>> good afternoon, britain. >> good afternoon, britain. >> it's 12:00 on friday, the 24th of november. >> dublin on fire. riots erupted last night in the irish capital after children were targeted in after children were targeted in a brutal knife attack. now the irish prime minister declares rioters are criminals filled with hate. it's a tense situation in the irish capital this morning. situation in the irish capital this morning . more migration this morning. more migration fallout . fallout. >> rishi sunak admits migration to the uk is too high as he faces a backlash from his own mps for failing to take back control of migration. but what might change? >> can the truce hold ? right >> can the truce hold? right now, there's a ceasefire between israel and hamas as israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are released . it's prisoners are released. it's a delicate and evolving situation .

delicate and evolving situation. we'll bring you the very latest live . live. and we'll reveal why sir keir starmer said the eu anthem best represents the labour party . represents the labour party. >> did he really? >> did he really? >> he said he was asked what piece of classical music best represent the labour party, and he only went and picked the one piece music that is piece of classical music that is used as as an anthem for the european union . it's remarkable. european union. it's remarkable. >> what about a, you know, a good british, a great british composer? >> oh, there are plenty of them. >> oh, there are plenty of them. >> there are, yeah. >> there are, yeah. >> there's a benjamin britten. >> there's a benjamin britten. >> is benjamin britten . >> there is benjamin britten. there's elgar. >> elgar. great great. literally anything other than i don't think he had to pick a british composer. he must. he's a clever man. he's. he's he was one of the most senior legal figures in the most senior legal figures in the country. he got a knighthood for how blooming clever he is. i refuse to believe he knew he

didn't know exactly what he was doing when he was asked what piece of music best represents the labour party. and he goes and picks eu anthem , maybe and picks the eu anthem, maybe it was the only one could it was the only one he could think of. i don't know. he's think of. no, i don't know. he's been he's been classical been on. he's been on classical music before. think music programs before. i think he does classical music, he does like classical music, but to pick such an obvious piece of music, beethoven's ninth, often known as the ode to joy, ninth, often known as the ode to joy, the piece of music that the eu has used as its anthem for decades and decades. the opens every new session of the european parliament. he can't have not known that. i mean, surely but surely , after all surely he but surely, after all the grief he's had over other people, saying that he wants to bnng people, saying that he wants to bring us back into the european union, that he wants a closer relationship, surely he wouldn't be that silly. >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> maybe it's subliminal messaging. he to get the messaging. he wants to get the beret clad with flag waving beret clad with eu flag waving troops on his side. but also make anyone who criticises the move sound like they're conspiratorial. yes, he says , conspiratorial. yes, he says, digging too deep into he says it has a it's got a sense of

destiny and is hugely optimistic that sense of moving forward to a better place . a better place. >> what better place might that be? brussels forward to a better place ? place? >> well, is sir keir starmer trying to wrangle us back into the european union? we'll be discussing that and much more after headlines with . tamsin >> tom, thanks very much. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. at 12:03, oscar pistorius will be freed from prison on parole in january. nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp on valentine's day in 2013. the former paralympic champion, who is now 37, claimed he fired the gun through a bathroom door after mistaking his partner for an intruder, saying he feared for his safety. he was initially jailed for five years, but an appeal saw him sent back for six years . in 2016, less than half

years. in 2016, less than half of the 15 year minimum term that had been sought by prosecutors was , israel says a temporary was, israel says a temporary ceasefire could be extended if hamas continues to release at least ten hostages each day. a pause in the fighting between israel and the hamas terror group came into force this morning. it's expected to last for four days and will see hamas release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners . for 150 palestinian prisoners. the first 13 hostages are expected to be handed over to the red cross in just a few hours time. aid trucks have been entering gaza also, which is expected to continue until the end of the pause . prime minister end of the pause. prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to see all the hostages freed. >> this is a very welcome development. it's obviously the first step. we need to make sure everyone abides by the terms of the agreement and we want to see all hostages released, including protecting the safety of british nationals that are involved. i'm grateful to qatar for the role

that they've played. we continuing to work with all our partners in the region , whether partners in the region, whether that's america or israel, and eqypt that's america or israel, and egypt to sure egypt and others, to make sure that this sticks and we can that this deal sticks and we can continue to do what we want to support everyone gaza, get support everyone in gaza, get more in and to ensure the more aid in and to ensure the safety and release of all hostages . hostages. >> 34 people have been arrested after riots and violent scenes in dublin yesterday . a clean up in dublin yesterday. a clean up operation is underway in the city centre after cars were set alight and shops were looted . a alight and shops were looted. a number of police officers were also injured . the violence was also injured. the violence was sparked after three children and a woman were stabbed close to a school in the city. a five year old girl is said to be in a serious condition. garda commissioner drew harris condemned the violence . condemned the violence. >> yesterday's events were just terrible between the awful attack, which happened at 130 in the afternoon and then the subsequent disorder riot and looting in the city, inner city centre. it'sjust looting in the city, inner city centre. it's just disgraceful. scenes from start to finish .

scenes from start to finish. overall, we have 34 arrests, 32 of which will be appearing before the courts this morning . before the courts this morning. >> well, taoiseach leo varadkar said the people involved in the unrest have brought shame on the country. those involved brought shame on dublin , brought shame shame on dublin, brought shame on ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves . their families and themselves. >> these criminals did not do what they did because they love ireland . they do not do what ireland. they do not do what they did because they wanted to protect irish people. they did not do out of any sense of not do it out of any sense of patriotism. however warped they did so because they're filled with hate . they love violence. with hate. they love violence. they love chaos , and they love they love chaos, and they love causing pain to others . causing pain to others. >> nissan has announced a £1.2 billion plan to build electro versions of two new cars at its sunderland plant . the japanese sunderland plant. the japanese automaker's new electric qashqai and juke models will be manufactured at the site . it's manufactured at the site. it's also expected to bring wider

investment in the industry, including the construction of a new giga factory to make more batteries . the scheme could help batteries. the scheme could help preserve thousands of jobs as well as creating new ones . rishi well as creating new ones. rishi sunakis well as creating new ones. rishi sunak is facing a backlash from senior members of his own party after new figures revealed migration is at an all time high. reports suggest mps are demanding action to reduce the number of people coming legally to the uk . net migration peaked to the uk. net migration peaked at 745,000 last year, a record high. the government is understood to be considering a cap on the total number of nhs and social care visas , among and social care visas, among other measures . now a familiar other measures. now a familiar face is returning to london's oxford street as music shop hmv reopens its doors. the historic retailer returns today after a four year absence reclaiming its old flagship location in what's hoped to be a boost for the popular shopping strip. while gb news reporter ray anderson is

there. >> hmv's return to profit means that new owner, doug putnam has been able to reopen the brand's flagship store four years after it shut down here on oxford street . he's it shut down here on oxford street. he's going to be hoping that it can once again become a mainstay of the high street. now, over the years , influential now, over the years, influential acts such as michael jackson , acts such as michael jackson, the spice girls and the beatles. no have all performed no less, have all performed here. it's also been used as an air raid shelter in world war ii and burnt to the ground and been rebuilt. now it'll have to survive the tough economic conditions as many shoppers tighten their belts . tighten their belts. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. just say play gb news. now back to tom and . emily to tom and. emily >> now the head of the irish police says its disgraced full that inquiries into the school knife attack have been disrupted

by riots in dublin. >> 34 people have been arrested after trams and buses were set on fire overnight as four people, including two children, remain in hospital. >> the stabbing is currently not being treated as a terror related , but police maintain related, but police maintain they are open to all lines of inquiry to determine if motive. >> well, let's cross live to dubun >> well, let's cross live to dublin and speak with our reporter dougie beattie and dougie reid about these riots last night. do you have to get down pretty far into the reporting to find the motive or could you perhaps in lighten us as to why these riots erupted . as to why these riots erupted. >> well, they will say yesterday that it erupted because of what happened here behind us, these stabbings of three children and a lady in her 30s, one of those children remain very seriously ill in hospital. but it really goes back, tom. it has been bubbung goes back, tom. it has been bubbling under the surface for so long. dublin is a beautifully

modern european city. it's probably the only city really on the island of ireland. it has a big population and it is very multicultural . there is no doubt multicultural. there is no doubt about that. like london or birmingham, etcetera. and it it feels good about itself. but over these last few years in particular, for the young male population of dublin, the indigenous people there that were in those working classes that would have formerly had jobs in industry or in the shipyards or wherever, they do not seem to be able to get employment anymore . they're not employment anymore. they're not into that. there's no real jobs for them in that in that concept. and what has happened is there has been a massive surge of immigrants from other places and most of those are young males . places and most of those are young males. now, take places and most of those are young males . now, take away the young males. now, take away the ukrainians from that because ukraine is actually a beautiful country. it actually has very similar morals to that of ireland and britain. and they

would want to go home. and that's exactly what it's made for. but what has happened now is you have all these i suppose it's their version of the boats coming in to ireland and it has displaced it, these young men, these these these men that now think that maybe there is no hope for them. maybe they are forgotten . an and they have forgotten. an and they have rallied around one another. and like any young man, they want something to cling to, something to belong to. and what has happened here is they have belonged together as if they are protecting something that they formerly saw as their own. and they believe that they have been forgotten by politicians. so last night, when they tried to actually come into this scene behind us, the garda siochana tried to stop them and it created a confrontation that then later turned into a riot. and leo varadkar spoke this morning and this is what he had

to say yesterday evening. >> some people decided that the best way to respond to this terrible attack was to take to the streets of dublin in and try to terrify , intimidate and loot to terrify, intimidate and loot and destroy . their first and destroy. their first reaction to a five year old child being stabbed was to burn our city, attack its businesses and assault our gardai. these people claim to be defending irish citizens , and yet they put irish citizens, and yet they put in danger the newest and most vulnerable and most innocent people . those involved brought people. those involved brought shame on dublin, brought shame on ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves . their families and themselves. >> well, drew harris was the ex deputy chief constable of the royal ulster constabulary and the psni in belfast. and last night looked like a scene from the 80s in belfast. i never, ever thought i would see this in dublin. and he had the garda siochana, the police force here very much trained how to deal with this rat. and within about

three hours they had this quail. there substantial damage there was substantial damage done dublin . there done throughout dublin. there was a louis, a tram burned, three buses burned . you know, three buses burned. you know, there was many 11 police cars. i think destroyed. and many, many shopfronts and windows , shopfronts and windows, especially those of hotels where immigrants were formerly staying, were destroyed. in o'connell street area in dublin. but they did quell it very quickly. they made 34 arrests, but quite seriously, the helicopters all overhead . and it helicopters all overhead. and it brought me back to belfast in the 80s and early 90s. >> draghi leo varadkar will of course, be hoping that he can put a lid on this violence that bubbled over last night. are we expecting a repeat of the scenes we saw for. >> well , i we saw for. >> well, i don't we saw for. >> well , i don't know if there >> well, i don't know if there will be. it depends if this young girl gets any worse, i would i would imagine. but what has happened really is that leo varadkar is part of a very fragile coalition with fine gael

and fianna fail. leo varadkar and fianna fail. leo varadkar and fine gael. and then the tarnished our deputy prime minister micheal martin. be are being fianna fail and leo varadkar being fine gael they have a coalition with the greens , but somebody has to address what's going on here and it was a very, very loud expression to them. listen to us, we have got this bad and this desperate to go forward with our lives and any politician at this point that has ignoring that, i think will do it at their peril. and i do believe that the politicians here, although they're talking tough this morning, they are quite shaken by what happened here last night. >> it is extraordinary that the police have not as yet confirmed and or quashed the rumours about the perpetrator of the original attack that then sparked these riots . of course, rumours online riots. of course, rumours online that this was a recent migrant to ireland and yet we haven't

heard the authorities say yes or no to that. we haven't heard that clear clarification that could well be what those people are after . are after. >> exactly. and this becomes because there have been quite a few attacks, actually, a recent murder in ireland, and those attacks on young women were done by people who had come into the country as immigrants. many had had burnt their passports or whatever and came in, were given asylum, and then there's crimes committed and those that are in the country are saying, well , we the country are saying, well, we don't like this. and of course that apply to everybody . that doesn't apply to everybody. you tar everybody the you can't tar everybody with the one have to be very one brush. you have to be very fair about this. but they're saying rules. saying we want stricter rules. we medicals done. we want we want medicals done. we want very investigations into very much investigations into who's coming into our country. and, you know , until they turn and, you know, until they turn round and say it is an irish national and was always an irish national and was always an irish national or not, this is still going to simmer. and really,

tom, what you have to look at is what sort of sentence will happen to those 32 people that are appearing in court this morning if they feel that they have some sort of injustice done to them while those that have done others here and led away with less , it will cause with less, it will cause friction and problems in those areas such as ballymun finglas and east wall. they're all working class areas. the best of people to be honest, but they are working class areas and they are working class areas and they are your original dubbers if you like dubliner as you know. i mean, and that's the real character of this city. and they have to the whole really became part of this multicultural society. but they are saying too much immigration inside these last three years and enough is enough. >> well, dougie beattie, thank you so much for bringing us that. it is extra ordinary to see. it's not just the united kingdom a big kingdom that is seeing a big surge in migration. many european countries facing similar surges , both illegal and similar surges, both illegal and legal . it's extraordinary to legal. it's extraordinary to look at the figures in the repubuc look at the figures in the republic of ireland. they had

net immigration until 2014 and since then it's gone up and up and up. >> and of course, leo varadkar very much focusing on the riots and condemning those who took part in those violent scenes . part in those violent scenes. remember what was the catalyst for this to. so there we go. we'll get more reaction and analysis . and the very latest analysis. and the very latest from dublin . from dublin. >> but in the uk , the prime >> but in the uk, the prime minister is admitting that net migration is too high. >> yes, visiting a nissan production line in sunderland, rishi sunak is once again fighting off frustration, anger from his own cabinet and former home secretary suella braverman in particular. >> she's called the record high figures a slap in the face to the british public, while immigration minister robert jenrick now wants to introduce a five point migration action plan and reduce the amount of visas , and reduce the amount of visas, the number of visas, i should say, being given to foreign, nhs and care workers. >> yes. so speaking to the press , rishi sunak admitted they've got to bring numbers down. got to bring the numbers down. >> see that the ons yesterday

did say that the levels of migration are now slowing. in their words, which is welcome their words, which is a welcome step. but got more to go step. but we've got more to go and why announced and that's why i announced a policy earlier to clamp down on the number of dependents that students can bring when they're coming here, where seen coming here, where we've seen a very in very significant rise in that that that took that action that i took represents the single toughest measure that anyone has taken to bnng measure that anyone has taken to bring the levels of legal bring down the levels of legal migration in very long time. migration in a very long time. so should people so that should give people a sense to sense of my commitment to bringing down. if bringing migration down. and if we further abuse of the we see further abuse of the system, of course we're prepared to act and do more . to act and do more. >> all right. well, joining us now is gb news political editor christopher rishi sunak. christopher hope rishi sunak. they're saying that immigration is too high, but under the conservatives, immigration has only gone upwards . indeed, it's only gone upwards. indeed, it's skyrocketed over the past two years. so do they stand a chance of convincing the public that they are the party to bring it down? i patience is fast down? i think patience is fast running out. >> really with the tory party. many remember david many people remember how david cameron prime minister cameron became prime minister back 2010, promising to bring back in 2010, promising to bring

net migration. that's the difference between those leaving and arriving down to tens and those arriving down to tens of a year where we are of thousands a year where we are a mile up from tens of a country mile up from tens of thousands a year, 1.2 million people arrived here. net in the 12 months, in the 24 months to june 2023. that's a huge increase on even numbers before the pandemic back in 2019. back then, of course, the tory government was elected on a pledge to bring down net migration. that hasn't happened. it's increased it's it's increased threefold. it's a complete disaster for the tory government. i think in many ways the crisis on the south coast a small boats coming at tens of thousands of people arriving in small boats illegally across the engush small boats illegally across the english almost a english channel is almost a symptom of a wider malaise . at symptom of a wider malaise. at the heart of this, that this government, this tory government, this tory government, this government, is not gripping this problem robert jenrick problem. robert jenrick is now made clear or his friends have made clear or his friends have made clear or his friends have made clear there's five point made clear or his friends have madehe'sar there's five point made clear or his friends have madehe's pushing; five point made clear or his friends have madehe's pushing . five point made clear or his friends have madehe's pushing . he'se point made clear or his friends have madehe's pushing . he's trying plan he's pushing. he's trying to get to number 10 downing street. we've his old boss, street. we've got his old boss, suella sacked as home suella braverman, sacked as home secretary monday week, secretary on monday last week, saying why won't number 10 do more about it? we've got rishi

sunak nissan in sunak up there in nissan in sunderland it's too high, sunderland saying it's too high, but the will to deal with it is not there. and that's what i think is so frustrating for people who worry about public services, worry about services, who worry about the housing they housing shortage. what can they do? why are we allowing more and more here? more people to arrive here? 5 million languishing on benefits. many of whom the government thinks can work and they're trying to take away some of the some perks of being on some of the perks of being on benefits, bus pass , benefits, such as the bus pass, that kind of thing. but whether there's a problem here, i think in a sense the government has allowed import voting labour to disguise this benefit problem. and now that that issue is coming home to roost for the government, they've got get government, they've got to get on deal with it. on with it and deal with it. they've in charge for so they've been in charge for so long. it's years long. i mean, it's seven years or seven years since the eu referendum in 2016 when people voted for control of their borders and their laws. that just happened . and the just hasn't happened. and the tory government has got a lot of explaining do. and i wonder explaining to do. and i wonder whether is running out for whether time is running out for that. >> e- that. >> really interesting >> yeah, it's really interesting when look what when you look at what the government aggregate,

government says in aggregate, they should they say these numbers should be brought you ask brought down, but then you ask fewer fewer fewer ukrainians, fewer hongkongers , fewer nurses, hongkongers, fewer nurses, fewer doctors , fewer care home doctors, fewer care home workers, students , and workers, fewer students, and they won't on the individual point of policy, perhaps say what needs to be done to bring the numbers down. but in aggregate, very to aggregate, very happy to criticise. fascinating , criticise. it's a fascinating, precarious position for the government . government. >> totally. i mean, of course , >> totally. i mean, of course, yes, the numbers are swelled by these numbers from ukraine. they are swelled by the numbers coming in from afghanistan. british nationals from hong kong. but that's not all. and the yes and no question we are a welcome home for them . but there welcome home for them. but there are have students coming in, are you have students coming in, bringing their members. bringing their family members. the it's dealing the government says it's dealing with you have nhs workers, with that. you have nhs workers, social care workers bringing their families. social care workers bringing theirfamilies. is social care workers bringing their families. is that okay and is that okay or should they should wait five should they wait five years before can in family before they can bring in family members? those are some members? i think those are some tough choices to be made here. tom definitely. tom and emily, definitely. and whether the government is willing choices, willing to make those choices, i'm not sure. >> thank you much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. christopher political christopher hope, our political editor certainly editor there. they've certainly shattered it comes

shattered trust when it comes to manifesto and time manifesto promises time and time again bring that number down. again to bring that number down. but you raise a good point about how when they're drawn, they won't be drawn. >> know they need specific specifics rather than aggregate. but good but this is good, good afternoon, britain on gb news. >> coming up, we'll be discussing whether the israel—hamas can hold israel—hamas ceasefire can hold and looking ahead as 13 hostages are set freed later today. are set to be freed later today. this and much more in just a moment. this is gb news, britain's news channel

