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rochdale after its cenotaph was twice vandalised . and our twice vandalised. and our reporter will bring us a live update. and growing pressure on sir keir starmer as one of his mps resigns as a shadow minister. >> all in protest over labour's position on a gaza ceasefire a. we'll also be updating you on a just stop oil protest which has apparently been blocking an ambulance in central london. >> around 40 environmentalists have been arrested after they blocked waterloo bridge and targeted the national gallery. first, let's get a roundup of all your latest headlines with tatiana . pitt. tatiana. pitt. >> thank you. and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom . rishi sunak from the newsroom. rishi sunak says he'll hold the met police commissioner accountable for his decision to allow a pro—palestinian demonstration to take place on armistice day. the

prime minister's meeting , sir prime minister's meeting, sir mark rowley today to discuss this issue. the commissioner says intelligence surrounding the potential for serious disorder this weekend does not meet the threshold to apply to prohibit the march. rishi sunak says the marches are disrespectful . disrespectful. >> this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he can ensure that we safeguard remembrance for the country this weekend as well as keep the pubuc weekend as well as keep the public safe. now my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked police for and we've asked the police for information they will information on how they will ensure this happens. and ensure that this happens. and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this. a more broadly. you my view that these you know, my view is that these marches are disrespectful . marches are disrespectful. >> all a war memorial in rochdale is being guarded by police after protesters sprayed free palestine graffiti across its base, greater manchester police said the cenotaph was vandalised and poppies were removed yesterday afternoon and it's currently a crime scene.

the force and rochdale council have condemned the vandalism as criminal disrespect and totally unacceptable , reports to a uk unacceptable, reports to a uk police. counter—terrorism hotline have more than doubled since hamas launched its attack on israel . police say the on israel. police say the hotline received 1350 reports between the seventh and 25th of october. that's more than twice the number of contacts than last yeah the number of contacts than last year. deputy assistant commissioner at the met police, lawrence taylor, says tensions have drastically risen , seen have drastically risen, seen huge tensions across numerous communities in the uk. >> fear across our communities and all of those things play into building that threat picture, which is one of people who might be inclined to conduct an attack on uk soil being energies caused by these events and those threats will play out in many different ways . and what in many different ways. and what we're doing within counter—terrorism policing is working hard to understand and manage those threats as shadow

minister imran hussain has resigned from labour's front bench in protest of sir keir starmer's position on the israel hamas war. >> in his resignation letter, he said it's become clear that my view on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in gaza differs substantially from the position you have adopted , said the mp you have adopted, said the mp for bradford east was explicit in condemning hamas attack on the 7th of october, but said the situation in gaza was horrific. he says sir keir starmer should be calling for a ceasefire . the be calling for a ceasefire. the israeli military says airstrikes have killed a top hamas weapons maker as it targets the terrorist tunnel network beneath the enclave. it's after the israeli defence minister confirmed troops had advanced to the heart of gaza city and were tightening the noose. gaza health officials say israeli bombardment has killed more than 10,000 palestinian over the past month . the foreign secretary month. the foreign secretary says the government support a humanitarian pause in the gaza strip above a wider ceasefire to

speaking on the sidelines of the g7 foreign minister talks in japan. james cleverly told journalist that a ceasefire would hamper israel's ability to defend itself. us secretary of state antony blinken echoed those comments . those comments. >> we all agree that humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives to protect palestinian civilians , protect palestinian civilians, to increase the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance to allow our citizens and foreign nationals to exit and to facilitate the release of hostages. i briefed my colleagues about my conversations with israeli leaders on pauses and on concrete steps to minimise harm to palestinian civilians in gaza and to stop extremist violence in the west bank. israel has repeatedly told us that there is no going back to october 6th, before the barbaric attacks by hamas . we fully agree commuters hamas. we fully agree commuters have been stuck in central london as police arrest. >> just stop oil protests. others allegedly blocking

traffic . more than 55 protesters traffic. more than 55 protesters marched on waterloo bridge, the group said, having travelled from south wales and the north and south—west of england, the met police said an ambulance was caughtin met police said an ambulance was caught in the traffic jam caused by the protest as officers arrested activists in a bid to clear the road. the climate group have pointed the finger at the police the traffic build the police for the traffic build up, demonstration up, saying their demonstration was opposite side of the was on the opposite side of the road and this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to tom and . pip >> thanks, tatiana. now the prime minister says he will hold the met police commissioner accountable for his decision to allow this weekend's pro—palestinian demonstration to go ahead. this is what he had to say. >> this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made , and he has said that has made, and he has said that he can ensure that he safeguards

remembrance for the country this weekend, as well as keep the pubuc weekend, as well as keep the public safe . public safe. >> now, my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police information asked the police for information on will ensure that on how they will ensure that this and be this happens. and i'll be meeting metropolitan police meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this. and more broadly, you know, my view is that these marches are disrespectful and that's what i'll be discussing with the police commissioner later today . later today. >> well, there we have it. and the man that the prime minister will be meeting later today has so far resisted pressure heaped on his force by the politicians and refuses to ban this march , and refuses to ban this march, which we can now speak to our political correspondent katherine forster in westminster. >> good afternoon to you, catherine. it looks very much like the prime minister has gone up against the met police commissioner. up against the met police commissioner . we commissioner. we >> well, certainly the government have been fairly clear that they would really prefer that this march on

saturday did not take place . saturday did not take place. suella braverman, of course, has spent over a week calling these pro—palestine marches, hate marches and using really very strong language , rishi sunak strong language, rishi sunak said it would be provocative , said it would be provocative, live and disrespectful , but so live and disrespectful, but so far it looks like the march has been happening every saturday since the atrocities of october the 7th will go ahead because sir mark rowley, who's head of the metropolitan police , is the metropolitan police, is saying that he believes that the police can manage both to be in charge of armistice day. the two minute silence at the cenotaph , minute silence at the cenotaph, just a couple of hundred metres behind me going off peacefully and without issue and also separately this protest which organisers have insisted is going to start a couple of hours after that and will be nowhere near whitehall . now, although near whitehall. now, although the government seem that they

would like it banned , sir mark would like it banned, sir mark rowley has been very clear they cannot just go banning a march unless they really feel that they simply cannot manage it, that the police can't cope basically with both of these events on the same day. and he is saying that they can now, the police met with the organisers of the protest on monday. at that point, they asked them to consider postponing it and the organise a group of about six different groups, including stop the war, said no thank you, we're going ahead. there was a cobra meeting yesterday in whitehall chaired by deputy prime minister oliver dowden with police chiefs and important figures in government looking at the impact of the middle east events on uk , on security, on events on uk, on security, on policing . and now the prime policing. and now the prime minister meeting with sir mark rowley this lunchtime. he's holding firm. it could change,

but even if you do ban it, i mean, we've seen in france people who may well turn up anyway may they you know, they ended up using tear gas on protesters in in france when they banned a march. so it's very difficult . but what very difficult. but what certainly is clear is there's going to be massive pressure on the metropolitan police. this weekend. i mean, they've had a pretty tough time over the last few weeks, but this weekend in particular. >> and catherine, might things be developed going this week? we hear more reports of groups organising to defend the cenotaph to perhaps defend the area of whitehall people who are in support of the royal british legion , but also perhaps more legion, but also perhaps more extreme groups as well. that may well be looking for a fight. extreme groups as well. that may well be looking for a fight . but well be looking for a fight. but at what point does the calculation potentially change for the metropolitan police? after all, they saw fit to ban a march by the english defence league around a decade ago .

league around a decade ago. >> yes. well, they can decide to ask the home secretary ultimately , the request has to ultimately, the request has to go from them to the home secretary. she would then say, yes, the march is banned. they could change their mind . and of could change their mind. and of course, yes, they are very concerned about that. i was at the pro—palestinian press fest on saturday up in trafalgar square. then i came down to the cenotaph to talk to guys who'd been there all day with union jacks. now, it had all been very good humoured , but a good humoured, but a pro—palestinian protester later came down on that side of the road and there was a lot of abuse exchanged. the police had to basically stop a physical fight . to basically stop a physical fight. right. to basically stop a physical fight . right. and then they sort fight. right. and then they sort of kettled the guys with the union jacks away from the pro—palestinian people that came down on the opposite side . so down on the opposite side. so there was a lot of abuse being shouted back and forth. so certainly early feelings are running very high. we've seen the rochdale cenotaph vandalised

, absolutely appalling. so there may well be people coming out thinking we have to defend ed our monuments. we're going to stand and be counted so that is also very difficult. so let's see what develops . but see what develops. but incredibly hard, incredibly hard. but of course, you know, we live in a free society and the pro—palestinian marchers will say these are atrocities. people are dying in gaza. we want to mark this every saturday. but of course , saturday. but of course, armistice day is not every saturday, is it? it's very different. it's very significant. it carries a lot of meaning and symbolism and emotion. absolutely >> catherine. it has been interesting, though, to hear that even winston churchill's grandson , sir nicholas holmes grandson, sir nicholas holmes soames , has asked and called for soames, has asked and called for the demonstration to go ahead . the demonstration to go ahead. >> well, this is it. a lot of people feel that one of the

things that all the people who have died in war fought for was freedom, the freedom for us to live our lives as we see fit. and part of that is the freedom to express ourselves, to come out on the streets if we don't like something and say so. so there's plenty of people think, do not do not cancel the march. one option that the police do have is a section 14 notice. basically they could make it an offence to be on whitehall. i suspect what they will do is they will cordon the whole of whitehall off and they could potentially arrest any pro—palestinian protesters who came within that area. so let's see what happens. but it's very, very difficult and there are a lot of people simply thinking that this should be banned , but that this should be banned, but hugely divisive , also divisive hugely divisive, also divisive is what we've been seeing over the course of the last months, reports that calls adds to the terror hotline have doubled in october compared to the same

penod october compared to the same period last year. >> is there a concern in government that this could well spill over beyond streets, street skirmishes and marches into something much more sinister and perhaps explosive ? sinister and perhaps explosive? well yes, certainly. >> and i imagine that the cobra meeting that was held yesterday afternoon, that that will have been a part of this briefing excuse me, doing battle with the elements here. but yes, very worrying figures that between october the 7th, when those atrocities were committed and the 25th, the number of calls to the 25th, the number of calls to the anti—terror hotline had doubled to 1350. and in terms of calls that were of particular interest to investigators , they interest to investigators, they went up 400% to 200. so, of course , the current terror course, the current terror threat level is substantial. that means that an attack is likely . it has not been raised

likely. it has not been raised to severe, which would mean that an attack is highly likely or beyond. that is critical, which basically means an attack is about to happen . but that could about to happen. but that could very well change. of course , we very well change. of course, we don't hear about much of this stuff, but the security services are working all the time , aren't are working all the time, aren't they, to keep us safe . and of they, to keep us safe. and of course, they only need to miss something once for something to go very, very wrong . go very, very wrong. >> well, catherine, we'll keep a very close eye on that terror level. perhaps the alert level will rise in the coming weeks. we don't know for now. but thank you for updating us and informing us over those those crucial issues . crucial issues. >> we want to bring in author and founder of migration films. thatis and founder of migration films. that is matthew robinson , who i that is matthew robinson, who i understand. matthew, good afternoon to you. you believe the marches should be allowed to go ahead. i think you are going along. can you explain to our listeners and viewers what you're reasoning is ? you're reasoning is? >> okay. yes i believe the

marches should go ahead and i'm glad they are going ahead. i'll be attending . i have been be attending. i have been documenting these marches since 2021. i'm humanity filmmaker. so and as a humanitarian not supposed to take sides. however ehhen supposed to take sides. however either. when i saw what was happening in al—aqsa mosque and jerusalem in 2021, i started to film the protests. i felt the mainstream news was not covering it properly. so that's why i'm going to be there. if i wasn't filming, i would be there raising calling raising my voice, calling for a ceasefire. obviously, you ceasefire. now obviously, you know, i think one of the key things here is the divisive of suella braverman calls these hate marches. they're not hate marches . her speech is hate marches. her speech is hate speech. she's causing division within communities. her she has a conflict of interest, as does rishi sunak. they both have links to israel. rishi sunaks wife's father created emphasis so they have a link to israel.

so he already has a conflict of interest . so his opinion, as far interest. so his opinion, as far as i'm concerned, means nothing. same for mr robinson . same for mr robinson. >> are you seriously suggesting that because rishi sunaks wife's father has shares in a company that happens to be based in israel that's informing his position on this is that is that seriously your view ? seriously your view? >> yeah, absolutely . absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely. and as far as as far as it being on the armistice weekend, you know , i've always been know, i've always been respectful to the fallen from battle , from all the world wars, battle, from all the world wars, you know, and it's important that we do they fought for our freedom but i think also what's important and i spoke to jeremy corbyn said this to me on saturday, last saturday when i interviewed him, he said that, you know what better honour interviewed him, he said that, yo thosev what better honour interviewed him, he said that, yo those deadt better honour interviewed him, he said that, yo those dead who ter honour interviewed him, he said that, yo those dead who those honour interviewed him, he said that, yo those dead who those people to those dead who those people who died in world wars than to call for a ceasefire because the armistice was a ceasefire and therefore to march on armistice day seems very , very fitting

day seems very, very fitting thing to do . thing to do. >> some people will say that is absolutely a valid point , absolutely a valid point, matthew, but what about the fact that there will be tens of thousands of people taking part in this demonstration? how how disrespectful do you think it is towards the military veterans who are going along on saturday to pay their respects and they might feel incredibly intimidated by 70,000 people on the streets ? the streets? >> well, i think it's probably going to be closer, upwards of 500,000, to be honest with you. >> and how intimidating is that? half a million people protesting with flags. and i know there are a lot of people that are peaceful and i'm sure you're one of them, but you do know that there are people that are supporters of hamas as well. there are extremist elements there. >> oh, there i can't comment on that because i don't know that for a fact. but what i can

comment on is the fact that the march is starting an hour later after the two minute silence after the two minute silence after 11 am, it's starting 1.7. no starting 1.5 miles away. and it's finishing 1.7 miles away. nobody will be going near the cenotaph. and if anybody does, they deserve to be arrested because as the cenotaph needs to because as the cenotaph needs to be left out for the soldiers to honour their fallen. and i believe that will happen . and if believe that will happen. and if there groups that there are splinter groups that go the cenotaph, then go towards the cenotaph, then they deserve arrested. but they deserve to be arrested. but this protest peaceful. this they deserve to be arrested. but th everyday peaceful. this they deserve to be arrested. but th everyday people, eful. this they deserve to be arrested. but th everyday people, menthis they deserve to be arrested. but th everyday people, men ,|is they deserve to be arrested. but th everyday people, men , women is everyday people, men, women and children. i mean, i'm part of a whatsapp group of journalists from gaza the journalists from gaza and the west i see the most west bank, and i see the most horrific things every single day. and for there not to be a ceasefire accord is frankly barbaric. this government, i hope that there are human rights lawyers around the world who are preparing legal papers to take action against our prime minister, our home secretary the leader of the opposition , keir leader of the opposition, keir starmer, as well. it is absolutely shocking what's going on and what happened on the 7th

of october. it was horrific . but of october. it was horrific. but that's that's happened. this is an ongoing slaughter of men, women and children. 50% of the population of gaza are children and they're being bombed with white phosphorus. you know, that's that's banned. yet there seems to be this you know, this this fake selective outrage, selective humanity, selective decency around what is going on. and it's frankly, it's very worrying . it's i don't know how worrying. it's i don't know how else to describe it other than, of course, what the government what the government and indeed the leader of the opposition would say to that is they're calling a humanitarian calling for a humanitarian pauses to allow for humanitarian aid. >> and indeed, people to leave. but a ceasefire would simply allow hamas to re build the kind of resources it deployed to carry out the largest slaughter of jewish people since the holocaust . holocaust. >> it yeah. what you said that was the largest sort of jewish people since the holocaust. and it's horrific. and my heart goes out to all the jewish communities the world and

