2020 election. trump has already pled not guilty to the charges against him. but what impact could this have on his re—election bid .7 and of course, re—election bid.7 and of course, we're down re—election bid? and of course, we're down to five in the conservative leadership election. but with another round of voting to come next week, what political games will be played in order to survive? we'll have the latest very shortly. and the french president, emmanuel macron, has appointed former brexit negotiator michel barnier as his new prime minister. could this spell disaster, perhaps for french uk relations? that's all coming in your next hour. french uk relations? that's all coming in your next hour . and coming in your next hour. and breaking in the last few minutes that royal navy helicopter crash in the english channel. unfortunately, one person has died. we will have the latest on that coming up very shortly. but first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler.

>> ben. thank you. good afternoon . it's 3:01. i'm sophia afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom now to bring you more on that breaking news. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed. the family has been informed and a full investigation is underway. more updates as the story unfolds. the crown prosecution service says it's dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 50s, in 1996, in london, however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to

prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and report to police. water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. environment secretary steve reed says the previous government was too weak. >> instead of protecting our waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends, and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings, telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all from the

health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector . reformed water sector. >> now, the government's admitted not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. following the damning findings published this week. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. the report heavily criticised firms like arconic and kingspan, with families and survivors calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the metropolitan police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges, which could take up to 18 months. detectives investigating the murder of a top chef attack near notting hill carnival have released images of 16 potential

witnesses mercy nato, from dubal witnesses mercy nato, from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway in london and sadly died four days later. one man has been charged but detectives are still piecing together the 41 year old's movements from earlier that day. the met's specialist crime command is urging anyone who recognises the people in the images to come forward. detectives believe these individuals may have vital information to aid the investigation. a 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering an 80 year old grandfather in leicestershire. bhim kohli, who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home. the boy, who cannot be named, has been remanded in custody and will appear at leicester crown court this afternoon. he is due to appear at leicester crown court . a gunman shot dead by court. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national, believed to have been living in austria.

that's according to the police . that's according to the police. authorities are still investigating the suspect's motive , but germany's state motive, but germany's state interior minister confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich. details are still emerging and presenter jeremy kyle details are still emerging and presenterjeremy kyle has presenter jeremy kyle has defended his former tv programme at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your

smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good afternoon ben leo in for martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. and you probably just saw in the bulletin some breaking news from the last houn breaking news from the last hour. now a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night in the english channel. joining us for the latest is our national reporter, charlie peters. good afternoon charlie. what is the latest please? >> well, a tragic incident in the channel last night during a night time flying event. exercise ben , with one exercise ben, with one helicopter being ditched in the channel helicopter being ditched in the channel, leading to a crew member dying. two others were recovered at the scene, and the coastguard were involved in the rescue. we have heard from prime minister keir starmer. he said that he is deeply saddened to

hear of the tragic death of a member of the royal navy. on x, he writes my thoughts are with the family and loved ones during this painful time. and he also paid tribute to hms queen elizabeth's company, particularly those involved in the search and rescue operation. well, a royal navy spokesperson has said that it is with great sadness that we must report a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. our thoughts are with the family who have been informed and all those affected at this sad time. a full investigation will take place. we've also heard from leonardo , which is the leonardo, which is the manufacturer of the merlin helicopter , saying that they helicopter, saying that they would like to extend their deepest condolences for the tragic loss of the recent merlin mk four helicopter incident. our thoughts are with all those affected by this event. so as we were saying, ben, the helicopter ditched while conducting night flying exercises from the hms

queen elizabeth, one of britain's two aircraft carriers. it involved a merlin mk four helicopter which is involved with the commando helicopter force. there are two variants of the royal navy's merlin helicopter, this one for deploying and inserting royal marines, often in covert operations. so there were three crew members aboard the merlin at the time. two of those were rescued and taken to hospital , rescued and taken to hospital, but it's understood they did not suffer serious injuries and another merlin helicopter was involved in that night flying exercise with coastguard, later becoming involved in the rescue operation. no other fatalities or serious injuries, but one member of the royal navy has sadly died after this accident last night in the channel. >> okay, charlie peters, our national reporter. thank you. awful news. our thoughts go out to that. the person who died , to that. the person who died, his his colleagues, the royal navy, everybody involved. really tragic news this afternoon . tragic news this afternoon. okay, we move on. water bosses

have been threatened with jail time if their firms fail to meet environmental targets. the government's new legislation will give regulators more powers to bring criminal charges against executives and enforce harsher, harsher fines for those pumping excess sewage into our rivers. and we can speak now to the environmental campaigner and p0p the environmental campaigner and pop star feargal sharkey about this. feargal, good afternoon. can you hear me? this is an issue very close to my heart because i live very close to the sea and i've said many times on this channel the amount of times i've taken my boys down to the beach for a swim in the in the channel beach for a swim in the in the channel, and i can't because they're pumping raw sewage into they're pumping raw sewage into the ocean is, you know, it dumbfounds me each and every time . time. >> it's incredibly kind of you to refer to me as a pop star, ben. it's been some years since anybody's done that. listen, you are right. today there is. there is good news at last, after years of denial, we have a government that acknowledges there is a massive problem out there. and it's huge and it's

expensive. but sadly , today was expensive. but sadly, today was the day that you needed government to step up. surely the ship make its mark, define its ambition and its authority and all we've actually ended up with is a long line of stuff that can't , quite frankly, is that can't, quite frankly, is going to cost nothing and deliver even less. the highlight, for example, that you've been illustrating the supposed jail sentence . it's supposed jail sentence. it's only if executives obstruct an investigation, whatever that means . and by the way, there's means. and by the way, there's fundamentally been that idea. it's already law has been law for almost 20 years. directors of any company in the uk can face unlimited fines for that kind of environmental vandalism. i'm sure you can guess how many examples i can find in almost 20 years of any executive that's ever been prosecuted, never mind actually ended up facing a penny and a fine. the truth is, what government needed to do was actually intervene with really transformative, far reaching