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six till 930. now along and dissipated four day pause in the fighting between israel and hamas is underway as hamas will release 50 hostages over the next four days. >> israel will free a 150 palestinian prisoners. in return , 13 people are expected to be let free by hamas in the first round of hostage exchanges. >> their families have been informed. >> meanwhile, controversy is growing about the prisoners israel will be releasing on the list is israel riyad jaber , who list is israel riyad jaber, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison after a gas cylinder she was carrying exploded at a police checkpoint in an apparent failed suicide bombing that left her disfigured and nephew hamad was imprisoned for repeatedly stabbing her jewish teacher in front of her five children and husband, who was also injured with a ten inch knife in 2021. >> well , let's try

with a ten inch knife in 2021. >> well, let's try and make sense of this . people arrested sense of this. people arrested for violent offences being released first in order to get innocent hostages free. gb news home and security editor mark white has the details. and mark, we understand there has not yet been a prisoner exchange . been a prisoner exchange. >> no, not as yet . the way in >> no, not as yet. the way in which this will work is once the hostages have been safely handed over at the rafah crossing into egypt' over at the rafah crossing into egypt, then those prisoners will be released from jails in the west bank. israel has a lot of practice at this. it has done prisoner swaps in the past. so thatis prisoner swaps in the past. so that is a way that we'll expect it things to roll. but there's a lot up in the air here. these things often are quite tricky trying to get people out of the tunnel systems. of course , in tunnel systems. of course, in gaza for a start , and get them gaza for a start, and get them to the rafah crossing with hamas not wanting to betray their

positions to the israelis, they've been asking for drones and the like to be taken out of the sky so as not to give that kind of information away in terms of the truce, will it still holding what, about seven hours now into this truce? it's expected to last at least for days in which we're hopeful of getting 50 of the hostage is released . during that time, 13 released. during that time, 13 today. and then the rest over the next three days. and then after that, if this goes smoothly and according to plan , smoothly and according to plan, then the plan would then going forward, be for another ten hostages a day to be released with a continue viewing pause in the fighting to allow that to happen. so we're talking long after the next few days, potentially another 20 days of a

truce. and during that time as well, it is going to be welcome time for those in gaza to get aid supplies. and we're told that there are about 200 trucks planned to go over that rafah crossing each day, including for the first time fuel supplies , the first time fuel supplies, 130,000l of fuel each day that will go into gaza along with those other aid trucks , health those other aid trucks, health agencies and aid agencies in the area are saying that even those 200 trucks each day is not going to be enough for the 2 million population of gaza who are now solely dependent on aid supplies in terms of sustaining themselves. >> and mark, do we expect fighting to immediately recommence if the hostages are released , if the israeli released, if the israeli hostages are released by hamas as well? >> i mean, not supplying the

israel says that it has no intention of ending its campaign to destroy roy hamas. so it still planning to do that. but who knows, you know, with the truce now, it's possible that there could be some longer lasting solution , an if all the lasting solution, an if all the hostages were released, for instance, it might be something that could pave the way for a negotiated solution. but at the moment , negotiated solution. but at the moment, israel negotiated solution. but at the moment , israel still negotiated solution. but at the moment, israel still thinks there's a job of work to do. and that's evident really by the fact that every single day so far, not today, of course , far, not today, of course, because of this truce , but every because of this truce, but every single day rockets are fired from from gaza into israel as civilian populations . some were civilian populations. some were fired this morning just as that truce was taking hold . so israel truce was taking hold. so israel knows that hamas still has the capability , 80 its spokespeople

capability, 80 its spokespeople have been on the airwaves recently saying that there determined to continue their campaign to launch more october 7th style terrorist attacks . so 7th style terrorist attacks. so going forward , it's difficult to going forward, it's difficult to see at this stage what any negotiated solution might entail , given hamas's refusal to do anything other than continue with its efforts to try and attack israel . attack israel. >> well, mark, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest on the situation in israel . on the situation in israel. we'll be following it closely and seeing if these prisoner exchanges do actually take place. but much more to come on. good afternoon, britain on gb news. we'll be digesting all the top stories with an expert panel top stories with an expert panel. that's after your news headunes panel. that's after your news headlines this . headlines this. >> thanks, tom. here are the headunes >> thanks, tom. here are the headlines at 1231. well, as we've just been hearing from mark, the first 13 hostages are

expected to be handed over by the hamas terror group to the red cross soon as part of a temporary ceasefire deal. israel says the pause could be extended if hamas continues to release at least ten hostages each day . a least ten hostages each day. a pause in fighting came into force this morning. it's expected to last for four days. prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to see all the hostages freed. this is a very welcome development and it's obviously the first step. >> we need to make sure everyone abides by the terms of the agreement and we want to see all hostages released, including protecting the safety of british nationals that are involved . i'm nationals that are involved. i'm grateful to qatar for the role that they've played. we are continuing to work with all our partners in the region, whether that's america or israel and eqypt that's america or israel and egypt others, to make sure egypt and others, to make sure that deal sticks. and we that this deal sticks. and we can what want can continue to do what we want to everyone gaza , get to support everyone in gaza, get more and to ensure the more aid in and to ensure the safety and of all safety and release of all hostages . hostages. >> 34 people have been arrested

after riots and violent scenes in dublin yesterday. a clean up has been underway in the city centre after cars were set alight and shops were looted. a number of police officers were also violence was also injured. the violence was sparked after three children and a woman were stabbed close to a school in the city. a five year old girl is said to be in a serious condition . nissan has serious condition. nissan has announced a £1.2 billion plan to build electric versions of two new cars at its sunderland plant. the japanese automaker's new electric qashqai and juke models will be manufactured at the site. it's also expected to bnng the site. it's also expected to bring wider investment in the industry , including the industry, including the construction of a new gigafactory to make more battery as those are the headlines, you can get more on all of those stories just visit our website gbnews.com .

sunday mornings from 9.30 on . gb news. >> good afternoon, britain . >> good afternoon, britain. today is the discount day known as black friday. so let's go live to gb news. reporter ray addison, who is on oxford street . and tony maguire is at a john lewis in glasgow. first of all, ray, what's it been like previous years? it's been pretty busy . how previous years? it's been pretty busy. how does previous years? it's been pretty busy . how does oxford street busy. how does oxford street feel today ? yes not too bad.

feel today? yes not too bad. >> it's certainly got a lot busier as the day has progressed . in fact, retail retailers are telling me that today is a lot busier than a typical friday. and in many ways it feels more like a saturday for them. of course, economists are going to be using sales, not just today, but across the entire weekend as a real kind of gauge of how the economy is doing at the moment. and of course, an indication of how much working families are still struck , dealing with the still struck, dealing with the cost of living . now, if i just cost of living. now, if i just walk over here, you'll be able to see hmv behind me. now, that's just reopened. and after being closed for four years. so that's one good news story , at that's one good news story, at least for the high street. and europe's busiest shopping street in oxford street today. now, the owner was hoping that the crowds a number of crowds that it would draw would shut down the street. that didn't exactly happen . but draw would shut down the street. thcourse,t exactly happen . but draw would shut down the street. thcourse, there'sy happen . but draw would shut down the street. thcourse, there's still)pen . but draw would shut down the street. th course, there's still time. but of course, there's still time. there's planned there's more events are planned here. in fact, plenty of younger people sort of walking past and asking me , what's so maybe asking me, what's hmv? so maybe asking me, what's hmv? so maybe

a little bit of brand awareness is needed for the brand as it returns to the high street here. but no, quite busy , but it but no, quite busy, but it remains to be seen exactly how that will process into sales. >> hmv a bit of a blast from the past used to go there. thank you very much indeed , ray. so shall very much indeed, ray. so shall we go to tony maguire who's at john lewis in glasgow? so how is john lewis in glasgow? so how is john doing are they john lewis doing? are they making sales as. making some sales as. >> good afternoon , you two. and >> good afternoon, you two. and indeed, good afternoon, britain . indeed, good afternoon, britain. well, i'm going to piggyback off of what ray said there. it very much feels like a saturday here in glasgow, but nothing like the scenes that we used to see people knocking lumps out of each other with 42 inch tvs and the like. those days are very much behind us now. certainly this is one of the busiest days , this is one of the busiest days, shopping days in the calendar and indeed, one of the last chances to get those really good bargains for christmas . and yet bargains for christmas. and yet it's still not quite going to

return to those pre—pandemic levels . certainly, online levels. certainly, online shopping was big before the pandemic and the pandemic seems to have cemented that into the mentality now. when i was youngen mentality now. when i was younger, it was the coca cola advert that was on tv that used to tell us that the holidays were coming. and then in the last few years we've seen more and more from john lewis. but john lewis has something else in the year well. the pipeline this year as well. there have announced that they are teaming up with randox to bnng are teaming up with randox to bring clinics and health centres into many stores around the uk. the first one is going to be in high wycombe and they're already taking bookings for december the 18th with other stores , other 18th with other stores, other clinics sorry , appearing in clinics sorry, appearing in bluewater and cheltenham as well. now john lewis have said that they're hoping that this will drive more people back into the stores and certainly in the first six months of this year they were £59 million down. so

just one sign that the high street is definitely trying to adapt and evolve well , tony adapt and evolve well, tony maguire, thank you very much , on maguire, thank you very much, on ray anderson before you as well. >> fascinating to see how some life on the high street, but perhaps not as much as previous years as i mean, that's one way to get people into john lewis, isn't it? >> you know, you can get an appointment you're appointment while you're there. well, time for our panel. well, it's time for our panel. well, it's time for our panel. we former editor of we have former editor of labourlist and labourlist peter edwards, and also for also spokesperson for republicans overseas , jennifer republicans overseas, jennifer ewing. very much ewing. thank you very much indeed us. now indeed forjoining us. now jennhenin indeed forjoining us. now jennifer, in the break, you were telling us a little bit about what black actually is what black friday actually is and means . yes. and what it means. yes. >> so two things. one, it's the day after thanksgiving, which most people who are american in the us take day off work. the us take that day off work. right. like most people have that a day off. that as a day off. >> much wine at the family >> too much wine at the family get together you watch the get together so you watch the dallas who won last dallas cowboys who won last night washington night against the washington chargers and then you eat tons of turkey. chargers and then you eat tons of tyou y. chargers and then you eat tons of tyou drink, you do all this >> you drink, you do all this stuff, and you wake up very stuff, and then you wake up very early and you go black early and you go to black friday, the beginning

friday, which is the beginning of of the christmas of sort of the christmas shopping reason shopping season. but the reason it's friday is it's called black friday is actually sort of accounting actually sort of an accounting term. and it's time of the term. and it's the time of the year a lot of these year when a lot of these companies reach the black, they get the red with their get out of the red with their sales revenue numbers sales and their revenue numbers and the black. and go into the black. >> interesting . peter edwards, and go into the black. >:seemsesting . peter edwards, and go into the black. >:seems like; . peter edwards, and go into the black. >:seems like it's’eter edwards, and go into the black. >:seems like it's’etreallyvards, and go into the black. >:seems like it's’et really new, it seems like it's a really new phenomenon that we do this in the uk now, a direct import from the uk now, a direct import from the united states. yeah i think so. 50. >> so. >> it's a jolt for those of us who like to leave our shopping late. >> but maybe all the publicity around is enormous. around it is enormous. >> that prompted do >> and that prompted me to do a bit earlier year. i'm not bit earlier this year. i'm not a big shopper, but i was delighted to see hmv back. to see hmv coming back. >> other record >> of course, other record stores available, but not stores are available, but not but not many. >> and that's a difference. you know, i grew up in the 80s and 90s and there were lot of 90s and there were a lot of record stores of course it's record stores and of course it's sad. retailers come and go and jobs have to take jobs are lost. we have to take it seriously. was it very seriously. but hmv was a venerable name the high street. >> was your p" >> what was your first single? peter oh gosh, it was . peter oh gosh, it was. >> i i took in excess , led >> i think i took in excess, led by the late michael hutchence from my sister . when really from my sister. when i really

got was around the got into it was around the britpop wars between blur and oasis in the mid to late 90s that was around my vintage, you know, battle for number know, the battle for number one, i mine britney spears . i think mine was britney spears. >> should we move on i think mine was britney spears. >>more should we move on i think mine was britney spears. >>more important ould we move on i think mine was britney spears. >>more important matters?nove on to more important matters? >> oh, i haven't even asked me mine >> oh, i haven't even asked me mirwell, i don't care. >> well, i don't really care. s club . club. >> seven, seven, eight. i think mine was actually girls aloud. oh, very good. >> cheryl cole and the rest of them. >> just one final note on oxford street in particular, i can't help but notice that the mayor of london, sadiq khan, when he stood to be mayor promised to pedestrianise the street, turn it into a grand boulevard in the style european style of some european boulevards that was how many years ago, seven years ago . i it years ago, seven years ago. i it hasn't happened . it's another hasn't happened. it's another promise that the mayor of london hasn't delivered. peter where i'm often challenged on sadiq khanis i'm often challenged on sadiq khan is ulez, which was in his manifesto, and he has delivered that not the expansion wasn't pedestrianised asian. >> i mean i don't know what the

view of retail is. isn't that because an awful lot of buses is beanng because an awful lot of buses is bearing tourists spending money go bearing tourists spending money 9° up bearing tourists spending money go up and down oxford street. so i don't know what the view of retailers is . if it's retailers is. if it's pedestrianised, you know why pedestrianised, do you know why tom bringing this up? tom is bringing this up? >> because during the >> is because during the pandemic there was that period where of london, the going where parts of london, the going out parts of london so nice was all pedestrian ized. so i think tom is still alive . you're tom is still alive. you're looking back . i don't know. i'm looking back. i don't know. i'm nostalgic for that period . nostalgic for that period. >> earlier year i was >> earlier this year i was obviously party conference season. you go liverpool, season. you go to liverpool, there's pedestrianised there's a huge pedestrianised area alive . area there and it feels alive. it feels like people are sort of walking around many european cities london. feels cities do this to london. feels like being left behind. like it's being left behind. >> i worry that it >> yeah, i just worry that it would more congestion now would cause more congestion now let's the scenes that let's reflect on the scenes that we in dublin last night. we saw in dublin last night. jennifer extraordinary scenes , jennifer extraordinary scenes, violence, riots that we haven't seen in ireland for a long time. of course, the catalyst was as well a knife attack rampage essentially . the police have essentially. the police have tried to put a lid on the

violence, but it's very clear and dougie beattie, our reporter in ireland, very clear that this is a bubbling over of tension . is a bubbling over of tension. >> exactly. and i mean , there >> exactly. and i mean, there are a couple of things i noticed on top of the horrific events, the stabbing of children and their brave teacher . and that the stabbing of children and their brave teacher. and that is if you just listen to the news this morning and read the headunes this morning and read the headlines the papers, which headlines of the papers, which most read most people do read the soundees most people do read the soundbites the headlines , soundbites and the headlines, you almost think that you would almost think that it was that had was a right wing attack that had happened. and i realised that a lot of the riots that happened afterwards, though, i don't know there's any evidence to show they were right wing. but as far there's any evidence to show thebubblingght wing. but as far there's any evidence to show thebubbling over'ing. but as far there's any evidence to show thebubbling over and but as far there's any evidence to show thebubbling over and boilingfar as bubbling over and boiling over for sure , i heard some of over for sure, i heard some of the politicians in ireland speak about they they couldn't believe this was the reaction . i find this was the reaction. i find that incredibly naive . are they that incredibly naive. are they not paying attention to what just happened in argentina? what happenedin just happened in argentina? what happened in the netherlands? people even in this country, you know, i mean . well, the prime know, i mean. well, the prime minister had sacked suella braverman. there were a lot of

people that said, yes, immigration is a big issue for us. we voted hoping to make it better in brexit again with the 2019 manifesto. so i think and as a side note, i mean after the crazy summer of 2020, in the us with post, you know , the blm and with post, you know, the blm and the george floyd , i mean, i the george floyd, i mean, i don't know why anybody thinks destroying a foot locker or destroying a foot locker or destroying their own small town solves anything. it certainly doesn't . it hurts their doesn't. it hurts their neighbours, it hurts their friends, it hurts their small businesses. but again, anybody that's ignoring this feeling that's ignoring this feeling that's going on in europe and indeedin that's going on in europe and indeed in the uk, i think if you're not paying attention, would you agree that some western leaders are perhaps in a state of denial or are underestimating some of the grievances people feel over immigration? >> do you think that's a fair assessment ? assessment? >> no, i don't think they're in a state of denial because, i mean, are stories quite rightly in the media but i in the media every day. but i want keep happened want to keep clear what happened yesterday. there are two different things that were consecutive. one was an individual attack, very violent.