communities around the world and in how a hamas in israel. however how a hamas is going to re have you seen what's going on over there? it's flattened. there is no way children are having limbs amputated on the street . there's amputated on the street. there's no anaesthetic , there's no no anaesthetic, there's no electricity . people, there's no electricity. people, there's no hamas . hamas. >> the siphoning fuel away from hospitals to fuel their rocket fire at israel. hamas over the last seven years haven't built a single bomb shelter for children and civilians in gaza . instead, and civilians in gaza. instead, they build tunnels for their terrorists. would a humanity pause actually allow humanitarian aid and support to the palestinian people when hamas has consistently, over the last decade plus used their resources, used their billions of dollars in wealth to fund arms rather than aid? i'm cunous arms rather than aid? i'm curious to know where you get your facts from regards to billions, billions of dollars of wealth. >> however, you know, i'm not saying that i support anything or anyone. i support a ceasefire

that's what i'm calling for. and a humanitarian pause. the chief of msf for medecins sans frontieres , doctors without frontieres, doctors without borders, she was interviewed yesterday and she said , you yesterday and she said, you know, humanitarian pause is not going to do anything. it's we stitched the people up and then you're going to bomb them again. there be a ceasefire there needs to be a ceasefire and anything less than that is tantamount to being complicit to war crimes. that's what i believe and that's what i would say a vast percentage of the voting population of this country believe and people country believe and many people i i'm english i know, i'm white, i'm english born christian, i became muslim and i'm telling now, i was and i'm telling you now, i was on a tube after a protest a couple of weeks ago. and i was talking to someone and they were like, oh, and i had i had a sticker palestine sticker. i said, would you like one? oh, no, i'd better not. and then one person leant across and i'll have one and person. have one and another person. people different people of different nationalities, like, yeah, we'll have and then have one please. and then the lady like, i'll have one. lady was like, i'll have one. but scared to speak lady was like, i'll have one. but and scared to speak lady was like, i'll have one. but and that scared to speak lady was like, i'll have one. but and that seemsto speak lady was like, i'll have one. but and that seems to speak lady was like, i'll have one. but and that seems to be ak out. and that seems to be generally the situation with,

with the population and this march on saturday, the fact that it's going ahead is a good thing. it's an honour to the dead of all our world wars and it's what is necessary. you know, we talk about armistice , know, we talk about armistice, you talk about peace, then this is exactly what is needed. this march. and i hope that more people come and join. i hope more people come and join. i call for people to and join call for people to come and join this it's not this march because it's not about not just about about it's not just about palestine. it's about humanity. it's decency. a world it's about decency. in a world nowadays news nowadays where there's fake news and seems that common decency and it seems that common decency is slipping away with behind and a narrative of, you know , a narrative of, you know, political one upmanship. >> matthew robinson of migration films we really appreciate you putting your your points across this afternoon here on gb news thank you. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, now the police have launched a probe after rochdale cenotaph was vandalised yesterday . yesterday. >> the free palestine graffiti scrawled on the monument has been removed and the poppy wreaths have been restored. they

were damaged as well. well, let's cross to rochdale. cenotaph and speak with north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper. good afternoon to you, sophie. so there were two inside militants here at this cenotaph. i mean , police must be cenotaph. i mean, police must be worried there could be more before armistice day . before armistice day. >> good afternoon to you both. yes there have been multiple incidents now over the weekend there was a video circulating social media which showed the poppy social media which showed the poppy wreaths displaced in front of the cenotaph and palestinian flags of various sizes laid out at the time . rochdale borough at the time. rochdale borough council said that the wreaths had been displaced by some bad weather and that the flags were there as a result of some children having a photograph . children having a photograph. now, we now know that on monday, an incident took place where two teenagers were arrested, were not able to reveal their identities because of legal reasons. but we can confirm that they have both been charged with

intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance . now, causing a public nuisance. now, we then now know that yesterday a further incident took place where the words free palestine line were sprayed in huge black letters on the base of the cenotaph here in rochdale, police designated this a crime scene and they have now increased security. there are several pcso shows walking around the area making sure that this doesn't happen again. before remembrance weekend. this is a highly controversial subject . it's something that subject. it's something that prime minister rishi sunak has commented on earlier today. prime minister rishi sunak has commented on earlier today . and commented on earlier today. and here's what he had to say. >> the desecration of war memorials is absolutely sickening. this weekend will be about the country coming together to pay tribute and recognise the sacrifice of so many over so many years. that's what i'll be doing and i think that's what the vast majority of this country will be doing this

weekend, marking that moment. >> this is clearly something that has cut so close to the bone. and as we come so close to remembrance weekend, this will spark outrage not only here in rochdale, but all over the uk. >> sophia, i think i can see some police officers behind you. is that right? i mean, how strong is the police presence ? strong is the police presence? there's a couple there . yes there's a couple there. yes >> so there's a couple of pcsos who are taking it in turns. they're making laps of the cenotaph. there's been other pcsos as the day has been on, walking round the wider area. we've also been told by greater manchester police that they are using cctv to monitor the area. so it is something that they're clearly taking very seriously. and in a statement yesterday , it and in a statement yesterday, it is something that they've condemned , saying that it's condemned, saying that it's sickening and that they are going to working now to going to be working now to prevent of from prevent this kind of thing from happening again . happening again. >> reaper talking to us >> sophie reaper talking to us from rochdale . thank you. well

from rochdale. thank you. well well, israeli forces have now surround rid the city of gaza . surround rid the city of gaza. >> and the israeli military says that thousands of civilians have been taken hostage or indeed taken advantage, sorry, of an evacuation route today as gazans flee the fighting in the north of the peninsula. yes israeli forces saying that there will be no ceasefire until all their hostages have been released. >> the red cross has accused israeli forces of targeting a humanitarian convoy in gaza city i >> -- >> well, the convoy of five trucks was carrying life saving medical supplies to the health facilities when it was hit by fire. two trucks were damaged and the driver was wounded. >> israel insists the only deliberate targets are hamas terrorists who killed 1400 people on october the 7th. but fears are growing over the fate of those kidnapped by hamas is joining us live now from tel aviv. is our security editor,

mark white. good afternoon to you, mark. israel then saying there will be no ceasefire until there will be no ceasefire until the hostages are released. it has been quite a few days now since we saw any hostages walk to freedom, hasn't it? so there's clearly nothing shifting . here which was a main driver for the ground operation on into gaza. >> they felt the israelis felt that the hamas were just stringing them along in terms of their negotiations with qatar and others aimed at releasing hostages. and they felt the best way was to push in and to apply pressure , direct pressure to pressure, direct pressure to hamas. and see if hostages could be released or rescued. in that way, we should bring you some breaking news which is confirmation from the israel defence forces that thousands of civilians have taken advantage of . the latest pause along the of. the latest pause along the salah al—din highway , the main salah al—din highway, the main highway from northern gaza into

southern gaza, to allow civilians to move south. and they've released pictures which shows a very significant group of people, some with white handkerchiefs and flags , as they handkerchiefs and flags, as they move south from northern gaza . move south from northern gaza. it's a move that the israel defence forces want in terms of those moving to an area that is relatively safe, i say relatively safe, i say relatively safe, i say relatively safe . there's still relatively safe. there's still missile strikes on southern gaza because hamas are popping up there and launching rockets from that area. and they have some terrorist infrastructure down there as well. but it's an awful lot safer than the north, which is why they are actively encouraging people to head south. and what they've said actually is that in recent days, increasing numbers of civilians are taking advantage of this brief four hour a day pause on the salah al—din highway to allow those civilians to go

south. and israel plans to keep doing this to try to allow for as many civilians to move south as many civilians to move south as possible in the meantime, foreign ministers from the g7 have been meeting in tokyo. they've come out with a communique in which they again defend israel's right to defend itself . and also the condemn itself. and also the condemn hamas in the use of human beings as civilians . shields and also as civilians. shields and also for the continued holding of hostages that hamas is doing. anthony blinken , the us anthony blinken, the us secretary of state, said that he was not in favour of a ceasefire because hamas would still be in place . and he said actually that place. and he said actually that those that are arguing for a ceasefire, much like your last guest there , have yet to answer guest there, have yet to answer what the solution is to a situation which would clearly be

unacceptable from israel's point of view of hamas staying in position and then continuing to launch other attacks . we had launch other attacks. we had osama hamdan, who is a spokesman for hamas, just saying yesterday in a newspaper interview that if he could turn back time, he wouldn't do anything different, that he would launch another october 7th attacks, that their avowed aim is to wipe israel as an entity from this region in this is what anthony blinken said, though, in regard to some comments that was made by benjamin netanyahu , the israeli benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, the other day , prime minister, the other day, about the possibility of israel continuing on to control gaza in a sort of militaristic military sense or security sense. and tony blinken said that there would be no reoccupation of gaza. let's have a listen . gaza. let's have a listen. >> what i've heard from israeli leaders is that they have no

intent to reoccupy gaza and retake control of gaza. so the only question is , are is there only question is, are is there some transition period that might be necessary and what might be necessary and what might be necessary and what might be the mechanisms that you could put in place for that to make sure that there is security in the meantime, israel is continuing to put that stranglehold on gaza city. >> so troops, we're told, are in gaza city conducting raids on a regular basis. and the main battle really is still to begin in terms of really pushing in to gaza city, though they say that having said that, that they have destroyed in their push from the northern gaza border down to gaza city , 100 tunnel systems , gaza city, 100 tunnel systems, as there are many more than that. of course , we know across that. of course, we know across gaza, north and south and that they have targeted since the 7th of october, 14,000. hamas

targets . 14,000 strikes, targets. 14,000 strikes, effective only that have taken place, an indication of the ferocity of the israeli onslaught onto hamas . onslaught onto hamas. >> mark, thank you very much for that very latest live from tel aviv. there now, i do want to mention just briefly, we had matthew robinson on earlier, a contributor who was asking a question as to the wealth of these hamas leaders. now, i've done the courtesy of finding some of these wealth of senior hamas leadership . abu merzouk, hamas leadership. abu merzouk, worth $3 billion. khalid marshall worth $4 billion. ishmael haniya worth $4 billion. and hamas having the second highest turnover of any terror group on the face of the earth. those are data from the embassy of israel in the united states. but interestingly , it has not but interestingly, it has not been countered by any opposing regional force. i think we saw photographs of them earlier this week travelling on a very

luxurious private jet. well, of course the children of gaza suffer without out food and supplies. it's interesting where priorities lay for the hamas leadership. >> do stay with us here on gb news live. just stop oil protesters have been busy again. we'll be giving you all the details after the headlines with tatiana . pip tatiana. pip >> thank you very much and good afternoon. the latest from the newsroom. rishi sunak says he'll hold the met police commissioner accountable for his decision to allow a probe , palestinian allow a probe, palestinian demonstration, to take place on armistice day. the prime minister's meeting, sir mark rowley , to discuss the issue rowley, to discuss the issue today. rowley, to discuss the issue today . the commissioner says today. the commissioner says intelligence surrounding the potential serious disorder potential for serious disorder this weekend does not meet the threshold apply to prohibit threshold to apply to prohibit the march. rishi sunak says they're disrespectful . they're disrespectful. >> this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he

can ensure the that he safeguards remembrance for the country this weekend as well as keep the public safe . now, my keep the public safe. now, my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police information on how police for information on how they ensure this they will ensure that this happens. and be meeting happens. as and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this. and more broadly , discuss this. and more broadly, you know, my is that these you know, my view is that these marches disrespectful . marches are disrespectful. >> the israeli military says thousands of civilians have taken advantage of an evacuation route today to head from northern gaza to the south of the strip . the main highway was the strip. the main highway was open for four hours today for the fifth day in a row. the un said the numbers using the route to evacuate south has increased over recent days, with 15,000 people passing through the route yesterday. but while thousands have left, it's thought as many as 600,000 people are still in the north and finally, carol vorderman says she's leaving her morning show on bbc radio wales over the broadcast . there's new over the broadcast. there's new social media guidelines . the 62

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us us from 6:00. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel monday to thursday . thursday. >> just to bring you a little bit of breaking news this afternoon. >> the institute for government, which was going to host an event with the chief of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, has cancelled that event . there are suggestions that instead the police chief will be

headed to number 10 for a meeting with the prime minister rather than attending this pre—show scheduled speech and event at the institute for government. >> yeah, that could be significant because the prime minister speaking a little minister was speaking a little earlier today, saying that he would hold the met police chief accountable for his decision to green light . what rishi sunak green light. what rishi sunak says is a disrespectful proposal . estonian demonstration on armistice day this saturday. >> indeed , we'll keep you >> indeed, we'll keep you abreast of all the developments there and what the outcome of any such meeting might be this afternoon . but in other news, afternoon. but in other news, another blow to sir keir starmer today as one of his shadow frontbenchers has quit the party, saying he could not sorry he quit the leadership , party, saying he could not sorry he quit the leadership, i party, saying he could not sorry he quit the leadership , i should he quit the leadership, i should say, could not in good say, saying he could not in good conscience support the leadership's position on the israel—hamas war, whilst it also advocated for a humanitarian pause rather than a ceasefire . pause rather than a ceasefire. >> imran hussain, who is shadow minister for the new deal for working people, said that he was left deeply troubled by sir keir

starmer's lbc interview in which the labour leader appeared to endorse israel's decision to cut food, water and power from the gaza strip. well, let's talk to gb news political editor christopher hope. good afternoon to you, christopher. that lbc interview that sir keir starmer did . well, it's become quite did. well, it's become quite notorious now, hasn't it? lots of ramifications. could we see more people resigning from the shadow from bench and following mr hussain ? well pippa and tom mr hussain? well pippa and tom spent my time in parliament today trying to find out who else might go after imran hussain. >> i understand there are two other shadow cabinet, shadow ministers, i should say , who are ministers, i should say, who are on resignation. watch as many as 14 have made public statements on behalf calling for a ceasefire, trying to put pressure on the leadership. sir keir starmer, to support them. the view is there could be some more following more resignations following imran today . more resignations following imran today. of more resignations following imran today . of course, imran hussain today. of course, he's the mp for bradford east. all eyes right now in parliament

are this. this is an are on this. this is an amendment to the queen's the king's speech that went down overnight right so far in man hussein's name is not on it. however, there are names of however, there are 15 names of labour mps on it going formally against the party's position. this amendment calls for the government to urgently press all parties to agree an immediate ceasefire to and to the ceasefire to and to end the total siege of gaza. this is not where the labour party is at the moment and it's a problem, as you there. that you say there. pippa, that goes back to the interview which sir keir gave to lbc a few keir starmer gave to lbc a few days after original attack days after the original attack by israel . and he said by hamas on israel. and he said then that israel a right to then that israel had a right to defend itself and said that in suggested disputed what suggested and is disputed what he by this, that the water he meant by this, that the water could to people in in could be denied to people in in in gaza. and of course that's the big issue here is having a pause or a cessation or a ceasefire to allow more aid to get it get it, get into gaza . get it get it, get into gaza. >> it is interesting that imran hussain's name, of course, isn't on that amendment, given that he was a member of the front bench at the time it was written. it

does suggest, however, that there are many, many more labour mps who would perhaps like to add their name to that amendment had the chance . it's had they got the chance. it's interesting rosena interesting that rosena allin—khan , her name is on the allin—khan, her name is on the list there. of course in list there. she of course was in the until the shadow cabinet until september. i wonder how much more steam might this amendment gather , given that we do know gather, given that we do know that there are far more labour mps who would perhaps like to put their name to it than are currently saying so in public? >> that's right, tom. there are as many i think it was 70 odd labour mps supported an early day motion. so in, in in my world that means like a petition, when you support something, you put your name to it, as has no other power in parliament. dozens of labour parliament. so dozens of labour mps have backed that. how many of those will put their name onto this motion to king's onto this motion to the king's speech? now speaker of the speech? now the speaker of the house commons, sir lindsay house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, can't decide whether to call speech , call this call this speech, call this amendment for a debate until tuesday wednesday next week.