transform ative, far reaching action. transformative, far reaching action. and it's failed to deliver on that objective. >> and fergal, last year, liv garfield, who was the ceo of severn trent water , took home a severn trent water, took home a bonus of just shy of £600,000. and that was despite her company having been fined £2 million for dumping sewage. and in fact, i saw earlier we are a nation literally swimming in our own filth. are we? not? only 14% of england's rivers are assessed to have good ecological status. it's just astounding. >> oh, listen, the whole thing is. and that's why it needed a really firm hand with the vision, the determination, the ambition by way of example. or we're going to ban dividend payments. i'm really sorry that actually is a part of every water company's operating licence. it's been like that for 35 years. why on earth wasn't the regulator simply enforcing the regulator simply enforcing the law? as we know it? and there's the underlying issue. none of this deals with the actually fixing the real

problem. and actually it should have happened today . the have happened today. the secretary of state, as he has the power to do , should have the power to do, should have ordered both ofwat and the environment agency to get out there and enforce the existing law to do so with enthusiasm and vigour. we don't need this legislation. we've got 35 years worth of it. it's not enforced, it's worthless. simply order the water companies and the regulators do your job. >> all right. thank you for your expertise. appreciate it. i mean , expertise. appreciate it. i mean, i've got a good idea. why don't we just put the ceos of these companies in bathtubs full of sewage every time they breach the law in that way? maybe that will teach them. joining us now for more on this is our political correspondent, katherine forster. good afternoon. catherine. what's your thoughts on this? all the campaigners today are saying that this doesn't go far enough. and in actual fact, they've had powers for many years but haven't really done anything about it . about it. >> yes. good afternoon. ben. fergal sharkey and other environmental campaigners. not impressed. the liberal democrats, who of course have

now got 70 odd seats in parliament, largely because of campaigning on the public anger about the state of our water, also saying that this is a basically a half way house and doesn't go far enough . that is doesn't go far enough. that is not, of course, what steve reed, the environment secretary, said he was here down in putney just along to the side of me at a rowing club this morning with a whole slew of announcements this water special measures bill that's passing through parliament that he's pledging a reset. let's see what he had to say earlier. >> instead of protecting our waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends. and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by

health warnings telling rowers to not enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all, from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector . reformed water sector. >> yeah. so he says this is a sector associated with decline and cover ups. he's promising this reset. he says that legislation will be brought where potentially water bosses could go to jail for up to two years if they obstruct the environment agency or ofwat that bonuses will be banned for the bosses of firms that are polluting, that fines will be increased , that monitoring of

increased, that monitoring of sewage being discharged will be at 100% and more measures. so he's talking tough. and he was asked we had a lobby briefing afterwards. and we did ask him about nationalisation because of course labour have talked previously about nationalising lots of things. they are going to renationalise the railways, but on water, he said nationalisation would cost billions and take years. i am more interested in a model that works and he is saying he's ruling nationalisation out. we quizzed him on that and he's saying there's going to be tens of billion pounds worth of private investment from these water companies. that's going to transform our water. that's going to bring tens of thousands of new jobs and also saying that it's needed because come the 20305, if it's needed because come the 2030s, if things don't change, we're going to have a real water

shortages in this country. so lots of words. but whether the pubuc lots of words. but whether the public will be convinced and how soon we will see change, well, we will find out in due course . we will find out in due course. >> indeed. thank you catherine. we will find out in due course. >> indeed. thank you catherine. appreciate it. yeah. and it's appreciate it. yeah. and it's interesting that the water companies, they are of course interesting that the water companies, they are of course privatised, but they have a privatised, but they have a monopoly. you can't choose who monopoly. you can't choose who your water supplier is. unlike your water supplier is. unlike the electricity companies. the electricity companies. there's competition. if you're there's competition. if you're lumped with southern water or lumped with southern water or thames water . that's thames water . that's lumped with southern water or thames water. that's it. lumped with southern water or thames water . that's it. stuff thames water. that's it. stuff it. no choice. unfortunately lumped with southern water or thames water. that's it. lumped with southern water or thames water . that's it. stuff thames water. that's it. stuff it. no choice. unfortunately right now the conservative right now the conservative leadership election continues to leadership election continues to build tension within the party build tension within the party after, of course, yesterday priti patel was knocked out of after, of course, yesterday priti patel was knocked out of the contest. her fellow the contest. her fellow candidates paid tribute to her candidates paid tribute to her efforts in the aftermath of her efforts in the aftermath of her elimination, but she still elimination, but she still hasn't publicly come out in hasn't publicly come out in support of any other candidate. support of any other candidate. well, let's see if our well, let's see if our westminster correspondent olivia westminster correspondent olivia utley can provide more insight utley can provide more insight to that. good afternoon olivia. to that. good afternoon olivia. anyidea to that. good afternoon olivia. any idea who priti may be anyidea to that. good afternoon olivia. any idea who priti may be backing as the days roll on? backing as the days roll on? >> we still just don't know and >> we still just don't know and

it'll be really interesting to it'll be really interesting to see whether her supporters, she see whether her supporters, she had 14 supporters yesterday vote had 14 supporters yesterday vote in a pack altogether , or if in a pack altogether , or if in a pack altogether, or if their vote is split across the in a pack altogether, or if their vote is split across the candidates . candidates. be . candidates . candidates. >> priti patel was seen as one >> priti patel was seen as one of the right wing candidates in of the right wing candidates in the race, so it's assumed that the race, so it's assumed that her backers will, on the whole , her backers will, on the whole , her backers will, on the whole, go for either robert jenrick or her backers will, on the whole, go for either robert jenrick or kemi badenoch, who are seen as kemi badenoch, who are seen as the two other right wingers in the two other right wingers in the two other right wingers in the race. now jenrick did quite now jenrick did quite a lot better than kemi badenoch the race. now jenrick did quite a lot better than kemi badenoch last night. he got 28 votes to last night. he got 28 votes to kemi 22. i mean, these are all kemi 22. i mean, these are all very small numbers of course, very small numbers of course, because there are so few conservative mps left. it looks because there are so few conservative mps left. it looks as though jenrick is the as though jenrick is the favourite among mps. but if kemi favourite among mps. but if kemi badenoch makes it to the final badenoch makes it to the final two, it very much looks as two, it very much looks as though she would win when the though she would win when the question goes to members, she question goes to members, she has double the support of robert has double the support of robert jenrick for now. the big question is how unpopular is is how unpopular is kemi badenoch with conservative question is how unpopular is kemi badenoch with conservative mps? there are plenty who i've mps? there are plenty who i've spoken to, who don't much like spoken to, who bit her, who think she can be a bit sort of ratty , a bit difficult her, who think she can be a bit sort of ratty , a bit difficult sort of ratty, a bit difficult to get on with, a bit prickly in sort of ratty, a bit difficult to get on with, a bit prickly in interviews, etc. so there could interviews, etc. so there could