it children. and our it harmed children. and our thoughts them thoughts are with them and police for police are not looking for anyone understand it, police are not looking for anyooften understand it, police are not looking for anyooften means understand it, police are not looking for anyooften means they've and it, police are not looking for anyooften means they've got it, police are not looking for anyooften means they've got the that often means they've got the person and then some kind of riot afterwards and just read out, you know, one sentence from the described as the police. it was described as a lunatic hooligan faction dnven a lunatic hooligan faction driven by a far right ideology and a disruptive tendency engagedin and a disruptive tendency engaged in serious violence . so engaged in serious violence. so the law abiding spectrum of british people are entitled to have concerns about immigration, and they often have over the last 20 years. but there's no excuse for violence . full stop. excuse for violence. full stop. >> not. jennifer do >> absolutely not. jennifer do you think that the flames here have metaphorically fanned have been metaphorically fanned by the lack of information from the irish police and the irish government about the perpetrator , who, as peter rightly says, it seems they have in custody, but they won't tell us who this person is . person is. >> they won't tell us where this person came and potentially person came from and potentially that shroud of secrecy has has ignhed that shroud of secrecy has has ignited these riots. >> i agree, tom, completely . and >> i agree, tom, completely. and on top of that, one of the other

things that one of the irish politicians said almost immediately is we will the immediately is we will in the next few weeks be bringing in new laws using cctv that is quite dystopian . and anybody quite dystopian. and anybody thatis quite dystopian. and anybody that is listening to that and as you said, maybe hasn't been told. a lot of the details of who did this , they're going to who did this, they're going to read into that and they're not going to people are already worried about central bank digital currencies. and you know, control know, more authoritarian control from western liberal democracies. and that is going to feed that. i don't know if that's far right, but because that's far right, but because that word is used all the time, anyone that seems slightly left of marx's ism is described as far right . of marx's ism is described as far right. but again, no excuse for violence. it doesn't help anyone's cause. but there's some deep issues here that there's a duty on us all to behave responsibly and take news from legitimate news sources, whether whether they're left or right wing, and not from amateurs on twitter, because there a bit twitter, because there is a bit of an information gap. twitter, because there is a bit of (butlformation gap. twitter, because there is a bit of (but and|ation gap. twitter, because there is a bit of (but and ition gap. twitter, because there is a bit of (but and i don't ap. twitter, because there is a bit of (but and i don't know, the >> but and i don't know, the irish police system, according to one, but often

to the british one, but often so in britain of the in britain in details of the suspect are not always released at point arrest and then at the point of arrest and then are at point of charging. i believe it's something similar in sure. so in ireland. i'm not sure. so it's not scurra less it's not it's not scurra less that the police haven't put out details and details yet. i'd imagine if and when someone's charged, we'll get but get the details, but we shouldn't take all our information from social media about something as sensitive as this. >> we've % how this. >> we've how incidents like >> we've seen how incidents like this the catalyst this can well form the catalyst east of riots, violence we've seen in in the states. we've seen in in the states. we've seen elsewhere in europe . we'll seen elsewhere in europe. we'll be keeping an eye on any updates from dublin, but perhaps there perhaps we should zoom out a little bit because i was amazed to see the increase in legal migration to ireland . migration to ireland. >> dougie spoke a little bit about illegal migration as well. very often we sort of sit in this parochial little bubble in the uk and we think highest migration on record as the numbers yesterday. numbers came out yesterday. but this phenomenon that this is a phenomenon that isn't just the many just unique to the uk. many countries around europe and indeed further around in the world are experiencing big challenges through the huge

flows of people that we're seeing unprecedented in human history . history. >> absolutely. and i was at a talk a couple of days ago with a senior former military person with a lot of good intel, and he was saying over the next, you know, i can't remember how many decades, but it's like 800 know, i can't remember how many decadespeople.; like 800 know, i can't remember how many decadespeople. all;e 800 know, i can't remember how many decadespeople. all over0 know, i can't remember how many decadespeople. all over the million people. all over the world for various reasons will be migrating. so i don't think this is going away overnight. we do need to figure out a way to how have legal immigration. an i'm an immigrant here. you know, i'm an immigrant here. you know, i went through the right channels and did what you're supposed do and the test supposed to do and took the test and waited my turn. i know in america, we have a big america, you know, we have a big problem border problem on our southern border and people who have come previously, lot of mexican previously, a lot of mexican immigrants everything are immigrants and everything are looking like we waited in looking at it like we waited in line . did right thing. line. we did the right thing. they want everyone you they just want everyone to, you know, play by the rules, i think. yes >> peter, how do you believe western governments should respond to that mass movement of people ? well, it's currently people? well, it's currently happening and also predicted to

increase. >> well, i don't mean the nation state over peter . state over peter. >> no, i don't think it is at all. the nation state is definitely not over and secure borders part of that. but but borders as part of that. but but the i'm the risk of sounding like i'm telling you off, i think we've got be we don't lump got to be careful we don't lump these different cohorts of people one group, you people in into one group, you know, and britain, of course, is very different ireland. but very different from ireland. but if think about people if you just think about people coming to work, the coming to britain to work, the contribution britain has been contribution to britain has been hugely positive and there are parts of the economy, particularly and also particularly the nhs and also retail hospitality that have retail and hospitality that have come to rely on foreign workers and then sometimes family members come over as well. there's no one, no one i've ever met that's in favour of illegal immigration. what we argue about is how balance fairness to is how we balance fairness to taxpayers , us versus having taxpayers, us versus having a humane process , because humane process, because even people law should people that break the law should still humanely. and still be treated humanely. and that's say the that's where i'd say the government got at government have got it wrong at times interesting. government have got it wrong at tim let's interesting. government have got it wrong at tim let's parkzsting. government have got it wrong at tim let's park thisg. government have got it wrong at tim let's park this conversation >> let's park this conversation for now because something interests occurred a little earlier today. interests occurred a little earlier today . okay. that really earlier today. okay. that really confused me. and that's an interview from the labour party

leader, sir keir starmer. he has told classic fm, the radio station , that the that the piece station, that the that the piece of classical music that most sums up the labour party is beethoven's ninth, often referred to as ode to joy and ode to joy. you might remember , ode to joy. you might remember, is used in a political context, but it's the european union anthem. yes let's perhaps have a little listen into what. oh, i believe we don't have that clip. we'll try and get that clip for you. >> what did he actually have to say about we've got live music right here. go on then. a little bit more. >> oh, it's like i remember. i think your viewers will switch off en masse if. >> absolutely. but the crucial point here perhaps, is that the words sir keir starmer were words of sir keir starmer were beethoven's ninth symphony, the choral to joy. it has choral ode to joy. it has a sense of destiny and is hugely optimistic. it has that sense of moving forward to a better place. it's incredibly powerful . place. it's incredibly powerful. all what could be that better

place? keir starmer is thinking about moving forward to? >> could it be brussels ? >> could it be brussels? >> could it be brussels? >> well, here we go. whenever the european parliament opens, we hear this anthem famously in 2019, the brexit party turned their backs to this anthem. when it opened, the european parliament. it jennifer, do you think that sir keir starmer wouldn't have known this when he gave this answer ? gave this answer? >> oh, i think he's probably a very intelligent man who knows his taste in music. he's being interviewed on classic fm , so interviewed on classic fm, so obviously they thought he knew something about music. so no, no, absolutely. it's a message. it's a subtle message for sure. it's a subtle message for sure. i think there are a lot of people in both the conservative and the labour party and other of the smaller parties that would go back into the would love to go back into the eu. >> but why would he do that, peter, when so much peter, when he's had so much grief over years about grief over the years about wanting referendum, wanting a second referendum, wanting a second referendum, wanting overturn , the wanting to overturn, turn the brexit , why would he do brexit vote, why would he do this? stick his foot in it like

this? >> i don't think he has. and i can give you the official answer, which is there's no second referendum. a labour government go in government won't go back in no to currency. to a single currency. note the customs union and so on. but actually this is about the music. >> who you? music. >> who starmer, >> who are you? keir starmer, stop. love classical music and. >> and that is a great piece of music . music. >> beethoven's ode to joy. i've listened to it at home many times. this time of year, i'll also be listening to handel's messiah and heard in a lot of messiah and be heard in a lot of concert halls and churches next week and the run up to christmas. you can be moved by classical can classical music and it can really pull on heart really pull on your heart conspiracy . conspiracy. >> what piece of music best sums up the labor party? he could have picked any other piece of classical music, and he picked the one that the european union uses uses. >> e- e— e would say it does >> but what i would say it does predate european by predate the european union by about years. well yes, yes, about 200 years. well yes, yes, yes, yes. >> of course it does. thank you very much indeed joining us very much indeed forjoining us on panel this afternoon. on the panel this afternoon. you're and listening to you're watching and listening to good afternoon, we've good afternoon, britain. we've got coming for got lots more coming for you over next hours. do

over the next two hours. so do stay with us and we'll bring you the very latest from dublin. >> to your latest >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met . plenty sunny gb news weather update from the met on . plenty sunny gb news weather update from the met on offeranty sunny gb news weather update from the met on offer throughunny gb news weather update from the met on offer through this! spells on offer through this afternoon, notably cold afternoon, but a notably cold wind. and tonight will be a frosty one for many of us. we've got cold air that's marked behind this cold front that sank southwards throughout yesterday and overnight. southwards throughout yesterday and overnight . and there's also and overnight. and there's also some quite strong northerly winds, particularly down north sea coast. so a brisk, cold wind along eastern areas . and further along eastern areas. and further west, though, the winds will be lighter. there's a bit more cloud around across the south and west. but that should clear up through the afternoon to bnng up through the afternoon to bring of us a good amount bring many of us a good amount of autumnal sunshine. by of crisp, autumnal sunshine. by this afternoon much this afternoon. feeling much chillier, , compared to chillier, though, compared to recent days , particularly along recent days, particularly along eastern areas . that breeze is eastern areas. that breeze is bringing some showers across eastern coast, particularly across east anglia at times throughout the evening . but most throughout the evening. but most of these will fall as rain further west . it will be a clear further west. it will be a clear night and a very frosty night as well . some southwestern areas

well. some southwestern areas seeing their first frost of the season dipping as low as minus four across the south and perhaps minus eight in the north. so a very cold start to the weekend, but temperatures will rise throughout the day slowly but surely. that's because we've got plenty of crisp sunshine on offer, particularly as we head into the afternoon. the wind will be lighter across the east coast as well. so it will feel a little bit more pleasant here, too. but into sunday, we'll start to see this area of rain starting arrive to arrive from the

>> good afternoon , britain. it >> good afternoon, britain. it is 1:00 on friday. the 24th of november. >> dublin ablaze as riots erupted last night in the irish capital after children were targeted in a brutal knife attack. but now the irish prime minister declares rioters are criminals filled with hate . is criminals filled with hate. is ireland facing more violent political clashes ? political clashes? >> migration madness rishi sunak admits migration to the uk is too high as his own mps express anger at the government's 13 year failure to lower numbers . year failure to lower numbers. as can the truce hold right now there's a tentative ceasefire between israel and hamas as israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are going to be released. >> but can they get out safely? we'll bring you the very latest in a fast moving and dangerous situation .

situation. >> and have you seen this is bristol airport having a laugh. you'd think they were after seeing the state of their new multi—faith room. tell us more , multi—faith room. tell us more, tom, about this multi—faith room. >> is it it's calling it a room, i think is a bit far for those watching on television. have a look at this. this is a glorified shed that doesn't even have a door that closes . this is have a door that closes. this is the new multi—faith prayer room for the airport. it is for those listening on the radio. how would i describe it? a bus shelter for perhaps one of those trolley parks you find at supermarkets to hold in your shopping trolley. it looks like the most grim and miserable place on earth when you consider we used to build cathedrals and now we build the bristol airport. multi—faith, not so funny about this. >> i mean , besides the obvious

>> i mean, besides the obvious that it's hardly a grand cathedral or a mosque even. it is the fact that bristol airport tweeted it out on their social media platforms in some kind of triumph. they were proud of it, proud of this box in a wet looking car park. >> i can't think of anything more miserable than standing inside this little. it's not quite corrugated iron, but it's close, sort of shed . oh my close, sort of shed. oh my goodness me. can't we do better as a civilisation? >> what does this tell us about the state of modern britain or modern bristol? >> oh, i don't think bristol into it. bristol is a lovely place. they've got a suspension bridge. well plenty they do. >> but when was that built? that's true. certainly not in 2023. >> that's what we used to build things. that's when it was built. but plenty more to come after headlines with . tamsin >> tom, thanks very much. good afternoon from the newsroom it's