tuesday or wednesday next week. so pressure will build between now, wednesday and next week to see how many more names go on that will any any more minute shadow ministers resign, will, in fact, imran hussain support this amendment and try and give cover for others to sign up? i think we're at the beginning here of a lot of pressure on people who think that their mps, whether they be in a shadow cabinet or shadow ministers or not, should support for not, should support calls for a ceasefire rather than leadership which pause . it's which wants to pause. it's a headache for sir keir starmer , headache for sir keir starmer, which will grow and grow over the next days. the next few days. >> christopher also just ask you about the prime minister meeting with the met police chief today . with the met police chief today. that could be an interesting meeting because rishi sunak has already made it plain that he will hold mark rowley accountable for his decision to allow that demonstration on armistice day . armistice day. >> it's a very nuanced position . >> it's a very nuanced position. we heard, didn't we, from sir mark rowley, that he believes that the threshold has not yet been to ban this march by

been passed to ban this march by the pro—palestinian march on saturday armistice day. we do know the strong feeling from number 10 is why can't they get on with it? and i think there's a degree of trying to police community level policing for the met police what can they do? they're an invidious they're in quite an invidious position. they're in quite an invidious positio been lifted yet. but if hasn't been lifted yet. but if anything happens on saturday, it will on mark and will be on mark rowley and that's the problem he's got. we're hearing now. we think there a meeting, don't we're hearing now. we think therbetween a meeting, don't we're hearing now. we think therbetween sir meeting, don't we're hearing now. we think therbetween sir mark:ing, don't we're hearing now. we think therbetween sir mark rowley1't we, between sir mark rowley and the today that's the pm later today that's lifting up issue into a lifting up this issue into a priority for the pm priority basket for the pm because previously it's been the home secretary suella braverman, who's holding been who's been holding it. he's been pressed in interviews pressed again in interviews today. i think the pm on this, i think this will run right up until the day on saturday about what the met police do. >> it's sorry, just saying >> it's sorry, tom just saying it's fascinating that there's almost this confected row now between police and the between the police and the government when if the government when if the government really wanted to now, it would be a very unusual step to take. >> but the campaign against anti—semitism morning anti—semitism has this morning been if the government

been saying if the government really wanted to, it could overrule police. could overrule the police. it could overrule the police. it could overrule london, it overrule the mayor of london, it could in and of itself ban this march. but i suppose perhaps it doesn't want to in case people come out and march anyway , it's come out and march anyway, it's quite interesting , come out and march anyway, it's quite interesting, tom. >> it's very rare. very rarely happens back, i think , in 2011. happens back, i think, in 2011. theresa may as home secretary, banned a marched by the english defence league in east london. and that's the last time it happened. it's very rare for a minister to step in over the heads of police in that case, the then home secretary, theresa may banned a march by the edl in parts of east for london a month long period. so it's quite a it's quite a kind of a big thing to do for a for a uk government and that's why they're so keen to allow the met police to make their own choices and i think what's happening right now is the politicians are trying to give mark rowley the space to do it , but far he's it himself, but so far he's saying i haven't got cause to do it . it. >> interesting. well, we will endeavour to find out what

happens at that meeting between rishi sunak and sir mark rowley. chris, i know you'll be on top of it. thanks so much for now. >> well, just stop. oil and the metropolitan police are blaming each other for stopping an ambulance on waterloo bridge as protest action there shut down the road to first responders. a lot of issues for the metropolitan police today. >> the protesters insist they were on the other side of the road to the ambulance that road to the ambulance and that it police who were it was the police who were blocking incoming traffic . but blocking incoming traffic. but the responding to a the paramedic responding to a life and death emergency who has been speaking to the telegraph, says he begged police to let him through as activists lay on the ground and slow marched along the bridge as well. our own detective on the ground, ray addison gb news, reporter, is there for us. oh ray, you do look a bit soggy, but have you been able to do any sleuthing and find out exactly what's been going on? >> i'm still sniffing around,

trying to get to the bottom of this. what i can tell you, though, is obviously this took place around two hours, 2.5 hours ago now, just up oil saying that there was 50 protesters and they started slow marching here on waterloo bridge. and we know from the met police tweets that they ended up a smaller group of around five on the strand . now, just stop on the strand. now, just stop oil post thing that the met police started making those arrests within about 15 minutes. and some members of the public reading those posts might think thatis reading those posts might think that is a timely way to do it. previous protests have lasted much longer before those arrests have been made, and it would appear that the met police in this situation are actually stepping in a little bit closer. however stop obviously however just stop oil obviously not happy that. they're not happy with that. they're saying there is and there's saying that there is and there's video footage posted online. they're saying that some of their protesters were were dragged. they were forced to the ground as they were handcuffed . ground as they were handcuffed. and they've also posted recently saying that the met police was using that they're

using something that they're calling compliance force in calling pain compliance force in those arrests with the protests, i'm sure the met police will obviously would disagree and say that the techniques that they were using perfectly lawful were using are perfectly lawful and proper and they're the proper techniques to use. in fact, in one videos where one of those videos where somebody dragged along somebody is being dragged along the protester says, somebody is being dragged along the don't protester says, somebody is being dragged along the don't |need ter says, somebody is being dragged along the don't |need moreys, why don't you need more officers? you pick him officers? why don't you pick him up, pick this person up? so they're along they're not being dragged along and this is this is the and they say this is this is the way that have do it. now, way that we have to do it. now, there as there is that argument, as you've about the you've been saying, about the ambulance being blocked just stop oil saying that the met police responding able and stop oil saying that the met poli(they responding able and stop oil saying that the met poli(they neveronding able and stop oil saying that the met poli(they never blocki able and stop oil saying that the met poli(they never block ambulances that they never block ambulances and move the way. there's and move out of the way. there's been lot debate about that been a lot of debate about that on on the channel this on the on the channel this morning. but they're actually accusing the met of deliberately blocking ambulance so that blocking the ambulance so that they can blame it on the protesters. again, i'm sure the met police would vehemently deny that from the video footage that i've been able to see very quickly this morning on my way here, the protester , the here, the protester, the protesters are sat on the road towards the middle towards the

median line . and obviously, median line. and obviously, you've then got the police on the right hand side of the road and the ambulance is blocked from going across. however if you've got somebody arguably in the middle of the road who's not complying and in the process of being arrested, perhaps , being arrested, perhaps, therefore that means you shouldn't traffic through shouldn't allow traffic through because danger that because there's a danger to that person . i'm sure the met police person. i'm sure the met police would they are trying to would argue they are trying to protect the protesters as well. so police are estimating so the police are estimating that there was more than 40 arrests. they're saying they'll update that figure as they get arrests. they're saying they'll up they're|t figure as they get arrests. they're saying they'll up they're saying; as they get arrests. they're saying they'll up they're saying if|s they get arrests. they're saying they'll up they're saying if there! get arrests. they're saying they'll up they're saying if there was it. they're saying if there was any anybody was any witnesses, if anybody was impacted by this protest today, please get in touch with them because might then that please get in touch with them beipartz might then that please get in touch with them beipart of might then that please get in touch with them beipart of the �*night then that please get in touch with them beipart of the evidence n that please get in touch with them beipart of the evidence in that please get in touch with them beipart of the evidence in the that as part of the evidence in the case anybody who then case against anybody who then faces further charges . and why faces further charges. and why was just stop oil protesting today? well, they say they're just ordinary people arrested . just ordinary people arrested. intimidation won't stop them. and they refuse to stand by while the government approves policies which will cause the death of millions. i'll do some sniffing around pippin. i'll try

and find out exactly what was happening with that ambulance situation. >> oh, goodness me. well, ray, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest on that bridge. i do find it absolutely extraordinary that protesters bridge. i do find it absolutely extrslowrary that protesters bridge. i do find it absolutely extri slow march at protesters bridge. i do find it absolutely extrislow march down :esters bridge. i do find it absolutely extrislow march down a;ters bridge. i do find it absolutely extrislow march down a road can slow march down a road deliberately and perhaps get themselves arrested. we know that's the tactics of this group and then blame the police when the ambulance gets stopped after they're sitting in road and they're sitting in the road and they've been busy, slow marching this week, they? this week, haven't they? >> because were slow >> because they were slow marching on monday marching in whitehall on monday and then was that incident and then there was that incident at national gallery at the national gallery where the covering the painting at the national gallery where the smashed aring the painting at the national gallery where the smashed .'ing the painting at the national gallery where the smashed . so, the painting at the national gallery where the smashed . so, yeah,ainting at the national gallery where the smashed . so, yeah, we've was smashed. so, yeah, we've been about just stop or been talking about just stop or quite a this week, which is quite a lot this week, which is probably what want. probably exactly what they want. >> certainly, >> certainly. certainly, right. >> certainly. certainly, right. >> walker, our royal >> cameron walker, our royal correspondent, is here in the studio because we're talking about the last day of the prince of wales's visit to singapore for the earth shot prize awards . for the earth shot prize awards. >> well, cameron, first of all, can you tell us a little bit about what the earthshot prize actually to me, it actually is? because to me, it seems productive seems like a far more productive way of perhaps saving the planet than smashing windows or lying

in roads . in roads. >> so prince william set up the earthshot prize inspired by john f kennedy's moonshot, where he aspired to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s, which he even it he succeeded, even though it seemed impossible at the time. prince william wants to find 50 different solutions, which can scale up to repair the planet within a decade. so by the time he gets to 2030, the next generation don't have to worry about climate change or anything because we've got all these solutions to fix the problem. so that's singapore. that's why he was in singapore. it's of ten years it's the third out of ten years and are about and these are about technological rather technological solutions rather than banning things or stopping us living the way that we like to live our lives . yeah, to live our lives. yeah, absolutely. so in prince william's view, it's all about being optimistic and really not william's view, it's all about being tooimistic and really not william's view, it's all about being too pessimisticreally not william's view, it's all about being too pessimistic when not william's view, it's all about being too pessimistic when ityt being too pessimistic when it comes climate change. comes to climate change. and also rather also finding solutions rather than affecting people's lifestyle choices . if they're lifestyle choices. if they're driving a car, for example, it's finding ways which are perhaps slightly more eco friendly. but what's interesting today is prince william has been speaking to some media out there. he

rarely interviews, i rarely does interviews, may i add, this his this add, and this is his bold this is as bold a statement that i've seen. prince william talk about. so he was focusing on the environment we've just environment as we've just discussed, but also homelessness . yes. and he has been saying that he wants to help build homes , deliver mental health homes, deliver mental health support, education and employment opportunities for those risk of homeless. the those at risk of homeless. the reason i'm bringing this up is because has he wants to because he has said he wants to go so rather go one step further. so rather than just perhaps a royal than just being perhaps a royal patron of a charity shining patron of a charity and shining a spotlight on issue such as a spotlight on an issue such as climate change with the earthshot prize or or homelessness, he wants to actually have an impact which perhaps some people have criticised him this morning for straying too close to the political line, particularly when we think about what the home secretary suella braverman tweeted days ago, saying tweeted a few days ago, saying homelessness alifestyle homelessness is a lifestyle choice. it certainly him carving out a role for himself as prince of wales, focusing on two issues which he really cares about, but also being mindful of the fact that he is the future king and

can't stray too close to that political line. >> no, but one can't imagine that agree with with that he would agree with with the secretary's comments the home secretary's comments earlier ever earlier this week, because ever since little boy, since he's been a little boy, he's had an interest in it. his mother, late princess diana. she used to take him, didn't she, to visit homeless people living on the streets. pictured out the streets. he was pictured out with big issue sellers as well last year, i think it was. >> yeah, he was. and in 2005, one his first patronages was one of his first patronages was centrepoint, which is a homelessness charity for young people. and then of course, later on he's launched this earthshot prize a few years ago, but he's kind of taking over after his father in a way, when he was prince of wales, because if you remember, in 2021, prince, the then prince charles said we needed to on a war said we needed to be on a war like when it comes to like footing when it comes to climate change, which perhaps attracted of alarm bells, attracted a bit of alarm bells, started ringing, perhaps being slightly too political. but now, of charles, it's of course, king charles, it's king saw yesterday, king charles we saw yesterday, didn't he didn't we, when he was delivering king's he delivering the king's speech? he was impartial, very was very impartial, very apolitical . so perhaps this is

apolitical. so perhaps this is prince charles. prince william's way making his mark on the way of making his mark on the world his time to world before his time comes to be king is interesting? be king is it interesting? >> seeing a more >> are we seeing a more political monarchy? very briefly, does that lay some traps perhaps in the future? >> i think it does lay some traps, but he will be very mindful of the fact that he can't go too far over the line. and he actually says he will bnng and he actually says he will bring people to the to do bring people to the table to do the change if he do it the change if he can't do it himself. so watch this space right . right. >> come on. thank you very much for now . well, do stay with us for now. well, do stay with us here on gb news alive. there's plenty to talk about, including the prime minister meeting with the prime minister meeting with the met police chief. oh, to be a fly on that wall, tom. >> well, we know that chris hope will be doing around will be doing digging around downing street letting us downing street and letting us know what is going to know precisely what is going to be and or not there be said and whether or not there will political rather than will be a political rather than a to this . all a police solution to this. all of that coming up very, very . soon >> hello. very good day to you .

>> hello. very good day to you. it's alex burkill here again with your latest gb news weather forecast after a wet start, the rain is clearing away towards the east today with sunny skies but blustery showers following in behind the rain already has been brought by a frontal system thatis been brought by a frontal system that is pushing its way eastwards. and so it is going to clear away towards the east, though, rain lingering though, some rain lingering across parts of the south—east this afternoon and heavy rain for shetland to for orkney and shetland to sunnier following . but the sunnier skies following. but the sunshine could be quite hazy at times due high level cloud times due to high level cloud with blustery showers for parts of and northern ireland of scotland and northern ireland with strong winds . for northwest with strong winds. for northwest scotland, excess of scotland, gusts in excess of 70mph, a of a chilly day 70mph, a bit of a chilly day towards the north, though. in the south, of around 13 or the south, highs of around 13 or 14 celsius. as we go through the evening and overnight, the showers are going become more showers are going to become more widespread , spreading across widespread, spreading across many parts of england and wales as go through the night. some as we go through the night. some of could quite heavy, of them could be quite heavy, particularly the west, but particularly in the west, but they further they will feed further eastwards. clear skies eastwards. some clear skies developing in between the showers under these, it is showers and under these, it is

going to turn quite chilly. even in we're in towns and cities. we're likely to temperatures likely to see temperatures dropping into mid single figures. of frost figures. a touch of frost possible rural as possible in more rural spots. as we go through thursday morning. then a showery picture for many of us. the showers heaviest and most frequent towards the west, but heavy showers likely in but some heavy showers likely in the well. more the southeast as well. more eastern parts of england and northeast scotland . that's where northeast scotland. that's where it's to driest and it's likely to stay. driest and brightest. and temperatures for many down a degree or two compared today by

by way. >> good afternoon . it is 1:00. >> good afternoon. it is 1:00. this is gb news live with pip thompson and tom harwood coming up this lunchtime . up this lunchtime. >> rishi sunak is to meet the met police chief, sir mark rowley , as he vows to hold the rowley, as he vows to hold the commissioner accountable for allowing a massive pro—palestine rally on armistice day . rally on armistice day. >> we're in rochdale as the security around the town cenotaph is stepped up after it was vandalised with pro—palestine graffiti and no rest for sir keir starmer as the war in the middle east threatens to engulf his party as yet another shadow frontbencher quits over his stance . and quits over his stance. and we'll be talking about how new research has found that british women are the worst when, well it comes to getting legless .