be a sort interviews, etc. so there could be a sint interviews, etc. so there could be a sin the next few weeks move in the next few weeks before it gets to the final

move in the next few weeks before it getsuch:he final move in the next few weeks before it getsuch az final move in the next few weeks before it getsuch a small number go. there is such a small number of conservative mps, only 122. and yesterday in the voting , not and yesterday in the voting, not a single one of them managed to get 25% of the vote. i'm just saying it all feels very , very saying it all feels very, very volatile at the moment. everything could change and the opinion could change among party members as well. a few months ago, robert jenrick was nowhere to be seen on that list of popularity among conservative members, and now he's number two. >> yeah, he's been making all the right noises when it comes to immigration, hasn't he? lots of interviews with patrick christys on this channel and whoever else about, you know, tackling the migration crisis. olivia utley, thank you very much. we'll catch up with you later in the show. sticking with politics. but stateside, how will donald trump's presidential bid be affected by the ongoing court cases against him? we'll get stuck into that just after the break. i'm ben leo on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back ben leo for in martin daubney this afternoon only on gb news. let's get stuck into some emails now and some views from you. they've been flying in not least on the tory leadership contest. of course priti patel dumped out yesterday. did you say kemi is poor? good news for reform though . although the tories will though. although the tories will change their leader, about a dozen times by the time of the next election. yeah, if it goes the full five years you could probably see that happening. i agree with you, bridget, on water companies. good afternoon. you say nobody takes into account that we have a large housing developments built without improvements to drainage, pumping stations and treatment works. yeah. good point. and also immigration, of course, an explosion in mass migration over the past 20 years. and the argument is that the infrastructure we have at the infrastructure we have at the moment for our waterways is, is victorian in some places and just cannot hold and handle the load . ken, on electric cars you load. ken, on electric cars you say are they currently outrageously priced when a price

is going to come down, why should i switch from my trusty astra for a smaller car priced 30 k more? we're talking about electric cars because we've got the managing director of vauxhall motors on the show in about, i think, 40 minutes now. so it comes of course, off the back of plunging electric car sales. volkswagen in germany closing two of their factories and of course labour in their manifesto. they've not announced it yet, but in their manifesto they did say they would reverse they did say they would reverse the tories 2030 petrol diesel ban.so the tories 2030 petrol diesel ban. so the tories of course, before they lost government, they aligned with the eu by pushing the petrol and diesel car ban back to 2035. in their manifesto, labour is bringing it back to 2030. so and that is causing a lot of problems for car manufacturers because they're struggling to hit their ev targets. net zero gone mad. okay, we move on. donald trump's heanng okay, we move on. donald trump's hearing into his conduct following the 2020 election has begun today in washington , dc. begun today in washington, dc. the former president faces four charges, and that's relating to

his conduct following the 2020 election results, which he falsely claimed was rigged. well, for more is our us correspondent, steve edgington. good morning steve. is it morning where you are ? oh, we morning where you are? oh, we can't hear you, unfortunately. we'll try and get you back, yeah. so just as a recap, donald trump, of course, in the wake of the 2020 election, he claims it was rigged. i mean , i watched it was rigged. i mean, i watched it live, like many of you at home did. trump was steaming ahead throughout the night, and then suddenly, when, a lot of mail ballot votes came in three, 4 am, the tide turned to biden in the wake of that election. of course, trump was going around saying it was rigged. it was a stitch up that led to the january 6th riots. and today he's in court on a brand new indictment by special counsel saying that he. we've got steve now. good morning steve. what's the latest on the court case today? trump, of course, pleads not guilty to this. how will all this drama affect the election come november ? oh, no. we've not

come november? oh, no. we've not got him. there we go. that's what happens with transatlantic comms. we'll, we'll see if we can put £0.20 in the leccy metre like we did with olivia yesterday, yeah. so sources familiar with fox news said that discussions surrounding the indictment will it won't be sped up basically before the election in november. so even if trump is found guilty and something comes off the back of that in terms of a sentence, it won't happen until post the election anyway. i don't think it's going to have much of an effect on the election. how many times have we seen donald trump in court accused of felonies or crimes or civil matters when it comes to his voter base, the maga base? it doesn't do anything. he just brushes it, brushes it off. and of course, we saw that in 2016 as well with the access hollywood tapes. everybody thought that secret recording of donald trump saying some pretty graphic stuff about women would destroy his campaign. i mean, in fact, it did the complete opposite. we'll try and get steve back shortly for the

latest in washington, dc. but for now, let's head to your news headunes for now, let's head to your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 330. your headunes. it's just gone 330. your headlines . the prime minister headlines. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush helicopter ditched in the english channel, the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed. the family has been informed and a full investigation is underway. more updates as the story unfolds. the crown prosecution service says it's dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman. now aged in her 50s, in 1996. in london, however, the special crime division, which continually

reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and report to police. in other news, water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives, or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. an urgent appeal has been launched to find a ten month old girl who has gone missing with her father. merseyside asking the to public help find layla rose wheeler, who was last seen in the area of wallasey village in wirral. a spokesman from the force said there's concern for both of their welfare and added the girl was has short blonde hair and blue eyes, and presenter jeremy

blue eyes, and presenterjeremy kyle has defended his former tv programme at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old, from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter . and those are the latest letter. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour. houn >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.3160 >> the pound will buy you 151.3160 and >> the pound will buy you $1.316o and ,1.1871. the >> the pound will buy you $1.3160 and ,1.1871. the price of gold is £1,912.02 per ounce,

