm kieron arrives overnight . now first to the more overnight. now first to the more persistent wet weather is affecting central and northern parts of scotland. that is edging northwards, followed by heavy downpours into northern ireland's central and southern scotland and also scattered showers and sunny spells further south. the best of any drier

weather will be towards the south—east, although it's going to be blustery for many of us andits to be blustery for many of us and it's going feel on the and it's going to feel on the cool side. now, overnight, we're and it's going to feel on the cool sto�*. now, overnight, we're and it's going to feel on the cool sto see w, overnight, we're and it's going to feel on the cool sto see the vernight, we're and it's going to feel on the cool sto see the approach we're and it's going to feel on the cool sto see the approach of're going to see the approach of this area of pressure named this area of low pressure named storm of the risk storm kieran because of the risk of disruptive and in some places damaging winds around southern coastal in particular. coastal areas in particular. initially, it's the wet weather that could cause problems overnight that sweeps into the south of the uk. then the winds strengthen in southwest england, most at risk of the strongest winds during the early hours of thursday . in places, gusts of 80 thursday. in places, gusts of 80 or 85 miles an hour. but they will mostly be affecting the coasts. and then that swathe of strong winds through the day on thursday moves along the coastline to effect. by the afternoon. the south—east of england with again coastal areas most at risk of some very strong winds. 70, 80 miles an hour inland, more like 50 or 60 miles an hour and much lighter winds further north, although it will be a blustery day with heavy rain in places by

by by >> by >> good afternoon. you're watching and listening to gb news live with martin daubney and ellie costello coming up this wednesday lunchtime, diplomacy at last. >> the first group of foreign passport holders have been evacuated from the gaza strip and have reached egypt by the rafah border crossing . while the rafah border crossing. while the israeli offensive intensifies.

we'll have the latest from mark white in tel aviv and the highly anticipated artificial intelligence summit commences at bletchley park today , bletchley park today, highlighting the opportunities and the dangers of ai , with elon and the dangers of ai, with elon musk warning it could pose existential risk if it becomes anti—human . and batten down the anti—human. and batten down the hatches. storm, kiran, is coming with a danger to life issued for parts of the uk. we're live across the country as gusts of wind are expected reach wind are expected to reach a whopping 80 miles an hour as the met office issues further warnings for other parts of the uk . and if you're of a nervous uk. and if you're of a nervous disposition, look away now. >> a third mickey mouse attack as pro—palestine protesters unleash rodents painted in red, white and green into yet another fast food chain restaurant in birmingham. >> that is literally my worst nightmare. it's enough to put

you off mcdonald's for life. you don't want that with your nuggets, do you? honestly see the third mcdonald's in two days? our reporter jack carson will be live for us in birmingham as the run birmingham as the rodents run riot in mcdonald's. >> and apologies if that's put you off your lunch, but this won't because here's your news headunes won't because here's your news headlines with . rihanna headlines with. rihanna >> thank you, martin. good afternoon. it's 1:01. your >> thank you, martin. good afternoon. it's1:01. your top stories from the newsroom . the stories from the newsroom. the rafah crossing from gaza has opened to allow foreign nationals and some injured civilians into egypt. the first group has now crossed the border and the wounded are receiving treatment at a nearby field hospital , while treatment at a nearby field hospital, while up to treatment at a nearby field hospital , while up to 500 hospital, while up to 500 foreign passport holders are also expected to cross into egypt. also expected to cross into egypt . local also expected to cross into egypt. local media also expected to cross into egypt . local media says the egypt. local media says the first group has now arrived . ed first group has now arrived. ed james cleverly says uk teams are ready to assist any british nationals as soon as they can

leave . meanwhile, a trucks have leave. meanwhile, a trucks have entered into gaza with foreign secretary james cleverly warning they are vital to easing the humanitarian crisis there . and humanitarian crisis there. and it all comes as the israeli military says nine of its soldiers have been killed during its ground offensive into gaza . its ground offensive into gaza. israel israel's bombardment continues as the israel defence forces says it's hit 11,000 hamas targets so far. the idf also claims an airstrike yesterday killed a senior hamas commander. it says was a ringleader of the attack on the 7th of october. palace opinion officials say 50 gazans were killed and another 150 injured in that strike. meanwhile, back here, campaigners in london have projected the words ceasefire now on to the houses of parliament and the colours of the palestinian flag . it was the palestinian flag. it was organised by save the children

and other charities that say rishi sunak must put lives above politics and back calls for a ceasefire. they're handing a petition with over 300,000 signatures over to the government . it in other news, government. it in other news, senior politicians and technology bosses are at the world's first summit on al safety . 80 at bletchley park , us safety. 80 at bletchley park, us vice president kamala harris , vice president kamala harris, elon musk and companies including google meta and microsoft are assessing the risks of ai. microsoft are assessing the risks of al. the prime minister hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology , as well monitor the technology, as well as attracting business investment . but a declaration investment. but a declaration has been agreed by attendees of the summit as the starting point for a global conversation on al safety tech entrepreneur elon musk says ai poses existential risks to humanity . risks to humanity. >> we're not stronger or faster than other creatures, but we are

more intelligent . and here we more intelligent. and here we are for the first time really in human history with something that's going to be far more intelligent than us. >> so it's not clear to me we can actually control such thing. >> but i think we can aspire to guide it in a direction that's beneficial to humanity . but guide it in a direction that's beneficial to humanity. but i do think it's one of the existential risks that we face, andits existential risks that we face, and it's potentially the most pressing one. >> a former top civil servant has suggested that hundreds of her colleagues may have breached lockdown. rules include government ministers . helen government ministers. helen mcnamee was deputy cabinet secretary in 2020 and 2021 and played a key role in britain's covid response . she told the covid response. she told the inquiry that rules were routinely broken in the daily course of government and that bofis course of government and that boris johnson displayed a breezy confidence regarding the pandemic , which she found pandemic, which she found jarring. she's also criticised

her former colleagues at the cabinet office, saying it had been very difficult to obtain basic details ahead of her appearance at the inquiry. doctors are urging people to get their covid and flu jabs after it was revealed millions of those who are eligible haven't yet taken up the offer. cases of flu and covid are expected to rise significantly during the cold months . a new campaign cold months. a new campaign called get winter strong aims to encourage people to get the jab, even if they don't typically come fonnard. doctors say it's one of the most important things any of us can do to protect ourselves from serious illness . ourselves from serious illness. house prices increased by 0.9% in october, which experts say reflects the limited supply of properties on the market. nationwide's market index showed an increase on last month's figures , though average prices figures, though average prices across the uk are down 3.3% compared to last year. the building society says market activity remains weak, with the

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and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back over to ellie and . martin back over to ellie and. martin >> thanks, rhiannon. you're watching gb news live with myself and martin. now it is now the time that global leaders will finally get a grip . on ai. will finally get a grip. on ai. well, elon musk says ai could pose existential risk if it becomes anti—human tech experts, chief spies and global leaders and are attending the uk's ai safety summit, which commenced today at bletchley park in milton keynes. well, rishi sunak is hoping to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology, as well as attracting new business investment. well joining us now is broadcaster and futurist and all round ai geek has to be said . andrew eborn. >> andrew okay, this this this summit is of global significance . the uk putting itself at the centre of a new movement. but a

lot of people's eyes glaze over when it comes to ai. so come on, get excited, wake them up. this is i can tell you, this is the greatest human achievement, but also our biggest also potentially our biggest existential . existential threat. >> all credit to rishi. and this is something i've been predicting on this very stage for several months now. ellie will tell you, ever since we first met, talked about al i >> what rishi is saying is that we should be front and centre where technology. where we develop technology. >> some of the in the >> some of the best in the world, the brains world, the best brains creatively scientifically in creatively and scientifically in the world belong right here in great britain . and what's great britain. and what's happening, gathering happening, we're gathering the great good the great and the good and the unwashed together unwashed all together in bletchley park, which is the home computing . you might home of computing. you might remember turing, the guy remember alan turing, the guy who appears the of a £50 who appears on the back of a £50 note. he was the guy who cracked the enigma code at bletchley park perhaps the park and invented perhaps the first computer to do that . so first computer to do that. so what's going to happen? we've got and good. got the great and the good. they've decide two they've got to decide two things. this what are the things. this one is what are the risks? secondly, steps risks? and secondly, what steps should deal with should be taken to deal with those. and elon musk has just come little come out. i've got a little press release said i don't

press release here said i don't know what necessarily the fair rules , but you've to rules are, but you've got to start insight you do start with insight before you do oversight. musketeer. oversight. and i'm a musketeer. i'm good old i'm always supporting good old elon musk he brings out elon musk because he brings out the best in people. a real the best in people. he's a real character was wonderful character and it was wonderful to today when they did to see him today when they did the opening speeches. and in those opening we those opening speeches, we had michelle donnelly, who was talking is to talking about how great it is to come the uk. we had little come to the uk. we had little scanning elon musk scanning over to see elon musk in audience behaving himself in the audience behaving himself , and we also had , which is good. and we also had king his own king charles, who made his own comments it, saying, look, comments about it, saying, look, he puts it a par with the he puts it on a par with the discovery of electricity or the split the atom, he said. and split of the atom, he said. and also basically there also to realise basically there are un told but also to realise basically there are untold but we are un told benefits, but we must make sure that we harness the risks . the risks. >> now, there's been a lot of flak it started. joe flak before it started. joe biden isn't coming. president macron isn't coming. olaf scholz the german chancellor isn't coming . justin trudeau japan . coming. justin trudeau japan. but we do have kamala harris, yes. turning up and she's been a champion of ai in america. in fact, she's saying hang on a minute, britain, you're not

taking a lead on this. america is the centre of ai. can we expect a little bit of jousting on that topic? you definitely can. >> i'll tell you what, the pie in the pain is basically biden on the 30th of october, he issued an executive order on the safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. and he says to ensure that america leads the way in seizing the promise managing the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact managing the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact is, managing the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact is, imanaging the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact is, i knowsing the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact is, i knows no the risk. leads the way in seizing the pronfact is, i knows no borders. the fact is, i knows no borders and rishi has wisely said, i want everybody to collaborate, because that's what we need to do. invited china and various others to the table. and this i can promise you, will probably be rishi he gets it right, be rishi if he gets it right, this will be his greatest legacy that about . this will be his greatest legacy that about. rishi that people talk about. rishi was brought ai that people talk about. rishi was brought al to was the guy who brought al to the uk. well that is something he would certainly like, wouldn't he? >> we he loves california. >> we know he loves california. we know loves his this we know he loves his tech. this is something feels very, very is something he feels very, very passionate about. but he has always wanting to always spoken about wanting to be also wanting be the first, but also wanting to protect it from it, getting into the wrong hands. that into the wrong hands. and that is touch on china there. is why you touch on china there. thatis is why you touch on china there. that is why it is so controversial some that china controversial to some that china have invited. have been invited. >> well, think you can't have