it comes to getting legless. quite frankly, we're going to be asking if it's really true to in your experience. >> well, i want to know if this is a self—reported survey , is a self—reported survey, because it could be just the men are not be are more likely to not be telling the truth. are more likely to not be tellapparently,h. are more likely to not be tellapparently, we're than >> apparently, we're worse than france and spain and many other countries for binge drinking. we are on a par with denmark. we'll be filling you in on those details wales very shortly. first up, she never gets legless . here's tatiana with your news headunes. headlines. >> pip. thank you and good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. downing street has denied putting pressure on the met police by saying it would be held accountable for green lighting protests on armistice day. the prime minister's meeting , sir prime minister's meeting, sir mark rowley, to discuss the issue today. the commissioner says intelligence surrounding the potential for serious disorder this weekend does not meet the threshold to apply to prohibit the moj. rishi sunak

says they're disrespectful . says they're disrespectful. >> this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he can ensure that he safeguards remembrance for the country this weekend as well as keep the pubuc weekend as well as keep the public safe. now my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police for information on how they will ensure this happens and ensure that this happens and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to this. and more to discuss this. and more broadly, you know, my view is that these marches are disrespectful. >> all a war memorial in rochdale is being guarded by police after protesters sprayed free palestine graffiti across the base. greater manchester police said the cenotaph was vandalised and poppies were removed yesterday afternoon and it's currently a crime scene. the force and rochdale council have condemned the vandalism as criminal disrespect and totally unacceptable , reports to a uk unacceptable, reports to a uk police counter—terror hotline have more than doubled since hamas launched its attack on

israel . police say the hotline israel. police say the hotline received just over 1300 reports between the seventh and the 25th of october. more than twice the number of contacts compared to the same period last year. deputy assistant commissioner at the met police lawrence taylor, says tensions have drastically risen . risen. >> we've seen huge tensions across numerous communities in the uk , fear across our the uk, fear across our communities and all of those things play into building that threat picture, which is one of people who might be inclined to conduct an attack on uk soil. being energised by these events and those threats will play out in many different ways . and what in many different ways. and what we're doing within counter—terrorism policing is working hard to understand and manage those threats . manage those threats. >> as shadow minister imran hussain has resigned from labour's front bench in protest of sir keir starmer's position on the israel—hamas war in his resignation letter he said it's become clear that my view on the ongoing a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza differs substantially from the position

you have adopted. the mp for bradford east was explicit in condemning hamas's attack on the 7th of october, but said the situation in gaza was horrific . situation in gaza was horrific. he says sir keir starmer should be calling for a ceasefire . the be calling for a ceasefire. the israeli military says thousands of civilians have been evacuated today heading from northern gaza today heading from northern gaza to the south of the strip. the main highway was open for four hours today. for the fifth day in a row, the united nations says the number of people using the route to move south has increased over recent days, with 15,000 people passing through the route yesterday . but while the route yesterday. but while thousands have left, it's thought as many as 600,000 remain in the north. the foreign secretary says the government supports a humanitarian pause in the gaza strip above a wider ceasefire offer. speaking on the sidelines of the g7 foreign minister talks in japan, james cleverly told journalists a ceasefire would hamper israel's ability to defend itself . us ability to defend itself. us secretary of state antony

blinken has echoed those comments. >> we all agree that humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives to protect palestinian civilians , protect palestinian civilians, to increase the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance to allow our citizens and foreign nationals to exit and to facilitate the release of hostages. i briefed my colleagues about my conversations with israeli leaders on pauses and on concrete steps to minimise harm to palestinian civilians in gaza and to stop extremist violence in the west bank. israel has repeatedly told us that there is no going back to october 6th, before the barbaric attacks by hamas . we fully agree . and carol hamas. we fully agree. and carol vorderman says she's leaving her morning show on bbc radio wales over the broadcasters new social media guidelines . media guidelines. >> the 62 year old presenter stirred controversy for her anti—tory rants on instagram and accusing the government of being greedy and corrupt at the bbc. published, revised social media

rules for flagship presenters after gary lineker tweeted about the government's rwanda plan , ms the government's rwanda plan, ms vorderman was told her posts are a flagrant breach of the new policies . this is gb news across policies. 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 to tom and . pip now it's back to tom and. pip >> well, thank you, jason . and >> well, thank you, jason. and now the police minister. the prime minister is set to meet with the met's police commissioner, sir mark rowley, later today over the decision to not ban this pro—palestine march planned for this weekend. rishi sunak has been saying a little earlier that he will hold sir mark rowley accountable. >> this is what he had to say. this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he can ensure that he safeguards remembrance for the country this weekend as well as keep the

pubuc weekend as well as keep the public safe . public safe. >> now, my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police for information on how they will that on how they will ensure that this and be this happens. and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this. and more broadly , discuss this. and more broadly, you my is that these you know, my view is that these marches disrespectful and marches are disrespectful and that's what i'll be discussing with the police commissioner later today . later today. >> well, downing street has denied that rishi sunak is trying to put pressure on the met chief, but let's speak to our political correspondent, katherine forster in westminster to get the very latest on this. catherine well, it seems that the institute for government has put out a statement this afternoon that sir mark afternoon saying that sir mark rowley's speech , which he was rowley's speech, which he was due to give this afternoon at that institute, has been cancelled. is this all to do with the meeting and perhaps the dressing down he's about to receive from the prime minister well al, yes, sir. >> mark rowley's itinerary for today has changed. he was due to

give this speech at the institute for government , but it institute for government, but it seems that he has been summoned to number 10 downing street for a meeting with rishi sunak. now, the government have made it very clear that they believe that the pro—palestinian protest going ahead on armistice day would be provocative and disrespect for the home secretary. suella braverman has gone rather further than that. she's called these marches, hate marches repeatedly over the last few days and used very strong language indeed . but at the language indeed. but at the moment and it's worth saying, okay, where are we wednesday lunchtime , this protest is due lunchtime, this protest is due to take place on saturday afternoon , so things might afternoon, so things might change, but as of now, it seems that the police feel that they can manage both the two minute silence at the cenotaph on saturday and the march due to take place a couple of hours later away from whitehall that they can manage both of those. now, rishi sunak wants to know

exactly how that is going to happen and it seems fairly clear that the government would really rather these marches didn't take place. but the metropolitan police met with the organisers about six different groups involved in these protests on monday and asked them if they would postpone on this saturday's march. they said no , saturday's march. they said no, that they wouldn't. they basically think that they will march and protest every saturday following the atrocities of october the 7th and then on. sir mark rowley has said that they feel that they can manage. but of course, the prime minister's spokesman has just stressed in the last few minutes that this is not the end point. the police will be continuing to keep this under review. if the information they're getting from the intelligence services changes and that they feel that this is just too much of a risk, then that sir mark rowley could go to

the home secretary request that the home secretary request that the protest would be banned. she would certainly grant that request . but of course, that request. but of course, that doesn't mean that people won't turn up anyway . turn up anyway. >> something downing street is also having to deny is that the government is picking a culture war here with its comments over the protests on . saturday the protests on. saturday >> well, yes , and certainly >> well, yes, and certainly rishi sunak has been more careful in his language. but the home secretary suella braverman, doesn't mince her words, does she? she described them as hate marchers. she said that on more than one occasion. and it's a very divisive and it feels like the home secretary is really nailing her colours to the mast on this. and on the other side, we've had people coming out saying that they're going to go and defend the cenotaph. there were down there on saturday were guys down there on saturday when was at the palestinian when i was at the palestinian protests with union jack saying

that there to defend that they were there to defend the cenotaph because that they felt the police wouldn't . felt that the police wouldn't. and we've had the attack on the cenotaph in rochdale, spray painted with free palestine. so many people feeling that these protests are inappropriate , protests are inappropriate, idiot. and although a lot of the people are marching for peace, of course there are elements who will be supporting hamas and, you know, not really against what happened on october the seventh. so it's very difficult . seventh. so it's very difficult. and i don't think took from things that sir mark rowley has said that he's massively impressed by. suella braverman's language in all of this . language in all of this. >> what do you think it is that actually the prime minister will be saying to the met police chief behind closed doors this afternoon soon because there seems to be a bit of a war of words between the met police and the government in terms of who should be responsible for

banning this march. the government saying it's all on the met police, but there are many outside voices saying that actually this is in the power of the home secretary if she wished to overrule mayor of london to overrule the mayor of london and the met police she and overrule the met police she could do it herself . could do it herself. >> well, yes, but the metropolitan police, the police is supposed to be operationally independent. and of course, senior figures in government are used to giving instructions and those orders being followed. this is rather different because supposedly she it is up to the metropolitan police chief to say if they feel that they basically cannot cope with it, that they cannot cope with it, that they cannot manage both of these events simultaneously , that it events simultaneously, that it is up to him to go to suella braverman. but certainly there's a lot of blame flying around. and i think just because it hasn't been banned at this point doesn't mean that that might not change. another option is a section 14 notice, which

basically means it would be they could say , for instance, the could say, for instance, the whole of whitehall , that no whole of whitehall, that no pro—palestinian protesters could go into that area and anybody who did might be subject to arrest. so that might be one compromise. but certainly there's plenty of people hugely offended at the notion that this protest should be happening on armistice day. you know, the anniversary , two minute silence anniversary, two minute silence for the end of the first world war for all the people that have died in wars over many, many years. but then, of course, there's plenty of others saying one of the reasons that these men women fought and died men and women fought and died was for all of us to be to free free to live our lives. and that includes the right protest . includes the right to protest. >> okay. political correspondent katherine forster talking to us from westminster. thank you. well, former met police detective chief inspector perry benton can join us now. really appreciate your thoughts on this topic. perry thank you for being

here. and let's just start with what tom was just talking about, about the powers of the government to override , said government to override, said scotland yard and say now this is not happening . how possible is not happening. how possible is not happening. how possible is that? or actually , is it is is that? or actually, is it is it absolutely paramount that scotland yard remains independent of the government ? i independent of the government? i mean , i think it is paramount mean, i think it is paramount that scotland yard is independent of the government . independent of the government. >> um, i mean, sir mark rowley has come out and obviously decided that he's not going to ban this parade. i disagree with that. i think he should be looking do that. i think the looking to do that. i think the public, throughout public, certainly throughout london and throughout the uk would that. you know, as would expect that. you know, as your colleague mentioned a minute armistice day. minute ago, it is armistice day. it of the most important it is one of the most important days in the calendar in the country. and for the metropolitan police and for sir mark rowley to sort of hide behind the fact that he doesn't believe going be believe there's going to be a real threat to disorder, which he sort of reasons and justifications for banning

justifications for not banning it. i think that's poor. and i think he should seriously consider banning banning it. i don't think the public would want the potential clashes that could occur . could occur. >> i suppose one of the arguments that the police chief might be weighing up in his mind is if there's a decree that these marches are banned and thousands , perhaps tens of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people turn up anyway to march . but these anyway to march. but these people would be turning up against the rule of law, perhaps that would lead to a more likely situation of clashes, of violence , of those sorts of violence, of those sorts of worries. is that one consideration he might be thinking ? yes certainly. thinking? yes certainly. >> i mean, i think, as i say, we're getting very close to the day. so clearly the public who are looking to go on protest will will potentially still do that. so can only assume that that. so i can only assume that he's worried about the resources that's to require to deal that's going to require to deal with a large scale protest. but but the problem is, like i but but the problem is, like i say, there is going to be

potential disorder it is up potential disorder and it is up to the police to obviously protect the public and obviously protect the public and obviously protect the public and obviously protect the community as best they can. and so i think they need to sort of seriously sit down and speak to the home secretary and look at a way of resolving this, because having these sort of for tat arguments in the media is certainly not going to do reputation of going to do the reputation of the good. the police any good. >> but the palestinian solidarity campaign, you know, we should put their point. they are organising this march . they are organising this march. they say it's not going to be starting till 12:45 pm. on saturday. it is going to be way away from the cenotaph . the away from the cenotaph. the route goes nowhere near it. but the resources of the metropolitan police are already significantly stretched. >> not only with these protests, but obviously with dealing with the day to day business of policing london and obviously the surrounding counties. so i think the organisers need to sort of seriously look at themselves and decide why they're doing it on this day. is it for maximum publicity? we

know these demonstrations know that these demonstrations have sort of over the have occurred sort of over the last few weeks and at the moment it's not having any sort it's still not having any sort of change in circumstances is in the middle east. so the organisers need to sit down with metropolitan police and with the local government and see what can be done to resolve this. >> people, though, do have a right to protest, don't they ? right to protest, don't they? >> perry yeah , they do. that is >> perry yeah, they do. that is right . but obviously on a day right. but obviously on a day like , you know, this day, sunday like, you know, this day, sunday is a national day of, you know, remembrance. and i think they need to seriously look at what what that actually means to the british public and the uk. and obviously seriously consider changing either the day and do it on another day. well perry benson, former met police detective chief inspector, thank you so much forjoining us and for your perspective on this hot button issue . button issue. >> well, another angle to all this is the vandalism that has taken place of a cenotaph in

rochdale , free palestine rochdale, free palestine graffiti has been removed from the cenotaph overnight and the poppy the cenotaph overnight and the poppy wreaths that were taken away have been restored. >> but officers are now guarding the war memorial. is this something that we can expect more of across the country? let's cross to rochdale cenotaph now and speak with our north—west of england. reporter for sophie reaper sophie, police guarding the cenotaph. how has it come to this ? well, good it come to this? well, good afternoon to you both. >> yes, i'm not sure whether you'll be able to see some of the pcsos who are here guarding. in fact, in the last hour or so, there's been a marked increase in the number of officers in this now 4 or this area. there are now 4 or 5 just over my shoulder here who are taking it in turns to patrol , to walk around this area and make sure like is make sure nothing like this is able . in the run able to happen again. in the run up to remembrance weekend. this weekend, , this isn't weekend, of course, this isn't the first incident of this nature to happen in rochdale

over weekend . there were the over the weekend. there were the wreaths displaced and wreaths were displaced and palestinian flags were laid on the cenotaph . we also know that the cenotaph. we also know that two teenagers were arrested . did two teenagers were arrested. did they were unable to name them because of legal reasons us. but we can say they have both been charged with reckless or intentionally causing a public nuisance. so this is something thatis nuisance. so this is something that is really cutting very close to the bone . it's very, close to the bone. it's very, very contentious this time of yean very contentious this time of year, very close to remembrance weekend. it's something that prime minister rishi sunak has commented on earlier today. this is what he had to say. >> desecration of war memorials is absolutely sickening . and is absolutely sickening. and this weekend will be about the country coming together to pay tribute and recognise the sacrifice of so many over so many years. that's what i'll be doing and i think that's what the vast majority of this country will doing this country will be doing this weekend, marking that moment of covid , these incidents covid john well, these incidents have sparked outrage here in

rochdale. >> and as you can see, the police are taking it incredibly seriously. the investigation is ongoing. greater manchester police condemning those acts of vandalism here in rochdale . vandalism here in rochdale. >> and sorry , tom. no, no, go >> and sorry, tom. no, no, go on. i was just going to ask about the cctv. there must be plenty of cctv cameras around there. sophie and also it's terrible, isn't it, that we could end up going down a road where senator cenotaphs across the country might have to be barricaded off? if this keeps happening ? happening? >> well, i'll just address your first point. there is definitely cctv in the area. there are various buildings surrounding this area and police have confirmed to us that they are as well as having a patrols of the area, that they are using cctv monitoring to ensure that the cenotaph is protected . ahead of cenotaph is protected. ahead of remembrance weekend . and of remembrance weekend. and of course, this isn't something this is a something that's happenedin

this is a something that's happened in rochdale, but it's something that sparked outcry all over the uk this remembrance weekend is something that is celebrated all over the nation andifs celebrated all over the nation and it's something that people take really, really sick . take really, really sick. obviously, the poppy appeal, of course. well underway, raising money for our veterans both past and present . money for our veterans both past and present. so this isn't something that is going to be taken lightly, both here in rochdale and all over the country . country. >> d o country. >> d 0 sophie reaper , thank you >> d 0 sophie reaper, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest from rochdale cenotaph and marvellous to see those poppies and wreaths back up on the cenotaph after the desecration that happened in desecration that has happened in the past couple of days. >> yeah people need to >> yeah, people just need to respect it . it's just it's respect it. it's just it's so upsetting. you are upsetting. and if you are a military veteran , i just can't military veteran, i just can't imagine what how you must feel about it. >> one day a year. that's all. that's all it takes. one day a year now. year how. >> year now. >> one month on from hamas's hamas's israel, we are hamas's attack on israel, we are going to be having a special report on a british family. now, this british family is still waiting for news about their

missing loved ones. absolutely torturous . do stay with us for torturous. do stay with us for that report .