1:02. israel says a temporary ceasefire could be extended if hamas continue to release at least ten hostages each day . a least ten hostages each day. a pause in the fighting between israel and the hamas. pause in the fighting between israel and the hamas . the terror israel and the hamas. the terror group came into force this morning. it's expected to last for four days and will see hamas release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners . for 150 palestinian prisoners. the first 13 hostages are expected to be handed over to the red cross soon. and prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to see all the hostages freed. >> this is a very welcome development . it's obviously the development. it's obviously the first step. we need to make sure everyone abides by the terms of the agreement and we want to see all hostages released, including protecting the safety of british nationals that are involved. i'm grateful to qatar for the role that they've played. we are continuing to work with all our partners in the region, whether that's and that's america or israel and eqypt that's america or israel and egypt others to make sure egypt and others to make sure that deal sticks and we can that this deal sticks and we can continue to do what we want to support in gaza, get

support everyone in gaza, get more in and to ensure the more aid in and to ensure the safety and release of all hostages . hostages. >> 34 people have been arrested after riots and violent scenes in dublin yesterday. a clean up was underway this morning in the city centre after cars were set alight and shops were looted. a number of police officers were also injured . the violence was also injured. the violence was sparked after three children and a woman were stabbed at close to a woman were stabbed at close to a school in the city. a five year old girl is said to be in a serious condition. taoiseach leo varadkar said people involved in the unrest brought shame on the country . country. >> those involved brought shame on dublin, brought shame on ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves . their families and themselves. these criminals did not do what they did because they love ireland. they do not do what they did because they wanted to protect irish people. they did not do it out of any sense of patriotism. however warped they did so because they're filled with hate. they love violence , with hate. they love violence, they love chaos, and they love

causing pain to others . causing pain to others. >> oscar pistorius will be freed from prison on parole in january , nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp , his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, on valentine's day in 2000, 13. the former paralympic champion, who is now 37, claimed he fired the gun through a bathroom door after mistaking his partner for an intruder, saying he feared for his safety. he was initially jailed for five years, but an appeal saw him sent back for six years . in less appeal saw him sent back for six years. in less than half years. in 2016, less than half of the 15 year minimum term that had been sought by prosecutors as . nissan had been sought by prosecutors as. nissan has had been sought by prosecutors as . nissan has announced . a £1.2 as. nissan has announced. a £1.2 billion plan to build electric versions of two new cars at its sunderland plant. the japanese automaker's new electric qashqai and juke models will be manufactured at the site. it's also expected to bring wider investment in the industry , investment in the industry, including the construction of a new gigafactory to make more batteries . rishi sunak is facing

batteries. rishi sunak is facing a backlash from senior members of his own party after new figures revealed migration is at an all time high. reports suggest mps are demanding action to reduce the number of people coming legally to the uk. net migration peaked at 745,000 last yean migration peaked at 745,000 last year, a record high. work and pensions secretary mel stride says measures to reduce the number are already in place . number are already in place. >> we accept that the figures are too high and that's why , for are too high and that's why, for example, recently we announced that in the case of 150,000 student visas, we'd be clamping down on them bringing dependents in with them. we're putting up the cost of visas, a number of different measures. and the obr , different measures. and the obr, who are the independent forecasters who look at the kind of impacts of these steps, recognise that this will in itself start to bring the level of migration down. but there is more to be done . more to be done. >> a familiar face is returning to london's oxford street as

music shop hmv reopens its doors . the historic retailer returns today after a four year absence reclaiming its old flagship location in what's hoped to be a boost for the popular shopping strip. gb news reporter ray addison, is there . addison, is there. >> hmv's return to profit means that new owner doug putman has been able to reopen the brand's flagship store four years after it shut down here on oxford street. he's going to be hoping that it can once again become a mainstay of the high street. now, over years, influential now, over the years, influential acts such as michael jackson, the girls and the beatles, the spice girls and the beatles, no less, have all performed here. also been used as an here. it's also been used as an air raid shelter in world war ii and burnt to the ground and been rebuilt. now it will have to survive the tough economic conditions as many shoppers tighten their belts. ray addison there. >> 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 back to tom and . emily

to tom and. emily >> to our top story, the head of the irish police says it's disgraceful that inquiries into the school knife attack have been disrupted by riots. >> yes, 34 people have been arrested after trams and buses were set on fire overnight as four people, including two children, remain in hospital. >> the stabbing is currently not being treated as terror related , being treated as terror related, but police maintain they are open to all lines of enquiry to determine a motive. >> well, let's cross to the scene live in dublin and speak with our reporter dougie beatty. dougie it was extraordinary that we saw these tensions bubble over last night. has there been anything like it in recent history in dublin ? no no, never history in dublin? no no, never in the centre of dublin. >> in this recent time. in fact, it was more like a scene from belfast in the 80s. and it surprisingly enough , it was drew

surprisingly enough, it was drew harris was an ex deputy harris who was an ex deputy chief constable in northern ireland's police force that is now the chief of garda now the chief constable of garda siochana here in dublin. that quailed at his man quell, and they quelled it very quickly and all, thinking it was round about three hours of real violence. i mean, we were out probably in the last hour of it. there was quite a few camera crews were put their mainly by the put out of their mainly by the rioters themselves . it wasn't a rioters themselves. it wasn't a safe place to be. from the media's point of view , though, media's point of view, though, they have always thought that they have always thought that the media has not give them a fair run. and that's explains why they are so much drawn towards social media. and today , towards social media. and today, speaking at the british irish council , leo speaking at the british irish council, leo varadkar, speaking at the british irish council , leo varadkar, the speaking at the british irish council, leo varadkar, the irish taoiseach, alluded to new powers to be put . they're doing that . to be put. they're doing that. >> there are areas where we can strengthen our laws. we've a new law going through the dail and seanad at the moment which allows to use modern technologies to search cctv quickly to find people, identify

people who may have committed a crime. we want to get that through very soon and also we need modernise our incitement need to modernise our incitement to hatred legislation . we have to hatred legislation. we have laws against hate in ireland. there decades old. they need to be updated for the social media age. just thank age. i really just want to thank the gardai for what they've did yesterday and also what they're doing today. as the first minister said , when others run minister said, when others run from danger , our gardai run from danger, our gardai run towards it and a number are injured and hundreds came from other parts of the country and are willing to do so again to supplement the garda force here in dublin. and we are very grateful to all they've done grateful to for all they've done to the city. to protect the city. >> well , you to protect the city. >> well, you can see that that was quite embarrassing for the taoiseach because of course the british council of the isles is here. the british irish council is here today in a place called farnley in dublin. and all the heads of state are there and they're talking about things that are common between the uk

and ireland and the channel islands, isle of man and of course he has had riots in dubun course he has had riots in dublin last night and it all sparked off because of an incident that happened just over my right shoulder yesterday. the these children were leaving the school behind me and were school behind me and they were stabbed and just over just over there, they were stabbed by, we think, a man . there, they were stabbed by, we think, a man. he was taken into custody . the two of those custody. the two of those children are are in fair enough condition, but one of them is still stable in hospital in not too far away from here. now the lady as well, she is also being treated and this place has now opened again. and it looks as if nothing's happened. dublin's flowing back again beside four boarded up windows in at o'connell street, the main shopping area . the trams that shopping area. the trams that were burnt out have been taken away. the buses have been taken away. the buses have been taken away and dublin is very much, away. and dublin is very much, much back normal. but really much back to normal. but really the question has to be asked is why did these young men feel so

aggravated that they had to bnng aggravated that they had to bring that anger on to the streets and maybe it will be having a look by the irish government as what they're going to do to help take away from that sort of anger that's there. and maybe listen to some of the problems that are in amongst these young people . these young people. >> dougie, is normal for the >> dougie, is it normal for the police not to reveal the identity of the suspect . identity of the suspect. >> well, this is this is the whole point that this really started something, because the question was asked , was he an question was asked, was he an irish national or was he always an irish national? because, of course, there's been quite a bit of anger here over the last couple of weeks. there was a very profile murder that very high profile murder that was carried out of a young was was carried out of a young school teacher by someone that was indeed an immigrant that had came there's been such came in. and there's been such a flow immigrants into ireland, flow of immigrants into ireland, both north and south. it must be said in the last few years that people are i don't think they

ever mind that there's immigrants coming in, and i think that they want the security checked of them. i think that they want them to be put places where the right put into places where the right services and infrastructure is there with it. so as there to deal with it. so as everybody's not waiting on doctors appointments, you know, and so forth, exactly the same issues that are going across the uk at this moment in time. the problem was here last night, the events that that happened behind sparked off that anger into something else . something else. >> it's extraordinary that we're seeing all of this violence, this anger, this unprecedented situation, as you say, on a day when representatives of all of the different parts of the british isles are in dublin, representatives from the scottish government, the welsh government, the united kingdom government, the united kingdom government, the united kingdom government, the isle of man, northern ireland, guernsey and jersey all together for this council. it's not the best look , council. it's not the best look, no , it's not an ireland to be no, it's not an ireland to be honest about it. >> ireland's government here has

done really well with what they have. they have a we have a pretty small population on the island of ireland, north and south, probably 7 south, probably only about 7 million people. ireland million people. and ireland punches well above its weight for and the for the size of it. and the government, although very heavily criticised those in heavily criticised by those in the that fine gael fianna the polls that fine gael fianna fail coalition along with the greens, are are low in the polls at this moment in time. very similar to the uk and a lot of thatis similar to the uk and a lot of that is because of immigration, because of people arriving here. no security checks on them and people are saying we are full, we have no more room for anybody. and a bit like stop the boats. the government that is in power now is feeling it in the polls . polls. >> thank you very much indeed. our reporter dougie beattie there in dublin for us at the scene of the crime yesterday . scene of the crime yesterday. >> well, of course, it's not just ireland that's experiencing record levels of migration this yeah record levels of migration this year. the prime minister of the united kingdom is admitting that net migration is to high.

>> yes. so visiting a nissan production line in sunderland, rishi sunak, has once again fighting off frustration from his own cabinet and from the former home secretary, suella braverman . braverman. >> she's called the record high figures a slap in the face to the british public, while the immigration minister robert jenrick, is wanting to introduce a new plan and reduce the amount of visas. the number of visas , i of visas. the number of visas, i should say, being given to foreign nationals in the nhs and care workers speaking to the press , rishi sunak admitted press, rishi sunak admitted they've got to bring the numbers down. >> so christopher hope is with us. gb news political editor to give a bit of the political reaction . christopher yet reaction. christopher yet another five point plan . haven't another five point plan. haven't we been here before ? we been here before? >> well, we have been, haven't we? and it seems a lucky number. these five point plans, the government trots out. this is robert jenrick, who's the immigration minister. number two, the two, of course, to the braverman, who was fired as home secretary last week. now secretary monday last week. now he's got his own ideas. he wants

to try and increase the minimum salary to try salary threshold in order to try and mean that fewer people can come here from 26,000 a year to get in and get a job in the uk and get a visa 35,000. and get a visa to 35,000. that might cut , say, 50,000 year might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. numbers coming here. he might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. to 1umbers coming here. he might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. to ban jers coming here. he might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. to ban foreignning here. he might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. to ban foreign socialere. he might cut, say, 50,000 a year off. to ban foreign social care-ie wants to ban foreign social care workers , bringing in members of workers, bringing in members of their own family and other ideas to do with to do with dependence. but the numbers are so large and so far away from the government. even in 2019, it's a factor of three times more than 2019. and even then, this government was elected on a policy of reducing net migration . some of us, some of us are old enough to remember back in 2010, when the tory government was elected, initially the first time with david cameron time round with david cameron as prime then prime minister, he then said that bringing numbers down to tens thousands year. of tens of thousands a year. of course we some way away from course we are some way away from that, mile away from that, a country mile away from that, a country mile away from that screen now that you're seeing on screen now pictures illegal migrants pictures of illegal migrants arriving on south coast . arriving on the south coast. we're not even about we're not even talking about that. is a low tens of that. that is a low tens of thousands of number. it's almost a wider malaise in a symptom of a wider malaise in this whole policy area . the

this whole policy area. the illegal migrants are an issue . illegal migrants are an issue. we the boats we're we know stop the boats we're familiar boats. familiar with. stop the boats. this from the pm, rishi this idea from the pm, rishi sunak. but in fact, the numbers coming here and allowed coming here legally and allowed to arrive here by this government is a political choice made by the tories. that's the problem. i think that is not being addressed at all. and needs to be addressed because many people felt that when they voted the european voted to leave the european union it would bring union in 2016, it would bring take of borders, take back control of borders, control numbers coming in. why do we have as many as 5 million people on benefits? many of whom at home the government thinks many them and many of them can work and there's pressure them to go there's pressure on them to go to do work from home or they'll lose some the of the perks lose some of the of the perks that with benefits like bus that come with benefits like bus passes so that that come with benefits like bus passeswork so that that come with benefits like bus passeswork . so that that come with benefits like bus passeswork . but so that that come with benefits like bus passeswork . but really that might work. but really there's a political choice here made by the government, by the treasury to allow migrants to come to allow more migrants to come here to help fuel the economic growth. but there's a wider cost on public services and issues of housing and the like. and that's the problem the government is wrestling now wrestling with right now. >> perhaps not just a cost

>> and perhaps not just a cost on economic side of things , on the economic side of things, but dublin in very but we see in dublin in very stark realities of community tensions last night. is there fear in the british government that those sorts of community tensions , that that sort of tensions, that that sort of rioting, this sort of lawlessness, could make its way across the irish sea to the united kingdom proper ? united kingdom proper? >> and that worry must always be there for any government in authority. but we're not there yet, tom. i mean, hopefully the issues dublin last night were issues in dublin last night were an isolated caused by an an isolated case caused by an horrific attack which led to led to led to the trouble we haven't had that yet in the uk. we have had that yet in the uk. we have had riots in the past. of course, in no country is immune from that, but we're not there yet. but there is concern on yet. but there is big concern on the tory mps this the backbench as tory mps this weekend together weekend are putting together a letter home secretary and letter to the home secretary and the prime minister to try and urge them to get on with this because the election is fast approaching. some some approaching. there's some some suggestions it could be early suggestions it could be as early as may isaac levido , a tory as may with isaac levido, a tory election supremo , taking over

election supremo, taking over planning for the election in january. we know with gb news understands that's the case. then we of course, we have maybe rumours of a february budget ahead of a may general election . ahead of a may general election. we had thought they would go quite long back into next next november, december, maybe even january 20th, 25, but it might be mean . the government wants to be mean. the government wants to go early, get the election out of the way and to try and limit losses because there'll be big pressure on the government to take if they stop take action if they can't stop these small boats across these small boats coming across these small boats coming across the summer. the channel in the summer. >> very much indeed, >> thank you very much indeed, christopher our political christopher hope, our political editor you that editor. i'm glad you asked that question, tom, about whether our government should be worried or are worried about potential community tensions, because unfortunately , we do see this as unfortunately, we do see this as one side effects of mass one of the side effects of mass immigration that you do sometimes these blow ups of sometimes have these blow ups of tensions. course, this tensions. and of course, this had a catalyst . this had had a catalyst. this had a catalyst being this awful, awful, horrific knife attack. but unfortunately, we've seen in this country that we do have racial tensions that do blow up. unfortunately

>> and of course, it really depends how you how you manage this migration. do you have an integration strategy ? i don't integration strategy? i don't think anyone's complaining about the hong kongers who have come here. think anyone's here. i don't think anyone's complaining about ukrainians complaining about the ukrainians who come here. these aren't who have come here. these aren't groups that have sort of ghettoised or have created problems in the round. what has been successful about those integration efforts that we could apply perhaps to other lessons to this is why i think governments and politicians need to be careful when they use the term far right. >> it may well be that there were far right people out last night with the violence and the hooliganism and setting things on fire. but those with legitimate concerns about migration should not just be brand did far right because that is actually one of the reasons people get so angry . i would people get so angry. i would hazard a guess. >> no. and i think also this sort of secret kc that we're seeing. why haven't the irish authorities released the nationality of the person who committed the original knife attack? you would have thought that some clarity there would

stop all of this wild speculation online. well, that's the problem. >> everyone has a phone. everyone has access to social media. tick tock is a flood with images of this and people guessing who the perpetrator was . and all of this, the police do need to come out and be in, in my opinion . well, a lot of my opinion. well, a lot of people are saying this, not just my be clear about my opinion and be clear about it, then perhaps others it, but then perhaps others would you need would say, well, why do you need to where the perpetrator to know where the perpetrator was was you know, isn't was, was from? you know, isn't that to risk further that going to risk further tensions ? tensions? >> just a crumb of consistency is perhaps what some of us would like to see. but but lots more to up on this afternoon to come up on this afternoon show. yes >> the american journalist omid scobie is to release his new book, endgame next tuesday. the publication promises to tell us more about royal family's more about the royal family's feuds and scandals. does he know more about the royal family's feudshe's scandals. does he know more about the royal family's feudshe's talkingls. does he know more about the royal family's feudshe's talking about?; he know more about the royal family's feuds he's talking about? our know what he's talking about? our royal reporter, cameron walker , royal reporter, cameron walker, will to tell us will be joining us to tell us more. is good afternoon more. this is good afternoon britain on .

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> well, king charles was left in tears over concern for prince andrew's mental health. that's according to a new book on the royal family's feuds and scandals. >> yes, amid scobie's book, end game will be released in its entirety on tuesday in what's being described as a penetrating investigation . investigation. >> yes. in the meantime, the french magazine paris match has

managed to serialise sections of the book. catherine walker is here and he's joining us to talk us through the trans lations. cameron, what are the juicy bits and should we take this as gospel? >> yeah, i mean, it's big news overnight , i suppose. scobie overnight, i suppose. scobie dubbed the biographer of harry and meghan , perhaps slightly and meghan, perhaps slightly favourable coverage towards them. he insists , though in them. he insists, though in interviews over the last few days for this book that he is absolutely not friends with harry meghan, biggest harry and meghan, the biggest lines, i are that he lines, i suppose, are that he claims that king charles was left in tears at the thought of prince andrew's mental health. now this is after that infamous newsnight interview with emily maitlis, which forced prince andrew to step down as a working member of the royal family over his links to convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein . and paedophile jeffrey epstein. and he and as we already know, the queen felt the late queen felt unable to punish her favourite son, charles. so this is the new bit could not bring himself to hurt his brother either. and i

quote he was left in tears because he was for because he was afraid for andrew's mental health. and omid scobie also describes that william was actually at the heart of this and he was far colder than his father, the king. so there's a lot of he said she said really , isn't it? said she said really, isn't it? it's all speculation . we don't it's all speculation. we don't have concrete facts. buckingham palace and kensington palace, andindeed palace and kensington palace, and indeed , spokesperson, a and indeed, spokesperson, a spokesperson for harry and meghan are not commenting on this book. but i think with all these royal biographies you have to take them with a bit of a pinch of salt. there's several royal biographies that have been released over the last few years. all seem to favour particular side either team royal family or team harry and meghan. and there's clearly been hurt on both sides . but we're meghan. and there's clearly been hurt on both sides. but we're in the run up to christmas now and we're seeing article after article will harry and article after will harry and meghan sandringham for meghan attend sandringham for christmas, example, the christmas, for example, the sunday times week was sunday times last week was saying that they would happy saying that they would be happy to an invite from king

to receive an invite from king charles for sandringham. for sandringham christmas. unlikely. i would say, because william and harry have not spoken for a number of years now . but books number of years now. but books like this do not help the situation. if king charles or prince harry are trying to make amends and try and extend olive branches to one another to make up . up. >> it's fascinating that this particular author, it's not his first book, his first book with regard to this subject was, of course , a look into harry and course, a look into harry and meghan themselves. and there was so much speculation that he was sort of working with them, being briefed by them , acting almost briefed by them, acting almost as their mouth piece in the media. is that potentially how we should see this book too? >> well, if you remember back to finding freedom when it was published , meghan, duchess of published, meghan, duchess of sussex, was suing the publishers of the mail at the time over the publication of a private letter she had written to her father . she had written to her father. for now, she insisted that she did not collaborate on finding

freedom. that's omid scobie's first book, but later she apologised to the court for forgetting that she briefed an aide, which was her communications secretary at the time , jason knauf, to brief omid time, jason knauf, to brief omid scobie and his co—author on this book.soif scobie and his co—author on this book. so if you take that as as kind of what could happen in, then i think we can safely assume that omid has incredibly good sources for this book. however, of course , they're however, of course, they're going to be sources which are perhaps pro harry and meghan. however, he's definitely spoken to people on both sides because we have some other claims in this as well, including that it was actually princess anne, the king's sister, who persuaded king charles to kick harry and meghan out of frogmore cottage following the publication of spare. so there's clearly a lot of allegations here, but none of which are being confirmed or denied by buckingham palace or kensington palace. denied by buckingham palace or kerit'sjton palace. denied by buckingham palace or kerit's ayn palace. denied by buckingham palace or kerit's a bit’alace. denied by buckingham palace or kerit's a bit oface. denied by buckingham palace or kerit's a bit of as. denied by buckingham palace or kerit's a bit of a grubby world >> it's a bit of a grubby world this royal biographer trade is.