>> well, i think you can't have a discussion it's a discussion unless it's a worldwide it's no good worldwide thing. it's no good saying talk about saying hang about, talk about climate, china , to climate, don't talk to china, to talk about and so on and talk about india and so on and so forth. got all of so forth. you've got all of these everybody is these things. everybody is involved. worried about these things. everybody is in asved. worried about these things. everybody is in as well worried about these things. everybody is in as well . worried about these things. everybody is in as well . is worried about these things. everybody is in as well . is the worried about these things. everybody is in as well . is the realityi about these things. everybody is in as well . is the reality they ut it as well. is the reality they need. understand the huge need. they understand the huge benefits every day we see benefits and every day we see seismic changes both in terms of medicine, new diseases are being cured as a result of it creatively, or having some of the most creative outputs out there. but the same time, you there. but at the same time, you need to balance it with rules and regulations. >> also there are those >> but also there are those who say liz being one of them, say liz truss being one of them, that a bit inviting that it's a bit like inviting the into chicken pen . i the fox into the chicken pen. i mean, we're always being told that banning even that we're banning tiktok even from parliament free mobile phone device because the chinese are spying on us. they're even spying on through the cameras spying on us through the cameras and microphones in electric and the microphones in electric vehicles. they're spying on us via 5g mass. it is a bit of an eyebrow raiser to invite . i eyebrow raiser to invite. i think it has to be said. >> the reality is if you're having a debate about fox hunting, you'd want to invite the fox to get their opinion as

well. so i think is well. so i think liz truss is right to certain extent. of right to a certain extent. of course are. but you're course you are. but you're assuming that everybody what course you are. but you're assuicall| that everybody what course you are. but you're assuicall badt everybody what course you are. but you're assuicall badt every and' what course you are. but you're assuicall badt every and both hat they call bad actors and both they call bad actors and both the also others the chinese and also others around world want ai around the world want to use ai for it will make all sorts for good. it will make all sorts of tasks which suddenly of tasks which we suddenly thought unimaginable thought were unimaginable possible. and that's what i love. if we can collaborate, work on that sort of basis. and so far feedback coming out so far the feedback coming out of is really, of bletchley park is really, really positive . really positive. >> there's phrase that >> there's one phrase that really there sounds a really leapt out there sounds a bit sounds bit bit apocalyptic, sounds a bit dystopian , elon said dystopian, and elon musk said this can be anti—human. what does he mean by, of course it can, because you're going to basically jobs, basically 300 million jobs, according to goldman sachs, will be of . be got rid of. >> because going to >> because what's going to happen things happen is a lot of those things are automated. the are going to be automated. the best to look at al, however, best way to look at al, however, artificial intelligence is as a co—pilot, if turn around and co—pilot, if you turn around and say, look, we've these say, look, we've got these things life things going to make our life a lot easier in the same way as we talked about calculators last time here, very, very time i was here, very, very recently, i'm glad we got recently, and i'm glad we got the it's got the memo, by the way. it's got to good, but we've got that to be good, but we've got that sort of thing. it will make people that sort of people work on that sort of basis. new basis. you have to get new skills. you think of what

skills. and if you think of what 40 years ago, of the 40 odd years ago, 60% of the jobs today weren't even jobs we have today weren't even thought so going to thought about. so we're going to evolve on that sort of basis. people will new skills. people will get new skills. and what in what i'd love to see in education accept the education is let's accept the fact that a lot of these things that going be used to that al is going to be used to write first drafts of all sorts that al is going to be used to wrthings. drafts of all sorts that al is going to be used to wrthings. draft:accept sorts that al is going to be used to wrthings. draft:accept that, of things. let's accept that, but other skills but maybe increase other skills such as rac. let's get children to tested where can to be tested where they can actually what they've actually explain what they've learned so forth. actually explain what they've learit's so forth. actually explain what they've learit's a so forth. actually explain what they've learit's a really, so forth. actually explain what they've learit's a really, really so forth. but it's a really, really powerful tool. need to powerful tool. what we need to do sure it's do is to make sure it's regulated appropriately. and as you i'm copyright you know, i'm a copyright lawyer, so dealing with intellectual how intellectual property and how that's going this that's going to work in this space very, important. space is very, very important. >> poll out this >> there was a poll out this week, andrew, that said that 1 in fear their in 3 britons fear losing their jobs there is a genuine jobs to ai. there is a genuine fear amongst people that this technology developing technology rapidly developing will technology rapidly developing wiliand you're so right, eliot, >> and you're so right, eliot, and they should be scared because the current jobs that they have will replaced. they have will be replaced. there'll things will there'll be a lot of things will be that's why i say be automated. that's why i say 300 million jobs is goldman 300 million jobs is what goldman sachs will lost to sachs estimate will be lost to it. people to it. but people are going to evolve the way basically evolve the best way of basically doing is to prepare for doing stuff is to prepare for it, understand what it does and

what we do on a regular basis here on this very channel is talk about al and how you can embrace that. get to embrace that. get up to speed with do with it, with what you can do with it, because that's going to be the new opportunities the future. >> think we can cut now. >> okay. i think we can cut now. do we have live pictures? the royal to kenya and we just royal visit to kenya and we just heard that queen heard earlier that the queen loves equine . there loves all things equine. there she now at nairobi, kenya, she is now at nairobi, kenya, feeding the animals. >> yeah, she's feeding the elephants there, meeting with those in this elephant sanctuary . she does look very excited. this is an absolute dream of mine to do this. this is an absolute dream of mine to do this . as we were mine to do this. as we were saying earlier, part of their four day state visit to kenya. and cameron walker, our royal correspondent , joins us now. correspondent, joins us now. cameron this is just wonderful, isn't it? you can just tell that the queen is absolutely in her element amongst the animals here. is she? >> absolutely is. i mean, elephants are going to be enjoying a bath as her enjoying a mud bath as her majesty queen is watching majesty the queen is watching on. is the sheldrick on. this is the sheldrick wildlife trust and the kenyan wildlife trust and the kenyan wildlife service. and it's all about conservation and the

preservation of wildlife and protected areas across kenya. her majesty, i'm told, is going to have the opportunity to bottle feed an orphan baby elephant as well. so very shortly , her majesty will be shortly, her majesty will be invited to do that. she's going to be hearing about the orphanages work because this is a visa elephants, which are orphans, baby elephants . as orphans, baby elephants. as i said, she's going to be visiting a mud bath area here from the head keeper as well. the king is also expected to join her majesty at some point at the at the sheldrick wildlife trust, which you are seeing live pictures on right now here on gb news from kenya . her majesty is news from kenya. her majesty is going to also visit the park's ivory burning site , which is ivory burning site, which is a historic location where 12 tonnes of ivory were burnt by the former kenyan president in 1989. most of it was intercepted before entering the market and stored. and it shows kenya's commitment to conservation of elephants and an absolute zero tolerance tolerance to the ivory

trade and poaching . trade and poaching. >> and actually, cameron, that's something that i know king charles has been talking about for a long time. you know , for a long time. you know, banning the international sale of ivory, which, of course starts and begins with the slaughter of elephants and the preservation of them in this manner is a wonderful see, kenya is a beautiful , beautiful is a beautiful, beautiful country. i went on safari there many years ago now . and one of many years ago now. and one of my big regrets is not taking a balloon trip up above the planes. fantastically beautiful area. but look at those wonderful animals. >> absolutely. and you've just got to go back to the history of the royal family and conservation work. the king's father, prince philip, with his presidency of wwf and of course, the king himself has been really keen on conservation for more than half a century now. his son heavily involved in the or set up united for wildlife as well. and these pictures here, it's all about educating kenyans. i suppose that they can really make a much better living preserving these animals and the conservation work for, as you

said, martin, things such as tourism rather than poaching and the ivory trade . the ivory trade. >> and what has been so wonderful about this this trip to kenya is the king and queen within this schedule are really highlighting things that they are passionate about. highlighting things that they are passionate about . they love are passionate about. they love to meet people and speak with people. we've seen a lot of that in past few days and they in the past few days and they both have fondness for both have such a fondness for animals and we can see that, can't we, within the planning of this trip? yeah. >> yesterday saw the >> i mean, yesterday we saw the king visiting an organic urban farm which was attached to a bit of i suppose, of wasteland, i suppose, of a hospital that's been only been up for the last year up and coming for the last year or it's growing or so. but it's already growing crops. saw pictures of crops. and we saw pictures of the his cool sunglasses the king and his cool sunglasses pulling crops and looking at pulling up crops and looking at baby chicks as well , which of baby chicks as well, which of course will be feeds . the queen course will be feeds. the queen was at a library. she was reading to young children literacy, a huge passion of hers is conservation and the environment . it's much is conservation and the environment. it's much more is conservation and the environment . it's much more the environment. it's much more the king's thing. environment. it's much more the king's thing . however, the queen king's thing. however, the queen is heavily involved as we saw with the charity, with equine and animal conservation and we

are seeing her majesty here with baby orphaned elephant . and we baby orphaned elephant. and we are expecting her at some point to bottle feed a baby orphan. that'll be a wonderful image. now wonderful image. >> and of course, they're orphaned because their parents have been slaughtered for their ivory. and the great thing about this is encouraging that conservation in tourism going out there much more long out there and much more long termist attitude to a precious resource . elephants are a resource. elephants are a precious resource. if you kill them for their ivory, of course they are gone. and these elephants have been orphaned because their parents have been taken for their ivory. so this is massively important work and beautiful pictures. camera >> absolutely. it's all about strengthening between strengthening relations between the and the two nations as well. and kenya at the moment has a huge youth unemployment rate problem. and they are vulnerable. these young people. and the king is shining a spotlight and the queen on the issues or queen as well on the issues or opportunities for young people in kenya. so the king, for example, yesterday was at a young entrepreneurial tech hub

touring the different start—ups touring the different start—ups to do with tech and innovation and digital jobs for young people. of course, the uk has an ageing population, as we spoke about yesterday. martin so perhaps that would fill the skills gap. it's again strengthening the relations skills gap. it's again strength(theg the relations skills gap. it's again strength(the unitedelations skills gap. it's again strength(the united kingdom and between the united kingdom and kenya. but conservation, of course, a huge issue, and tourism could be and is already a huge booming market for kenya and similar countries. liz in africa. and by having the queen here and hopefully the king at some point joining her, we are having the pictures of two of the most famous people on the planet at this particular wildlife orphanages shining a light on the amazing work that these conservationists do and such important cause to highlight. >> cameron, thank you so much for bringing these wonderful pictures to us. if you are just joining radio, queen joining us on the radio, queen camilla is currently at an elephant elephant sanctuary for orphaned baby elephants in nairobi in kenya. she has just not given little head scratch to

that baby elephant down there by her feet. and we are expecting her feet. and we are expecting her to bottle feed an elephant shortly. so we will bring those pictures to you here on gb news live. that'll be worth the wait. >> and i can see them now on the front page of tomorrow's newspapers. okay. coming up in just moment, free palestine just a moment, free palestine protesters have struck a third mcdonald's in just 24 hours with the bizarre and vile live mouse stunt in that

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>> gb news. >> gb news. >> welcome back to gb news live with ellie and martin. now free palestine protesters have struck a third mcdonald's in just 24 hours with a bizarre live mouse stunt that involves unloading dozens of these rodents who've been spray painted in the palestine colours and then released them into mcdonald's restaurants. let's have a look . restaurants. let's have a look. >> hi. days . >> hi. days. >> hi. days. >> look at this . they'll just >> look at this. they'll just drop these off in mcdonald's. all these rats and mcdonald's . all these rats and mcdonald's. >> oh, my days . >> oh, my days. >> oh, my days. >> black . >> black. >> black. >> look at that . no, no, no, no. >> look at that. no, no, no, no. somebody just took that in. yeah . oh my days . yeah . even the