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news is . news is. >> hello. welcome back. it has been a month now since the hamas terrorist attack on israel and more than 200 people of all nationalities rs are currently being held captive by the

militant group . three are militant group. three are thought to be british citizen as well. >> gb news is jack carson has been talking to the members of the goldstein almog family who have loved ones held hostage farage when that message came , farage when that message came, that was me gone. >> god messages and calls hylete couldn't imagine ever having to answer on the 7th of october, hamas terrorists entered parts of southern israel and went from kibbutz to kibbutz , killing 1400 kibbutz to kibbutz, killing 1400 israeli people. 240 were taken hostage by hamas . amongst those hostage by hamas. amongst those families devastated by the events of that day are the goldstein almog family. 49 year old nadav, seen here in the red jumper and 20 year old yam had been killed . the wife and mum been killed. the wife and mum hen and children agam gal and tal were all missing . and just tal were all missing. and just weeks before the attacks , 11 weeks before the attacks, 11 year old gal and nine year old tal were captured dancing in this home video khalife grew up

with hen and her family, but has been living in the uk for 30 years. she met me in birmingham and introduces me to omri , who's and introduces me to omri, who's in israel campaigning for his family's return. so you're family's safe return. so you're just about to meet omri almog, who is hen hen's brother omri , who is hen hen's brother omri, myself and hen will grow up in kibbutz gevim. he describes the aftermath of that day on october 11th, after my parents came back from a bulgari gia with the dna, they confirmed that nadav and yam they are murdered at the house and my sister and the three kids basically kidnapped . three kids basically kidnapped. and they were missing for nine days. >> and then they moved from missing to kidnap and right now we know they are. they are alive , but we're not sure where. we're not sure if they get a medal . when they get food, they medal. when they get food, they get clothes. we don't know anything else. this this situation is a horrible

situation. so we have nothing to lose. this is the situation that ihave lose. this is the situation that i have now because it's a broken family , but their family is family, but their family is broke. we need to bring back whatever left from the family . whatever left from the family. >> living in walsall, halit wasn't aware of the attacks until call from her mum until a call from her mum revealed the nature of what was happening. describes the happening. she describes the moment she found out hen and her children had been taken hostage . children had been taken hostage. >> you're really sad but >> you're really, really sad but then you're really, really happy that not dead. there's that they're not dead. there's hope. suddenly there's hope. and even though you're conflicted with you don't know what's going to happen now a part of you is thinking they're alive . you know thinking they're alive. you know they're alive now . they're alive now. >> now working with omri and others , she's helping spread the others, she's helping spread the bnng others, she's helping spread the bring them home now campaign internationally. her mission here in the uk is clear. >> my objective is to try and reach the prime minister, ask if, you know, just hear omri's story. you know, it's one it's one thing looking at what's

going on and it's another thing listening to a personal story of somebody that his sister is missing and the anguish and just to remember, people need to remember that these are child an these are children. these babies, toddlers that disabled people. they're humans . they people. they're humans. they didn't do anything . didn't do anything. >> whilst the grief will not ease for some time, the hope for the safe return of the 240 hostages lives on jack carson . hostages lives on jack carson. gb news. >> i keep saying it, but the strength and courage it takes to just be able to do a television interview like this when you're going through that horrific experience is beyond me . experience is beyond me. >> and it's almost worse to have the lack of knowledge about where your family members are . where your family members are. it sounds almost callous , but to it sounds almost callous, but to some extent there's closure . if some extent there's closure. if you know someone who's been killed in a terrorist atrocity, you've got certainty. you can grieve . you can't do that when

grieve. you can't do that when your family are like the father of that irish israeli girl. >> he believed she had been killed by hamas on october the 7th. and in recent days, he's now found out that she may be a hostage. i mean, how how do you deal with that? i have no idea. well, joining us live from tel aviv is our security editor , aviv is our security editor, marc white. marc, can we just talk about the hostages? first of all? because over the last few weeks, hopes have been raised about what some of them or all of them certainly the civilian ones being released, then they've been crushed. where are we at in terms of any negotiated options that might be taking place about their release ? well, it's difficult to know because hamas keep coming out with statements on a regular bafis with statements on a regular basis through their military wing suggesting that if there was only a pause in the fighting, then perhaps they'd be able to release a dozen or so hostages. >> while israel thinks that all they're doing is just stringing them along and playing for time.

of course, they want a pause in the relentless airstrikes and ground strikes on their positions . in truth, only four positions. in truth, only four hostages have been released in the early days after the 7th of october attacks. one, an idf soldier was freed in a rescue operation . she was freed in operation. she was freed in a pre—planned operation that the idf took part in. they took the decision to go ahead with the ground war because because they made the calculation that idf that the hamas were just playing for time and that actually moving in with a ground war, applying direct pressure, getting intelligence on the ground would be the better way of trying to secure the release or rescue of some of those hostages . so only or rescue of some of those hostages. so only time will or rescue of some of those hostages . so only time will tell hostages. so only time will tell . of course, the israeli prime minister, the heads of the military say that they have uppermost the priority while

trying to deal with hamas is to get get those hostages released . get get those hostages released. and in terms of the war on the ground today, we've been seeing the evacuation of more civilians from northern gaza for the most so far. we think that four hour window that's been running for five days now, each day, four hours at a time has been extended by an hour today because of the large numbers , because of the large numbers, according to the idf , who have according to the idf, who have taken advantage of the route through the salah al—din highway from northern gaza to the south of gaza . on the first day there of gaza. on the first day there was 2000 that took that opportunity , then 4000 the next opportunity, then 4000 the next day, then 5000, 15,000. yesterday we don't know the number today, but very significant that, of course , is significant that, of course, is welcome. any civilians that get out of harm's way in the north to the relative safety of the south, of course, acknowledging that there are still airstrikes in the south. but nothing in comparison to what is ongoing in

the north. and all of the while, the north. and all of the while, the stranglehold around gaza city continues with raids into the city itself. we're told that less than a kilometre is the distance of these idf troops from the al—shifa hospital , the from the al—shifa hospital, the shifa hospital, the main hospital in gaza. >> well, mark, thank you very much. and of course, don't go anywhere because just in a moment, we'll be having the very latest between this meeting between the met police commissioner and the prime minister due to be held in the next minutes. all of that next few minutes. all of that coming after this . coming up after this. >> tom, thank you and good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom, downing street denies putting pressure on the met police by saying it would be held accountable for green lighting protests on armistice day. the prime minister's meeting , sir mark minister's meeting, sir mark rowley, to discuss the issue today. the commissioner says

intelligence surrounding the potential for serious disorder this weekend is not meet the threshold to apply to prohibit the march. rishi sunak says they're disrespectful . they're disrespectful. >> this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he can ensure that he safeguard remembrance for the country this weekend as well as keep the pubuc weekend as well as keep the public safe. >> now my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police for information on will that on how they will ensure that this happens. and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss a more broadly, you discuss this a more broadly, you know, my view is that these marches are disrespectful . all marches are disrespectful. all the foreign office says more than 150 british nationals have left gaza via the rafah crossing as of last night. >> it comes as the israeli military says thousands of civilians have taken advantage of an evacuation route today to head from northern gaza to the south of the strip . the main south of the strip. the main highway was open for four hours today for the fifth day in a row. the un said the numbers

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isabel monday to thursdays from six till 930 . six till 930. >> well , come six till 930. >> well, come back to gb news live now. >> keep your eyes peeled on downing street on number 10 because we are expecting the met police commissioner mark rowley to appear very shortly. sir mark rowley, where he's due to have a meeting with the prime minister about the pro—palestinian demonstration that is planned for armistice day. that is this

saturday. rishi sunak has said he will hold the metropolitan police commissioner accountable bill, for his decision to allow what the prime minister says is a disrespectful demonstrator station. >> now, this is a relatively last minute meeting. the met police chief has cancelled an appearance at the institute for government this afternoon in order to make his way to downing street to have what might be described as a head to head, a dressing down perhaps by the prime minister. what might be the outcome of this meeting? could it be that these protests are banned after all, or that a compromise is found between the prime minister and the head of the metropol police? it's of particular note that it's the prime minister who is taking this on rather than the home secretary, who might ordinarily be doing such meetings with the head of the met. it's of particular note, perhaps particular note, perhaps particular interest that this is something that the prime

minister has decided to take on himself . himself. >> well, it was the home secretary who who unhelpfully, some would say , described these some would say, described these planned demonstrations as hate marches. let's talk to gb news political editor christopher hope. political editor christopher hope . good afternoon to you, hope. good afternoon to you, christopher . it does seem like, christopher. it does seem like, sir mark rowley is in a very difficult position here with this line that he is treading many onlookers are saying the prime minister is putting pressure on him to ban these demonstrations . yeah i think demonstrations. yeah i think it's not unfair to describe this meeting as they might at the mod as a meeting without coffee. >> it's not a friendly meeting. it's a meeting to understand why is mark rowley not doing what the government clearly thinks he should quite should be doing. now, it's quite interesting law should be doing. now, it's quite interetheg law should be doing. now, it's quite interethe public law should be doing. now, it's quite interethe public order law should be doing. now, it's quite interethe public order act 1936 here. the public order act 1936 means it's up to the police, to police these marches. the last time a march was banned was 2011, when theresa may, the home secretary, banned a march by the

engush secretary, banned a march by the english defence league in east london for 30 days in certain postcodes and clearly the pm rishi sunak thinks he's got to do something to get involved here, try and make sure that mark rowley understands the concern amongst members of the public. number 10 has been very clear. just an hour ago at a briefing journalists that clear. just an hour ago at a brief believe journalists that clear. just an hour ago at a brief believe jour|the ;ts that clear. just an hour ago at a brief believe jour|the ;ts tris they believe that the met is operationally independent, but it's the government's job. i mr sunak to hold them account sunak to hold them to account for their approach, and that's what saying clips what he's been saying in clips this the pm clearly this morning. the pm clearly thinks it's his job to make sure they that he knows that he is in charge. all goes wrong on charge. if it all goes wrong on saturday, if there is marching near the cenotaph when it shouldn't should be shouldn't be, it should be a long way away and starting well after any acts remembrance on after any acts of remembrance on armistice saturday armistice day, on on saturday morning, it will be on mark rowley. that's what he's rowley. and that's what he's making as tom making very clear. but as as tom says , very, very acutely says, very, very acutely there, that a meeting. now, the pm that it's a meeting. now, the pm has ordered it's gone the has ordered it's gone to the very top his in—tray . very top of his in—tray. previously he was one for suella braverman. think we braverman. so perhaps i think we are some resolution are going to get some resolution

either way shortly. >> chris, if we're to believe the government when say the government when they say that they believe the metropolitan police be metropolitan police should be operationally independent, then what's meeting for? is, is what's this meeting for? is, is it just political theatre to make the prime minister look like he's doing something? because ultimately, if he's saying we, we want the police to be independent, he can't be pressuring the head of the met police, ? police, can he? >> well , he police, can he? >> well, he can't be. and of course, who the who the met police chief answers to is a moot point because technically he answers to the mayor of london. sadiq khan, but also the home secretary has a degree of confidence in him. you may remember ten years ago or so , a remember ten years ago or so, a police chief had to leave because there issue of because there was an issue of confidence that on the government side , sorry, forgive government side, sorry, forgive me, in the london mayor at the time was boris johnson, and it wasn't shared so much by the home secretary. so it's not quite clear. maybe that's what politics is about, who the police chief is answering to, whether it's the home secretary, and therefore her boss in this

case, rishi sunak, or whether it's london mayor. we have gone to london mayor's office at lunchtime. know yet lunchtime. we don't know yet whether cited or even lunchtime. we don't know yet wheth part cited or even lunchtime. we don't know yet wheth part of cited or even lunchtime. we don't know yet wheth part of a cited or even lunchtime. we don't know yet wheth part of a meetingr even lunchtime. we don't know yet wheth part of a meeting which is being part of a meeting which is so important london this so important to london this weekend so important to london this weeltznd so important to london this wee it does sound like from what, >> it does sound like from what, sir mark rowley said, that he's not up for changing his mind on this. he says the laws created by parliament are clear there is no absolute power to ban protests . therefore, there will protests. therefore, there will be a protest this weekend . be a protest this weekend. >> yeah, it goes back to the pubuc >> yeah, it goes back to the public order act 1936. there is a right to protest, but there is a right to protest, but there is a right to protest, but there is a right for a freedom of speech. we champion that on gb news lose. the freedom of speech is important, but equally those freedoms must not interfere with the rights of other people to remember the dead. remember the memory of the dead. as you remember the our as you remember the may our grandfather , others who fought grandfather, others who fought in those those wars in the 20th century and other since to century and other wars since to remember that calmly, reverently, reverently at a war memorial. and that's why it's so

important to get that balance right. a balance the right. it's a balance which the police and seek every single police try and seek every single day. it's not an easy one, but equally the right to protest if you just shut down all protests because people don't want it to happen, you move it to the margins society create margins of society and create conflict. important conflict. so it's important that it's to happen. it's it's allowed to happen. it's just and when it is. just where it is and when it is. the make the police are trying to make sure done appropriately. sure it's done appropriately. this sure it's done appropriately. thi�*well, chris, i know that >> well, chris, i know that you'll your peeled on you'll have your eyes peeled on the street downing the street of downing street, making know making sure that we know precisely head precisely when the head of the met police down that met police walks down that street the prime street and meets with the prime minister. be back to you minister. we'll be back to you later in the programme. but for now, you. now, thank you. >> marks and >> let's talk about marks and spencer because they have recorded a leap in profits and sales for the past six months as food sales surge. well, it's good news for the retail giant . good news for the retail giant. >> as earlier this year they announced hundreds of store closures with the store reporting challenges, including higher interest rates, inflation and even the erratic weather. we've been experiencing. >> well, joining us now is liam halligan economics and business editor with on the money . so

editor with on the money. so liam, hello. what are marks and spencer doing right at the moment ? moment? >> it's worth saying that marks and spencer's . and spencer's. >> a lot of journalists are interested in marks and spencer's. it's very cheeky spencer's. it's a very cheeky middle place. but for middle class place. but for a lot of gb news viewers and listeners, don't to listeners, they don't go to marks because it's marks and spencer's because it's expensive and very you know, you often up you get quality, often end up you get quality, you get what you pay for, but they're not likely to shop in marks and spencer's. so i'm going to talk about marks and spencer's, then i'm going spencer's, and then i'm going to talk retail sales across talk about retail sales across the board because it's very, the board because it's two very, very different pictures. let's have marks and have a look at marks and spencer's little graphic. spencer's got a little graphic. i you like a graphic pip. i know you like a graphic pip. so profits marks and so profits at marks and spencer's and sparks up spencer's marks and sparks up 56% to 326 million. that's in six months from april to september. and that's compared to the same period in 2022. so a really chunky increase. total sales are up by 11. food sales are up by 51, even though food's

been very, very expensive and the ceo, stuart machin , said the ceo, stuart machin, said they've had a big revamp. he says we're spirits are high for christmas. so m&s is clearly doing pretty well. but is doing pretty well. but m&s is very much kind of mid to very much a kind of mid to up—market brand. it is to everything else will waitrose is to food in many in many ways. everything else will waitrose is to food in many in many ways . so to food in many in many ways. so let's have a look at the high street as a whole. though these figures came out yesterday and this is i think is what's really going on. these numbers are from british consortium. british retail consortium. we can on the next can see these on the next graphic retail sales in october compared to october 2022 were up 2.5. so that's a slowdown down from 2.7% growth in the year to september . it's below the 4.2% september. it's below the 4.2% average monthly growth rates over the last 12 months. so you see it's slowing down. and of course , these numbers don't course, these numbers don't include inflation, right? so when you got inflation at 6.7, the actual what we call real

terms value of retail sales is falling and it's falling at an increasing rate. so why is this happening? it's happening because mortgage payments are high. it's happening because fuel prices are still quite high. we had a big spike in petrol and diesel prices over the summer. it's happening because a lot of people think the economy is going to get worse before it gets better. so you're going to read lots of headunes you're going to read lots of headlines and lots of broadcasters saying it's all fine because m&s, where i do my shopping, is doing brilliantly right. the right. we're gb news. and the reality is, yeah, m&s is doing very well. it's a fantastic store , an amazing british store, an amazing british business. you know , global business. you know, global brand. so michael it used to be chateau shapps go to m&s, but m&s isn't really indicative of what's happening on the british high street. the british high street is struggling. >> but if you're the monetary policy committee of the bank of england , you're governor england, if you're the governor of of england, might of the bank of england, might you be looking at those you not be looking at those broader a broader figures that there's a sort slowdown in consumer

sort of slowdown in consumer spending think our policy is spending and think our policy is working this is what interest rate rises were meant to do. people are now spending less money. there's going to be less demand inflation as a demand pull inflation as a result. might this mean that it's less likely we're going to see any more rate rises this , see any more rate rises this, this and the much bigger picture numbers, what we call the purchasing managers index surveys, which have now been in negative territory. >> the economy contracting for 3 or 4 months in a row. tom, the gdp numbers, which have quite literally flatlined about nought percent growth in some recent months . so we have percent growth in some recent months. so we have had 14 interest rate rises. of course , interest rate rises. of course, last week the monetary policy committee kept interest rates where they are, as they did the month before, at 5.25. we've got an inflation number coming out next week, which go next week, which will go down from probably to like 6.1, from 6.7, probably to like 6.1, 6.2. it might even go below six getting close to halving. but because because indeed, because we had the ofgem energy price cap was lowered at the beginning