>> you're not talking to people who may or may not be talking to you. i find it fascinating how forgetful some of these pretty intelligent and switched on people become as soon as they step courtroom. step into a courtroom. >> well yes, but the >> well, yes, indeed. but the thing is , meghan, meghan's thing is, meghan, meghan's trying much make a new trying to very much make a new career. well, reboost her career , is she not, in hollywood as well? what's the latest on that? cameron, if you've got time. >> mean, we've seen a >> yeah, i mean, we've seen a lot recently on lot of meghan markle recently on red or attending various red carpets or attending various sporting events both in the united states and canada. i think it was a mail a daily mail commentator was saying this week that she seems to be very much loving the cameras at the moment and perhaps this is the strategy which she's been advised to take from her new agents in hollywood . wme trying to get her back into the hollywood circuit . but into the hollywood circuit. but if you notice, it's a lot of attending events as a guest rather than making a mark herself. so, for example, she accompanied prince harry to the

launch of the 2025 invictus games last week. but it was her being a guest of harry rather than any kind of initiative she's got going herself. but she keeps hinting at the fact that she has some big plans or big projects which she's going to announce very soon. but as of yet, we've heard nothing official . well, oh, goodness. official. well, oh, goodness. >> keeping us spammy, >> always keeping us spammy, keeping wanting more. keeping us wanting more. >> we're all waiting on tenterhooks. >> oh, goodness me . >> oh, goodness me. >> oh, goodness me. >> thank you very much. cameron walker, our royal correspondent . walker, our royal correspondent. yeah, you're you're extremely interested in the antics of meghan and harry, aren't you? >> i care more. i care more about the king of this country than i do. whatever these hollywood celebrities are up to. >> she's got the best agent >> but she's got the best agent in goodness me. in the business. goodness me. she'll everywhere . she'll be everywhere. >> good >> well, you're watching. good afternoon, on gb news. afternoon, britain on gb news. lots coming up. lots more to discuss , not least returning to discuss, not least returning to the situation in dublin. but first, it's your news headlines with tamsen .

with tamsen. >> thanks , tom. here are the >> thanks, tom. here are the headunes >> thanks, tom. here are the headlines at 131. the first 13 hostages are expected to be handed over by the terror group hamas soon as part of a temporary ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. israel says the pause could be extended if hamas continues to release at least ten hostages each day . a least ten hostages each day. a pause in fighting came into force this morning. it's expected to last for four days. prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to see all the hostages freed . freed. >> this is a very welcome development, but it's obviously the first step. we need to make sure everyone abides by the terms of the agreement and we want to see all hostages released, including protecting the safety of british nationals that are involved. i'm grateful to qatar for the role that they've played. we continuing to work with all our partners in the region, whether that's america or israel and egypt and others, sure that this others, to make sure that this deal and we can continue deal sticks and we can continue to do what want to support

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isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . right? >> we're on the sofas now, so that means it's time for our panel that means it's time for our panel. we're joined by sketchwriter and columnist for the daily telegraph. madeline grant, and author and broadcaster amy nicholl. thank you very much indeed for joining us. >> us. >> i like how you told the audience that we're sitting on the sofa that means it's the sofa and that means it's time panel. that's time for the panel. that's a really good visual cue for those watching on television. >> yeah. >> it is, yeah. >> em"- w- >> no, it's nice. it's a nice setting. still getting setting. we're still getting into show, into the swing of this new show, but let's with but madeleine, let's start with you, some you, because there were some extraordinary scenes in dublin last night, scenes that i don't think many people have seen in. well, talking to our well, we were talking to our reporter dublin seen reporter. dublin hasn't seen those recent memory . those scenes in recent memory. >> the centre, no . i >> not in the centre, no. i mean, absolutely shocking damage

to property , to public to property, to public landmarks. it must have been absolutely terrifying for anyone living in the vicinity of dublin. and i think because you know, there hasn't been something of scale in something of that scale in dubun something of that scale in dublin far for a long time. dublin so far for a long time. you know, there has been resentment now it's resentment growing, but now it's bubbled incredibly bubbled up in this incredibly visceral way . and, you know, the visceral way. and, you know, the very strong words from the t shock when he condemned it. and i thought he did. i thought he actually did a good job of actually did do a good job of condemning because he made condemning it because he made the point strongly if the point very strongly that if you doing to you start doing damage to private your city, private property in your city, you're anything. you're not achieving anything. there's no political message there. you know, there. it's just you know, mindless barbarity . mindless butchery and barbarity. >> i suppose the >> well, amy, i suppose the reason why this spilled over was an event that perhaps has been skirted over by a lot of the coverage this awful stabbing that happened earlier in the day , of course. >> but i don't think that an individual crime could possibly lead to what is essentially a collective punishment of a of a of a group of people. like the

moment i heard that the holiday inn had been set on fire because the people believed that there were migrants in there. >> that is clearly you're taking i understand that there are frustrations over living conditions in dublin, but i think a certain group of people, aka the migrants in dublin, are being scapegoat noted for what essentially is a failure of government policy and poor living standards . living standards. >> and they need something to blame. and it's thoughtless and mindless to just go in full pelt and attack a group of already vulnerable people living in very difficult conditions. >> is there a sense, though, that perhaps some western leaders may be closing their eyes to some of the grievances ? eyes to some of the grievances? is that are there among some of their citizens? yeah i think absolutely. >> i mean, it's very important that we talk both about the crime that precipitated this mindless violence and very real disenchantment with the

exceptionally high levels of net migration that have been occurring, but also of illegal migrants who often haven't been vetted in any way. and the security concerns around that, which are very, very real. it's important to separate that from the mob and the carnage that we saw in dublin , because it would saw in dublin, because it would be a terrible , terrible thing. be a terrible, terrible thing. and i think incredibly myopic and stupid if leaders were to basically say, well, now all we'll talk about is the damage caused by the mob and not any of the underlying concerns that may have however have led to that. however i think recognise what think we have to recognise what happened was a lightning rod for the people, the type of people that are more inclined to be the people that were attending that mob are far right. i know you've had i know you've disagreed with that , but i had i know you've disagreed with that, but i think anyone who set something on fire is extreme. this is like a typical national front reaction to someone from a different national party committing a crime. and actually, i think it's the fear of what high migration levels

might lead to. then actually the evidence of what they do lead to, i don't know . i mean, evidence of what they do lead to, i don't know. i mean, i think there are plenty of examples of what happens with unvetted and people either who abscond from where they're being held in hotels and accommodation , and then we don't know what happens to them. people whose identities we cannot vouch for because destroy their because they destroy their documentation often upon arrival. and let's not forget that the manchester arena bombing was called caused by an asylum seeker from libya. i mean, is not i'm not mean, this is not i'm not obviously not to say that obviously not trying to say that all committing all migrants are committing these crimes, there these sorts of crimes, but there are concerns . a are genuine security concerns. a number of people who are connected with terrorist groups are have crossed are thought to have crossed the channel well, yeah, but it channel in. well, yeah, but it still remains the case that there more grown there are far more home grown terrorist than anyone terrorist suspects than anyone that's coming into the country , that's coming into the country, of course. and i think if we focus the bad things focus in on all the bad things that this very much a minority and not actually the vast ways . and not actually the vast ways. >> but you can't ignore it, though, and think that though, amy. and i think that may the reasons why may be one of the reasons why there why there is grievance there is why there is grievance bubbung

there is why there is grievance bubbling excusing in bubbling under, not excusing in any way what happened last night that absolute hooliganism, that was absolute hooliganism, vandalism violence. they're vandalism and violence. they're disgusting in response to what happened. disgusting in response to what happened . but there are those happened. but there are those grievances bubbling under. happened. but there are those grievances bubbling under . and grievances bubbling under. and if you that there is a if you deny that there is a security risk from having unvetted people entering your country , t then those people are country, t then those people are going to get even more frustrated. no, i agree that we have a processing issue and we definitely need to be able to vet those people. >> but i expect if you did vet those people, i think the last check was 86% of them were valid and given a pass to live in the uk. >> and because they needed asylum, they required asylum. so it was a fair case. i think we need to veer away from trying to scapegoat migrants for the failings of our governments , failings of our governments, which is what i think is an easy shift of the blame . and which shift of the blame. and which leads to this what i know you keep saying grievance. the grievance is directed at the wrong group of people. all migrants are not the issue . migrants are not the issue. >> the most frustrating. >> the most frustrating.

>> sometimes they are. mean, >> sometimes they are. i mean, it's deny that there is it's crazy to deny that there is a problem in some cases and that we need to know there are we need to know who's there are some in any group, of some cases in in any group, of course. and you say that course. and you would say that was problem. but you said it was a problem. but you said it was a problem. but you said it was a problem if had was a problem if we had home—grown terrorism, that's a problem, right? that's a problem. so say there problem. so why is so say there was from elsewhere. was somebody from elsewhere. devon a crime. i devon devon committed a crime. i wouldn't and set wouldn't go to devon and set fire to it. that's about as much logical sense as what i think has happened here. i wouldn't say wasn't problem say that it wasn't a problem if someone committed, someone from devon committed, but then oh, but you wouldn't then say, oh, everyone but but everyone in that area. but but i think what the think that's what the translation this situation. translation of this situation. >> think one of the big >> do you think one of the big issues we're issues here is that we're talking speculative way. talking in this speculative way. we don't actually know the ethnicity of the person who committed the stabbing attack in the first place. it seems like the first place. it seems like the authorities, despite the irish authorities, despite apparently having this person in custody, have not released any information about this individual. >> but what relevance would it have? >> well, for example , if it >> well, for example, if it turned out this was an irish national, it would quell the violence? well maybe. >> but i think this what we do

know is that the reaction, the violence is caused by organised and far right groups . that's and far right groups. that's a fact. so you need to look at why would they be so angry? and it's because they're disenfranchised and they feel that they can blame all their problems on the migration area . migration in the area. >> do you think it's pretty interesting that ireland is seeing record migration at the same time that the united kingdom is many countries across europe are seeing record high illegal migration? i think very often we look at this issue as if only britain. it if it's sort of only britain. it seems like the entire western world facing pretty much the world is facing pretty much the same challenge. i think we're all facing a cost of living crisis inflation and crisis and inflation and a squeeze in living standards. >> and when that happens, you want blame and it's want someone to blame and it's an i think that's an easy picking. i think that's an easy picking. i think that's a of a lazy analysis , a bit of a lazy analysis, though, because even before we had the recent bout of inflation and had the pandemic, there were lots of people who had concerns about mass immigration. >> not something but >> it's not something new. but if we around the world, i if we look around the world, i think , yeah, argentina in

think it's, yeah, argentina in the netherlands , both the cases the netherlands, both the cases have seen a squeeze in living standards, a rise in scapegoating migrants . scapegoating migrants. >> they've also seen a massive rise in the numbers of migrants arriving. i don't know about argentina, but certainly the netherlands , as they're netherlands, as they're experiencing higher levels experiencing much higher levels even you know, even than britain. you know, they population under they have a population of under 20 and i think their 20 million. and i think their recent migration was 400 and recent net migration was 400 and something thousand. think the something thousand. i think the interesting thing if you look interesting thing is if you look migration from 2010 migration levels from 2010 onwards, i mean from when the first labour government came in 1997, the migration levels have gone pretty, pretty much like this. but living standards have gone like this. so that's why suddenly suggested as a drop in living standards the living standards is not the great economic that is great economic panacea that is advocates sometimes. well, how come in come it was when it was in a labour government? >> interesting that we >> it it's interesting that we are that we've got different flavours of governments around the world and it doesn't seem like they actually have all that much control over these issues. now, could be because there now, it could be because there are economic imperatives that there are labour shortages or it

could that there's could be that there's ideological underpinnings that perhaps being not not fully perhaps are being not not fully honestly expressed by politicians means. but it does seem that whatever flavour of government you get in pretty much any country, you're seeing similar graphs. yeah it's a i mean, obviously this is a global phenomenon. >> there are some countries that have resisted it, but they're very small in number. japan, hungary , poland have refused to hungary, poland have refused to accept migrants , although accept migrants, although whether they will continue to be able to do that after the eu has taken away the national veto from all countries was which the eu parliament voted that eu parliament voted for that thisbut ironically, there is >> but ironically, there is still a veto on it from national governments. so it's not not quite it's quite happening yet. it's interesting, though, madeleine, that the eu because that you raise the eu because that you raise the eu because that takes us on to a fascinating story that has popped up fascinating story that has popped up in the news just today . the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has told the radio station classic fm that the piece of music that sums up labour best is beethoven . ninth

labour best is beethoven. ninth symphony, commonly known as the ode to joy. yes he said that earlier today. the ode to joy, which you might remember, is the eu anthem , is the piece of music eu anthem, is the piece of music that best sums up labour. let's have a listen. >> what piece of music sums up the labour party for you ? the labour party for you? >> oh, for the labour party. i mean, i one of the pieces i've got is beethoven's ninth symphony, the choral ode to joy, the end. it's that it, um , you the end. it's that it, um, you know, you've got the orchestra, you've got the voices, you've got this big combination. >> this is very sort of labour. >> this is very sort of labour. >> you're getting everybody, beethoven, beethoven's getting everybody onto the stage for this. this is a big i talk about a national mission for the next labour government. this is a sense of something. it is got a sense of something. it is got a sense of something. it is got a sense of destiny and is huge . be sense of destiny and is huge. be optimistic. and so for me, that's been hardwired in me for a long, long time. so i would go

with that. there are many others that i could associate with the labour party, but is that sense of moving forward to a better place , a sense of moving forward place, a sense of moving forward to a better place? >> amy nicole, do you think sir keir starmer knew too, that it was the european union anthem he was the european union anthem he was talking about ? was talking about? >> i think maybe , maybe it's >> i think maybe, maybe it's a little easter egg of things to come. >> i think maybe . i mean, it was >> i think maybe. i mean, it was just quite amusing to see keir starmer play the role of great classical music critic . classical music critic. >> well, he actually does know a lot about classical music. does he? yeah, he was. i think he played i can't remember which instrument, he played instrument, but he played definitely school orchestra instrument, but he played de a iitely school orchestra instrument, but he played dea high school orchestra instrument, but he played dea high standard.ol orchestra instrument, but he played dea high standard. soyrchestra instrument, but he played dea high standard. soyrchdoes to a high standard. so he does know his stuff. >> to m a know his stuff. >> to a posh school. >> well, i don't know, but, you know, i think it is. >> well, i don't know, but, you know, i think it is . it's quite know, i think it is. it's quite a i'll be honest, it's quite a bafic a i'll be honest, it's quite a basic choice, isn't it? it's a bit obvious go for the three bit obvious to go for the three pieces of classical music. >> people could probably >> most people could probably point to. >> yeah, know what i mean? >> yeah, you know what i mean? it's saying great

it's like saying that great gatsby is your favourite book or something. like it's bit. something. like it's a bit. i think a bit overrated think it's a bit naff overrated done toolmaker . done for the son of a toolmaker. it's an overrated just like the labour party. >> so it's interesting. i think someone made comment online someone made the comment online earlier like alan earlier that it's like alan partridge saying his favourite beatles album was the best of the greatest hits. >> yeah, i. >> yeah, i. >> but i mean, keir starmer is a clever man. he has achieved a lot in life. he became a kc . lot in life. he became a kc. he's obviously been knighted . i he's obviously been knighted. i find it really hard to believe he didn't know precisely what he was doing in that interview, but he definitely knew he i mean, he must he so many people who are nowhere near as political as him would know exactly that that ode to joy as the eu anthem. >> i think maybe he was he was couldn't immediately think of something. for something. and he reached for that it personal that because it has a personal salience for him . he salience for him. but he was being to describe the being asked to describe the labour from labour party. so from a political perspective , i think political perspective, i think he'd have been better going he'd have been better off going for sort of for something a bit more sort of patriotic like go for nimrod or patriotic, like go for nimrod or something . he?