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>> hello. welcome back ben elliott in for martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. hope you're keeping well and warm because it's pretty miserable outside the last time i checked. anyway, we move on. millions of people across the country are unfortunately at breaking point as shockingly low incomes leave them hungry without the basics and fearing debt collectors. that's all. according to debt advice charity christians against poverty, who have released a report today showing 11.8 million people in the uk, don't have enough money to live on. anna riley has the story. >> christians against poverty, debt advisers like helen bolton provide free financial support

in churches across the nation. the charity's latest report warns that chronically low incomes are devastating the lives of millions in the uk. this is due to a deficit budget where people's earnings aren't enough to cover the essentials. >> we're really surprised to find out that 22% of the population are in this situation, and that equates in the uk to 14.4 million people that are inevitably living in poverty because they've not got enough money coming in to pay their essential bills. the overall headline inflation is coming down, but inflation on the basics of life is not coming down or is coming down very, very slowly. meanwhile, incomes, whether that's salaries, wages or benefits, have not gone up anywhere near in line with inflation. and so inevitably things are squeezed. >> michelle neill was helped by the charity after falling into £30,000 of debt. her home was repossessed and she relied on

food banks as her carer's wage didn't cover her bills. >> there weren't any food in the house, it was just one nightmare after another and we had to start. well, basically what we had to do is we had to go back and live with mum for a while. and bearing in mind mum had dementia, which weren't good. but fortunately council came through because we were classed as homeless. council came through and we got it weren't great. it's two properties but it were a roof over his head. not easy when you're on your own paying not easy when you're on your own paying high paying bills and things like that. especially if it's going to go up with the energy price increase next month. >> christians against poverty want the government to take action now. >> we will have people who are cold, who are sitting in the dark, who have the mental health is going down the pan. one of the things that we're campaigning for is for the government to look at like a minimum income standard, whether thatis minimum income standard, whether that is through benefits or whether that is through legislation about minimum wages or minimum hours that people are

contracted for. i guess just to accept that there's not a lot more can be done about expenditure. and so we've got to look at giving the minimum level of income to all families. >> christians against poverty are calling for the public to support their campaign , and they support their campaign, and they hope the labour party will listen. anna riley gb news. >> yeah, a really damning indictment on our country. that really important report , really important report, actually, from anna riley, because politicians and governments , they bang on about governments, they bang on about gdp and inflation's falling. but you know, the real measure of poverty and quality of life in this country is gdp per capita , this country is gdp per capita, which continues to contract . and which continues to contract. and if you ask me, that just blows apart the myth that uncontrolled mass migration is good for growing the economy, i think is a bit of a myth. and actually, robert jenrick says the same thing in his his tory election campaign, but yeah, very, very sad news indeed . 11 million sad news indeed. 11 million people in a country like the uk living in poverty. something's gone wrong somewhere. so thank

you, anna riley, for that. we move on in a shocking move from the french president emmanuel macron, former brexit negotiator michel barnier. remember him has been appointed as the french prime minister. the hard , prime minister. the hard, pro—european politician will take up the position following weeks of instability in france following the surge of their far right riots in recent elections. well, let's get the reaction to that news now from the french journalist david chazan. bonjour, david. good afternoon. thanks for joining bonjour, david. good afternoon. thanks forjoining me. michel barnier of course, nigel farage calls him an eu fanatic. what will this appointment mean for britain? not least in our ambition to stop the boats? of course we need the french's cooperation with that . cooperation with that. >> i think the french . >> i think the french. preparation on that will continue to go on. and i think a conservative centre right dominated government led by michel barnier, will continue to press britain to negotiate an

asylum treaty with the eu, which the french see as the solution to perhaps not stopping the small boats, but certainly cutting the numbers of people who attempt to make the dangerous crossing which, as we saw just a few days ago, is too often fatal for too many people . often fatal for too many people. >> in 2018, michel barnier, he was the chief of the eu's chief brexit negotiator at the time. he warns that there was a nigel farage type politician or character in every country. nigel responded to that by saying thank you for the compliment, but he also attacked, populist deceit, as he called it, across the continent and said the european project is fragile, that of course, was in 2018. how do you think he sees the european project now? of course, we have had brexit since then. >> well, i think he's certainly pro—european . pro—eu, but

pro—european. pro—eu, but nevertheless he has, toughened some of his positions because in 2021, he called for a moratorium on immigration to france from outside the eu. and he seems to have learned some of the lessons of brexit, because he also said that french courts and their rulings should take precedence over european courts. so this was quite controversial at the time. it marked a significant rightward shift by michel barnier . and, so these are barnier. and, so these are issues that he may find common ground with marine le pen on and the stability of the government. he's about to form will depend on the goodwill of marine le pen, she's ruled out members of her party joining the government, but she says they'll look at its policies issue by

issue , and they will not issue, and they will not necessarily vote against this government in any vote of no confidence, which is likely to be called by the left wing alliance, which won the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections but still short of a majority. >> yeah, because there was talk correct me if i'm wrong, that there was going to be a pm from there was going to be a pm from the left alliance, wasn't there? what happened with that ? what happened with that? >> well, it seems that the pm from the left, who was the former socialist prime minister, called , cazeneuve , was, macron's called, cazeneuve, was, macron's first choice. but when he saw that the left wing alliance would immediately, vote against the government in a vote of no confidence, he shifted to a conservative candidate. the

problem was that the left wing candidate that he chose the ulnar nerve , is a former member ulnar nerve, is a former member of the socialist party, but he quit the party when it joined an alliance with the hard left france unbowed party to go into the recent parliamentary elections and try to block marine le pen's national rally from winning power. so when he saw that the former socialist candidate was unpalatable to the left, he decided to go for conservative. >> okay . and how do you think >> okay. and how do you think this new government. now you've got macron, you've got the new pm. how do you think they'll get on with our new labour government? and sir keir starmer >> well i think michel barnier is very much a known quantity for establishment politicians across europe. he is somebody that keir starmer will probably feel he can do business with,

the eu, ursula von der lie—in very pleased by this. he's a candidate or he's a prime minister now of course, who will reassure the financial markets, which is key for france at the moment. because one thing the markets don't like is political instability. and unknown quantities. so he's very much a sort of business as usual candidate. the big question is whether he can retain the essential support that he's going to need from marine le pen's party to avoid being toppled in any vote of no confidence. >> okay . david chazan, thank you >> okay. david chazan, thank you very much. appreciate it. all eyes across the continent. okay. some breaking news to bring you . some breaking news to bring you. now, the home office have announced they will not use raf scampton for asylum accommodation. the home office has made their decision as their latest assessment found the site is not value for money for the

taxpayer. so just to reiterate that the home office has just announced they will not use raf scampton for asylum accommodation because it does not prove decent value for money for the taxpayer. of course, thatis for the taxpayer. of course, that is a site that has previously caused controversy. they've had some public health incidents and so on. so raf scampton will not be continued to be used for asylum seekers. well, coming up we'll be hearing about the 14 year old boy charged with the murder of an 80 year old grandfather in leicester. i'm ben elliott on gb news, britain's news channel