of this month in october. it's an october number. i do think an october number. so i do think inflation is coming down and i do think the bank of england now, unless there's some kind of whiz massive whiz bang, some kind of massive increase energy prices increase in energy prices because the opec energy because of the opec energy cartel or because of, you know , cartel or because of, you know, an escalation of violence , you an escalation of violence, you know, of course, we don't want this in the middle east, then i do think interest rates are going to stay they are. so going to stay where they are. so i the next move in i do think the next move in interest rates is going to be down. but the big picture here for m&s, for all the headlines about m&s, which shop, which we applaud, great shop, it's not that british it's not true that the british high street on current form is in for a good christmas . in for a good christmas. >> well, don't know what to say about that. we'll we'll pick that up with you. >> i'd rather be miserable. i'd rather be miserable than wrong. we know we get the facts with you. >> don't sugarcoat anything, liam. we thank you for it. >> now, are >> absolutely. fully. now, are you lady? i'm not including you a lady? i'm not including myself in any of this. who likes you a lady? i'm not including myfinish] any of this. who likes you a lady? i'm not including myfinish off|y of this. who likes you a lady? i'm not including myfinish off yourthis. who likes you a lady? i'm not including myfinish off your day who likes you a lady? i'm not including myfinish off your day with likes to finish off your day with a glass of or you quite glass of wine, or do you quite frankly, like to get absolutely legless? >> well, according to new research from the oecd, the

organisation for economic cooperation and development , cooperation and development, that british women are the worst in the developed for world binge drinking , in the developed for world binge drinking, with in the developed for world binge drinking , with 26% in the developed for world binge drinking, with 26% admitting to drinking, with 26% admitting to drinking more than six alcoholic beverages in a single sitting. >> joining us now to talk about this is health and wellbeing expert monica price. good afternoon to you, monica. well if this is true, it ain't very good for our health and well—being, is it? >> no, it's not, is it, shall we say, cheers now , before we say, cheers now, before we before we not have our drinks ? before we not have our drinks? no, it's not. to be honest , no, it's not. to be honest, though, with you and tom, i'm not surprised by this report. this was a global a worldwide health report that kind of really confirmed to me what i already knew as being somebody in the health care profession. i'm fortunately, binge drinking has become really popular. and it's not just with the young . we it's not just with the young. we tend to associate this with, you know, kind of under 20 fives. but it's not it's, you know, ladies sort of over 50, 55 now are drinking far more than we ever used to . reasons behind

ever used to. reasons behind that, i think covid definitely kind of when we were all locked down. i mean, you're aware that , down. i mean, you're aware that, you know, the increase in the sales of alcohol went through the that time . and i the roof during that time. and i think that kind of hasn't stopped . think people have got stopped. i think people have got into and, you know, and into a habit and, you know, and not really thinking about just how alcohol is in how much unit of alcohol is in that particular drink. and of course, monica, is it is it going hell for leather on a friday night out on the town or spreading out your drinking , spreading out your drinking, being, you know, having a couple of glasses is a night a week at home? yeah, absolutely . home? yeah, absolutely. spreading out the best when you binge drink. it's actually so bad for your body. alcohol affects your brain. it affects the part of the brain that controls your inhibitions. so of course, you become more relaxed. you become very confident, you become some people become change completely when they drink alcohol . but unfortunately, the alcohol. but unfortunately, the negative part of that is that when they come down off of their alcoholic beverage session, then the brain will then start to

feel very negative . you can go feel very negative. you can go into anxiety , you might start into anxiety, you might start feeling depressed, you can even feeling depressed, you can even feel angry. and that's because the brain, the chemicals in the brain have changed because of the amount of alcohol they've been, you know, been consuming . been, you know, been consuming. and, you know, let's and, of course, you know, let's not forget the impact on the actual health body. you actual health of your body. you know, is attributed to know, alcohol is attributed to heart disease, strokes , heart disease, strokes, cirrhosis of the liver . you cirrhosis of the liver. you know, it's linked to high blood pressure for, you know, so there's a whole range of health issues you need be aware issues that you need to be aware of. and i think people think maybe, oh, i'll just go out, you know, a few drinks. but know, and have a few drinks. but as the latest report, as you say, the latest report, 26% of women are drinking more than six units, sorry, six pints or wine glasses of alcohol. you know, during one session. that's an awful lot . we're only meant an awful lot. we're only meant to have 14 units a week . so if to have 14 units a week. so if you if you look on average, for instance, a bottle of wine for example, is contains about ten units. so if you're consuming a bottle of wine or half full, a

bottle of wine or half full, a bottle of wine or half full, a bottle of wine, you're almost just in one session, you're almost consuming all of your total , you know, recommended total, you know, recommended guidelines to ensure you can have a drink but, you know, remain healthy at the same time . remain healthy at the same time. >> i'm writing all this down very carefully. monica, as you speak. >> oh, no, it is interesting, though, because we i've been reading some analysis of this study that suggests that the uk does measure for some of these inputs in a different way than, for example, the eu countries measure it, particularly when it comes to heavy episodic drinking . could it be that we're not the worst in the developed world, but actually , perhaps we've been but actually, perhaps we've been measuring this in a slightly different way. >> well, i'd like to think so, tom. i'd like to think that was the reason, but i think one of the reason, but i think one of the main things is that we there's real control on what there's no real control on what they mup, which is minimum they call mup, which is minimum unit pricing . now, they have unit pricing. now, they have this in scotland and in wales. it was introduced in scotland , it was introduced in scotland, and in 2018 and in wales 2020.

and what this means is the government set a basic , if you government set a basic, if you like, a baseline for the for the sale of an alcohol per unit. so it's £0.50, for example . so if it's £0.50, for example. so if you consider a bottle of wine, again it has ten units. so that that bottle of wine cannot be sold in scotland and wales for anything less. >> i am so sorry. we we've reached the end of our time. we'll pick this up again with you another time. thank you . you another time. thank you. we'll see you again at the top of the hour. chin

good afternoon. it is 2:00 and you're with gb news live with pip tomson and tom harwood coming up this lunchtime . coming up this lunchtime. >> i will hold him accountable for the words of the prime minister, rishi sunak , as he minister, rishi sunak, as he meets with met police chief sir mark rowley over the decision to allow a massive pro—palestine march on armistice day . march on armistice day. >> rochdale cenotaph is under close guard today after being vandalised with free palestine sign graffiti. the prime minister has described the targeting of war memorials as sickening . sickening. >> and another shadow ministerial member of sir keir starmer's team has quit his frontbench over his stance in the war in the middle east. the row seems to set to consume the labour party . and just stop oil

labour party. and just stop oil protesters are having a busy week. >> they've been demonstrating again and they in the met police are pointing fingers at each other. that was after an ambulance was blocked earlier on waterloo bridge in london. who is really to blame? we'll be discussing that. first, here's your news headlines with tatiana . pip. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. it's 2:01. this is the latest . gb news understands the latest. gb news understands london mayor sadiq khan. who the metropolitan police chief answers to, has not been invited to a meeting between sir mark rowley and the prime minister downing street denies putting pressure on the met police by saying it would be held accountable for greenlighting protests on armistice day . the protests on armistice day. the prime minister's meeting, sir mark rowley , to discuss the mark rowley, to discuss the issue. the commissioner says intelligence surrounding the potential for serious disorder this weekend does not meet the

threshold to apply to prohibit the marches. rishi sunak calls them disrespectful . them disrespectful. >> yeah, this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has said that he can ensure that he safeguards remembrance for the country. >> this weekend as well as keep the public safe. now, my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police for information on how they will ensure this and ensure that this happens. and i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this. and more broadly, you know, my view is that marches are that these marches are disrespectful . disrespectful. >> while the foreign office says more than 150 british nationals have left gaza via the rafah crossing as of last night, it comes as the israeli military says thousands of civilians have taken advantage of an evacuation route today to head from northern gaza to the south of the strip. the main highway was open for four hours today for the fifth day in a row, the un said the numbers using the route to evacuate south has increased over recent days , with 15,000

over recent days, with 15,000 people passing through the route yesterday . but while thousands yesterday. but while thousands have left , it's thought as many have left, it's thought as many as 600,000 still in as 600,000 people are still in the north. the foreign secretary says the government supports a humanitarian pause in the gaza strip above a wider ceasefire. speaking on the sidelines of the g7 foreign minister talks in japan, james cleverly told journalists a ceasefire would hamper israel's ability to defend itself. us secretary of state antony blinken has echoed those comments. we all agree that humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives to protect palestinian civilians , protect palestinian civilians, to increase the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance to allow our citizens and foreign nationals to exit and to facilitate the release of hostages . hostages. >> i briefed my colleagues about my conversations with israeli leaders on pauses and on concrete steps to minimise harm to palestinian civilians in gaza and to stop extremist violence in the west bank. israel has repeatedly told us that there is

no going back to october 6th before the barbaric attacks by hamas . we fully agree shadow hamas. we fully agree shadow minister imran hussain has resigned from labour's frontbench in protest of sir keir starmer's position on the israel—hamas war in his resignation letter, he said it's become clear that my view on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in gaza differs substantially from the position you have adopted . adopted. >> the mp for bradford east was explicit in condemning hamas's attack on the 7th of october, but said the situation in gaza was horrific. he says sir keir starmer should be calling for a ceasefire , a war memorial in ceasefire, a war memorial in rochdale is being guarded by police after protesters sprayed free palestine graffiti across the base . greater manchester the base. greater manchester police said the cenotaph was vandalised and poppies were removed yesterday afternoon and it's currently a crime scene. the force and rochdale council have condemned the vandalism as criminal disrespect and totally unacceptable . now now reports to

unacceptable. now now reports to a uk police counter—terrorism hotline have more than doubled since hamas launched its attack on israel. police say the hotline received just over 1300 reports between the seventh and the 25th of october, more than twice the number of contacts compared to the same period last yeah compared to the same period last year. deputy assistant commissioner at the met police, lawrence taylor, says tensions have drastically risen, seen huge tensions across numerous communities in the uk. >> fear across our communities and all of those things play into building that threat picture, which is one of people who might be inclined to conduct an attack on uk soil being energies caused by these events and those threats will play out in many different ways . and what in many different ways. and what we're doing within counter—terrorism policing is working hard to understand and manage those threats as a former cabinet secretary has apologised for a suggestion that chicken pox style parties could have been held for covid early in the

pandemic. >> speaking at the covid inquiry, lord mark sedwill insisted he was only giving an analogy to shielding the most vulnerable as others developed immunity . vulnerable as others developed immunity. he's vulnerable as others developed immunity . he's apologised to immunity. he's apologised to families of victims and accepted his suggestions could have come across as heartless and thoughtless . and carol vorderman thoughtless. and carol vorderman says she's leaving her morning show on bbc radio wales over the broadcaster's new social media guidelines. the 62 year old presenter stirred controversy for her anti—tory rants on instagram and eggs, accusing the government of being greedy and corrupt . the bbc published corrupt. the bbc published revised social media rules for flagship presenters after gary lineker tweeted about the government's rwanda plan. ms vorderman was told her posts are a flagrant breach of the new policy as with gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to tom and .

pip >> thanks, tatiana , and welcome >> thanks, tatiana, and welcome back. it'sjust >> thanks, tatiana, and welcome back. it's just gone 206 now downing street has denied that rishi sunak is trying to put pressure on the met police commissioner by saying he'll be held accountable . held accountable. >> all it comes as the prime minister is expected to meet with sir mark rowley. very shortly over decision not to shortly over the decision not to ban a pro—palestine march scheduled for this weekend . scheduled for this weekend. >> well, let's talk to gb news political editor christopher hope and we're still waiting for the outcome of this meeting this afternoon . but we do know that afternoon. but we do know that there is someone who hasn't been ianed there is someone who hasn't been invited to this meeting . invited to this meeting. >> that's right, tom london mayor sadiq khan is, of course , mayor sadiq khan is, of course, the notional boss of the met police chief sir mark rowley . he police chief sir mark rowley. he answered him to him in the pubuc answered him to him in the public at the london assembly , public at the london assembly, but he has not been asked this meeting. i've been in touch with city hall this lunchtime for gb news. he has not been asked this

meeting. oddly, suella braverman is not holding the meeting. he sees the other person notionally in charge the met police in charge of what the met police chief she's in charge in charge of what the met police ch all she's in charge in charge of what the met police ch all policing she's in charge in charge of what the met police ch all policing in she's in charge in charge of what the met police ch all policing in england charge in charge of what the met police ch all policing in england and ge of all policing in england and wales. but instead you've got this meeting the this in meeting between the prime sir mark prime minister and sir mark rowley. looks a bit rowley. it looks a bit politicking and if you thought that you might agree with sir keir who course is keir starmer, who of course is the labour leader, he's been saying on twitter within the past quarter an hour that past quarter of an hour that remembrance events must be respected . and why isn't the respected. and why isn't the home secretary re meeting? and he accuses the pm of picking picking a fight with police, saying that his cowardice. now thatis saying that his cowardice. now that is that is inflammatory language going into this very difficult, very important time for anyone remembering anyone who has died in conflict by going to this weekend. we're seeing on twitter breaking out right now this lunchtime the kind of comments and maybe the row have happened. row which may have happened. have had pmqs as normal? we have we had a pmqs as normal? we haven't had prime minister's questions today because of the five day speech debate. so five day king speech debate. so instead , it's all happening on

instead, it's all happening on social media. >> the government , >> could the government, christopher, technically be theoretically overrule the met police on this . police on this. >> good question , pip. it all >> good question, pip. it all goes down to a rather old piece of legislation called the 1936 pubuc of legislation called the 1936 public order act that was used by theresa may back in 2011 to ban a march by the english defence league in parts of east london. that ban meant that these marches couldn't take place and the police would step in did in some postcodes in if they did in some postcodes in if they did in some postcodes in east london. nothing since then, the met police have a very difficult role to police. literally. they've got to make sure that there is a right to protest in this country, that if you want to protest, you can have that protest. and really the government, the elected government shouldn't really step in. that's not the country we live in. we allow the police to go they need to go to go where they need to go to apply go where they need to go to apply the laws passed by parliament. quite parliament. it's quite a definite that sir mark definite line that sir mark rowley police for rowley is trying to police for him. he had a meeting yesterday ,

him. he had a meeting yesterday, didn't he? and he made clear that he felt that the risk, the line hadn't been crossed when there be further public there might be further public disorder. maintaining disorder. so it's maintaining that respect for monuments, respect people, marking respect for people, marking remembrance s day on saturday and maybe even the following day, remembrance sunday allowing that to happen, but also allow people to protest rightly protest about concern about bloodshed in gaza, a very difficult line for the police to take. the pm is ratcheting up the pressure on mark rowley to take some further action on this by having this meeting imminently in downing street . imminently in downing street. >> it's really interesting that sir keir starmer has chosen this moment to tweet it because moment to tweet about it because of course there is a labour politician who is notionally in charge of the metropolitan police and i suppose city hall have been complaining that sadiq khan has not been invited to this meeting. but frankly, have we heard anything at all from sadiq khan about the massive protests that are scheduled for armistice day? shouldn't he be

demanding a meeting? shouldn't he be making public pronouncements on this himself ? pronouncements on this himself? >> it's been quite hard. we've been trying to find out for a couple of weeks now. tom, who's in charge of putting up these barriers that around the barriers that are around the cenotaph whitehall, cenotaph on whitehall, we thought might london thought it might be the london assembly. be assembly. we thought it might be the westminster council, but we were told it actually the were told it was actually the police. course they do police. and of course they do answer sadiq khan. he said answer to sadiq khan. he said nothing yet we don't know why. i've asked him this lunchtime today for a statement for gb news to find out whether he shares the concern that the pm shares. no word yet , so we'll shares. no word yet, so we'll wait and see. we're asked that very question. tom, you're putting very question. tom, you're putwell, chris, as soon as you >> well, chris, as soon as you get that statement, come back >> well, chris, as soon as you get let: statement, come back >> well, chris, as soon as you get let usatement, come back >> well, chris, as soon as you get let us know, it, come back >> well, chris, as soon as you get let us know, because back >> well, chris, as soon as you get let us know, because i ack >> well, chris, as soon as you get let us know, because i think and let us know, because i think and let us know, because i think a people will be a lot of people will be wondering the mayor of wondering why the mayor of london so quiet london has been quite so quiet on issue . on this enormous issue. >> a little earlier, we spoke with author and founder of migration films , matthew migration films, matthew robinson, about this . now he is robinson, about this. now he is going to the protests. he said he reckons there's going to be