. oh my days. yeah. even the best come on, let's get out of . here >> and apologies if that's made your stomach turn. it's put. ellie off her sushi almost . now, ellie off her sushi almost. now, just so you know, that's happening , because allegedly happening, because allegedly mcdonald's gave out over 100,000 meals in israel, including to soldiers. well, gb news reporter jack carlson now joins us from birmingham, as it were, at the scene of the crime. jack, three strikes on macdonald roads. now. are we any closer to finding out who's doing it and why ? who's doing it and why? >> well, good afternoon to you both . both. >> certainly there is an investigation undennay by the west midlands police . west midlands police. >> they say that this is a pubuc >> they say that this is a public nuisance offence. >> of course, they were alerted to the incident a few days ago at the star city mcdonald's , at the star city mcdonald's, which is just further just a little bit outside of the city centre . they were alerted to

centre. they were alerted to that. and of course they're appealing to the public for information around the people. of course involved in that protest. but since that initial attack, there have been two others yesterday in in perry barr, again, just outside the city centre. and now here last night in small heath. so this is a particularly worrying thing, of course, for not only for the police who are, of course, trying to stop these while they're while they're before they're while they're before they really begin to spread across the country. but also, of course, for the people dining in these these these mcdonald's as these protest has come in shouting phrases such as palestine phrases such as free palestine amongst other things, things like boycott israel . well, and like boycott israel. well, and of course, having these boxes of mice, some of them painted in the colours of the palestinian flag, some of just in boxes flag, some of them just in boxes as they're then chucked on the floor, as they then shout their messages , leaving staff and messages, leaving staff and customers screaming. and of course, mcdonald's did comment on on on that first incident

initially in star city. they did say that they had completely sanitised the restaurant that it was concerning and they apologised for any inconvenience caused to of course, the staff and the customers . but the fact and the customers. but the fact is that this only currently seems to be in birmingham and it hasn't yet spread around the country. but of course that will be for a lot people. be a worry for a lot of people. we that the reason these we know that the reason these are going ahead because of are going ahead is because of mcdonald's. statement , mcdonald's. israel's statement, of course, as you said, martin, they have been donating meals and meals to idf soldiers and giving meals to idf soldiers . that has caused some controversy , controversy around controversy, controversy around the globe with mcdonald's franchises around the globe, particularly in kuwait and pakistan. their mcdonald's came out and said that they were not in the same position of support as what, mcdonald's, israel was. and had, in fact, donated and they had, in fact, donated money causes, money towards other causes, other pro—palestine causes, including humanitarian aid in gaza as well . but of course, gaza as well. but of course, mcdonald's said that they in israel said that they give 50% discount to all security and rescue forces that arrive

independently amongst the branches. so that's why amongst other chains as well, starbucks and disney are other big companies , other global companies, other global companies, other global companies that they've free, pro—palestine protesters are urging people to boycott, amongst other global chains around the country . amongst other global chains around the country. but mcdonald's is the only one. so far that has seen protests of this scale. >> and of course, jack , as you >> and of course, jack, as you say, concerns now that there could be copycat style attacks in other mcdonald's up and down the country. we saw liverpool street station last night, a sit in was held by a pro—palestine protesters. there is this movement that is spreading across the country at the moment. and, you know who i feel sorry for in this, jack, is not only the customers who, of course, have mice running under their when they're trying their feet when they're trying to wage staff . in to eat minimum wage staff. in that video that we were just sharing, there are trying to pick up mice. i mean, it's pick up these mice. i mean, it's not their description not in their job description to do then, course, do that. and then, of course, the well. do we know the mice as well. do we know anything about the of anything about the safety of these what mcdonald's

these animals or what mcdonald's does with aftennards? well does with them aftennards? well all we've not got the information to say what happens to those mice. >> certainly animal rights activists have come out and said how disgusted they are at the abuse of these of these animals and the abuse of the mice. and the trauma that those mice, the animal campaigners animal rights campaigners say are having to go are going through having to go through of course, through this ordeal. of course, not spray painted, not only being spray painted, but then but also, of course, then chucked on the floor in what seems videos, quite seems to be in the videos, quite a violent manner, manner as they then shout slogans such as free palestine of course, for many of the staff in the star city mcdonald's, the situation seems to be able to be brought under control quite quickly. that was less of the case here last night, where the seemed night, where the mice seemed to spread across the floor, of spread out across the floor, of course, as they were then released box. so released from that box. so you're staff having to you're right, staff having to pick wait for, i pick them up and wait for, i guess, the police to arrive and to organise how how to go fonnard from there. of course, then the restaurants have to go through a deep sanitary clean to make sure before they let any more customers in. there's no

possible of contamination possible risk of contamination of any food . and of course any of any food. and of course any surfaces around and the mcdonald's as well . mcdonald's as well. >> okay, jack carson thank you for the update. well i think it's a thank you. and about you, but i'm kind of getting put off my lunch. but anyway, thank you, jack. what do you make of this? >> i think it's mad. i don't really understand mice. why involve mice ? involve mice? >> i guess because they're. they're they're going to repulse people. it's designed to repulse people. it's designed to repulse people shock them scare people and shock them and scare them and. cause i guess we're talking about yeah suppose talking about it. yeah i suppose maybe them what maybe we're giving them what they want in that sense. >> it is actually the staff >> but it is actually the staff i feel sorry for. it's in that video when you can see them trying obviously the trying to obviously lift the box. they the box on the box. they put the box on the ground lid the ground with the lid on the floor, if makes sense. so floor, if that makes sense. so you flip the box over you have to flip the box over and staff are and those staff members are having that. i feel having to do that. and i feel quite them. do quite sorry for them. what do you think? >> well, and the mice the >> well, and the mice and the mice the mice are just mice and the mice are just getting there. people mice and the mice are just get'getting there. people mice and the mice are just get'getting hacked here. people mice and the mice are just get'getting hacked off}. people mice and the mice are just get'getting hacked off with)ple mice and the mice are just get'getting hacked off with it.e are getting hacked off with it and just goes show you and just goes to show you everything political these

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isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . six till 930. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> gb news live with ellie and martin. now the first group of foreign passport holders have crossed into egypt and evacuated to gaza. hamas said its important for the crossing to continue operations in both directions. well, the foreign secretary james cleverly posted on social media to say uk teams would be ready to help british nationals leave as soon as they are able to go. >> well, let's speak now to dr. omar abdel mannan, paediatric neurologist who has called the situation in gaza catastrophic . situation in gaza catastrophic. nick, very good afternoon to you, doctor. what is your understanding of the situation in the hospitals in gaza right now ?

now? >> good afternoon , ellie and martin. >> thank you for having me on the program. so i've been going to gaza with a delegation of medics and surgeons since 2011. so 12 years now. we were actually due to go out there two weeks ago. last not sunday, but the sunday before . but obviously the sunday before. but obviously that got cancelled. we have been speaking to doctors and surgeons and health care professionals on the ground on a daily basis. these are friends, colleagues, students of ours and what they have said, the picture they have painted is apocalyptic . it is a painted is apocalyptic. it is a health care system that has collapsed. it is hospitals that have ran out of electricity , have ran out of electricity, including al—shifa hospital, which is one of the largest trauma centre in the north of gaza that is currently housing 70,000 people inside the hospital . and on its grounds, hospital. and on its grounds, that's 70,000 human beings sheltering there. in addition to it being at 500% bed capacity , it being at 500% bed capacity, they have ran out of fuel . that they have ran out of fuel. that was the message that i got

yesterday evening and this morning when there was some communication before the phone lines got cut out. what that means is babies, premature babies on the neonatal unit will not be able to be ventilated or have their breathing machines working. that means they will die. that means adult patients and children on the intensive care units who are also being ventilated will die. and that means patients who are having dialysis or key treatment for kidney failure and other chronic conditions will also die. we have seen almost 3300 children killed so far by direct israeli bombardment of residential civilian areas . that equates to civilian areas. that equates to one child every 15 minutes, actually closer to 1.9 when i've done the stats. but save the children quoted one and that is one child too many. this is unprecedented . and this unprecedented. and this situation, this humanity catastrophe, this tsunami of human suffering is unprecedented

. covid am being sent personally photos, videos of children on my phone from gaza with children coming into the al—shifa hospital accident . and emergency hospital accident. and emergency with burns third degree burns to their face. they're disfigured. their limbs are missing, their bowels are hanging out from their open abdomens. sorry their open abdomens. i'm sorry to be but you're to be graphic, but you're audience needs to hear this because what's because this is what's happening. our happening. because our politicians because the western government, because the israeli government, because the israeli government and all sides have not called for an immediate ceasefire and instead they are warmongering and that is what is continuing to happen . continuing to happen. >> okay. dr. abdul mannan , we've >> okay. dr. abdul mannan, we've been hearing for weeks now about hospitals running out of fuel , hospitals running out of fuel, about generators being switched off, about hospitals running out off, about hospitals running out of water. in fact, you just reiterated that out yourself. and yet they still are open. how are they managing to function, as you say , they have no fuel or water. >> so this is a health care

system that was on its knees, has been in siege and blockade since two thousand and seven when hamas took over. it has collapsed. and i can tell you that these are sources on the ground and these are figures and numbers from the ministry of health, from, you know, credible news organisations and credible people like the amnesty international, human rights watch, who are telling us that there is no fuel entering . so there is no fuel entering. so i've also spoken to colleagues who have told me that the private supplies of medicines, antibiotic mix, basic supplies to run a hospital, have been completely used up. so these hospitals are not functioning. thatis hospitals are not functioning. that is what i'm trying to say. a third of these hospitals a week ago had made a statement saying we cannot look after our patients. we are having patients die on our ward. we are having to triage patients at the front doon to triage patients at the front door. these doctors who i've worked with in these surgeons and nurses and paramedics are making horrendous decisions is having choose who lives and having to choose who lives and who and that is something

who dies. and that is something as a health care professional and a medical body, we just and as a medical body, we just cannot allow to continue to not on our watch . on our watch. >> and as a medical professional, a practical question really in terms of a lack of clean supplies, things like bandages is also a lack of oxygen. and as you were saying earlier, without generators, things like incubators can't work. what kind of level of care is actually taking place in these hospitals? what can doctors and nurses actually do? because without clean supplies , because without clean supplies, these it's basically like medical care in the mediaeval ages , you've taken the word out ages, you've taken the word out of my mouth , ali. of my mouth, ali. >> so it is mediaeval medicine. thatis >> so it is mediaeval medicine. that is exactly what it is. it's barbaric and it's barbaric as a result of direct israeli bombardment of residential civilian areas . so children are civilian areas. so children are having their legs amputated with little to no anaesthetic. children are with burns, are

being treated with water instead of morphine and this is continuing to happen. you know, the doctors and surgeons are reusing the same surgical gloves. they are having to make do with supplies. they are finding, you know, intricate and clever ways of being able to look after their patients . but look after their patients. but the reality is a hospital does not run on air and determination . a hospital runs on basic suppues . a hospital runs on basic supplies , on humanitarian aid supplies, on humanitarian aid coming in on fuel for electricity . and the current electricity. and the current climate is this. this is not possible . you know, we see some possible. you know, we see some a trickle of ambulances going into the gaza strip now and i've heard of numbers of 80 patients being looked after or being treated. complex patients there are 20,000 civilians who have been injured , many of whom are been injured, many of whom are extremely extreme sick, extremely extreme sick, extremely unwell, and need to be treated or triaged. so this is a drop in the ocean, just like it was a drop in the ocean with the humanitarian aid. this is a drop in the ocean with with these