hello. welcome back i'm ben leo covering for martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. a 14 year old boy has appeared in leicester crown court charged with murder and remanded at a

youth detention accommodation centre. a murder investigation was launched after bhim kohli died after being seriously injured near the entrance of franklin park in braunstone town in leicestershire, just seconds away from his home on sunday evening. our reporter, will hollis has the latest. good afternoon. will >> good afternoon. yes, well , >> good afternoon. yes, well, that 14 year old boy who can't be named for legal reasons around the protection of his identity, which is afforded to most young people that appear in court in the judicial system , court in the judicial system, appeared here at leicester crown court. he was charged with, as the judge described it, a single offence of murder . wearing a offence of murder. wearing a black tracksuit, he was joined in the court not in the same part but in a different part. by three members of his family and the judge today, william harbage, said that to the boy that there is a long way to go before this matter comes to trial. a long way indeed. it

will be the 17th of february, when the boy will be in court. facing that trial , accused of facing that trial, accused of the murder of 80 year old bhim kohli . but until then, he's been kohli. but until then, he's been remanded in a youth detention accommodation. so that's essentially custody for young people. but he will be given the opportunity to enter a plea once again here in about a month's time at leicester crown court on the 11th of october, where they will make some of the arrangements for the finer details of that trial. but that will be on the 11th of october, around about a month away. and as you said quite rightly, ben, mr kohli died. he was attacked only seconds away from his house in braunstone town, which is a suburb of the city of leicester . suburb of the city of leicester. he died, however, about an hour away at nottingham's queen's medical centre, where he was taken . and the police say that taken. and the police say that after a post—mortem examination it is believed that he died of a neck injury, but they'll be doing some further tests. his

family, which we know from reports he was very close to have described him as a loving, caring person who took his dog, rocky, for multiple walks. every single day around that same park. but it's ultimately that dog walk which led to his death . dog walk which led to his death. >> okay, well, yeah, awful story. thank you for that. we'll keep a keen eye on it. of course, as it develops. and the trial as well said there probably won't come for some time. our thoughts are with mr kohli and his family. let's read some emails that have been flying in before we head to the break. david talking about electric vehicles and the reason we're talking about evs is because i've got the managing director of vauxhall cars who will be with me after the break, talking about electric vehicles . talking about electric vehicles. the fact that demand apparently is plummeting for evs. lots of people going back to petrol and diesel cars and of course labour in their manifesto said they would bring the deadline for the ban on petrol and diesel cars forward again to 2030. of course, the tories pushed it

back to align with the eu to 2035. david good afternoon. you say my mokka e crashed due to breaking down and engaging park instead of neutral. back on petrol now electric cars equals useless. that sounds terrifying. david sorry you went through that experience, jack. you say everybody needs water, but mass immigration has increased the population by 20%, which is 10 million plus. and nobody wants a water reservoir anywhere near their home. don't blame the water companies. you say this goes back to government level . goes back to government level. and adrian, you say whether you house them at raf scampton or not, talking about asylum seekers, that breaking news from a minute ago, whether you house them there or not, it's not saving money at all. more lies and more lies. well, the announcement about raf scampton is that the home office will not be continuing using the site anymore, a £60 million. they say the home office has already been spent on the site housing 2000 asylum seekers. lots of

controversy. i can recall from the top of my head incidents over the past year or so with disorder outside the site , disorder outside the site, protesters that there was the burning of a dambusters flag as well, the home office says opening the site from this autumn as planned would have cost a total of £122 million by the end of its use in 2027, meaning the site no longer represents value for money for taxpayers. well, i'm glad they've got taxpayers in mind. you could save a couple of quid and fill that £22 billion black hole whose fault was it? i don't know, but you could you could plug know, but you could you could plug the gap by perhaps starting with the £11 billion we're sending to africa in climate aid. the home office goes on to say that clearing the asylum backlog, when they do do it eventually , who knows when that eventually, who knows when that will be. we'll save around £7.7 billion in asylum costs over the next decade, right? we'll wait and see. but in just a few moments, we'll have more on the government threatening water bosses with jail time and also scrapping of their bonuses if they don't stop pumping raw sewage into our waterways. i'm ben leo on gb news, britain's

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@gbnews. time now for your news headunes @gbnews. time now for your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 4:00. some breaking news to start with. the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plan to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy, after a merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed the family

has been informed and a full investigation is underway. the crown prosecution service says it's dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 50s, in 1996, in london. however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and report to police. in other news, water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. environment secretary steve reed says the previous government was too

weak. >> instead of protecting our waterways , water companies were waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends, and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all, from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector . reformed water sector. >> now, the government has admitted not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that's following the damning findings published this week. the prime minister has

pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. the report heavily criticised firms like arconic and kingspan , firms like arconic and kingspan, with families and survivors calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the metropolitan police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges, which could take up to 18 months. a 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering an 80 year old grandfather in leicestershire. bhim kohli, who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home. the boy, who cannot be named, has been remanded in custody and will appear at leicester crown court this afternoon. olympic marathon runner rebecca cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend. that's according to the head of uganda's olympic committee. the 33 year old, who competed just weeks ago in paris, suffered burns to over 7,075% of her body

in the attack. she's the third female athlete killed in the country since 2021. the ugandan president called the attack cowardly and senseless and condemned violence against women , condemned violence against women, and jeremy kyle has defended his presenting style at an inquest into the death of a man who had been a guest on his chat show , been a guest on his chat show, saying it was direct but it was empathetic. it was honest. 63 year old steve dymond from portsmouth, reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues , including multiple issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very

latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now, if you didn't know , we appear to be a didn't know, we appear to be a nafion didn't know, we appear to be a nation swimming in our own filth, water, sewage has been or raw sewage rather has been seeping into our waterways. our rivers are seized. the english channel! rivers are seized. the english channel i live by the coast down in sussex, and the amount of times, and i say many times in this channel, the amount of times i've taken my boys down to the beach to have a dip in the water, and i can't because the water, and i can't because the water company down there, i won't name them, but the water company are pumping filth into the sea. it's disgusting. but now water bosses, they've been threatened with jail time if their firms fail to meet environmental targets. the government's new legislation will give regulators more powers to bring criminal charges against top executives, and enforce harsher fines for those

pumping excess sewage into our rivers and seas. joining us now for more on this is our political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, campaigners this afternoon saying that actually, this doesn't go far enough . doesn't go far enough. >> yes, we've heard fergal sharkey saying that in a number of other environmental groups, saying it doesn't go far enough ehhen saying it doesn't go far enough either. the liberal democrats, who made this one of their key issues for campaigning and got over 70 seats, partly as a result of that , and realise that result of that, and realise that people are very , very angry people are very, very angry about this. this is one of the measures in the king's speech that has the most popular support to clamp down on these badly behaving water companies and water bosses. so, ben, you being cross about this, you are far, far from alone and plenty of people saying it doesn't go far enough. but steve reed, the environment secretary, of course, takes a very different view, announcing what this water

special measures bill that's going through parliament will mean. he was talking a little bit earlier at a rowing club here in putney. let's have a look at what he had to say instead of protecting our waterways. >> water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends. and the conservative government was too weak to stop them . the result? this year's them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all, from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector .

reformed water sector. >> yes. he also said that the whole sector was associated with decline and cover ups. so some of the measures that they're announcing include the really headune announcing include the really headline grabbing claim that water bosses could go to jail for up to two years if they obstruct the work of the environment agency and ofwat, the regulator. now i have to say i think that's very unlikely. i think this is more about sending a message to them that the consequences could be serious and hoping that they will then fall into line. also saying they're going to ban bonuses for bosses of companies that break the rules, they're going to have 100% monitoring of the emergency storm overflows , not just the storm overflows, not just the non—emergency ones that fines are going to be increased and much, much more. now, he also mentioned nationalisation because of course, this labour

government is renationalising the railways. that's something that has been talked about. but he said very clearly nationalisation would cost billions and take years. i am more interested in a model that works now. we had a little sort of lobby huddle journalists and the environment secretary after his speech, we asked him very specifically about that. and yes, he says that they are ruling out taking water in to pubuc ruling out taking water in to public ownership. he's also promising tens of billions of pounds of private investment that he says the water companies are going to put into water in this country, and that there's going to be nine new reservoirs because apparently come the late 20305, because apparently come the late 2030s, we're simply not going to have enough water for all the people in this country as things stand. but of course, saying that you're going to all this investment from private companies and it actually happening are two rather

different things . different things. >> catherine, thanks very much. yeah interesting. they're worried about there not being enough water to go around in the years to come. i mean, you could do something about uncontrolled mass migration. but anyway, just anidea mass migration. but anyway, just an idea now really interesting development in the car world because pressure is on manufacturers continuing. so pressure is on car manufacturers as they continue to bow down to the government's new electric car mandates, which aims to make 22% of new cars sold in the uk electric by the end of this yeah electric by the end of this year. but what are the pressures and regulations are affecting the way cars are built and sold in the uk? well, i'm very pleased to say that the managing director of vauxhall motors, james taylor, is with us now. good afternoon james. really appreciate you being with me. this afternoon. let's talk about this mandate. first of all, because as far as i understand, it's causing all sorts of headaches for companies like yours. and i believe now the petrol and diesel cars you're making in the uk is at record lows, around 4%. and that's just

so you can hit the ev targets. is that right? >> well, certainly the zero emission mandate has put some quite tough targets in terms of getting to electrification. so 22% of cars sold this year, new cars need to be electric. the market's running around about 16%. the good news for vauxhall is we're really well placed. we've got electric versions of every single car and van in our range, and we did 29% mix in august, so there clearly is demand there. if you can get your product right and your pricing right. >> what do you make of volkswagen for example , closing volkswagen for example, closing down their german factories. and of course the usa is predicting electric car uptake by 2050. in america will only be something around 20%. is the demand really there. >> well this is another good thing about our strategy. we've got a multi powertrain strategy. so every single model whether it's a course or an astra is available as a petrol or it's available as a petrol or it's available as a petrol or it's available as an electric. so what that does for manufacturing point of view is give us that flexibility to move with demand. but what's really important, i

think from a growth point of view is we're fixing the pricing point. we're fixing range. what's got to come now is the infrastructure . and that's why infrastructure. and that's why we call on government to do more and local councils to do more, to put that charging infrastructure in place . infrastructure in place. >> we've just commissioned some research with senex that shows overall, we've got broadly the right amount of charging for on street residential charging. but really we need that to be a year or two ahead of demand if it's going to encourage more people to make the switch as a driver myself, you know, i've had chances to move on to electric vehicles and ditch my diesel car. >> i won't tell you what it is. it's a gas guzzler. if anyone's watching. but the issue is, for example , with your courser. example, with your courser. correct me if i'm wrong. i think if you've got a 7.4kw hour home charging wallbox, it takes around seven hours to charge a courser and the range is, what, 220 to 240 miles? yes. so in comparison to, say, me taking my

car down the petrol station, filling it up in, you know, circa three minutes and driving from sussex to scotland pretty much on a full tank. there's not really much incentive there for me anyway, as a petrol lover, to move over to evs, what can you say to people like me to encourage us to make the move? >> well, i think there's lots of benefits of electric driving. so you've got the whole green point about cleaner emissions, cleaner air in our cities, etc. you've also got the driving dynamics, you know, no gears because they're all automatic, much smoother, faster acceleration , smoother, faster acceleration, etc. there's lots of actual benefits. but the other point as well is cost. you can run an electric car if you do charge overnight as you've suggested, for as little as £0.02 per mile. >> if it's a petrol vehicle, you could be well into £0.10 or even £0.20 a mile. so there's big economic reasons to change, as well as all the great benefits in electric cars themselves . in electric cars themselves. >> yeah, some of these the new evs do look very, very slick indeed. my only issue with them , indeed. my only issue with them, james, is that they from a road safety perspective, you can't hear them coming along. and i've

noficed hear them coming along. and i've noticed myself because i've got young children when i'm crossing the road, i've realised that one of the main sort of alert systems that i use for crossing the road beyond my eyes, of course, is hearing cars coming down the road. but a lot of these evs, they're almost silent, which is great in one aspect. if you're inside . but aspect. if you're inside. but from a road safety perspective, there's a few issues there, don't you think? >> well, i think there is noise when the cars are going along because clearly there's tyre noise as you get with with normal cars, the faster you go, the louder that that noise is outside. but something we're all, as you say, going to get used to because we're on this electric journey. the future will be electric. so that is something that we're all going to have to get used to in our towns and cities. >> so look, labour in their manifesto, they've not announced it yet, but it was in their manifesto. they've pledged to reinstate the 2030 petrol and diesel car ban. i'm sure it would have been a lot easier for firms like vauxhall to have the 2035 band. you wouldn't be scrambling around to kind of hit these targets and so on. what's your thoughts on labour bringing that date forward again and going out of alignment with the