half a million people taking part in this march and he thinks that it should go ahead. this is why he says he is attending . why he says he is attending. >> i believe that marches should go ahead and i'm glad they are going ahead. i'll be attending . going ahead. i'll be attending. ihave going ahead. i'll be attending. i have been documenting these marches since 2021. i'm a humanitarian filmmaker , so and humanitarian filmmaker, so and as a humanitarian , not supposed as a humanitarian, not supposed to take sides. however when i saw what was happening in al—aqsa mosque and jerusalem in 2021, i started to film the protests. i felt the mainstream news was not covering it properly. so that's why i'm going to be there. if i wasn't filming , i going to be there. if i wasn't filming, i would be there raising my voice, calling for a ceasefire. now obviously, you know, i think one of the key things here is the divisive of suella braverman causes hate marches. they're not hate marches. they're not hate marches . her speech is hate marches. her speech is hate speech. she's causing division within communities. her she has a conflict of interest, as does rishi sunak. they both have links to israel . rishi sunak's

links to israel. rishi sunak's wife's father created emphasis so they have a link to israel . so they have a link to israel. so he already has a conflict of interest. so his opinion, as far as i'm concerned , means nothing. as i'm concerned, means nothing. same for robinson. >> are you seriously suggesting that because rishi sunaks wife's father has shares in a company that happens to be based in israel that's informing his position on this is that is that seriously your view ? seriously your view? >> yeah, absolutely . absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely. and as far as as far as you know, it being on the armistice weekend, you know, i've always been respectful to our fallen from battle from all the world wars. you know and it's important that we do they fought for our freedom but i think also what's important and i spoke to jeremy corbyn said this to me on saturday, last saturday when i interviewed him, he said that, you what better to honour you know what better to honour to those dead who those people who died in world wars than to call for a ceasefire because the

armistice a ceasefire and armistice was a ceasefire and therefore to march on armistice day seems very , very fitting day seems very, very fitting thing to do . thing to do. >> some people will say that is absolutely a valid point , absolutely a valid point, matthew, but what about the fact that there will be tens of thousands of people taking part in this demonstration? how how disrespectful do you think it is towards the military veterans who are going along on saturday to pay their respects and they might feel incredibly intimidated. by might feel incredibly intimidated . by 70,000 people on intimidated. by 70,000 people on the streets ? the streets? >> well, i think it's probably going to be closer, upwards of 500,000, to be honest with you. and how intimidating is that? >> half a million people protesting with flags. and i know there are a lot of people that are peaceful and i'm sure you're one of them, but but you do know that there are people that are supporters of hamas as well. there are extremist

elements there. oh, there i can't comment on that because i don't know that for a fact. >> but what i can comment on is the fact that the march is starting an hour later after the two minute silence after 11 am, it's starting 1.7. no starting 1.5 miles away. and it's finishing 1.7 miles away. nobody will be going near the cenotaph. and if anybody does, they deserve to be arrested because as the cenotaph needs to be left for the soldiers to honour their fallen. and i believe that will happen. and if there are splinter groups that go towards the then they deserve splinter groups that go towards th

and the poppy wreaths that were taken away have been restored. but officers are now guarding this war memorial . this war memorial. >> let's cross to rochdale. cenotaph and speak with our north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper. so sophie, tell us about the security operation that's in place now after this vandalism . at least two vandalism. at least two incidents so far at the war memorial . well good afternoon to memorial. well good afternoon to you both. >> you can see over my shoulder that the vandalism has been removed. and as you say , the removed. and as you say, the poppies have been restored . but poppies have been restored. but you'll be able to see, i you'll also be able to see, i believe in shots are the oh, they've just been blocked by some people laying some wreaths. how that? there how lovely is that? but there are still police officers patrolling this area to make sure that no more graffiti or anything of that ilk is able to happen again. prior to remembrance weekend. as you say, this isn't the first instance. this of this happening. there was a similar incident that happened over the weekend where

palestinian flags were laid on the memorial and the poppy wreaths were thrown onto the floor in front of it. so we also know that two teenagers were arrested for and they've been charged for intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance. so this is something that's been taken very seriously by both rochdale borough council and greater manchester police . and greater manchester police. of course, it's a very contentious issue. in the run up to remembrance weekend . it's to remembrance weekend. it's something that prime minister rishi sunak has discussed earlier on today. here's what he had to say . had to say. >> desecration of war memorials is absolutely sickening . is absolutely sickening. >> and this weekend will be about the country coming together to pay tribute and recognise the sacrifice of so many over so many years. that's what i'll be doing. and i think that's what the vast majority of this country will be doing this weekend, marking that moment. well i think now you should be able to see these pcsos over my

shoulder. >> they have been here all day. and as the investigation continues into the graffiti incident that took place here yesterday , i imagine they will yesterday, i imagine they will be remaining on their patrols, ensuring that nothing like this can happen again . can happen again. >> well, sophie, thank you for bringing us this really important story and good to see that that graffiti has been removed and that this war memorial is now properly respected . respected. >> well, there's reports that a uk police counter—terrorism hotline has had calls to it that have more than doubled the number of calls, more than doubung number of calls, more than doubling since those terrorist attacks by hamas a month ago. >> let's get more details now with our political correspondent katherine forster in westminster. and catherine, do we have more to worry about, therefore, than an cenotaphs being vandalised? is there potentially a risk to life as a result of these escalations .

result of these escalations. >> yes, potentially there is. as so often when we have conflicts abroad and that feeds into tensions , runs back in the tensions, runs back in the united kingdom .we've seen tensions, runs back in the united kingdom . we've seen these united kingdom. we've seen these very publicly, haven't we, on the streets over the last few weeks? a huge rise in anti—semitic attacks, also in islamophobia, trouble at all these pro—palestinian protests and arrests. so i have to say on the whole, most people are peaceful . but now these really peaceful. but now these really quite concerning figures that the number of calls to counter—terrorism units have more than doubled between october the 7th, when those terrorist atrocities were committed by hamas. terrorist atrocities were committed by hamas . and the 25th committed by hamas. and the 25th to 1350. and in terms of calls that were of interest to investigators, that number has gone up by 400% to two two 200. now, i think it's worth saying

that the terror threat level in the united kingdom hasn't hasn't changed. it's currently set at substantial. that means that an attack is likely . it's possible attack is likely. it's possible it could be raised to severe, which would mean that an attack is highly likely if it goes to critical that means that basically an attack is going to happen very soon. but we're obviously some way off that. but i think it is a reminder , isn't i think it is a reminder, isn't it, that we all go about our business all of the time, but the security services are working constantly to keep us safe . they're working on safe. they're working on intelligence. they're following up leads. but of course , for all up leads. but of course, for all the attacks that they stop, it only takes them to miss one for something very, very bad to happen. >> political correspondent katherine forster in westminster, thank you. something that oh, she's gone a little bit bright there. something we can all stay alert about isn't it? yes. in our in our in our communities and where we live. and to report anything that does not feel

that we think does not feel right . right. >> i, i'm glad that it was >> um, i, i'm glad that it was just a lights malfunctioning rather anything rather than anything more dramatic flashes dramatic happening with flashes and the rest of it in and all the rest of it in westminster. does make you westminster. it does make you think, one month from think, but one month on from hamas's attack on israel, we have a special report on a british family still waiting for news about their missing loved ones. we'll bring you that after this .

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six till 930. >> welcome back. now it is a month on from the hamas terrorist attack on israel and more than 200 people closer to 240 people of all nationalities are currently being held captive by the militant group. three are said to be british citizens. >> well, gb news is jack carson has been talking to members of the goldstein almog family who have loved ones who have been held hostage . held hostage. >> when that message came , the >> when that message came, the that was me gone messages and calls elite couldn't imagine ever having to answer for. >> on the 7th of october, hamas terrorists entered parts of southern israel and went from kibbutz to kibbutz, killing 1400 israeli people . 240 were taken israeli people. 240 were taken hostage by hamas . amongst those hostage by hamas. amongst those families devastated by the events of that day are the goldstein almog family. events of that day are the goldstein almog family . 49 year goldstein almog family. 49 year old nadav, seen here in the red

jumper and 20 year old yam had been killed . wife and mum, hen been killed. wife and mum, hen and children agam gal and tal were all missing just weeks before the attacks. 11 year old gal and nine year old tal were captured dancing in this home video khalife grew up with hen and her family, but has been living in the uk for 30 years. she met me in birmingham and introduces me to omri , who is in introduces me to omri, who is in israel campaigning for his family's safe return. so you're just about to meet omri almog, who was hen hen's brother omri , who was hen hen's brother omri, myself and can all grow up in kibbutz gevim. he describes the aftermath that day on october 11th, after my parents came back from a bus area, a with the dna, they confirmed that nadav and yam they are murdered at the house and my sister and the three kids basically kidnapped and they were missing for nine

days. >> and then they move for missing to kidnap and right now we know they are they are alive , we know they are they are alive, but we're not sure where. we're not sure if they get a medicine, they get food. they get clothes. we don't know anything else. this this situation is a horrible situation. so we have nothing to lose. this is the situation that i have now because it's a broken family. the family is broke. we need to bnng the family is broke. we need to bring back whatever left from the family . the family. >> living in walsall, halit wasn't aware of the attacks until a call from her mum revealed nature of what was revealed the nature of what was happening. she describes the moment she found out and her moment she found out hen and her children been taken hostage . children had been taken hostage. >> you're really, really sad. but then you really, really happy dead . happy that they're not dead. there's hope. suddenly there's hope. and even though you're conflicted with you don't know what's going to happen . now, what's going to happen. now, a part of you is thinking they're alive. you know they're alive now . how. >> now. >> now working with omri and others , she's helping spread the others, she's helping spread the

bnng others, she's helping spread the bring them home now campaign internationally . her bring them home now campaign internationally. her mission here in the uk is clear. >> my objective is to try and reach the prime minister i ask if, you know, just here omri's story. you know , it's one it's story. you know, it's one it's one thing looking at what's going on and it's another thing listening to a personal story of somebody that his sister is missing and the anguish. somebody that his sister is missing and the anguish . and missing and the anguish. and just to remember, people need to remember that these these are children. he's a child . an these children. he's a child. an these babies, toddlers , the disabled babies, toddlers, the disabled people. they're humans . they people. they're humans. they didn't do anything . didn't do anything. >> whilst the grief will not ease for some time, the hope for the safe return of the 240 hostages lives on. jack carson gb news >> and thank you to jack for that report. really really harrowing stuff. but let's get more now live from tel aviv with our security editor mark white and mark, obviously the hostages

in this situation are such a key motivator, perhaps for the ground invasion that we have seen now from the idf encircling the city of gaza. now what's the very latest on how far we know the israeli army have got through that strip ? well they've through that strip? well they've advanced very far to gaza city itself and to the not just the outskirts of gaza city, but we're to told the heart of gaza city. >> and within a kilometre of the al—shifa hospital, the main hospital in gaza city, where the israeli military says that hamas has its headquarters , is has its headquarters, is underneath the complex, is in the tunnel systems underneath it . and in that on that issue of the tunnel systems, the israeli military have just confirmed

that they have uncovered under destroyed 130 separate tunnel networks . now, i say tunnel networks. now, i say tunnel networks. now, i say tunnel networks , really just the networks, really just the entrances to those tunnels because we know these networks stretch for hundreds of miles and add in the tunnel systems. there are lots of different rooms and caverns in there. there's weapons storage areas. there's weapons storage areas. there is accommodate blocks, command and control centres say the command and control centres. one of the main ones, the headquarters , as they say, is headquarters, as they say, is underneath that shifa hospital. and that will be a very difficult moment for the idf to decide what they do, knowing that there are thousands of people in and around that hospital complex who can or will not vacate that hospital all at this time. so a very sensitive one for the israeli forces in terms of the evacu, the evacuations. so we know that today, again , in thousands

today, again, in thousands apparently have taken advantage of a pause, which has been four hours long for the last few days. today it was extended to five hours long along the salah al—din highway from northern gaza into south of gaza to try to get people out of northern gaza and to the relative safety of the south. and it seems from what's happening that more and more people each day are taking advantage of this pause and the ability to get out of the heavily bombed north of the strip mark. >> we're just getting some lines about from an interview that the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has done . and one of guterres, has done. and one of the things he has said in this interview is that when you look at the number of civilians killed in gaza, there is something clearly wrong with military operations . and he's military operations. and he's also saying that there we need to distinguish between hamas and

the palestinian people . so many the palestinian people. so many claims that israel is simply not doing that . doing that. >> well, we've had a lot of comment from antonio guterres in recent days . he's now widely recent days. he's now widely regarded in israel as no friend of this country because he is he has been seen as someone who has, you know, spoken about what israel needs to do. but not any solutions to the how israel deals with the problem of a terrorist state. hamas in control, who want to launch more in the way of october 7th style attacks . a deal with that while attacks. a deal with that while safeguarding the civilian population . because what israel population. because what israel says repeatedly is that hamas will use civilian as shields. it goes out of its way to put its infrastructure , its rocket infrastructure, its rocket launchers, its its terrorists

and its its command and control centres . as we were just talking centres. as we were just talking aboutin centres. as we were just talking about in hospitals, in schools, in kindergartens , martens in in kindergartens, martens in built up areas where hundreds of thousands of people still are and in dealing with that, in deaung and in dealing with that, in dealing with hamas, then, yes, there is a civilian toll. but israel says what is the solution to trying to deal with hamas is at the end of the day, it's got to continue with its mission or hamas will come back and launch further attacks in the future . further attacks in the future. >> well, mark white, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest there. interesting of course, there are now these pauses people moving pauses where people are moving from the south of from the north to the south of the gaza strip. but it's been a month and israel has been constantly to constantly saying to the palestinian south, palestinian people, move south, move going to be move south. we're going to be doing operations in the north and has telling the and hamas has been telling the people put . it's people to stay put. it's strange, but also they have been going criticises israel for that and they have been going south

and they have been going south and then there's been bombings in as well. so nowhere in the south as well. so nowhere near level that it is in the near the level that it is in the north. there's some north. there's been some targeted strikes, but not a not an invasion. we'll pick this up. >> after the >> we'll pick this up after the news. get your headlines news. let's get your headlines from . from tatiana. >> thank you very much and good afternoon to 33. this is the latest. gb news understands london mayor sadiq khan who the metropolitan police chief answers to , has not been invited answers to, has not been invited to a meeting between sir mark rowley and the prime minister. downing street denies putting pressure on the met police by saying it would be held accountable for green lighting protests on armistice day. the prime minister's meeting, sir mark rowley, to discuss the issue. the commissioner says intelligence surrounding the potential for serious disorder this weekend does not meet the threshold to apply to prohibit the marches. rishi sunak calls them disrespectful . them disrespectful. >> yeah, this is a decision that the metropolitan police commissioner has made and he has

said that he can ensure for that he safeguards remembrance for the country. >> this weekend as well as keep the public safe . now, my job is the public safe. now, my job is to hold him accountable for that. and we've asked the police for information on how they will ensure that happens. ensure that this happens. as and i'll the metropolitan i'll be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss and more to discuss this. and more broadly , you know, my view is broadly, you know, my view is that these marches are disrespectful . disrespectful. >> the foreign office says more than 150 british nationals have left gaza via the rafah crossing as of last night. it comes as the israeli military says thousands of civilians have taken advantage of an evacuation route today to head from northern gaza to the south of the strip. the un says 15,000 people passed through yesterday . people passed through yesterday. a senior official has said israel has no intention of reoccupying the gaza strip or controlling it for a long time. as israeli forces pressed their offensive against hamas in the coastal enclave . a former coastal enclave. a former cabinet secretary has apologised

for a suggestion that chicken pox style parties could have been held for covid early in the pandemic . speaking at the covid pandemic. speaking at the covid inquiry lord mark sedwill insisted he was only giving an analogy to shielding the most vulnerable, as others developed immunity. he's apologised to families of victims and accepted his suggestions could have come across as heartless and thoughtless and donald trump's daughter has arrived to court to testify in a civil fraud trial. ivanka trump's turn on the witness stand follows testimony by her two adult brothers and trump. the lawsuit accuses trump and his family businesses of intentionally inflating property values and deceiving banks and insurers in the pursuit of business deals and loans. the judge has already ruled the trump organisation committed fraud , and this trial will fraud, and this trial will determine the penalties prosecutors are seeking a close to £204 million fine and severe business restrictions. trump has denied wrongdoing . you can get