something. is he? >> thing is, i, i have to >> the thing is, i, i have to admit i don't have a clue about classical music and i don't know the people of classic fm obviously would , but maybe, obviously would, but maybe, maybe it's not you. you three seem to know a lot more about classical music than perhaps the viewers on a lot of time in brussels over the years. >> he would know you inspire you, amy, to take up classical music. >> i think i think we might have walked into a bear trap here. sir keir starmer saying this just so that the loony right can go about bang on about go off about bang on about europe while he just says, look, i just talking about i was just talking about classical i don't know classical music. i don't know what he what you're saying, but if he chose nod, he chosen something. >> patriarch, patriarch stick, something. >> probablyi, patriarch stick, something. >> probably would irch stick, something. >> probably would irch s'been he probably would have been slagged too. slagged off for that, too. >> perhaps by different >> oh, perhaps by different groups. is fascinating. groups. but it is fascinating. this a huge story in 2019 this was a huge story in 2019 when brexit party turned when the brexit party turned their backs anthem in their backs to this anthem in their backs to this anthem in the european parliament. it can't have escaped. >> that was a bit naff, though. let's be honest. that was quite naff with the brexit party to do that. it's a bit like a that. i mean it's a bit like a kind of toddler behaviour. like i the i'm going

kind of toddler behaviour. like i turn the i'm going kind of toddler behaviour. like i turn my the i'm going kind of toddler behaviour. like i turn my back i'm going kind of toddler behaviour. like i turn my back on i'm going kind of toddler behaviour. like i turn my back on it. 'm going to turn my back on it. >> oh, here we can see it on our screens now. nigel farage et al with their backs turned with their backs being turned to the in the the anthem, being played in the parliament. you know what? >> starmer >> if this is keir starmer doing a just. a little nod, wink and just. i don't want i don't want to spoil the fun. >> brexit shrunk >> but brexit has shrunk our economy let's the economy by 4. let's rejoin the single market. statistic it and i'll vote for you. that's that's a rubbish statistic. it's more damage to our economy . the damage to our economy. the statistic has been debunked very thoroughly . thoroughly. >> debunked according >> it's been debunked according to according to marry at least . to according to marry at least. do we have time for a final story ? i think we do. story? i think we do. >> i think do. this is >> i think we do. this is fascinating. i see it on your screen. >> yes, i've got it here in front me. so zealand, new front of me. so new zealand, new government is going to repeal front of me. so new zealand, new gov general is going to repeal front of me. so new zealand, new gov general national to repeal front of me. so new zealand, new gov general national ban apeal front of me. so new zealand, new gov general national ban on al the general national ban on tobacco . so that leaves the general national ban on tobacsunak . so that leaves the general national ban on tobacsunak alone that leaves the general national ban on tobacsunak alone with leaves the general national ban on tobacsunak alone with this es rishi sunak alone with this policy. now, this is the policy that essentially means that people on the age of 14 born after 2008, anyone born after the age of the year 2008 will never be allowed to buy a cigarette in their life, which leads to the peculiar situation

whereby perhaps in 2053 you'll have someone who i don't know, quick maths, 40 something, who would not be allowed to buy cigarettes and someone one year older than them who would be madeline grant. >> even new zealand is going back on this peculiar policy how. >> now. >> it's so embarrassing that this this policy that was the great brainchild of jacinda ardern in new zealand, they've decided it is too dumb to carry out and they're going back on it. so now the only torchbearer for this policy left is rishi sunakin for this policy left is rishi sunak in great britain, allegedly the leader of a conservative party that believes in some level of personal freedom and autonomy and treating adults like adults. it's just it's very embarrassing. i honestly think he just thought it would be a real easy popular vote winner , real easy popular vote winner, particularly in the red wall. and actually, i think only about 2% of teenagers now even smoke. so it was going to die out anyway . anyway. >> i you like this type of nanny state? >> absolutely . it's the >> absolutely. it's the pointless one, isn't it? like i

have a son. i do not want him to smoke, but he won't smoke because he knows it's not cool . because he knows it's not cool. it's not cool. it's something your mum does when she's drunk. they're elf bars they're going after elf bars too, which is. oh, the vaping bar that that young people bar thing that that young people now do instead of smoking is vaping. and i just think it's so myopic and stupid to also go after disposable which are after disposable vapes which are the most accessible to young people. i know an ideal people. and i know in an ideal world they'd be world i guess maybe they'd be smoking things, smoking neither of these things, but don't want to but you really don't want to make perfect the enemy. do make the perfect the enemy. do you know what winds me up about that is when people that argument is when people say, these bubblegum that argument is when people say, they're bubblegum that argument is when people say, they're madezgum that argument is when people say, they're madezguappeal that argument is when people sa'childreniey're madezguappeal that argument is when people sa'children when madezgu appeal that argument is when people sa'children when actually appeal that argument is when people sa'children when actually it'seal to children when actually it's my that absolutely my husband that absolutely loves the bubble i what the bubble gum. i love what aduu the bubble gum. i love what adult love a peach or adult doesn't love a peach or a strawberry . we love those strawberry. we love those flavours too. what do you think? >> let us be. it's the haribo advert, right? kids and adults love it. but i think we do love it. so. but i think we do have to leave it there. we'll be back in the next hour. back with you in the next hour. so more stories to get so many more stories to get through. this is good afternoon britain here gb news britain here on gb news >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the

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>> good afternoon, britain. it's 2:00 on friday, the 24th of november. >> temporary ceasefire for a pause in fighting has begun between israel and hamas as aid trucks enter the rafah crossing. israeli hostages are expected to be released any moment now. we will have the latest. >> dublin on fire riots erupted last night in the irish capital after children were targeted in after children were targeted in a brutal knife attack. but now the irish prime minister declares rioters are criminals filled with hate . it's been a filled with hate. it's been a tense situation in the irish caphal >> and migration fallout . rishi >> and migration fallout. rishi sunak admits migration to the uk is too high. that's as he faces a backlash from his own mps for failing to take back control of borders. but what will .

borders. but what will. change and is bristol airport pulling our leg? >> you'd think they might be after seeing the state of their new outdoor multi—faith prayer room. here it is. for those watching on television, for those not watching, on television. i'm trying. i'm trying to struggle to find the words to describe the majesty of this resplendent structure , the this resplendent structure, the something in the, i don't know, reminiscent of saint paul's cathedral. isn't it reminiscent of saint paul's ? the kind of of saint paul's? the kind of thing sir christopher wren would have described in his glory rebuilding of many parts of london that burnt down in the great fight? no, it looks like a bus stop. it looks like it looks like a terrible bore. boring, cheap bus stop. but i don't think that's quite what makes it funny. it's how bleak the entire picture is to me. i'm not someone who holds a religious faith myself , but i feel that faith myself, but i feel that people feel like a faith should

be something more meaningful than that bland and arid landscape . landscape. >> yes, it would certainly put me off praying if i intended to while i was at the airport, if i was working there. but what's even more funny is the way that bristol airport announced this across their social media as something deserving of a sense of pride and a satisfaction and look at us. look what we've done i >> -- >> look at our amazing new structure that we've created. bask bask in its glory. structure that we've created. bask bask in its glory . are you bask bask in its glory. are you really, really . that was the really, really. that was the impression it gave me anyway. but we'll be getting we'll be getting more to that and so many more. perhaps even more important stories after the news headunes important stories after the news headlines with . tamsin headlines with. tamsin >> thanks very much, tom. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 2:02. the first 13 hostages are due for release by hamas any

moment now. it's understood they'll be transferred to the red cross as part of a deal for a temporary ceasefire with israel. it comes as news broke a short time ago of a further 12 thai hostages that are also set for release by the terror group following mediation efforts by egypt. it's understood they'll be handed over to egyptian officials in the next few moments. a pause in the fighting between israel and the hamas came into force this morning. prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to see all the hostages freed. this is a very welcome development, but it's obviously the first step. >> we need to make sure everyone abides by the terms of the agreement and we want to see all hostages released, including protecting the safety of british nationals that are involved . i'm nationals that are involved. i'm grateful qatar for the role grateful to qatar for the role that they've played. we continuing to work with all our partners in the region, whether that's america israel and that's america or israel and egypt to make sure egypt and others, to make sure that deal sticks. and we that this deal sticks. and we can continue do what we want

that this deal sticks. and we ca supportue do what we want that this deal sticks. and we ca support everyone what we want that this deal sticks. and we ca support everyone in at we want that this deal sticks. and we ca support everyone in gaza want that this deal sticks. and we ca support everyone in gaza ,/ant that this deal sticks. and we ca support everyone in gaza , get to support everyone in gaza, get more and to ensure the more aid in and to ensure the safety and release of all hostages. >> 34 people have been arrested after riots and violent scenes in dublin yesterday. a clean up was underway this morning in the city centre after cars were set alight and shops were looted. a number of police officers were also injured. the violence was sparked after three children and a were stabbed close to a a woman were stabbed close to a school in the city. a five year old girl is said to be in a serious condition. taoiseach leo varadkar said the people involved in the brought involved in the unrest brought shame country . shame on the country. >> those involved brought shame on brought shame on on dublin, brought shame on ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves as these criminals did not do what they did because they love ireland. they do not do what they did because they wanted to protect irish people . they did protect irish people. they did not it out of any sense of not do it out of any sense of patriotism. warped they patriotism. however warped they did so because they're filled with hate. they love violence. they love chaos , and they love they love chaos, and they love causing pain to others . causing pain to others. >> oscar pistorius will be freed

from prison on parole in january, nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend , reeva killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, on valentine's day in 2013. the former paralympic champion who is now 37, claimed he'd fired the gun through a bathroom door after mistaking his partner for an intruder , his partner for an intruder, saying he feared for his safety. he was initially jailed for five years, but an appeal saw him sent back for six years. in 2016, less than half of the 15 year minimum term that had been sought by prosecutors . nissan sought by prosecutors. nissan has announced a £12 billion plan to build electric versions of two new cars at its sunderland plant. the japanese automaker s new electric qashqai and juke models will be manufactured at the site . but manufactured at the site. but it's also expected to bring wider investment in the industry , including the construction of a new giga factory to make more batteries . well, rishi sunak is batteries. well, rishi sunak is facing a backlash from senior members of his own party after new figures revealed migration

is at an all time high. reports suggest mps are demanding action to reduce the number of people coming legally to the uk . net coming legally to the uk. net migration peaked at 745,000 last yeah migration peaked at 745,000 last year, a record high. work and pensions secretary mel stride says measures to reduce the number are already in place. >> we accept that the figures are too high and that's why for example, recently we announced that in the case of 150,000 student visas , we'd be clamping student visas, we'd be clamping down on them. bringing dependents in line with them. we're putting up the cost of visas , a number of different visas, a number of different measures, and the obr, who are the independent forecasters , the independent forecasters, sisters who look at the kind of impacts of these steps , impacts of these steps, recognise that this will in itself start to bring the level of migration down. but there is more to be done and a familiar face is returning to london's oxford street as music shop hmv reopens its doors as the historic retailer returns today

after a four year absence. >> reclaim its old flagship location in what's hoped to be a boost for the popular shopping strip. gb news reporter ray anderson is there. hmv return to profit means that new owner doug putnam has been able to reopen the brand's flagship store for years after it shut down here on oxford street. >> he's going to be hoping that it can once again become a mainstay of the high street. now, the years , influential now, over the years, influential acts as michael jackson , acts such as michael jackson, the girls and the beatles, the spice girls and the beatles, no performed no less, have all performed here. it's also been used as an air raid shelter in world war ii and burnt to the ground and been rebuilt. now it will have to survive the tough economic conditions as many shoppers tighten their belts. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker. >> just say play gb news now back to tom and . emily back to tom and. emily >> good afternoon , britain. now

>> good afternoon, britain. now we're keeping an eye on the situation in israel. it's 4:00 over there, just gone . so we're over there, just gone. so we're expecting hostages to be exchanged as soon as we get information on that, we will bnng information on that, we will bring it to you. but in the meantime , i'm the irish meantime, i'm the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar has assured the head of the irish police that they have enough powers and appropriate equipment to deal with the outbreaks of violence in the wake of yesterday's school knife attack. >> yes, the garda commissioner says it's disgraceful that inquiries into the stabbing have been disrupted by riots in dublin. >> 34 people have been arrested after trams and buses were set on fire overnight as four people, including two children, remain in hospital. >> well, let's cross to dublin and speak with our reporter dougie beatty. dougie, thank you very much for being there in dubun very much for being there in dublin at the scene of what took place yesterday. what reaction has there been politically . has there been politically. >> well, politically, they are

trying to, i suppose, clear up the mess of last night and look at legislation to be put in place to make sure that the police have more powers, that this type of thing will not happen again . this type of thing will not happen again. but this type of thing will not happen again . but really and happen again. but really and truly, i was out in the streets in dublin last night, and i can assure you it wasn't a very nice place to be. in fact, this particular sector do not trust the media one bit. and in fact, lots of the media that was in the round were challenged . and the round were challenged. and very quickly backed off. it must be also said that dublin city council have done a marvellous job in cleaning up by 10:00 this morning, the three buses and tram that were set alight and destroyed were removed from the main o'connell street shopping area . when you go down in there area. when you go down in there now, all you actually can't see is lots of boarded up windows of hotels and shops were serious damage and theft took place. but but the cordons here have even

been lifted where the stabbings took place yesterday. and as you've said, one of those is still in a serious condition in hospital. and all you can all that's evident here now is a garda chacana car that is outside the school where that actually took place. but last that took place about half one yesterday. and then what happened was protesters started coming up the street just behind me here, and they wanted to get in to see exactly what had happened. in to see exactly what had happened . and that was really happened. and that was really fuelled by drew harris , the fuelled by drew harris, the garda commissioner, who who in a press conference refused to say one way or the other whether the suspect was an irish national. now, because there has been a lot of problems in ireland over this last couple of years with migration in and of course the amount of people that are coming in to the city itself . and like in to the city itself. and like any city the whole way through the uk and indeed through europe

, that's where they seem to settle and it is almost changed the communities that are here and many of these young men who at one time would have worked in factories or worked in the shipyards here or feel that they have no place in society. and really when i spoke to a lot of them last night, had felt that that there was no recognition of them or their needs, and that frustration very much came out on the streets of dublin last night. that hasn't been seen in dubun night. that hasn't been seen in dublin city for decades. and it looked more like a scene from northern ireland, from belfast, from the 80s and the 90s. there was serious anger here, some really vicious rioting. but drew harris was formerly a deputy chief constable of the police service in northern ireland and he used the tactics that that those forces had been taught by the british army and how to very quickly quell any violence and split and scatter those that were taking part in it. i mean, they closed they basically put a

ring of steel around one area where no body could get in. you could only get out. and as the riot squads came up through the streets with their batons and shields , they were basically shields, they were basically splitting the rioters and forcing them into side streets of where they were either arrested or allowed to exit that area. >> well, dougie, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest from the streets of dublin. and let's hope that a repeat performance does not take place tonight. but let's now turn to speak to the irish talk show host and broadcaster niall boylan. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. first of all, what sort of sense is there that there have been these tensions , these simmering across tensions, these simmering across ireland ? ireland? >> these tensions have been simmering for quite some time. and as a reporterjust mentioned a few minutes ago that in ireland there has been quite a lot of debate around the amount of refugees and asylum seekers.