eu, >> yeah . clearly what we do like >> yeah. clearly what we do like is consistency. we don't like policy changing on a continual basis, but as stellantis is the parent of vauxhall, we've always said we're very supportive of the zev mandate. that's the transition that we want to go on. as i say today, we've got every single vehicle in our range available as petrol or electric. so whether the ban is 2030 or 2035, we're really well prepared for that change. >> and i read earlier, actually one of your you can name it because i've forgotten it. one of your vehicles is now priced. it'5 of your vehicles is now priced. it's got price parity. so whether you choose whether you choose an ev version or a diesel petrol version, it's the same price. >> that's exactly right. we launched price parity in terms of monthly payments across our electric range earlier in the yeah electric range earlier in the year. but you're right, the frontera, which is a family sized suv, it's the very first kind of mainstream mass market car that's available at exactly the same sticker price. whether you say it's a petrol hybrid or whether it's full electric. so it's a real industry first. >> james, i know you have to kind of, you know, toe the line when it comes to evs because

you've got commitments to net zero and so on. you've got the mandates. but volvo, for example, they've ditched their target to sell only electric cars by 2030, opting to instead continue selling some petrol vehicles alongside battery models. tesla's making 14,000 people redundant in march. german sales of electric cars collapsed 30%. i mean, is the future really all rosy and ev dominated? if you had a choice now to say no, we're going to stick to producing petrol and diesel cars. and there was no government mandate. there was no march towards net zero. would you choose that from a business perspective ? perspective? perspective? perspective? >> i think we're all committed for the environmental reasons to the zev mandate. i think we've said that as stellantis and as vauxhall up to this point. so as i said previously, whether the government set the ban at 2035 or 2030, we've got every single model available today. customers can make that choice. and i think it's important, as you say, that the customers can make that choice themselves. and that's why we call on government to keep putting the infrastructure in place. so more people, particularly those

without off street parking, 40% of the uk population, are able to make that choice, to go electric and enjoy all the great benefits that electric driving bnngs >> okay. got it. and just finally , very briefly talking finally, very briefly talking about the environmental aspect of it, where do ev batteries end up once they're done with? because there are lots of conflicting reports about them going to landfill and so on. where do they go? >> yeah. so that's a very important point. clearly there's lots of recycling legislation unked lots of recycling legislation linked to electric cars, as you'd imagine on a on a european and on a uk basis. so many of those cars and many of those batteries are now going into battery storage as a second use. so certainly they'll be reused. they certainly won't be thrown away . away. >> okay, james, thank you very much. james taylor, the md of vauxhall motors, thank you very much for joining vauxhall motors, thank you very much forjoining me. this afternoon. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> there we go. did he sway you? did he sway you to ditch your gas guzzling jag or, you know, whatever you've got and maybe take up an electric vehicle? for me, i've said to colleagues out there, and they all laugh their heads off at me earlier i said, i just love the smell of petrol. you go into a forecourt, you

smell the petrol. it's one of my favourite smells. believe it or not. and also the purr of an engine. and you know the vibrations of a car. nothing beats it. pretty similar to, say, i guess, vinyl records. i used to dj back in the day, had ambitions of being a superstar dj at some point, but it's kind of like vinyl records. the needle going down on the vinyl, you can hear, you know, the crackling and whatever else. but anyway, let us know what you think . gbnews.com/yoursay back think. gbnews.com/yoursay back on track now, who will be the next candidate eliminated in the conservative leadership elections? we'll have more on that next. i'm

hello. welcome back bentley in for martin daubney on gb news this afternoon. now the conservative leadership election continues to build tension within the party after priti patel of course, was knocked out of the contest yesterday with just 14 votes. her fellow candidates paid tribute to her efforts in the aftermath of her elimination, but she's still not publicly come out in support of

any other candidate. just yet. well, joining me for more on this now is the shadow culture, media and sport secretary, julia lopez. good afternoon julia. thank you for joining lopez. good afternoon julia. thank you forjoining me. first thank you for joining me. first of all, your initial reactions to that rather. i mean, it's been described as a bombshell, elimination priti perhaps expected to go a little bit further than being knocked out in the first round. >> i think what's interesting in the first round is just how distributed the votes are. it's the first opportunity for us to really understand what the remaining mp part of the party is about, and so i don't think it's enormously surprising because there actually wasn't there weren't many votes in it between all candidates. there were sort of three frontrunners and then three in the bottom half who were both sets had votes fairly close together. so, i mean, priti is an important figure in the party and one who commands a lot of support in the membership. but really, there was only 1 or 2 votes between her and the other candidates . so her and the other candidates. so it was just an opportunity for us really to understand where this new parliamentary party

lies, >> i spoke to people close to prince's camp yesterday and they said they were, quote, shocked and stunned at being eliminated in the first round. and they suggested that perhaps there was some strategic voting going on, votes being lent to different candidates in a bid to eliminate priti off the first bat. what do you make of that? >> look, i mean , conservative >> look, i mean, conservative leadership rounds are always unpredictable, and you can always get a straight answer from colleagues when you are asking them what their voting intentions are. so, you know, it's hard to know to what expect sometimes. and as i say, it's the first opportunity really for us post the general election to get a flavour of the remaining 121 mp5 that we have here. so in a sense , none of us had any a sense, none of us had any clear expectations as to how this might play out. >> and julia, do you recognise this divide that lots of our viewers and tory members talk about between the parliamentary party and one nation mps and the membership, who you know, are, it's argued, a lot more right leaning than a big cohort of the

mp5 you've got in parliament, mps you've got in parliament, because when priti was eliminated yesterday, the emails we got from viewers were pretty much akin to, well, this says it all about the conservative party. they've not learnt anything about their election defeat , and we're anything about their election defeat, and we're going to end up with a couple of one nation candidates in the bottom two who the membership really don't approve of. >> well, i mean, there is always a risk of the westminster bubble and i've seen it in operation before, i mean, i'm back in kemi badenoch and i think it's critical that we manage to align the mp votes with the membership votes. i think conference is going to be a really important opportunity for us to be able to do that. kemi is consistently topping member polls, and so as one of our key messages to colleagues is that kemi is supported very vigorously by the members and we've got to make sure that she's in the final two. so that members get that choice. >> why are you backing kemi? juua? >> well look, kemi for a start, is not calling it kemi for leader. she is trying to launch a whole movement to change the party from top to bottom. this