ambulances in. they ambulances coming in. and they won't safely won't be able to safely transport transfer patients transport or transfer patients whilst israeli bombing transport or transfer patients whilshelling israeli bombing transport or transfer patients whilshelling israe|onombing transport or transfer patients whilshelling israe|on on bing transport or transfer patients whilshelling israe|on on main roads. >> doctor , in terms of >> doctor, in terms of inhumanity , we it's widely inhumanity, we it's widely reported that hamas has used hospitals orbitals and also the tunnel networks underneath them both to store and launch rocket attacks from them and have command hqs underneath hospitals using them and the patients inside as human shields. if that's the. so, will you join in the condemned nation of such activity ? activity? >> so the first thing to say is that i have personally and our team of over 30 or 40 health care professionals from the oxford teaching initiative have travelled to gaza on multiple occasions . and every time we occasions. and every time we have gone into one of these hospitals, including our european hospitals, courts , european hospitals, our courts, which was targeted or threatened with targeting, we have never heard or seen anything to that effect. what i cannot tell you, i agree . i effect. what i cannot tell you, i agree. i cannot effect. what i cannot tell you, i agree . i cannot tell you

i agree. i cannot tell you whether there are tunnels or networks being used to launch rockets or to allow hamas operatives to walk through what i can tell you is that there are 70,000 refugees, people sitting in al—shifa hospital with with an immediate evacuee . an order an immediate evacuee. an order sent 48 hours ago by the israeli government and the israeli defence force . so they told them defence force. so they told them to evacuate . othennise we will to evacuate. othennise we will bomb the hospital that was the direct threat. look i have colleagues of mine, friends of mine who have family who are being held hostage by hamas . so being held hostage by hamas. so i wholeheartedly condemn anything, you know, that leads to loss of human life . anything, you know, that leads to loss of human life. but anything, you know, that leads to loss of human life . but what to loss of human life. but what i'm saying is what we are seeing is barbaric . what we are seeing is barbaric. what we are seeing is barbaric. what we are seeing is unrest necessary. there needs to be an urgent push for an immediate ceasefire. and we are not seeing enough of that. we are not hearing enough people calling for that. in fact, we are hearing the opposite and news organisations are not helping that narrative by continuing to use this narrative

of hamas operatives of terrorism, etcetera. this is a this is a hospital that we are talking about with patients and people in no other conflict have i ever seen women and children not being evacuated, not being given the ability to leave, even in ukraine, even in in these barbaric situations as this is, you know, the israeli government has basically told these people to evacuate from their homes , 1 to evacuate from their homes, 1 million people, and to go to the south to be bombed again and again . it's continuing, again. and it's continuing, frankly. it's we've lost our humanity. and this is a stain on our collective conscience as a nation, as a as western leaders and as western people to let this happen in 2023. >> i mean, the israeli government would say that they are trying to warn civilians of where there will be airstrikes so that they can move to safety and they will say that their priority is getting rid of hamas out of gaza. so dr. omar abdel

manan, thank you very much. >> just respond to that. apologies but the un secretary—general has come out a number of high ranking officials have said that this does not excuse this targeting of civilian areas, which is what we are seeing. so i'm sorry about that. narrative is not good enough that the ability to just let human life that is sacred on both sides, on on every side be destroyed is just not good enough. so i'm sorry to say, but this is still a humanitarian catastrophe. that is in the making and we are not doing enough to stop it. >> okay, dr. omar abdul manan, a passionate response there. thank you very much for joining us today on the show . today on the show. >> now, it's not looking good for british businesses as insolvencies reach their highest levels since the 2009 financial crash . according to new data, crash. according to new data, over 18,000 companies have already gone bust this year, with firms battling with high

interest rates and debt. >> this comes as local government leaders warn that 1 in 10 county councils could now face bankruptcy following on from birmingham city council's financial downfall earlier this year. yeah >> well, joining us now is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. for businesses isn't it liam ? for businesses isn't it liam? >> this is the sharp end of the economy , ellie. economy, ellie. >> this is what happens when you raise interest rates 14 times in a row . a tow. >> a row. >> and we've got another interest rate decision tomorrow. of firms eventually go of course, firms eventually go bust because firms have debts that they take on and debt that firms take on is generally a variable rate debt. so you pay more as interest rates go up and firms just can't hack it. interest rate rises mean consumers don't spend as much. we spend less money in the shops again. firms have less money coming in. firms end up going bust. have a look at these figures from the insolvency service between january and

september 2023, we . saw 18,367 september 2023, we. saw 18,367 insolvencies, and that's 13% up on the same period in 2022, january to september last year. this january to september figure this year is, as you said earlier, the highest since the 2009 financial crisis. you know , 2009 financial crisis. you know, when lehman brothers collapsed, global financial crisis . and as global financial crisis. and as i companies are suffering i said, companies are suffering because borrowing are because borrowing costs are rising. now, in addition to the actual insolvencies , we've also actual insolvencies, we've also learned that between july and september on the next graphic , september on the next graphic, we have 37,722 companies in critical distress . this that critical distress. this that means the insolvency service knows that they haven't gone bust yet, but they are really struggling to meet the payments on their debts and that distress factor, that's up a quarter on the previous three months this yeah the previous three months this year. so you really see that higher interest rates are starting to squeeze the economy and 11,000 roughly, of those 37,000 odd couple journeys in

distress are in the construction and the property sector, which is always what we say, highly levered. there's always lots and lots of debt. you know, you build a house, you spend lots and lots lots and lots and and lots and lots and lots and lots of and then lots and lots of money and then you get paid. so you have to take on debt to get over that bridge. as i said, is bridge. and as i said, there is an interest decision from an interest rate decision from the england tomorrow at the bank of england tomorrow at noon. i would be really noon. and i would be really disappointed if the bank of england was was mad enough to raise rates again. >> and it has to be said, mystic liam, you normally call these things right, so that you are on the money there. there is some other good though, the other good news, though, in the figures have figures today. house prices have risen only slightly, 0.9. what's driving that? >> that's that . that's great if >> that's that. that's great if you've got a house. right. but home ownership is very, very low these days. a lot of young people, a lot of parents with youngsters trying to on the youngsters trying to get on the housing ladder. they don't want house rise. they want house prices to rise. they want a fat price crash. so a big fat house price crash. so it's likely that they

it's more likely that they can get a home that's that's affordable . what's driving it? affordable. what's driving it? i think , martin, is this sense think, martin, is this sense that interest rates probably have peaked now, so people might be brave enough to take on a mortgage in order to buy a house? house prices have been falling because mortgages have been too expensive . and so been too expensive. and so people have only been able to take on less debt so they can offer less to buy the house. but look , we've had 14 interest rate look, we've had 14 interest rate rises. the bank of england held interest rates last month. i do think they're going hold think they're going to hold interest rates at 5.25% tomorrow. so and it may be that the narrative starts to go around that interest rates have now peaked. they're not going to go now peaked. they're not going to 9° up now peaked. they're not going to go up more. going to go up any more. we're going to have reserve in have the federal reserve in america, the most important central bank there, deciding interest tonight interest rates tonight if they hold england holds, hold the bank of england holds, then there may be a sense, okay, that's it. we've killed off inflation or at least inflation is now going to start coming down really sharply. it's still over be around 2. over 6. it should be around 2. it may then be that confidence starts to return because what's

really pulverising , whether really pulverising, whether you're trying to get a mortgage or you're trying to run your company, the balance sheet of your company lots of debt. your company with lots of debt. what's these what's pulverising is these endless drip, drip, drip rate rises and you never know when it's going to stop. it's what spooks they spooks people. it means they throw in towel. and as we throw in the towel. and as we say business, go bust. say in business, go bust. >> nato liam halligan. superb stuff. a pleasure. thank you. >> thanks, liam. now to the weather. as large parts of newry in county down northern ireland have been swamped by floodwater as the city's canal burst its banks amid heavy rainfall, while dozens of businesses were engulfed in the floods with widespread damage caused to buildings, stock and furnishings with local police forces warning people to stay out of the city centre as streets have turned into rivers. well, let's speak now with gb news northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie, who is braving the storm for us live from newry . storm for us live from newry. very good afternoon to you, dougie . and the situation is, dougie. and the situation is, isn't it, that this the ground isn't it, that this the ground is already so saturated there,

there is more rain coming . so there is more rain coming. so there is more rain coming. so the residents and the businesses in newry, they're bracing themselves . themselves. >> they are indeed. and just we are dodging showers at this minute in time, just as we're coming on the air. one is starting to you could just feel it starting on you. but we're to going take across the river going take you across the river that actually has done most of the damage . that actually has done most of the damage. this is the clanrye river. and you look just over river. and if you look just over over you'll see over the top of it, you'll see the very courthouse that's the very newry courthouse that's sitting there. and if we could just little bit, you'll just go in a little bit, you'll actually the speed of the actually see the speed of the water. that's down in water. that's coming down in there. and just to the left of there. and just to the left of the frame is the green pipes where they were frantically trying pump the water out trying to pump the water out from beside this church that from beside this big church that is just sitting there. and if we just cross the river a little bit now across a very shaky bridge, must say, you can see bridge, i must say, you can see just down to the right of me here, newry town itself or newry city, should i say , just down city, should i say, just down there. and this is exactly this is the sugar island area of

newry known as sugar island, because this was the port and the big quay side that most of the big quay side that most of the sugar was delivered in. it is the oldest canal in britain , is the oldest canal in britain, one of the oldest. and this river runs alongside that canal . river runs alongside that canal. now, this isn't a canal beside it. in fact, this is part of the businesses of newry . and you can businesses of newry. and you can see the big orange pump there in behind that was some emerged totally submerged in water. and i'm not too sure that it was a goodidea i'm not too sure that it was a good idea to leave a pump totally submerged in water on a level that it could be submerged because of course, it flooded out and it caused severe damage just over to just over beside that stone building is a beautiful, big passat . and about beautiful, big passat. and about three hours ago, it was all but submerged in water. i mean, you can just about see the windscreen wipers at the top of the windscreen. suddenly have a few tales to tell about that. there's body, car, garage there's a car, body, car, garage over there that is also

submerged. but really what you will here is the mud that is will see here is the mud that is in this car park. will see here is the mud that is in this car park . and in amongst in this car park. and in amongst that mud is nothing but raw sewage and all the manholes that blew up. and there is going to be a serious, serious problem with that also, as well as that, you will see much of the water here is covered in diesel oil . here is covered in diesel oil. and that will be a huge cleanup operation for later on. >> okay, dougie beattie , thanks >> okay, dougie beattie, thanks for joining us live from newry. forjoining us live from newry. please don't get swept away. we need the next hour. need you in the next hour. >> just want bring you >> we just want to bring you some pictures now from some live pictures now from nairobi in kenya, where queen camilla and king charles are visiting an elephant orphanage there as part of their four day state visit to kenya. they've been hearing about the orphanages work . they've been orphanages work. they've been shown a mud bath area in this orphanage. and she's even had a chance to bottle feed a baby elephant. we know they are very passionate about conservation and wonderful pictures there

coming out of kenya. do you stay with us. we'll have more on israel , gaza with us. we'll have more on israel, gaza and with us. we'll have more on israel , gaza and the conflict israel, gaza and the conflict there with mark white in the next

well . good afternoon. you're well. good afternoon. you're watching gb news live with martin daubney and me, ellie costello coming up for you this houh costello coming up for you this hour, the first group of foreign passport holders have been evacuated from the gaza strip and have reached the egyptian side of the rafah border