>> are people seeking international protection, including from including people from the ukraine come ireland ukraine who have come to ireland , particularly last two , particularly over the last two years, number is years, that number number is somewhere region of somewhere in the region of 200,000. population of 200,000. the population of ireland is increased by from 3 million to 5 million. in the last 25 to 30 years. this is a great concern for people because it affects services like gp services, hospital services , it services, hospital services, it affects everything it's affects everything and it's quite as well. it's now quite costly as well. it's now costing billions. we've nowhere quite costly as well. it's now co accommodate we've nowhere quite costly as well. it's now co accommodate people. )where quite costly as well. it's now co accommodate people. weare to accommodate people. we already housing crisis already have a housing crisis and this is just exacerbating that . now let's not that problem. now let's not forget, by the way, why we're all talking this. and the forget, by the way, why we're all 1partig this. and the forget, by the way, why we're all 1part of this. and the forget, by the way, why we're all 1part of this this. and the forget, by the way, why we're all 1part of this story. and the forget, by the way, why we're all 1part of this story todaythe forget, by the way, why we're all 1part of this story today ise sad part of this story today is that we're not talking about the right thing . we're talking we right thing. we're talking we should be talking about the tragedy in irish tragedy the first time in irish history had an attempted history we've had an attempted mass murder the streets. and mass murder on the streets. and sadly , we've five people in sadly, we've five people in hospital. one young girl, five years of age is critical in hospital . and the teacher or the hospital. and the teacher or the creche that tried to creche worker that tried to prevent from being hit. prevent her from being hit. she's we've she's also seriously ill. we've got children and got three other children and a host other children were host of other children who were there time there at that particular time who would traumatised by what

who would be traumatised by what actually happened yesterday. and if wasn't the of if it wasn't for the work of passer people in the passer bys and people in the area, maybe that could have been area, maybe that could have been a worse. you've to a lot worse. you've got to remember one of remember this happened in one of the parts of city. the busiest parts of the city. it's square, which it's parnell square, which is just off the main thoroughfare, which o'connell street which is o'connell street for those street , those in london, oxford street, essentially of the essentially the centre of the city, the busiest road in the city. and the problem over the last 5 6 months and the last 5 or 6 months and the debate been had debate that's been had in ireland the people's safety. ireland is the people's safety. just have a rise in just we have seen a rise in criminal activity, assaults , criminal activity, assaults, we've seen everything. and there's also been a vote of no confidence the garda confidence by the garda siochana, police force of siochana, the police force of ireland over 98% in their own ireland of over 98% in their own commissioner. the morale ireland of over 98% in their own commissioner . the morale low. commissioner. the morale is low. we don't have enough guards on the street. no presence the street. there is no presence on street to deter crime and on the street to deter crime and this factors that are this is all factors that are playing into now. everybody playing into this now. everybody no matter whether you are right wing, centrist, will wing, left wing centrist, will condemn the behaviour of those thieves , looters and lowlifes thieves, looters and lowlifes that were on the street last night. they don't represent anybody. they only represent themselves and all they represent is mindless thugs

because exactly what they because that's exactly what they are, because they've now cost the and the state millions the city and the state millions in damage. and as leo varadkar rightly said, and probably one of the first times i ever agreed with the man in life, you with the man in my life, you know, people are know, these people are essentially they're doing nothing for nobody except themselves. patriots themselves. they're not patriots . they're mindless and . they're mindless thugs. and that's all they are. they don't represent anybody. >> leo varadkar said he had >> now, leo varadkar said he had quite a lot to say, of course, but he said rioters brought shame on ireland after the violence that we saw last night. do you believe he struck the right tone in what he said ? right tone in what he said? >> i don't normally agree with our prime minister or taoiseach, as we call him in this country, but on that particular occasion, i certainly do. did bring i certainly do. they did bring shame, what they've done shame, but what they've done more they've away more so is they've taken away from story and the from the actual story and the tragedy happened yesterday tragedy that happened yesterday and minds our thoughts and our minds and our thoughts should five should be with that five year old. critical at this old. that's critical at this moment in time. and creche moment in time. and that creche worker who's also seriously injured and our injured in hospital and our minds, thoughts should minds, our thoughts should be with . and rioters with them. and those rioters last night have taken that away. and that's really , really sad. and that's really, really sad.

what's to happen now and what's going to happen now and is already happening . this will what's going to happen now and is .usediy happening . this will what's going to happen now and is .used politicallyig . this will what's going to happen now and is .used politically and this will what's going to happen now and is .used politically and itis will what's going to happen now and is .used politically and it iswill be used politically and it is now already been used politically. leo varadkar also mentioned today , i mentioned as well today, i noficed mentioned as well today, i noticed the national noticed it on the national broadcaster in the news. they are now going to rush to emergency in emergency legislation in relation to cameras so they can arrest people. don't think arrest people. but i don't think people have objection people would have any objection to identifying culprits to identifying those culprits and for and those people responsible for that night or any that damage last night or any damage the future would damage in the future that would be protesters, but be caused by protesters, but also controversial piece also a very controversial piece of legislation that has been floating around for last floating around for the last year called the hate speech bill, been opposed bill, which has been opposed by many kind of thought many people as kind of thought police and this bill now, they're now using this to justify the bill, because he said himself today in a speech that he said, i think people will now recognise the need for this hate speech. what this hate speech. bill, what happened was nothing happened last night was nothing to the hate speech. bill to do with the hate speech. bill what happened last night was a group mean people are group of thugs mean people are entitled would entitled to protest and i would absolutely stand up for a person's right to protest against what happened yesterday , against what happened yesterday, why might have happened, or why it might have happened, or to the

to stop it happening in the future. peaceful protest is future. and peaceful protest is part of our constitution. the right peaceful assembly. but right to peaceful assembly. but that part of our that is not part of our constitution. burning buses burning . lewis or trams as we burning. lewis or trams as we call them, and burning cars or police cars attacking members of the force. that is not in our constitution . and i don't stand constitution. and i don't stand by any of that . by any of that. >> no, but it's interesting that there is this conflation between words and actions. and you'd think actions , words think that the actions, words that also illegal would be that are also illegal would be illegal under any settlement of law and words are much more ambiguous to police. there sometimes is overreach when it comes to words . i do want to comes to words. i do want to reference, though , to an reference, though, to an individual, a heroic individual who really potentially saved many lives yesterday day and potentially save some of those children who might now pull through in this mass knife attack. and this individual happened to be a brazilian migrant to ireland . what does migrant to ireland. what does this say about the different mix

of tensions that exist est is this not a positive story about migration as well? >> absolutely . absolutely. the >> absolutely. absolutely. the deliveroo driver who eventually hit this man across the head with his helmet and probably stopped more people being killed. and also, by the way, can i say the creche worker who also attacked him , but sadly also attacked him, but sadly paid it because she's now in paid for it because she's now in hospital we owe them hospital and that we owe them quite a lot. the deliveroo dnven quite a lot. the deliveroo driver, the suggestions he should be offered, the freedom of city, wouldn't of the city, and i wouldn't disagree most disagree with that. and most people debate people who have had the debate around immigration in ireland people who have had the debate arotnot immigration in ireland people who have had the debate arotnot suggestingi in ireland people who have had the debate arotnot suggesting that reland are not suggesting that we shouldn't come to shouldn't allow people come to ireland. the problem have is ireland. the problem we have is that so many people are coming to no to ireland with no documentation, no passport courts, nowhere to live. they've come other countries, not come from other countries, not just from, the just directly from, say, the continent of africa or algeria or wherever it happens be. or wherever it happens to be. they coming in with they they're coming in with nothing. and it is now, you know, it has been documented that they're getting on the plane documentation plane with documentation and destroying that documentation whilst on plane and arriving whilst on the plane and arriving in ireland with documentation

whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstlyivith documentation whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstly has documentation whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstly has to documentation whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstly has to raise mentation whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstly has to raise aentation whilst on the plane and arriving in irtfirstly has to raise a redition that firstly has to raise a red flag. we've also got the fact that we've over 100,000 ukrainian who have come ukrainian refugees who have come to ireland at this stage. again that's very difficult for us to accommodate we can't accommodate. we can't accommodate. we can't accommodate that. people . accommodate that. many people. and martin or tanisha , and by michal martin or tanisha, who the taoiseach at the time who is the taoiseach at the time when to news going when he spoke to bbc news going back a year and a half ago back about a year and a half ago when this started, first he said, weren't going to do said, we weren't going to do security checks because of the amount of people that were coming in. we wouldn't have time or administration do or the administration to do all of that's of that. now, that's unacceptable. a unacceptable. if you're a government job is to government and your job is to protect the borders your protect the borders of your country, what country, it's reckless, is what it again, say to you, it is. now, again, i say to you, most who be right most people who would be right of centre would say absolutely, we if you're we welcome people. if you're coming country, coming from a war torn country, you i'll roll you need our support. i'll roll out the red carpet for you. we'll everything we can, but we'll do everything we can, but you can't just be reckless when it thank it comes to immigration. thank you very much indeed. >> niall boylan, irish talk show host and broadcaster, very interesting to speak to you . interesting to speak to you. very balanced perspective there. >> it's interesting to >> but also it's interesting to see the issues that the see that the issues that the united is facing right united kingdom is facing right now are not unique to the united

kingdom. we've seen tensions erupt in the republic of ireland. we've seen tensions does erupt in the netherlands . does erupt in the netherlands. we've seen mass migration across continental europe. indeed illegal migration, which is down by a third in the uk this year across the average of european countries, it's up by a third. so these aren't issues that are unique to the united kingdom, but let's look a little bit more widely than our own borders now because the other enormous piece of news today is, of course, the potential freedom for people that have been held for more than 40 days by vicious terrorists in gaza . we're terrorists in gaza. we're looking at live pictures now of the rafah crossing, which is the point whereby hostages , hostages point whereby hostages, hostages snatched from , um, israel by snatched from, um, israel by hamas at the start of last month . well, they are expected to be crossing at this time. >> yes, there are crowds of people there, some vehicles are

waiting. we'll keep an eye on the rafah crossing because a long anticipated four day pause in the fighting between israel and hamas is underway as hamas will release 50 hostages over the next four days. and israel will free 150 palestinian prisoners in return . prisoners in return. >> yes, indeed. let's talk now to gb news home and security editor mark white and mark, what do we understand, if any , early do we understand, if any, early returns have happened? so far? they were meant to begin 21 minutes ago. >> yes. i mean , these things can >> yes. i mean, these things can always be a bit delayed . and always be a bit delayed. and just in the logistics of getting people in the case of the hostages out of these tunnels and safely to that border crossing with egypt . but we crossing with egypt. but we believe that it is under way as this is taking place here on the rafah crossing, that crossing between gaza and egypt , across between gaza and egypt, across in ramallah on the west bank, there is a prisoner exchange there is a prisoner exchange there taking place . with 39

there taking place. with 39 palestinian prisoners. also who are being released. and there's been some activity down on the west bank with crowds surging towards a van that left the prison there. whether that contained any of those released prisoners, we don't know at this stage. but obviously a lot of anticipation and some breaking news to bring you about the release of the hostages. so what we're told is that 13 israeli hostages consisting of women and young children are being released. but at the same time, the thai government, released. but at the same time, the thai government , the prime the thai government, the prime minister has just confirmed that 12 thai nationals arsenal's have been released as well, 12 thai nationals released. and in the process of being brought to safety across the rafah crossing, we assume as well that

we were not expecting . we had we were not expecting. we had been told earlier that it was 13 hostages released today. then in the coming three days afterwards , we would get more more released up to a total of about 50. but according and as i say, we've got to take it at face value as it's coming from the thai prime minister there. he is saying that 12 thai nationals have also been arrested , have have also been arrested, have also been released as part of this deal . so also been released as part of this deal. so a lot of anticipation , ian, and real hope anticipation, ian, and real hope that finally we might start to see these hostages being released in more significant numbers because remember, of course, since the 7th of october, we have only had four hostages released . a mother and hostages released. a mother and her daughter from america in the days after the 7th of october attacks. and then on the 23rd of

october for we had to israel three elderly israeli women that were released as well . all your were released as well. all your covid live music and nurit coopen covid live music and nurit cooper, who were released last. and also sent over that rafah crossing before being taken to tel aviv and given hospital care . they were in remarkably good condition. clearly obviously traumatised by the ordeal that they suffered and what happened on the 7th of october. but health wise, they were in remarkably good condition . what remarkably good condition. what we don't know with regard to the hostages being released today is just what kind of medical condition they might be in psychologically , they will be, psychologically, they will be, i'm sure , in a very tough place. i'm sure, in a very tough place. now we're seeing a bus there on those images just heading towards that area. and i just need confirmation, if that is

actually the rafah crossing. we're looking at, or have we switched to the west bank? now, this is the rafah crossing mark that we're looking at with live pictures of that bus turning around and of course, some other vehicles and a mass of people gathering in anticipation version of what is to come. >> but yes, live pictures of the rafah crossing here. >> mark, just a question. it may be a silly one, but these 12 thai hostages , do we know why thai hostages, do we know why they were being kept as hostages by hamas? well they were rounded up and taken hostage on the 7th of october. >> it was just by virtue of the fact that they were in the area that hamas had attacked. so the thai hostages were working. they were agricultural labourers basically working on some of the kibbutz in the area that was attacked by hamas on the 7th of

october. there are some other nationalities as well, so not israelis , not jews, but people israelis, not jews, but people that were working in the kibbutz as at that time a number of foreign nationals cities amongst the hostages, including , of the hostages, including, of course, also uk citizens. and citizens from france , america, citizens from france, america, ireland and other nations as well. so a lot of countries invest in this very concerned about what has unfolded and desperately hoping that their citizens can be released as well. indeed a large number, a large number of thai migrant workers live in israel . workers live in israel. >> of course, it was the second largest nationality that were taken on on that on that day. there's been a level of concern tuc in israel about what is to take place today . the fact that

take place today. the fact that three individuals who were arrested and for the safety of israel, i.e. people who have attempted murder and attempted grievous bodily harm have been incredibly violent. these are people that israel are releasing three for every hostage that was taken to some extent being equated these people that were arrested for attempted bombings . arrested for attempted bombings. as for stabbings, for all of these things, they are being released today in order to released today in order to release innocent hostages who were taken from their homes, who were taken from their homes, who were taken from a music festival and who were taken from going about their daily lives. mark what's the level of controversy around this deal in israel ? around this deal in israel? >> well, well, of course , >> well, well, of course, israeli citizens will find it unpalatable that you have got people who have been arrested in connection with some pretty serious incidents. but what israel has done this many times

in the past and we've seen actually far greater numbers of palestinian prisoners released for israeli soldiers who have beenin for israeli soldiers who have been in captivity over the years . so, yes, while it's unpalatable for the israeli people , they desperately want people, they desperately want these people back . back, of these people back. back, of course they do. their wholly innocent individuals who were taken hostage on those on that 7th of october attack. >> it's fascinating to see the sorts of negotiation process that led to this. i understand that led to this. i understand that israeli and hamas officials would not sit in the same room, but you had qatar three dignitaries sort of running notes between two individual rooms. all of this negotiation, of course, happening in previous weeks, in the weeks leading up to this day in qatar. >> yeah, i mean, israel and hamas were never going to sit in the same room together . it was the same room together. it was always going to have to be

brokered by a third party. and in this case, as it has been, the qataris , i mean, you know, the qataris, i mean, you know, they are not seen necessarily as honest brokers by the israelis, though, because remember, qatar does give space offices and accommodation to some of hamas leadership in that country , much leadership in that country, much to the anger of the israeli government there. some of the other gulf states have played a part as well in trying to help secure the release of these hostages . but, you know, israel hostages. but, you know, israel is going to do whatever they have to do to try to get these hot images released. what will be very interesting to know that in the hours and days ahead is whether this truce holds, because as it is very precarious , there was some fighting and some rockets fired over early this morning just as this truce

was taking hold . and it really was taking hold. and it really any activity from one side or another, a missed step, a misfire could bring the whole truce crashing down. so some real concern going forward . and real concern going forward. and ihope real concern going forward. and i hope that the truce can hold to ensure that these hostages are released. now it will also be interesting, i think , to find be interesting, i think, to find out what the intentions of hamas are going forward and whether they want the whether they want they want the whether they want the hostages that are released to 50 odd that we expect in the next few days to be the final hostages released for some time. in other words, just trying to play in other words, just trying to play the long game here, knowing that if they've got hostages , that if they've got hostages, they've got leverage or whether they've got leverage or whether they can do what is hoped and what the qataris were hoping in terms of what they've brokered here, which is after the 53

initial hostages have come out, that they can then go on a longer period , ten, ten hostages longer period, ten, ten hostages per day , over perhaps 20 days or per day, over perhaps 20 days or so. you're looking at ofer pfison so. you're looking at ofer prison now, which is in the west bank, where those palestinian prisoners, as part of this exchange , will be released. now, exchange, will be released. now, the way that it's supposed to operate is that we will get out the hostages first. it brought to safety through that rafah crossing. then after that , it crossing. then after that, it point the israelis will release these 39 year old palestine foreign prisoners. some of those, as you quite rightly pointed out, convicted of terrorist offences. so not the kind of individuals that israel would want back on the streets , would want back on the streets, but they're holding their nose here. the greater good for them is getting these innocent women ,

is getting these innocent women, children and men released from the custody of hamas , hamas. the custody of hamas, hamas. >> we're getting reports , mark, >> we're getting reports, mark, that these thai nationals are nothing to do with the israel hamas deal . nothing to do with the israel hamas deal. this was a deal brokered by the egyptians between the thai government and hamas itself. between the thai government and hamas itself . and whilst these hamas itself. and whilst these 12 thai nationals have been released , we still have no news released, we still have no news about. released, we still have no news about . the 13 israelis who are about. the 13 israelis who are supposed to be being released . supposed to be being released. this hour. we what does that say that this this thai deal that i don't think anyone sort of knew the details of before this hour. what does it say that that's happening? first? >> well , i happening? first? >> well, i mean we you're right. we didn't know about specifically the thai deal. but as i was saying just before, it's not just negotiations that are being led here by qataris, gulf states and others have been

liaising and negotiating , eating liaising and negotiating, eating with hamas as well . so, as you with hamas as well. so, as you say, there , that the thai say, there, that the thai nationals appear to be part of an egyptian un brokered deal. well it's to be welcomed regards , yes. but i don't think we should be surprised that we're not seeing any movement, just yet. these things are really, really complex. and one of the reasons why it's so complex as we look again here at the rafah crossing is because hamas are desperate to ensure that they don't give any kind of military advantage to israel as they hand over these hostages . remember, over these hostages. remember, the hostages , we believe, are the hostages, we believe, are being held in the vast tunnel system underneath the gaza strip. so as part of the deal, we know that hamas were trying to insist anyway that drones and other surveillance use by the israelis was not in place during

the release period. now, we don't know the detail of how much israel has acquiesced to that particular demand in any way. they've got satellite satellites up there that can give them fairly powerful and detailed images of what's happening on the ground as well. so understandably, i guess, from hamas's point of view , they hamas's point of view, they would be concerned that the routes in which they take these hostages out , out towards the hostages out, out towards the rafah crossing there could be compromised . and so it's slow compromised. and so it's slow and it will be done through third parties as well . and as third parties as well. and as much as possible, they'll want it to be concealed . and the way it to be concealed. and the way in which they hand these hostages over . so, in which they hand these hostages over. so, as i in which they hand these hostages over . so, as i say, hostages over. so, as i say, i don't think it's a surprise really that it's not dead on 2:00 that we're seeing the first of the hostages released .