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news is . welcome back to gb news news is. welcome back to gb news live . live. >> it's 22 three now. we're just going to have a look at some live pictures of the front door of downing street , arguably the

of downing street, arguably the most famous door in the land, currently being blocked by two police officers, perhaps they're waiting for their boss, sir mark rowley is due to meet the prime minister. perhaps he's inside meeting, but we haven't seen him walk down this street yet. that's why we're looking at this famous, shiny black door, because there is an extraordinary meeting taking place this afternoon in with the boss of the metropolitan police having potentially what's being described as a dressing down by the prime minister >> this all is about the pro—palestinian demonstration or peace protest, as some of you might want to call it as well. thatis might want to call it as well. that is due to take place on armistice day this saturday. the prime minister says he will hold sir mark rowley accountable for his decision to not ban what the prime minister says is a disrespectful demonstration that's due to take place . the that's due to take place. the prime minister has been accused of putting pressure on sir mark rowley over banning it, over wanting it to be banned. but

downing street is insisting that no, the prime minister is simply seeking assurances that the met's approach will be robust . met's approach will be robust. >> and now one person who has not been invited to this meeting is the labour london mayor, sadiq khan, who is yet to make a statement on whether or not he's in favour of banning these protests on armistice day or otherwise . again, this is just otherwise. again, this is just the prime minister meeting with the prime minister meeting with the head of the metropolitan police , no mayor of london and police, no mayor of london and no home secretary there either . no home secretary there either. >> we'll bring you the latest on that if and when we hear or see something , just stop oil. we've something, just stop oil. we've been talking about them a lot this week because of the pressure group and the met police are pointing fingers after a protest on waterloo bridge earlier shut down the road to first responders. >> yes, the protesters insist they were on the other side of they were on the other side of the road to the ambulance and it was the police blocking the incoming traffic. but the paramedic responding to the life and death emergency , speaking and death emergency, speaking earlier the telegraph, says

earlier to the telegraph, says he begged police to let him he begged the police to let him through lay on through as the activist lay on the ground and slow marched across the bridge. so really, who is it to blame? is it the police for arresting the protesters or is it the protesters or is it the protesters for being there in the first place? well, our gb news reporter, ray addison is there. >> ray, have you done a little bit of investigating what have you found out that happened . you found out that happened. >> yeah. good afternoon to you both. i have. i've been doing a bit of digging. i've put in some calls to the met police, some emails, and to just stop oil as well. now, what we know is that between 9 and 10 this morning, just stop. oil started slow marching towards waterloo bridge. they got on to waterloo bridge. they got on to waterloo bridge at around ten, 9:15. and by 9:29, the police had engaged with them. and those arrests were made fairly quickly about 50 activists from just stop oil now , about 40 people have been now, about 40 people have been

arrested, we're told so far , arrested, we're told so far, although that number may be set to rise. now this contentious issue is who blocked the ambulance. we had a tweet from just stop oil on their official account stating that the police had blocked the ambulance so that they could blame it on a protest march going in the other direction. that was the tweet that they put out. now, i put that they put out. now, i put that tweet to the press office of just stop oil. and they very much wanted to distance themselves from that. they said, we're not saying that the police were to make look like were trying to make it look like were trying to make it look like we responsible for it. we we were responsible for it. we were saying that weren't were just saying that we weren't responsible for it. they actually sent statement to us actually sent a statement to us which says the picture shared by the metropolitan police indicates that it's only their officers who are blocking the road with the ambulance . it's road with the ambulance. it's our own pictures. confirm this. so, however, that tweet, the original tweet, which says that they're trying to blame it on they're trying to blame it on the protesters, has not actually been removed. so a little bit of

a contradictory message coming through there from just stop oil. now, the police are saying that they arrived within a minute of being alerted to the protest taking place . those protest taking place. those arrests started within about 15 minutes time, which just stop oil, are not very happy with. as i said , 40 arrests, but they're i said, 40 arrests, but they're asking for members of the public who were impacted by today or maybe witnessed some of those scenes to get in touch if they've got any evidence that they've got any evidence that they provide with, they can help to provide with, because it could help to add to the number of people who end up ultimately charged. of ultimately being charged. of course, just stop oil are saying that they the reason for the protest is because they want to alert people to the fact that oil the new oil and gas needs to stop . and they say they'll stop. and they say they'll continue doing that with further protests to come . protests to come. >> okay, ray addison, thank you very much for bringing some clarification to what happened there . there. >> well, in other news marks and spencer recalled a leap in

profits and sales for the past six months. this is , of course, six months. this is, of course, food sales have been surging. >> and it's good news for the retail giant. as earlier this year they announced hundreds of store closures . so with the store closures. so with the store closures. so with the store reporting challenges , store reporting challenges, including higher interest rates, inflation and even erratic weather. unsettled weather. let's talk to liam halligan, our economics and business editor about all this with on the money . before we start, liam, you've been winding a few viewers and listeners up by saying none of our viewers and listeners go to m&s. none. we've been getting all these emails saying say none.i all these emails saying say none. i love m&s. >> i didn't say none. i said a lot of them won't. >> we've had all the ones that do in the media for 30 do messaging in the media for 30 years, right? >> and you know, for many people, business story people, the only business story that exists profits . you that exists is m&s profits. you know, i mean, there's so, you know, i mean, there's so, you know to do is know, what i'm going to do is demonstrate that what's happening and chapeau happening at m&s and chapeau to them ceo because they them and their ceo because they have through a revamp and have been through a revamp and it is working and that's great.

it's brilliant brand , but it it's a brilliant brand, but it isn't indicative of what's actually happening the high actually happening on the high street for the vast majority of shoppers is so let's do that. >> look again , i like that. >> look again, i like that. >> look again, i like that. >> you like that. >> you like that. >> i'll be working on that one. so let's have a look at a graphic. yeah. so we can hide behind the graphic and punch each m&s profits up 56. each other. m&s profits up 56. £326 million in the six months from april to september. that's 56% up on the same period in 2022. total sales up 11% in the current environment. that's a huge accolade to m&s . food sales huge accolade to m&s. food sales up 15% and ceo stuart machin deserves . ridley up 15% and ceo stuart machin deserves. ridley is reporting that within his company, spirits are high for christmas again . are high for christmas again. shapo m&s a brilliant brand, a global brand. they're doing really well against the heavy weather that the economy is dishing out to all of us, and that's demonstrated made in much broader numbers from the british retail consortium. they're not

official office for national statistics numbers, but the british retail consortium, they know their onions very , very know their onions very, very influential. and across the uk high street, tom and pitt retail sales were up just 2.5% in october to compare to october 2022. that's slower than the 2.7% growth. the month before. it's well below the 12 month average. that's the average growth over the last 12 months, which is 4.2. so you see there's a pretty big slowdown and it's well below this is the really clincher thing. it's well below 6.7% inflation. so in other words , retail sales, the value words, retail sales, the value of all retail sales is going up by much, much less than inflation, which is well over 6. so it's down in what we call real terms . and this is the real terms. and this is the thing and this is why i'm being a little bit chippy about m&s. it's great news for m&s, but this is not the story of the british high street for most people at the moment . people at the moment. >> well, liam, we know that you

cut through the spin and get to the heart of story, thank the heart of the story, so thank you not sugarcoating the you for not sugarcoating the potential issues with the british economy and particularly particularly the retail sector , particularly the retail sector, was that was that was that a counterpoint ? counterpoint? i counterpoint? counterpoint? i don't know if we caught that on camera just the jovial tension on let's talk about the royal zahawi in particular, prince william, because it is the last day of his visit to singapore for the earthshot prize awards. well let's talk to our royal reporter, cameron walker, about this, because, cameron, what is the earthshot prize >> well, prince william was inspired when he set up these awards by john f kennedy's moonshot , which was his vision moonshot, which was his vision to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s, it seemed completely impossible at the time, and yet he managed to do so. now prince william wants to do the same thing, but with the environment and finding solutions to repair our planet

within a decade , by the year within a decade, by the year 2032, a quell anxiety amongst the younger generation when it comes to climate change and be finding genuine solutions , finding genuine solutions, actions which are not really going to ask or force the general population or society to dramatically change their lifestyle habits in order to protect the environment. essentially because that's what he's been doing. >> so he's trip last day today has it has it been a resounding success? >>i success? >> i think perhaps it has been until this morning, >> i think perhaps it has been until this morning , actually, until this morning, actually, where? well, it has been. but i think he was very bold this morning because he started talking about going a step further than previous members of the royal family have done when it comes to highlighting causes which they care about. so traditionally, as members of the royal family, you would be a royal patron of a certain charity. turn up at an charity. you turn up at an event, a ribbon, shine event, cut a ribbon, shine a spotlight on that go home spotlight on that issue, go home again. prince william doesn't want that. wants to want to do that. he wants to have a less issues to focus have a lot less issues to focus on. so, for example , on. so, for example, homelessness, the environment ,

homelessness, the environment, but spend a lot more time really delving down into the issue and trying to create lasting impacts. now the problem for prince william could potentially be at some point at his bold vision, could stray , as some vision, could stray, as some people fear, too far into the political sphere . for example, political sphere. for example, he was talking about homelessness with reporters this morning in singapore and he was saying he wants to help build homes, deliver mental health support , education, employment support, education, employment opportunities . sounds perhaps to opportunities. sounds perhaps to some similar to a political manifesto. and just a few days ago, suella braverman home secretary compared homelessness to being a lifestyle choice. but prince william , i think, will prince william, i think, will know as prince of wales, he cannot go too far in to the political sphere . political sphere. >> and to some extent this is the this is what's clever about the this is what's clever about the prize he clearly the earthshot prize he clearly cares about the environment. but if to get up there if he was to get up there saying, should we should tax saying, you should we should tax this ban that, that saying, you should we should tax this seem ban that, that saying, you should we should tax this seem very ban that, that saying, you should we should tax this seem very political:, that saying, you should we should tax this seem very political . that would seem very political. whereas he can be around, he can be boston, in the states, he be in boston, in the states, he can in singapore, in east can be in singapore, in east

asia, he can of say, asia, and he can sort of say, we're going to come with we're going to come up with new marvellous that marvellous technology and that will forward. that will move us all forward. that is less in the weeds of is perhaps less in the weeds of politics, perhaps he's got more of an issue when it comes to policy on homelessness . yes. policy on homelessness. yes. which does seem more contentious and perhaps more current. i think what prince william does well is getting different sectors of society around the table, talking to each other in order to deliver that change. >> example, >> so, for example, the earthshot all these earthshot prize, all of these different solutions their own different solutions on their own probably much of a probably won't make much of a difference. but by putting all these people in the same room, it scales solutions in it scales up these solutions in order to make a dish. a you know, a changes , as it were, know, a changes, as it were, when it comes to homelessness . when it comes to homelessness. of course, that could be quite a contentious issue. earlier this yean contentious issue. earlier this year, he actually launched something called homewards, which is year project to which is a five year project to prove that homelessness can be erratic , located within the erratic, located within the united kingdom . but instead of united kingdom. but instead of him, as you say on a stage driving those changes , forcing driving those changes, forcing people to do x, y and z, he's getting different people around

the table and different experts to talk to each other in order to talk to each other in order to and deliver that change. to try and deliver that change. i'm told he doesn't i'm also told that he doesn't just deliver these just turn up and deliver these speeches. work speeches. there's a lot of work he scenes, which he does behind the scenes, which we on camera in to we don't see on camera in to order deliver these changes. but at point he'll and at some point he'll be king and it very much be his as it will very much be his duty as head of state. >> yeah, a difficult tightrope to walk there, i suppose, wanting make change, but also wanting to make change, but also not political . not be political. >> thanks very much, cameron . >> thanks very much, cameron. well, coming up in exactly seven minutes time is martin daubney. he will be with you for the next three hours. martin, what is in your show? >> well, i'm standing for in patrick >> well, i'm standing for in pat first all, rot in >> first of all, the rot in rochdale at the cenotaph, the disgrace of that, the heat around the armistice march. where's sadiq khan? >> the guy's missing in action. also, another resignation in the labour party were their palestine problem cause a civil war and sink the party. 40 people arrested at last at the just stop oil protest on waterloo bridge. and finally from boffin to boris basher. but vorderman finally gets the boot

from the bbc. >> how many plosives can you fit in one sentence? martin daubney bebe bebe no loving , loving to bebe bebe no loving, loving to see it. >> he loves a bit of alliteration. does that martin daubney oh no. >> very good. boris bashes bbc. it's all there. it's all there. well, martin, look forward to that. coming up next, a man who, unlike the prince of wales , will unlike the prince of wales, will not shy away from being perhaps a touch political. >> oh, he'll get you all going, that's sure . thank you for that's for sure. thank you for your company this afternoon. we're back at midday tomorrow. and i'm sure martin will be bringing you right up to date with what is happening between in between in that meeting, between the prime met prime minister and the met police chief, which well be police chief, which may well be underway as we speak. >> so all of that to come. but that's it from us today. we'll be back joining you tomorrow afternoon from midday. so stick around for that. enjoy the rest of your afternoon. >> bye . >> bye bye. >> bye bye. >> hello. very good day to you. alex burkill here again with

your latest gb news weather forecast. whilst there's some dner forecast. whilst there's some drier weather on the cards for the weekend before then, we still blustery showers still have some blustery showers and a mix of sunny spells to get through moment, the through. at the moment, the frontal brought frontal system that brought heavier on today, heavier rain earlier on today, that's away towards the that's clearing away towards the east we're the east and we're under the influence of pressure influence of a low pressure towards north—west of the towards the north—west of the uk. that's bringing some very strong across of strong winds across parts of northwest scotland but they strong winds across parts of nortiease: scotland but they strong winds across parts of nortiease as:otland but they strong winds across parts of nortiease as weand but they strong winds across parts of nortiease as we go but they strong winds across parts of nortiease as we go throughey strong winds across parts of nortiease as we go through the will ease as we go through the evening and overnight. otherwise, showers becoming more widespread through widespread as we go through the night. ones see night. some hefty ones could see some rumbles thunder as well. some rumbles of thunder as well. some clear skies in between the showers the skies. showers and in the clear skies. it's quite it's likely to turn quite chilly, across east chilly, particularly across east and north eastern parts of scotland, a touch scotland, likely to have a touch of frost here through of frost here as we go through thursday . then it's a showery thursday. then it's a showery day for many of us, particularly in west , where we're exposed in the west, where we're exposed to brisk westerly winds. to those brisk westerly winds. plenty showers here. also plenty of showers here. also some hefty showers across parts of the south southeast. the greatest chance of some dry, bright weather will be across more central and northern parts of decent amount of scotland. a decent amount of sunshine here, temperatures sunshine here, but temperatures only to around 8 or 9

only rising to around 8 or 9 celsius, milder further south. but it is likely to be a little bit chillier than today. more showery rain to start on friday morning across southern areas. and then as we go through the day, a change in wind day, a change in our wind direction from the north direction to come from the north changes where we're most likely to showers. most likely changes where we're most likely to areas showers. most likely changes where we're most likely to areas exposed rs. most likely changes where we're most likely to areas exposed to most likely changes where we're most likely to areas exposed to that: likely in areas exposed to that northerly wind. showers will northerly wind. the showers will ease we into saturday. so ease as we go into saturday. so it look dry until more rain it does look dry until more rain arrives on sunday by

by >> good afternoon. welcome to the patrick christie show with me. martin we've got an action packed show ahead of us, kicking off the rochdale cenotaph is vandalised , desecrated twice in vandalised, desecrated twice in one week now. it's a disgraceful situation. we'll have sophie reaper there live with all the latest moving on the armistice day march that's dividing the nation. it's been slammed as disrespectful by rishi sunak mark rowley. the met says he's powerless to stop it. and where's sadiq khan ? the guy is where's sadiq khan? the guy is missing in action next. labour at war over palestine, a civil war tearing the party apart as a minister. imran hussain quits. will this tear the labour party apart ? and at last, fawlty, just apart? and at last, fawlty, just stop. oil protests us are arrested on waterloo bridge over the blocking of an ambulance . the blocking of an ambulance.

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