crossing. >> whilst the israeli offensive intensifies . we'll have all the intensifies. we'll have all the latest. the highly anticipated artificial intelligence summit commences at bletchley park today , aiming to highlight the today, aiming to highlight the opportunities and the dangers of artificial intelligence , with artificial intelligence, with elon musk warning it could pose existential risk if it becomes anti—human in and storm, kieran's consequences as a danger to life. warning is issued for parts of the uk where live across the country as gusts of wind are expected to reach a whopping 80 miles an hour. >> and we can't get enough of these incredible live pictures of the king and the queen with elephants in nairobi. they are visiting an elephant orphanage right now. this is the sheldrick trust elephant orphanage in nairobi . this is part of their nairobi. this is part of their state visit to kenya. they've

been hearing about the orphanages work. the queen has been shown to the mud bath area and she's even had a chance to bottle feed a baby elephant because we know this is something they feel really passionate about, isn't it? martin the conservation of animals and what are they worth now ? now? >> is that a baby rhino? >> is that a baby rhino? >> a baby rhino, a baby rhino and, of course, rhinos often are killed for their ivory, too, for their horns. >> it's a terrible desecration of a wonderful natural resource. and of course, this is all about conservation and tourism. more long term view, hopefully the queen won't take a mud bath herself . king queen won't take a mud bath herself. king george queen won't take a mud bath herself . king george stubbed his herself. king george stubbed his toe earlier, almost took a tumble . but toe earlier, almost took a tumble. but it toe earlier, almost took a tumble . but it was toe earlier, almost took a tumble. but it was a toe earlier, almost took a tumble . but it was a great tumble. but it was a great recovery, but wonderful pictures and we'll make sure we keep coming back to them throughout and we'll make sure we keep corrshow. ick to them throughout the show. >> you are listening on >> and if you are listening on the radio, there is a lovely little baby rhino wrapped in a blanket the has blanket here. the queen has given head rub and given him a little head rub and a king just looking given him a little head rub and a at king just looking given him a little head rub and a at this king just looking given him a little head rub and a at this moment just looking given him a little head rub and a at this moment inst looking given him a little head rub and a at this moment in time,king given him a little head rub and a at this moment in time, we'll on at this moment in time, we'll come back to those pictures a little later on in the little bit later on in the programme. let's get

programme. but first, let's get the headlines rhiannon the news headlines with rhiannon i >> thank you, ali. good afternoon . it's 2:02. your top afternoon. it's 2:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the first group of injured evacuees from gaza has arrived in egypt. they were taken across the rafah border crossing in ambulances under a deal mediated by qatar . but it's unclear how by qatar. but it's unclear how long the border will remain open. but it's unlikely all those waiting will make it through today. meanwhile, aid trucks have entered gaza with the foreign secretary warning there vital to easing the humanitari crisis. there . well, humanitari crisis. there. well, it comes as the israeli military says nine of its soldiers have been killed during its ground offensive into gaza . israel's offensive into gaza. israel's bombardment continues . the bombardment continues. the israel defence forces says it's hit 11,000 hamas targets. so far. the idf also claims an airstrike yesterday killed a

senior hamas commander. it says was a ringleader of the attack on the 7th of october. palace opinion officials say 50 gazans were killed and another 150 injured in that strike. well, campaign is back here in london have projected the words ceasefire. now on to the houses of parliament and the colours of the palestinian flag . it was the palestinian flag. it was organised by save the children and other charities that say rishi sunak must put lives above politics and back calls for a ceasefire. they're handing a petition with over 300,000 signatures over to the government . in other news, the government. in other news, the world needs a referee to mediate how companies use emerging technologies. that's according to elon musk , the tech to elon musk, the tech entrepreneurs. one of the high profile guests at the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . the prime bletchley park. the prime minister hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology as well as attract business investment .

as attract business investment. a declaration has been agreed by attendees of the summit as the starting point for a global conversation on al safety. >> we're not stronger or faster than other creatures, but we are more intelligent and. and here we are for the first time really in human history with something that's going to be far more intelligent than us. so it's not clear to me we can actually control such a thing . control such a thing. >> but i think we can aspire to guide it in a direction that's beneficial to humanity . but guide it in a direction that's beneficial to humanity. but i do think it's one of the existential risks that we face, andits existential risks that we face, and it's potentially the most pressing one, a former top civil servant has suggest that hundreds of her colleagues may have breached lockdown rules , have breached lockdown rules, including government ministers . including government ministers. >> helen macnamara was deputy cabinet secretary in 2020 and 2021 and played a key role in britain's covid response . she britain's covid response. she told the inquiry that rules were

routinely broken in the daily course of government and that bofis course of government and that boris johnson displayed a breezy confidence regarding the pandemic, which she found jarring . jarring. >> it was striking that something that i felt personally was obviously deeply worrying that the there was a sort of de facto assumption that we were to going be great without any of the hesitancy or questioning or that sort of behind closed doors, bit of government, which isn't about saying everything's smashing and going brilliantly, but actually being a bit more reflective . the sort of reflective. the sort of unbelievably bullish we're going to be great at everything approach is not a smart mentality to have inside a government meeting . government meeting. >> house prices increased by 0.9% in october, which experts say reflects the limited supply of properties on the market. nationwide's market index showed an increase on last month's figures, though average prices across the uk are down 3.3%

compared to last year. the building society says market activity remains weak, with the number of mortgages approved in september, down 30. amber weather warnings are in place for the south coast of england and parts of pembrokeshire and wales as storm kieran nears the uk. the met office says wind and rain could bring potential risk to life and property. a red wind warning has been issued by jersey, met with gusts of almost 100mph, expected . parts of 100mph, expected. parts of northern ireland have already been flooded due to heavy rainfall and people have been warned not to travel. it comes less than two weeks after storm babet caused widespread damage across the uk and the king queen are in kenya on day two of their four day state. visit her majesty's are celebrating animal welfare and environmental conservation with a visit to an elephant orphanage. on the

agenda for queen camilla, who can be seen in images which i'm sure martin and ellie will show you of her feeding a hungry calf . the king visited an urban forest to highlight the importance of green spaces in our cities . and you'll see more our cities. and you'll see more of that, no doubt, with martin and ellie. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news. now back over to martin, ellie, thanks, rihanna. >> and you're watching gb news live with myself and martin. the time is 2:07. now is now the time is 2:07. now is now the time that global leaders will finally get a grip on al. vice president kamala harris has just spoken at the ai summit and expressed the potential harms of ai . let's take a listen. ai. let's take a listen. >> it also has the potential to cause us profound harm from al

enabled cyber attacks at a scale beyond anything we've seen before , or to ai formulate bio before, or to ai formulate bio weapons that could endanger the lives of millions of people . lives of millions of people. these threats are often referred to as the existential threats of ai because , of course, they ai because, of course, they could endanger the very existence of humanity . existence of humanity. >> well, let's bring in our deputy political editor, tom tom hannood, who's at bletchley park for us now. and if you don't know, tom, he does love to talk about al . so i can imagine he's about al. so i can imagine he's absolutely delighted to be at this first ai summit in bletchley park. look at him. he's absolutely buzzing to be there. let's start with ellie. >> i'm going to interrupt you here. ellie, going to here. yeah, ellie, i'm going to interrupt because i'm interrupt you here because i'm actually standing here with someone important, someone really rather important, matt is the who matt clifford is the man who this whole summit. he's spent the last few hours chilling with titans elon musk and world

leaders and, matt, first of all, you're not a politician. you're not involved in the world of government. why were you brought in to run this summit? >> matt, you're right. >> matt, you're right. >> my day job, i run an investment company called entrepreneur first. i came in to do a ten week on this do a ten week stint on this because last ten because i spent the last ten years thinking about al safety because i spent the last ten yearthinkingg about al safety because i spent the last ten yearthinking that)ut ai safety because i spent the last ten yearthinking that while safety because i spent the last ten yearthinking that while thisty and thinking that while this technology upsides, and thinking that while this tewe ology upsides, and thinking that while this tewe don't upsides, and thinking that while this tewe don't nail upsides, and thinking that while this tewe don't nail the upsides, and thinking that while this tewe don't nail the risk upsides, and thinking that while this tewe don't nail the risk side,iides, if we don't nail the risk side, we won't adopt it. >> and so this was just an extraordinary opportunity to hopefully play a part hopefully play a small part in getting better getting us to that better future. and what that better future. and what is that better future. and what is that better future like? future looking like? >> what would be a successful summit over the course of today and tomorrow? what are you actually looking achieve here? >> we're only a quarter of the way through, but i think it's already a success. you already been a huge success. you know, what we know, if you think about what we said wanted do, was said we wanted to do, which was really debate on kick really move the debate on kick off global conversation off a truly global conversation about already happened. about that's already happened. i mean, the fact that this morning you saw secretary of commerce mean, the fact that this morning you sthe secretary of commerce mean, the fact that this morning you sthe us'etary of commerce mean, the fact that this morning you sthe us andy of commerce mean, the fact that this morning you sthe us and ministermerce mean, the fact that this morning you sthe us and minister ofirce from the us and minister of technology from china on the stage together talking about al governance a governance, signing up to a communique that for the first

time collaborate on it. i think that's already been a huge success. >> success. >> a lot of people have been saying that contentious, but i suppose you'd view it as if it's sort of like bringing the soviet union into those nuclear disarmament talks. >> i'm not sure, quite frankly. you know, ai is a global issue. it doesn't stop at borders . you it doesn't stop at borders. you can't just say, we want to have you know, a conversation with our friends about this. it's absolutely crucial we're absolutely crucial if we're going global ai going to get global ai governance we governance right. and we have a truly international conversation . kyrees of summits. >> we learned this morning one of the big announcements is just okay, isn't it isn't amazing that a global ai summit and they can't get a reliable internet connection. >> such is the life you can't make it up, can you? >> but tom hannood , as you saw >> but tom hannood, as you saw there, practically jumping up and be that al safety and down to be at that al safety summit. we will come back to summit. so we will come back to tom hannood, with some tom hannood, hopefully with some better bit better reception a little bit later in program. later on in the program. but let's king and let's talk about the king and queen, now because queen, shall we? now because they've their four they've continued their four day state to kenya today, state visit to kenya today, which been overshadowed ,

which has been overshadowed, some would say, by calls for an apology abuses, committing apology for abuses, committing dunng apology for abuses, committing during british colonial rule . during british colonial rule. this is the king's first state visit to the commonwealth country as monarch and king charles said that he felt the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret for atrocities suffered by kenyans during their struggle for independence . for independence. >> but some are saying that this doesn't amount to a full apology. so let's speak now with our royal correspondent, cameron walker and cameron, as well as some of the more austere that we've some fabulous images we've seen, some fabulous images today of the animal sanctuary. and it seems and that wonderful image earlier of the king giving medals to a war veteran in 117 years old. cameron, we have some live pictures here. could you talk us through them? >> well, these are pictures of the queen feeding an orphaned baby elephant blocks photobombs by yet another elephant. clearly is not camera shy. yeah it's an incredible conservation work which the king and queen are both doing in kenya. it's part