of the hostages released. >> and mark, it's highly likely that that the israeli hostages, once they are released, when they're released, will be in a state of distress. we saw previously when israeli hostages were released, there was a lot of press anticipation , of of press anticipation, of course, but also a press conference of sorts. would that happenin conference of sorts. would that happen in this case? >> well, who knows? it depends on the condition of the hostages and their determination really to speak on the 23rd of october, you were referencing there the release of those hostages, covid lifshitz, who was 85 years old and a peace campaigner in one of the kibbutz. she was taken hostage, incidentally , her hostage, incidentally, her husband , oded, is still being husband, oded, is still being held by hamas at this point. husband, oded, is still being held by hamas at this point . she held by hamas at this point. she was determined to give a news conference just hours after being released . she was checked

being released. she was checked oven being released. she was checked over. she was in relatively good health and she gave that remarkable news conference in which she spoke about her ordeal and her having been walked for hours in this maze of tunnels underneath gaza . and she did underneath gaza. and she did say, actually, that she wanted to do whatever she could to help the israeli authorities. and these hostages when they're released as well. not so much the children, but the adults will be questioned by the israelis in terms of trying to glean as much information as possible about where they were being held. the conditions they were being held in, how they were being held in, how they were being held in, how they were being treated. it's etcetera. it's possible some of the hostages might decide that they want to come forward . maybe they want to come forward. maybe not right away, but in the days that follow, they might want to come forward and to speak out about their ordeal as well and about their ordeal as well and about those that, of course,

have still been left behind in that tunnel network there . that tunnel network there. >> it's fascinating to see how the initial released hostages were. reports by western media, some words amplified, others not. not. and it's almost impossible to know if what those hostages are saying when they're released is to do with protecting people that they were with. how much is legitimate, how much we can sort of learn actually from any impromptu or hasty press conference else. should we be leaning on the words of any of these released hostages or perhaps take it with a pinch of salt? what's going on? after all, there will be hundreds more remaining in those dark tunnels. well listen, there's no doubt that anyone coming out and speaking after their ordeal needs to be cut quite a bit of slack because as at the end of the day, you know, they've been held in conditions for some seven weeks down there

in, you know , i'm sure very dear in, you know, i'm sure very dear difficult conditions for them. >> not knowing what the next day might bring. and we don't know how they may have been treated and yes, they will have concerns. of course , for concerns. of course, for potentially loved ones , other potentially loved ones, other people that they know that they have maybe shared a confinement with at that point. so a lot of what they might say may well be guarded or designed not to do anything that makes the predicament of those still being held hostage that much more difficult. we know , as i say, difficult. we know, as i say, when yakov lifshitz came out that she said that she had been treated remarkably well, that she had been given regular check—ups by hamas, that she had been given medication. we don't know how much of that she was seeing, perhaps because of the concern for for the her husband still being held by hamas. so,

yeah , i think we need to yeah, i think we need to certainly be cognisant of that and to understand that the hostages and what they've gone through when they speak, if they do speak in the hours and days ahead, well , let's hold you ahead, well, let's hold you there, mark, and stay with us. >> let's join now the freelance israeli journalist yotam confino for his take on events and yotam, there are this is clearly a momentous day. how are the people of israel feeling about this tentative exchange ? this tentative exchange? >> it's a bittersweet situation for most israelis. >> of course. there is huge relief that these 50 hostages might be released, including babies , toddlers and women. babies, toddlers and women. >> but until it happens, a lot of israelis won't believe it. they simply have to see them crossing the border, being brought into israel before they believe it. and there's good reason to be sceptic . we're reason to be sceptic. we're deaung reason to be sceptic. we're dealing with hamas . all these

dealing with hamas. all these families have been tortured mentally by hamas. many of them have even lost also family members. in addition to having people inside inside gaza now. so it's a bittersweet feeling. there was also anger, really, that the israeli government didn't manage to get more people out , that it's only 50. there's out, that it's only 50. there's 240 hostages. so it's a mixed emotions all over the country, really. >> so your time you say there's a there's an anger among some israeli citizens that the government hasn't managed to broker a deal that releases all of the hostages of course. is there any anger that that the israeli government is willing to release 150 palestinian palace dominion prisoners ? dominion prisoners? >> absolutely. we have to remember that to draw a moral equivalency between a baby inside gaza held by a terrorist organisation in a tunnel and an

18 year old member of hamas who attempted to kill somebody is outrageous in itself . but this outrageous in itself. but this is the situation that israel finds itself in. this is these are the terms when you are negotiating with someone who's got hostages, you just have to, you know, compromise on certain moral values. and this is not the first time israel has done this. over ten years ago, israel released 1000 soldiers sorry, a thousand palestinian prisoners from israeli prisons in return for one israeli soldier. now, one of them, one of the people who released it was yahya sinwar , who is now today the leader of hamas inside gaza, the one who has orchestrated and planned all of these massacres taking place on october 7th. so israel has a long and bad history with these negotiations with hamas . negotiations with hamas. >> there are, of course , so many >> there are, of course, so many moving parts to any exchange of prisoners . and of course, we

prisoners. and of course, we have seen the rafah crossing be this this place where so many different ant states, of course, have of jurisdiction in order for it to be open, you have to have this tentative agreement between the terrorist authorities in gaza. the egyptian government tonight as well. and of course, israel is involved to so many different moving parts and such a finely balanced situation. just tell us a little bit about what we might be expecting because is 42 minutes ago was the time this was supposed to start. might there have been a hold up ? well there have been a hold up? well there have been a hold up? well there is a hold up. >> we don't really know exactly what's going on, but we did get some news coming out of egypt that of hostages , 12 citizens that 12 of hostages, 12 citizens from thailand have been released now and they are expected to also cross the rafah border crossing. so we assume that they'll be going together with they'll be going together with the israeli hostages. and that might be what's holding this

thing up. but it is, first of all, incredibly complicated . and all, incredibly complicated. and the red cross has to take these hostages from hamas. they have to bring them to the border crossing and only there will israeli authorities and doctors have a look at them. first of all, go over , go over them and all, go over, go over them and see if they actually match the names they have on their names that they have on their list. them list. and then to check them physically to see if they need immediate medical then immediate medical care and then they'll be brought in helicopters to israel, into hospitals where they'll be treated until the doctors can say that they are okay to go home. so it's an incredibly difficult situation because gaza is a war zone and hamas is now in charge of this because they have to release them to the red cross and israel is, of course, following this carefully to see if they if it happens in a smooth way and in the way that that it wants it to happen. >> and yotam, have we heard from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu today ? benjamin netanyahu today? >> we haven't heard. he is, i assume , busy coordinating the

assume, busy coordinating the next batch of hostages. israel has just gotten a list. that's what we assume once a day they'll get a new list with the names of hostages that are due to be released the following day. so i assume that he's he's busy now with the rest of the government, with the intelligence agency going over these people and calling these people and then calling these people and then calling the families, because this is what do once they have the what they do once they have the list, they call families and list, they call the families and they about their they inform them about their loved being on this list. loved ones being on this list. so they expect to so they can expect them to hopefully be released 24 hours later . later. >> yes, hold that thought. we're going to move across to mark white, who has a new bit of information for us. mark >> yeah, this is israel's channel 12 television now reporting that the 13 israeli hostages have been handed over to representatives of the red cross. now, the channel 12 reports don't say whether it took place at took place inside gaza. those red cross vehicles

are now heading towards the rafah crossing . and what we rafah crossing. and what we don't know just is how far inside gaza. that exchange change took place and how long it might take them to get to the border. but those reports from israel's channel 12, very encouraging and an indication that 13 an israeli hostages have now been handed over to the red cross and that vehicle or vehicles heading toward the rafah crossing as we speak . rafah crossing as we speak. >> absolutely fascinating the different moving pieces of this. of course , hamas were never of course, hamas were never going to come to the rafah crossing themselves. this sort of intermediary step of the red cross there as as you say, mark, we're not going to be able to know with any sense of definitiveness whether or not it's going to be 10 or 20 minutes or perhaps even an hour or the time the time to travel from from wherever. this exchange has happened within

gaza to that crossing. but as you say, mark, positive steps. let's get the thoughts of yotam confino still with us on the line. yotam, that this exchange has apparently happened, according to israel's channel 12. that is tentative good news. >> absolutely . i know that there >> absolutely. i know that there are many, many people now at what they call hostage square in tel aviv who are waiting for this , uh, this, this, this news this, uh, this, this, this news really ? so if it is indeed true, really? so if it is indeed true, then it is a completion of the first day of the ceasefire . it first day of the ceasefire. it started at seven in the morning local time with the ceasefire, with aid coming into gaza. and now it's culminating with the 13 hostages released . so if that is hostages released. so if that is indeed true, then it is a successful first day and maybe it's a show of what to come in the following days and what would be the next steps of course, if the red cross do get to the rafah crossing in in good time, are the israeli military there to receive them or is

there to receive them or is there yet another other intermediary step? >> would it be the egyptians on that side of the border? >> well, the egyptians are definitely there and the israeli authorities are supposedly also going to be there. they said that were going to be in that they were going to be in several locations and then they are take take care of several locations and then they are hostagestake take care of several locations and then they are hostages .ike take care of several locations and then they are hostages . theyke care of several locations and then they are hostages . they have �*e of several locations and then they are hostages . they have very the hostages. they have very specific what specific instructions about what to the to do, especially with the children are certain children. there are certain things and can't things that they can and can't say, as telling them where say, such as telling them where their parents are. some of the kids have lost parents and they don't know about it. so there are certain things they can't say and then, of course, they have to take them in helicopters straight to israel . but it might straight to israel. but it might take some time because they need to check them immediately if they some medical and they need some medical help and to if they're in a in a to see if they're in a in a decent condition, really. but this a process and it sounds this is a process and it sounds like it's ongoing now. it's relatively fluid situation with a lot of cameras on it. but i assume we'll get some more news very soon about it. >> so, yotam, it's unlikely that they will be immediately passed

back, essentially to their family members, family members , family members, family members, those who are not being held hostage. that is in some cases, it may well be that there are several members of one family being held by hamas or being released first. so it will take a bit of time for them to be to be reunited . be reunited. >> it will be because some of the families that are in there obviously have they have a mother and a father, including in aren't in that family. and men aren't released in the first batch. so they'll effectively you're means effectively you're separating a family and that's going to be very, very difficult. so but we're going to know much more about this once they're out. we're going to find out who they actually are, their identity, their israeli media have tried to not speak too much about it out of respect for the families and to simply wait till they're out . but, yes, there'll they're out. but, yes, there'll be many people left behind. that's that's for sure. we know that because it's only 50 people that because it's only 50 people that are supposed to be released

in the first four days. and the choreography of this is interesting because first, it's the israeli innocent hostages who are released and then secondly, the prison owners who have been arrested on various violent offences. >> the palestinian prisoners held in the west bank that are then released. what what is the sort of is that how it goes for the next four days, this first tranche, second tranche, then back to one and then back to the other ? other? >> yeah, that's exactly how it's going to go. right now, there is already red cross ready to take some of these prisoners to their homes, whether it be in the west bank or in east jerusalem. and once a day, that's what's going to happen . once the hostages are to happen. once the hostages are released, then palestinian released, then the palestinian prisoners released and prisoners will be released and there a list, like i said, of there is a list, like i said, of 300 candidates, 150 of them will be released in the coming four days. and they range from the age of 14 to 59. and they are mainly most of them are young male, young members of some of

the members of hamas, some of the members of hamas, some of the members of hamas, some of the members islamic jihad, the members of islamic jihad, some of them are in in jail because they attempted manslaughter and some have just thrown stones. so it's a very different kind of group of prisoners are to be prisoners that are set to be released . released. >> it's interesting when british ears hear the words thrown stones , they might think, might stones, they might think, might that have been an overreaction from israel? clearly, that's not what the israeli government think. could you explain their sort of reasoning when it comes to those sorts of offences as well? >> israel has a very , very >> israel has a very, very strict rules when it comes to throwing stones because it's happening a lot in the west bank. it has been for decades and it can jeopardise security personnel, especially if you throw rocks at cars and vehicles that at soldiers that aren't ready for it. a rock can do a lot of damage. so there are strict rules in place . and if strict rules in place. and if you are caught throwing rocks, then you can certainly end up in jail. and sometimes administrative detention , which administrative detention, which is, of course, a controversial

method which israel has been criticise sized for by human rights groups where prisoners are in prison for a long time without knowing if they are going to be convicted of anything. if they're going to be in in some sort of a court. but nevertheless, we know that a lot of these people that are currently on this list, they are some of them at least, have been convicted of crimes . convicted of crimes. >> well, let's just recap for those that may just be joining us. we understand according to local israeli news, that israeli hostages have been handed by hamas to the red cross within gaza , but they have not yet made gaza, but they have not yet made it across the rafah crossing. our home and security editor mark white is still with us. mark, explain the situation on the ground. >> well , very the ground. >> well, very fluid, of the ground.

>> well , very fluid, of course, >> well, very fluid, of course, and very precarious until those hostages are safely across the rafah crossing . where you can rafah crossing. where you can see the live images looking out over the rafah crossing at the moment, this is the main crossing from the southern tip of the gaza strip into egypt, into the sinai peninsula. now, once these hostages have been taken across that rafah border, then they will be met by by the israeli military there will be taken for assessment to a special centre . we saw some special centre. we saw some images earlier today, actually, of the set up for these hostages and knowing, of course , that and knowing, of course, that they will have some very young children there. they've set out

toys and other things just to help these children sort of acclimatise eyes and just feel a little safer and perhaps be a bit distracted from everything that's going on. but it's going to be enormously difficult, i think, given that these hostage stages have been held for such a long period of time down in these tunnels, systems . we just these tunnels, systems. we just don't know what kind of condition they're going to be in, both physically and mentally after israeli after that ordeal, the israeli military, being given after that ordeal, the israeli milijob', being given after that ordeal, the israeli milijob', hostage, given after that ordeal, the israeli milijob', hostage, giveof the job of the hostage, sort of liaise on dealing with the hostage liaise on dealing with the hosta been very carefully, liaise on dealing with the hostknow, very carefully, liaise on dealing with the hostknow, eye carefully, liaise on dealing with the hostknow, eye contact,y, liaise on dealing with the ho offer w, eye contact,y, liaise on dealing with the hoofferw, childrencontact,y, liaise on dealing with the ho offer w, children antact,y, liaise on dealing with the hoofferw, children a hugt,y, liaise on dealing with the hoofferw, children a hug or to offer the children a hug or anything like that unless it's the child themselves. look as though, want to though, you know, they want to be they come forward and be hugged. they come forward and ask to be hugged. it's all those kinds sensitivities because kinds of sensitivities because as i say, they don't know how that child or even adult hostage has been treated over recent weeks. and all of that will have to play in very carefully to the post release handling process to make sure that there are climatized and rehabilitated

properly. but it may take many months, even years for people to properly come to terms with everything that happened to them. because remember, it's not just whatever the ordeal was down in those tunnels since the 7th of october, which will have been very difficult as it is , been very difficult as it is, is. but clearly what happened to them on that day, that the terrorists came across from gaza and took them hostage , what they and took them hostage, what they saw unfolding around them will have no doubt about a very deep impact on whoever was involved in that. so the positive news, at least to report at this time , at least to report at this time, um, is that it's now being reported from channel 12 in israel and other israeli media. now that the red cross have taken over the well , mark, on taken over the well, mark, on that note, as we know, these hostages are travelling to the

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