of a nairobi wildlife national park. the sheldrick wildlife trust and the kenyan wildlife service. all about conservation and the preservation of wildlife and the preservation of wildlife and protected areas across africa . because, of course, back africa. because, of course, back in the day, numbers of elephants and rhinos and the big african five were, you know , decimated five were, you know, decimated because of the poaching thing. and now there are huge efforts undennay to make conservation. the way to get on in life in terms of more money and its better instead of poaching to look after these animals for things such as tourism and for conservation efforts as well. and the king and queen are very much shining a spotlight on this. we should have some lovely pictures the king. pictures as well of the king. we've had the king and we've just had the king and queen looking baby rhino as queen looking at a baby rhino as well orphaned only a well who was orphaned only a couple of days old. >> and before are rudely >> and before we are rudely interrupted hannood interrupted there tom hannood at bletchley made bletchley park, the king made a surprise appearance at that conference via video link, talking about looking very tech savvy, as we say, very

impressive for a man of his age , impressive for a man of his age, talking about the importance of harnessing the good side of ai . harnessing the good side of ai. >> yeah, he was 100 odds. world leaders , ai experts and tech leaders, ai experts and tech industry bosses are at this summit downing street was denying that some big world leaders, such as the us president joe biden, was snubbing the event. it's the government's view that they really this to be britain a really want this to be britain a leader, a world leader terms leader, a world leader in terms of artificial intelligence. so safety. so i don't think it's much of a surprise that we've seen the british government's rolling out. well, that's not the king, but i don't think it's much of a surprise that we've seen the british government rolling out king to deliver rolling out the king to deliver a as this, because a speech such as this, because the have this charm the royals just have this charm offensive, and this offensive, don't they? and this global star power, which is really rare, which i suppose monarchists would say is a big benefit of the monarchy. >> yeah. and often when royals speak listens . and speak, the world listens. and let's talk about the emotional side of this trip for the king, because there have been moments ,

because there have been moments, haven't there? there was a time when he read the diary of his late mother from when she was in kenya. >> yes. so during his speech at the state banquet, the state house in nairobi yesterday, the king spoke of a diary extracts which he had read of his mother's from february 1952. now at that time, she was princess elizabeth . she was on she was in elizabeth. she was on she was in kenya as part of a visit to commonwealth nations. she went up to treetops safari lodge one evening, the following morning, she she came down that ladder and she was queen because her father, george forsyth, had died in his sleep. and the king spoke of the queen talking about the extraordinary landscape shapes of kenya and that she didn't want to miss a moment of it. and he thanked the kenyan people for supporting queen elizabeth ii . supporting queen elizabeth ii. and in the early, very early days her reign, which would days of her reign, which would have been a very difficult time for her. so quite poignant, poignant for the king to bring it historic links and it up. that's historic links and how interesting how this has

come through the generation is this love of africa, this love of animals, this love of conservation. >> you can see it in the late queen elizabeth king charles, we know, feels passionately about it. and of course, prince harry now as well. >> yes, he certainly is. yes he is. we understand that prince harry is attempting to do a lot more work in africa when it comes to conservation. he botswana has a huge place in his heart. he took meghan markle when she was still meghan markle and not the duchess of sussex on and not the duchess of sussex on a five day tour of botswana. so it is a constant which really has the royal family at its heart. and you mentioned conservation. there the king's father, prince philip , huge on father, prince philip, huge on conservation and the king himself, more than 50 years, half a century looking after animals. the climate and as well as his his son, prince william as his his son, prince william as well. >> and there has been criticism the course of those historic wrongdoings in the 1950s. as yet, you get a sense that the politicians, at least in kenya,

are happy to try and put that behind the two nations. and in fact, in 2013, didn't the british government pay something like £20 million in reparations loans and didn't go full? a full apology as far as that, but they did express sorrow . and do you did express sorrow. and do you think, cameron, we can put that behind us now and move on? >> yes, there was a high court case back in 2013 and the british government did as british government did agree as a result of that to pay out nearly million to around nearly £20 million to around 5000 kenyans were 5000 elderly kenyans who were abused by the british regime of the day. they didn't give a full apology. but what they did do was express sorrow and regret . was express sorrow and regret. and those words, i think, were echoed last night in the speech that the king gave at the state banquet. he again expressed sorrow and regret. we did not get a full apology from the king. it's understood that the british government's stance is that a modern day administration is not legally liable for something a government did. 60 years ago. there's been some concern that if they did so, it would really open pandora's box

in terms of lawsuits . we just in terms of lawsuits. we just see the king and queen here. if you're watching on television at the commonwealth war graves this morning . that where the morning. and that is where the king presented a world war two veteran with a medal a medal which he lost in the 1950s. he's 117 years old. and the king said he was amazed easing there. >> it is incredible. is it really has been a patch schedule, hasn't it, cameron? how do you feel as though the trip is going for the king and queen? >>i queen? >> i think it's a mix, but on the whole , okay, we've had the the whole, okay, we've had the distraction from the calls for reparations. et cetera . but i reparations. et cetera. but i think on the whole, we have seen a lot of really positive coverage in terms of the different engagements they're doing. carefully doing. it's been very carefully planned the planned this trip. it's on the advice of the british government that the king goes on these state the british state visits, the british government really wants shore government really wants to shore up relations between up ties and relations between kenya the united kingdom. kenya and the united kingdom. it's an incredibly competitive market, that part of africa. there's influence from china to

russia and america as well, all wanting part of those that trade wading pool, as it were. and the king yesterday was meeting young african entrepreneurs at a tech event. the queen was meeting lots of young children , reading lots of young children, reading to them literacy, a huge passion of hers. and of course , of hers. and of course, conservation. today with the baby elephants . baby elephants. >> and do you think cameron seems to be now a part of the landscape, just a part of the world we live in that every foreign trip the royals has foreign trip with the royals has this backdrop of historical wrongdoings or reparations or of calls for apologies. it bothers a lot of people. it upsets a lot of people. is that just now a part of the world we live in? >> unfortunately, i think whenever a royal will go to a commonwealth nation, we're going to this sort of trouble. to have this sort of trouble. you have to what you just have to see what happens visits happens with the visits of william and catherine 2022, william and catherine in 2022, pictures them greeting pictures of them greeting children through a wired fence on of an open top land rover on top of an open top land rover wearing colonial style clothes . wearing colonial style clothes. really bad press for them on that with the king and

that event with the king and queen. really trying to queen. they're really trying to shine on the engagements shine a light on the engagements they're doing rather than harking to the past 60 odd harking back to the past 60 odd years but i think to years ago. but i think it is to going be huge challenge, going be a huge challenge, particularly next year when particularly now next year when we to travel we are expecting them to travel a little further, perhaps to a little bit further, perhaps to australia, although australia, new zealand, although nothing's been confirmed by buckingham course buckingham palace and of course australia and zealand as australia and new zealand as other commonwealth realms have, have of perhaps have been thinking of perhaps becoming at some point. >> so there could be challenges ahead for the king and the queen. very good to see you, cameron walker thank you so much queen. very good to see you, car bringingilker thank you so much queen. very good to see you, carbringing usir thank you so much queen. very good to see you, carbringing us uphank you so much queen. very good to see you, carbringing us upharspeed so much queen. very good to see you, carbringing us upharspeed on much for bringing us up to speed on the visit to kenya. okay the royal visit to kenya. okay >> now after the break, we're live scampton as the high live in scampton as the high court decides whether asylum seekers housed the seekers should be housed at the historic former site. we'll historic former raf site. we'll see you shortly .

isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . six till 930. >> welcome back to gb news live with myself and ellie. now it's day two of a high court hearing into a government plans to house asylum seekers at former military airfields. yes west lindsey district council argues the decision to use land at raf scampton, where the dambusters were based during world war ii, is unlawful . is unlawful. >> del mar, east midlands reporter will hollis is in scampton for us now . good scampton for us now. good afternoon to you, will and the local council and residents that you were speaking to earlier. they feel passionately don't they, raf scampton as they, using raf scampton as asylum accommodation is unlawful

i >> yeah, it feels quite undennhelming to use a word like passionate people have made this their lives for the last seven months. ever since the immigration minister robert jenrick stood up in the house of commons and said , we've got a commons and said, we've got a problem. we're using too many hotels, £8 million a day right now. >> and the way that we're going to fix this problem is by putting 1500 to 2000 asylum seekers at raf wethersfield, which is in essex. >> and of course raf scampton, which is the home of the dambusters. now, as you said in the beginning, west lindsey district council and braintree district council and braintree district council and braintree district council are arguing that the reason that the home office is given for using these bases, these former air bases in this way to house asylum seekers is unlawful. the thing that they're questioning is something called a class. q which are essentially emergency measures that the government can employ when they say that they've got a problem, that they need to use crown land, which this is here,

these air bases, former air bases, crown land . so they say bases, crown land. so they say that they can use it for a change of purpose. >> the argument from the councils is that is breaking planning restrictions because it's not actually an emergency . it's not actually an emergency. the migrant crisis, they're describing it as not being an emergency . emergency. >> so we've also hearing we're also hearing from the home office today . we're waiting to office today. we're waiting to hear a little bit more from those court courtrooms to those high court courtrooms to hear what the different lawyers have been saying when journalists that are inside of that london courtroom can offer a little bit of insight as to what's been happening. but then at the end of the day , because at the end of the day, because this is the end of the two day judicial review, we're going to hear a lot the council as hear a lot from the council as they make statements, particularly people that are the directors planning, people directors of planning, people that manage planning restrictions inside of the areas, the local authorities around the councils . so we won't around the councils. so we won't know that until a little bit later today. but what we do know is that people here outside of raf least, are

raf scampton at least, are continuing their round the clock protest, some of them sleeping here overnight. >> you can hear how noisy it is because of the cars that are passing pipping their horns, showing support in all weathers. >> right now it seems a little bit bright, only a few bit bright, but only a few moments it was torrential moments ago it was torrential rain and that is exactly what i'm talking about. >> the support from people along this part of lincolnshire is unwaged cheering and the people that are here outside scampton in the background waving their flags. they say that no matter what happens with the judicial review , they're not giving up on review, they're not giving up on raf scampton. >> well , i'm raf scampton. >> well, i'm huge support in the background. we heard earlier from residents who feel they've been wrongly labelled by a lot of the media as somehow racing for having these reservoir actions. but their reservations are entirely justified, aren't they . yes well, they think so. they. yes well, they think so. >> they think if they're to going be raising a concern that

the home office, that the home office should be addressing it, whether reasonable or whether it's reasonable or unreasonable, they're fears are certainly real. and, of course, that's the question . whenever that's the question. whenever you've got something like this , you've got something like this, what is it that is driving ing their worries , their fears in their worries, their fears in this case, of course, about asylum seekers moving in? one of the reasons that people have given to me is that it is a fear of the unknown . now, a lot of of the unknown. now, a lot of maybe refugee charity is would defend asylum seekers say that they're coming from war torn countries . and i think in this countries. and i think in this case it's mainly people from iran , from syria, from iraq that iran, from syria, from iraq that are intended for scampton at least. >> but as i say, whether it's reasonable or unreasonable , the reasonable or unreasonable, the people here have very real fears. >> okay. well hollis there for us at raf scampton , thank you us at raf scampton, thank you very much indeed. yeah. and joining us live now from the high court on day two of this case is gb news ray addison ray sentiments running very high.

>> what's the latest in the high court ? court? >> well, will was giving you a lot of the background detail there, so i won't go over that . there, so i won't go over that. but what we have been hearing today , ray, is from those cases today, ray, is from those cases representing the government, the home office and the department for levelling up. and they've been denied this claim that's been denied this claim that's been made that the home office knew all along that the these two former military bases would be used for longer than 12 months. they say that's by no means definitive. the buildings that have been put into that facility at the moment are all temporary structures. and the plan is to take them out again in time and any future in 12 months time and any future use past that one year would definitely be determined by the migrant crisis. at the time, the number of people coming across the channel and also the number of hotels available as well. now one man who's been supporting west lindsey district councils injunction against the use of former raf scampton is bruce

crompton. he'll be known to fans of military history as the presenter of combat dealers and also amazing war stories. and he joins us now. thank you very much , bruce, for coming in. why much, bruce, for coming in. why are you here today ? are you here today? >> i'm here to support, obviously what's going on here. >> if i break it down into three elements, first of all, obviously we're a civilised society and we've got asylum seekers, but this place is totally unsuitable to put asylum seekers in. >> first of all, it's in the middle of nowhere. the conditions they're going to be living in is totally unsuitable and because of the fact it's an old raf base, they're putting their health and safety at risk because of some potential contaminants there. so secondly, and the most important thing i think is the i was involved think is the fact i was involved with horizon parks. we put a multi—million pound project together there which would have brought so many people employment. it was a high tech business park, heritage centre , business park, heritage centre, dambusters museum, red house, red house museum and it's just

been cast aside. what about the local residents and bringing the economy to that area ? economy to that area? >> sorry, bruce, just to say you're known for your love of military history and of course, it was site of the it was the site of the dambusters, the home of the dambusters. >> that's the third thing. i mean, i'm the flag waver now for keeping heritage keeping our military heritage alive. and again, at the stroke of a pen and with one nail in the coffin, we losing one of the most historic bases from the second war, the historic second world war, the historic 617 dambusters. you know, the guys really the guys, 53 guys lost their lives there on top of the people that flew out of the rest of the war. it's a heritage site of national importance . and site of national importance. and at the stroke of a pen, it's gone. and it won't ever be reverted back to that. so for me, it's i'm passionate about it. i hope everybody will get behind. obviously, the campaign to stop this happening. >> well, you talk about the suitability and you talk about the lack of development. of course, the cases for the government this just government arguing this is just temporary going to be temporary. it's just going to be 12 and course, 12 months. and of course, they're is class . q

they're saying it is class. q this emergency , so i don't this is an emergency, so i don't accept any of it. >> there's plenty of other places that they could use. and >> there's plenty of other plefar; that they could use. and >> there's plenty of other plefar; thi'mhey could use. and >> there's plenty of other plefar; thi'm concerned, se. and >> there's plenty of other plefar; thi'm concerned, it's and as far as i'm concerned, it's pinocchio talking. you know, they're to going they'll they're just to going they'll keep there and it's totally keep them there and it's totally unsuitable. know, they're unsuitable. you know, they're miles from anywhere. they're they're these pods . they're living in these pods. what are these poor people going to off to do? they'll be better off staying i've got to staying in france. i've got to be honest here. better conditions. the government could find much better accommodation for them and look after them much better than they're proposing by moving these people onto that historic heritage airfield . and i'm very airfield. and i'm very passionate about it. >> bruce crompton, thank you very much for joining us. >> bruce crompton, thank you very much forjoining us. do appreciate your one appreciate your time. one more thing. news and thing. go on, gb news and patrick for what you've done for the poppy appeal. >> done, gb >> fantastic. well done, gb news. thank you, bruce. cheers. appreciate you. >> well, just to summarise , >> well, just to summarise, obviously this was day two of that two day hearing. no no result, no verdict expected today. we're being told that it's going to take at least three weeks as gratis and live

from the high court. >> superb stuff. and bruce crompton channelling the dambusters spirit there. fabulous yes. now coming up, batten down the hatches as storms are coming. >> we'll have the latest on storm kieran with a danger to life being issued in parts of the uk. that's after a news bulletin with rhiannon . bulletin with rhiannon. >> ellie, thank you. it's 232. your top stories from the newsroom . the first group of newsroom. the first group of injured evacuees from gaza has arrived in egypt . they were arrived in egypt. they were taken across the rafah border crossing in ambulances under a deal mediated by qatar. it's unclear how long the border will remain open , but it's unlikely remain open, but it's unlikely all those waiting will make it through today. meanwhile while aid trucks have entered gaza with the foreign secretary warning they are vital to easing the humanity syrian crisis, there , the world needs a referee there, the world needs a referee to mediate. how companies use emerging tech apologies. that's

according to elon musk. the tech entrepreneurs . one of the high entrepreneurs. one of the high profile guests at the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . the prime bletchley park. the prime minister hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology as well as attract business investment . as attract business investment. a declaration has been agreed by attendees of the summit. the starting point for a global conversation on al safety and a former top civil servant has suggested that hundreds of her colleagues may have breached lockdown rules , including lockdown rules, including government ministers . helen government ministers. helen macnamara was deputy cabinet secretary in 2020 and 2021 and played a key role in britain's covid response . she told the covid response. she told the inquiry that rules were routinely broken in the daily course of government and that bofis course of government and that boris johnson displayed a breezy confidence regarding the pandemic, which she found jars ring and an amber weather

warning . an amber weather warning. an amber weather warnings are in place for the south coast of england and parts of pembrokeshire and wales as storm kieran nears the uk. the met office says wind and rain could bring potential risk to life and property. a red wind warning has been issued by jersey met with gusts of almost 100mph, expected . parts of 100mph, expected. parts of northern ireland have already been flooded due to heavy rainfall and people have been warned to not travel. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , stories by visiting our website, gb news.com stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on, gb news. >> good afternoon . you're >> good afternoon. you're watching gb news live. thank you so much for your company. you're joined by myself and martin daubney now it's not looking good for british businesses as insolvency has reached their highest since the 2009 highest levels since the 2009 financial crash . financial crash. >> yeah, according to new data over 18,000 companies have already gone bust this year, with firms battling with higher interest rates and debt . interest rates and debt. >> well, joining us now is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. >> liam for businesses it is this is what happens when you raise interest rates 14 times in a row which we have since the end of 2001, all the way from a

quarter of 1% to now 5.25. and there's another interest rate decision by the bank of england tomorrow. but as those interest rates have risen, as borrowing costs have gone up, it isn't just people with mortgages and personal loans who've had to pay more. it's also businesses. and most business loans are variable rate. they're not fixed rate, and that's squeezed businesses as just when consumers shoppers have had less money to spend . so have had less money to spend. so businesses get less revenue in and they have to pay more for their debts to service their debts. and that's how you get these ghastly, insane fervency. so let's have a look at some of the numbers just remember, behind each of these insolvencies, there's often a family there's family home dream. there's a there are human beings. there's a lot of human fallout here between january and september this had 18,367 this year, we had 18,367 insolvencies across the country . insolvencies across the country. that's 13% up insolvencies across the country. that's13% up on the same period in 2022. this year's january to september figure is, as you said earlier, the highest since

2009in the aftermath. of course , 2009in the aftermath. of course, of the collapse of lehman brothers. the global financial crisis. and as i said, companies are suffering because borrowing costs have been going up so sharply , ali. and as well as sharply, ali. and as well as actual insolvency cases, there's another definition of a company's balance sheet. it's in critical distress. it's when the insolvency authorities can see a company is in distress . that's company is in distress. that's 37,700 odd and that's up almost a quarter on the previous three months. 11,000 roughly of those are distressed companies are in the construction and property sector concerned function you spend a load of money and then you only get paid at the end. so you only get paid at the end. so you need debt to get across that bridge. and as i said, there is you need debt to get across that bibank and as i said, there is you need debt to get across that bibank of d as i said, there is you need debt to get across that bibank of england id, there is you need debt to get across that bibank of england interest is you need debt to get across that bibank of england interest rate a bank of england interest rate decision tomorrow at 12 noon and storms allowing i'll be outside the bank of england reporting on that and mystic liam that super and mystic liam you're predicting to stay you're predicting it to stay a steady. i do think we'll have

interest rates held. i certainly hope so. i don't think there's any justification for raising rates anymore. the economy rates anymore. the uk economy has stalled. we're on the brink of a recession. you're seeing these insolvencies coming through. you can see inflation being squeezed out of the system . so we held interest rates last month as well . after 14 month as well. after 14 successive rise rises and i think they'll hold them again at 5.25. but a key indicator of what the bank of england will do will come this evening when the mighty federal reserve, the us central bank, the most important influential central bank in the world, i think they're probably going to hold rates and if they hold rates, it gives the bank of england perfect cover to do the same. so rates going to stay same. so rates are going to stay high, least hopefully high, but at least hopefully fingers and toes crossed they're not going to up more not going to go up any more good. some positive news >> and some positive news elsewhere. least if elsewhere. well, at least if you're liam, house you're a home owner, liam, house pnces you're a home owner, liam, house prices up by 0.9. what's driving that? >> we've had successive months of house prices falling because mortgage costs are going up so people can't afford to borrow as

much. they can't bid as much on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. iey can't bid as much on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. so can't bid as much on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. so the t bid as much on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. so the offer as much on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. so the offer prices ch on people can't afford to borrow as mhouse. so the offer prices is on a house. so the offer prices is go down. i think what's happening now, martin, and a lot of youngsters won't like this . of youngsters won't like this. they want to see a house price crash. so they've got more chance buying a house. but i chance of buying a house. but i think what's happening now is people are reflecting on the kind of things i just said. it looks rates now looks as if interest rates now have plateaued. they're not going to go up any more. and that's why borrowers, people looking to buy homes say, right, okay, we're really going to go for it now. we're to try for it now. we're going to try and this house. we're going for it now. we're going to try an borrow1is house. we're going for it now. we're going to try an borrow moreuse. we're going for it now. we're going to try an borrow more because 'e going for it now. we're going to try an borrow more because 'e gncan to borrow more because we can fix their hopefully interest rates won't go up any more . so rates won't go up any more. so once interest peak and once interest rates peak and once interest rates peak and once believe they've once people believe that they've peaked , you are going to see the peaked, you are going to see the housing coming back. and housing market coming back. and i that as home owner. i say that as a home owner. that's great me , for my that's great for me, for my kids, for ellie's generation, with all respect, that isn't good news. >> okay, liam halligan, thank you for that update with on the money. liam okay . okay. moving money. liam okay. okay. moving on now. the first group of foreign holders have foreign passport holders have crossed and evacuated

crossed into egypt and evacuated gaza. hamas has said it's important for the crossing to continue operations in both directions . directions. >> well, the foreign secretary james cleverly posted on social media to say that uk teams would be ready to help british nationals leave as soon as they are able to and gb news is security editor mark white joins us now live from tel aviv. >> so, mark, some some positive news out last 500 people passing through that crossing, including we hear maybe some brits . we hear maybe some brits. >> well, we were told that perhaps a couple of british ngos were on this list . those are the were on this list. those are the only ones so far. in fact, were on this list. those are the only ones so far . in fact, there only ones so far. in fact, there are some reports of british nationals turning up at the rafah crossing and realising they're not on the list . and so they're not on the list. and so there's no chance that they're going to get through today. we're told that it was about 500 foreign nationals and dual nationals that are on that list to go through today. those

british national, the bulk of the 200 that the uk government have made contact with will get out. we're told. but it may take a few days because clearly in opening this crossing , it was opening this crossing, it was a long time of negotiations with egypt and israel. they wanted to be sure that there was no security risks in opening that crossing . and from egypt's point crossing. and from egypt's point of view, they don't want that many thousands of people flooding over their border either . so it is a controlled either. so it is a controlled release of people all through that crossing in tandem with the those people who are actually walking through themselves selves, those foreign nationals , selves, those foreign nationals, as there are ambulances , is that as there are ambulances, is that have gone in over the crossing to take a number of very seriously injured palestine indians over to hospitals in egypt. a number of about 80 or so were told and the ambulances

went in. they've been taking them back through the crossing throughout today . there's also throughout today. there's also a field hospital that's been set up in the desert just on the egyptian side of the border as well to treat those that are being brought out with clearly very serious injuries . very serious injuries. >> and mark, we also heard some concerning news overnight of the fbi , the fbi director, fbi, the fbi director, christopher wray , saying the christopher wray, saying the terror threat may be raised in america because of the ongoing conflict causing conflict domestically in america . do you domestically in america. do you think? well, firstly , that's think? well, firstly, that's obviously very concerning. is there any way that the ramifications could then spread to our shores here in britain ? to our shores here in britain? >> i think the ramification actions have already spread throughout europe. you're seeing at the very least, protests times violent protests . it's and times violent protests. it's and the possibility is, of course, that people will decide actually

, because they've been triggered by the scenes they're seeing out of gaza, to enact their feelings in a more violent way. of gaza, to enact their feelings in a more violent way . and that in a more violent way. and that is the real concern . we know is the real concern. we know that conflicts previously in terms of iraq and syria and also afghanistan have triggered a significant number of terrorist incidents around the world. and that's why the fbi director said that's why the fbi director said that the threat is clearly very, very high. the potential for terrorist attacks in the us . he terrorist attacks in the us. he said actually that the threat now really of the possibility of terrorist attacks is higher than it's been since isis came to prominence about a decade ago. so that gives you an indication of just what security agencies in the west are now trying to

assimilate their clearly trying to keep an eye on those extremists they know about. but it's the ones, martin, that they don't know about. all over the years, in recent years with the advent of technology , more and advent of technology, more and more people have been radicalised very quickly indeed. just on their computer at home, watching images, listening to extremist messages and then going out and acting that rage in a violent way . in a violent way. >> okay, mark white, live from tel aviv, thanks for that latest update. thank you very much, indeed. >> now , we've got reports coming >> now, we've got reports coming in that pro—palestine line, vandals smashed out windows of a starbucks in west yorkshire last night and released stick insects into that starbucks cafe as well . all that's after a spate of attacks on mcdonald's in in birmingham where mice were being released into mcdonald's restaurants in birmingham in the past 24 hours. well our reporter

jack castle is in birmingham for us now. and it looks as though , us now. and it looks as though, jack, we were talking about copycat style attacks earlier on with you , weren't we? it looks with you, weren't we? it looks as though this is now spreading across the country, not just birmingham. now, this has also reportedly happened in yorkshire . yeah it does. >> and of course, this is also a level up. of course , from from level up. of course, from from the protests that we've seen here at the mcdonald's in birmingham, throwing mice is one thing. of course , the action thing. but of course, the action that's happened in keighley with that's happened in keighley with that starbucks, particularly smashing the windows, course smashing the windows, of course it then is then physical it is then is then physical damage , of course, to the to damage, of course, to the to that property. mcdonald's, starbucks are all starbucks and disney are all part this global boycott part of this global boycott organised within the kind of community groups and social media groups of pro—palestine pro testers organising them because of their positions on on on israel. they see those companies as being pro—israel. and so they are organising these boycotts that are community level and organising these protests at the community level.

of course, now it seems across the country we've had very few in the last few minutes. a tweet from robbie moore, the mp , who from robbie moore, the mp, who of course, represents constituents in keighley. he says he's sickened by the last night's acts of vandalism and intimidation, which were carried out in his community. he says the smashing of windows at keighley, starbucks and mcdonald's and vile attempts mcdonald's and the vile attempts to intimidate staff and customers pathetic , customers were pathetic, cowardly and disgraceful acts. he says he's been in touch with the west yorkshire police late last night and again this morning, and also of course, in touch west, with the touch with the west, with the west yorkshire mayor as well. he says are completely says these acts are completely counterproductive and an insult to all calling for peace the to all calling for peace in the middle east. now, the mice here that have been thrown in birmingham, it's happened in three mcdonald's now in birmingham, uk , to birmingham, mcdonald's, uk, to come out saying they were sorry for the inconvenience. of course, that all of those attacks had caused and that they had gone through a process of cleaning and sanitising the whole restaurants. of course,

there is an issue, of course, with with the disease and of course, all kinds of things that those mice could be carrying, not least because they're not only in the only being chucked in the restaurant, but are particularly here in the video that we've seen incident in seen from the incident here in small people with small heath, the people with that mice who walked into that box of mice who walked into the here chucked the the mcdonald's here chucked the mice staff behind the mice at the staff behind the counter. so there is, of course, anissue counter. so there is, of course, an issue with with the an issue there with with the mice would have been around mice who would have been around those preparation areas, mice who would have been around those is preparation areas, mice who would have been around those is prthe'ation areas, mice who would have been around those is prthe mcdonald's had which is why the mcdonald's had to for to be closed. of course, for that to be taken that sanitising to be taken place. but of course, whether these attacks become something across the country, of course, keeley is the start of what might well seem some like that. but we've also, of course, seen protests in bristol, albeit not inside the mcdonald's as as these pro—palestine protesters, of course, come out against these companies, which they see as pro—israel. >> okay , jack gardner, thank you >> okay, jack gardner, thank you for that update on a concerning and spreading phenomenon. protests against mcdonald's and starbucks for their stance on israel. >> thank you very much, jack.

now to the weather. as large parts of newry in county down northern ireland have been swamped by floodwater as the city's canal burst, its banks amid heavy rainfall and dozens of businesses were engulfed in the floods with widespread damage caused to buildings. >> stock and furnishings with local police forces warning people to stay out of the city centre as streets have turned into rivers and we can see those streets that have turned into rivers now with our gb news reporter in northern ireland, dougie beattie, who joins us live from newry . live from newry. >> good afternoon to you, dougie . what's the situation on the ground ? ground? >> well, the situation on the ground is very clear. there's been 12,000 sandbags sent to the east of the province waiting for this next part of this storm to arrive . of course, the ground arrive. of course, the ground has been so sodden from the last few days. rain, you can see behind me here, the shops in this street have sandbags as the whole way along them . and this whole way along them. and this is because of basically what's

happening on this side here. if government ever wanted to have a problem brought to their door, this is the town hall that we're looking at. and it was built in the 1800s on a bridge and underneath it, you can just see the arches, the water is not even you can't even see the arches on that bridge . and arches on that bridge. and that's where it comes on down. just just if we walk this way , just just if we walk this way, you can just see there, there's a wall that had had to be broken down to let the water out of the streets of the city, out to flow into this river. and then as we come along, you'll see just over this side of me here, there is a another hole in the wall that was made by the river, not by man. and that goes into the canal on the other side of this river. now, that has been punched through by the damage that was done here last night. and it is now flood on the other side of the canal and they are pumping at the bottom end of

newry to try and make sure that the high street just down here to our right doesn't flood as well. there is now news that kilkeel is flooded . newcastle kilkeel is flooded. newcastle has been taking this rain and poured it down the river. bann is also swollen and there is the rivers agency is there trying to control that situation. but newry sits in a valley and all the water washes down in here. now you can see that this river is still dangerously high and there has been showers throughout the day, but they are more worried about what's coming down as it travels down from portadown and dougie. >> how are businesses feeling? how are residents feeling that you have spoken to, as you say , you have spoken to, as you say, the ground is already so saturated, more rain to come tonight. there must be such a sense of nervousness and fear for people who are worried about their homes and their businesses i >> well, we spoke to one business owner yesterday and i

spoke to a couple today who don't want to appear on camera because they are so upset by what has happened to their businesses. many them here do businesses. many of them here do not have insurance because this is in a flood area. i mean, one man i spoke to who had just had his premises totally done up and quite literally three weeks ago, people were only coming back to work after working at home. and he is now worried how he's going to pay those bills. another car mechanic out the other side, he has four cars belonging to customers inside the garage and he's telling me there's over three foot of water still inside and they are not allowed in there yet because batus dfi won't let them in because of insurance purposes until that water levels have dropped. so there's a lot of anxious businesses here in newry. really and truly the housing side of newry is very much on the other side of this river. and so not many houses were hit in this. this mainly affected businesses, although in kilkeel , we are although in kilkeel, we are

heanng although in kilkeel, we are hearing that there has been some flooding. and amongst residential properties . residential properties. >> dougie beattie, thanks for that update live from a very rain sodden and soaked newry in northern. don't get swept away though. dougie we need you in the next hour with patrick christys . christys. >> i mean, the speed of that water behind dougie is absolutely terrifying, isn't it? you can just see the speed at which it's going through that city centre. and of course , more city centre. and of course, more rain to come. and already the river is so high you can't even see the arches on bridgeways. >> we need to keep a close eye on where it's heading. heading over next. over to the mainland next. i think the south—west and the south. we're going to get a battering tomorrow. looks battering tomorrow. it looks as though is going to though the picture is going to be but that won't affect be bleak, but that won't affect you, on you, ellie, you're off on holiday. you're to thailand. >> am off on holiday. if my >> i am off on holiday. if my if my actually off, my plane can actually take off, because the other issue because that's the other issue with this amber warning. could cause travel cause chaos with our travel systems as well. so do be careful if you're in coastal areas as that's it from us areas as well. that's it from us today. christys is up .

n ext next >> very good afternoon . it's >> very good afternoon. it's 3 pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. now. have the police taken sides when it comes to the protests that we're seeing on our streets? we're seeing people releasing mice into releasing mice now into mcdonald's. there we go. some of that isn't it a bit of a weird thing? feel very, very sorry for

the mice. also feel very sorry for people who are in those for the people who are in those mcdonald's releasing mcdonald's as they are releasing them show their them in there to show their contempt for as they see it, mcdonald's is support for israel over the ongoing situation between israel and hamas. i mean, how much more of this absolute nonsense do we have to see? we also saw people engaging in a sit in at liverpool street station in london. that is the station where a lot of jewish refugees came after the war. is that just a coincidence? refugees came after the war. is thatjust a coincidence? think that just a coincidence? i think not. do we want our police to do a bit more? that is, of course, not. do we want our police to do a bit ithey're hat is, of course, not. do we want our police to do a bit ithey're not is, of course, not. do we want our police to do a bit ithey're not tearingiurse, not. do we want our police to do a bit ithey're not tearing down when they're not tearing down posters jewish posters of missing jewish children. other news, i will children. in other news, i will be as well. be talking about this as well. save battle to save our scampton the battle to save is still save this historic site is still raging we'll be raging in the courts. we'll be taking you to the courts. we'll be you to scampton. we be taking you to scampton. we started one right at the started this one right at the very beginning the issues we very beginning of the issues we scampton to see very beginning of the issues we scathe:on to see very beginning of the issues we scathe way to see very beginning of the issues we scathe way through to see very beginning of the issues we scathe way through ono see very beginning of the issues we scathe way through on gbze all the way through here on gb news. also going to news. now, we're also going to be about this king be talking about this look, king charles, all the noise was he didn't apologise . he didn't didn't apologise. he didn't officially to kenya. officially say sorry to kenya. well, he did, didn't he, in all but name? he absolutely did . but name? he absolutely did. that my of it. anyway,