is something that has to outlast any particular person. there is any particular person. there is a huge job to do in renewing our party, and she has set out how she thinks we need to be thinking not just about the problems of today, but the problems of today, but the problems of today, but the problems of the next decade when there's going to be a general election at the end of the 2020s. and we need to think about what are the issues and ideas that we need to debate ahead of that . secondly, i think ahead of that. secondly, i think kemi doesn't shift in the wind. you know what she's about and who she is. she doesn't tend to move simply because there's a pressure point . so, you know, pressure point. so, you know, she's set out in her launch earlier in the week. some clear values that she wants to stand behind. and i think finally, in an electoral sense, i just don't think that starmer and farage would know what to do with her. and i think that gives us a really good chance of making this parliament interesting. we have to accept that, you know, we need to be relevant as a party, that there is an existential risk that we become something that's not talked aboutin something that's not talked about in this parliament. you know, i'm going through the division lobbies and seeing, you know, huge numbers of labour mps. we've now got reform mps

and the conservative party has no right to exist. we have to make the case. and i think that kemi can grab attention and she has the convictions to be able to make the case to the public and make the argument that we deserve another hearing. >> yeah, lots of lots of people, lots of members saying that, quite frankly, you betrayed their trust over recent years. and that's why i argue labour didn't win the election. you gifted them the election. and of course the reform were there as well. talking of reform, do you do you bump into nigel or lee anderson or any of the reform boys in parliament? >> i have to say i haven't bumped into them, but i mean, you know, i knew lee from when he was a conservative mp and got on well with him. so it's a shame that he has has left our party, and i think it's for us to be better than reform not to tell people off for voting reform and supporting them. we lost votes and we lost people's faith. and it's for us to rebuild our party and show them something better and show them that we are the most effective

opposition to a worrying labour government. >> of course, this leadership election finishes in, well, five weeks or so. do you think whoever's elected will be the leader come a general election? if we get it in five years? i mean, some people are suggesting maybe you will welcome back the likes of lee anderson and indeed nigel farage to the party. and perhaps it could be a one. mr farage, you might end up leading you into the election in five years time. >> i simply don't see that . it's >> i simply don't see that. it's rather bizarre. nobody's asking us to embrace ed davey because we lost votes to the lib dems or embrace keir starmer because we lost votes to labour. we have to be an authentic conservative party. we lost not because of personalities, but because we had drifted too far from people's understanding of what a centre right conservative party should be about. and for to us articulate that vision for the country, go back to our core principles and win people back, because we authentically believe its centre right principles that are the ones that give our country the best chance of growing and being what we all know it can be,

>> okay. and just, just finally, what's it like now being a shadow minister instead of being, you know, in government, it's labour had 14 years on the sidelines and it's very easy for them to shout from the sidelines and accuse the tories of doing this and that. but now the roles are reversed. and we saw it in parliament, where keir starmer clearly isn't used to his position because he called rishi sunak the prime minister five times. what's it been like for you and the party being in opposition? because some people are really accusing you of not really being much of an opposition at the moment ? opposition at the moment? >> well, look, i mean, if you are in politics, you should want to be in power. so, you know, the fact that we're not. the fact that we're not ministers anymore, it means we're not decision makers. and if you believe in in what you're standing for, then you should want to be a decision maker because you're going to make the right choices for the country. we've clearly seen that labour is already making bad choices for the country, so there is a sense of mourning for us all that we're not there, not because we care about the cars and all the rest of the paraphernalia. it's because we think that what we stand for is best for the country we love. right, but it's also you have to

get yourself into a new rhythm. and i've seen quite a lot of labour mps who are now ministers , labour mps who are now ministers, quite shocked at the sheer volume of work that you have to deal with. the difficult choices that you have to make. governing is not easy. and so if i if i'm honest, there is a level of satisfaction at seeing them go through that process because they've spent 14 years throwing stones at us with no clear plan as to what they want to do with the country. and i think that's coming out to play now. and so we are going to be there holding them to account for those choices. and making sure that we get back into government. >> yeah. and interesting that you do back kemi because she of course gave that that speech to angela rayner in the first days of their government, saying, look, you're in government now, you're going to be experiencing the same stuff that you did to us. so interesting, to say the least, in the chamber for that moment . moment. >> it was a great moment. >> it was a great moment. >> yeah. julie lopez , you are >> yeah. julie lopez, you are the shadow minister for culture, media and sport. thank you very much. appreciate it . all right. much. appreciate it. all right. more coming up in the next hour or so, including angela rayner's

plans for the future of margaret thatcher's landmark right to buy scheme. more of that in the next 30 minutes or so. but first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'5 afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone. 430 your headlines. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed. the family has been informed and a full investigation is underway. now the home office have confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plan to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said

the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. the crown prosecution service says it's dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 505, in 1996, in london, however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims victims to come forward and report to police . a gunman and report to police. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national, with german media reporting he was known to the security authorities as an islamist extremist. authorities are still investigating the suspect's

motive, but germany's state interior minister confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich. details are still emerging and presenter jeremy kyle details are still emerging and presenterjeremy kyle has presenter jeremy kyle has defended his former tv programme at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings , he was later the findings, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

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>> hello. welcome back. good afternoon ben leo here in for martin daubney on gb news. now let's talk labour shall we? i know you like discussing that a lot because the deputy prime minister has dismissed rumours that labour plans to end margaret thatcher's right to buy scheme. angela rayner now says that people have the right to buy the home they live in. after she previously used the scheme herself to buy her council house in stockport. well, let's get the opinion of sally mitchell, who is a mortgage adviser and broker. good afternoon to you, sally. thanks for joining broker. good afternoon to you, sally. thanks forjoining me. so what do you make of this? is this the reason keir starmer took down margaret thatcher's portrait in downing street? do you think just eliminating any any sense of maggie. >> yeah. can you imagine angela rayner's face when this was sort of broached to her that this is this is the avenue we're talking

about going down, poisoned chalice or what, it's a really difficult conversation to have as you're sort of debate to have, because there are so many parts to this. yes. she is a lady who has benefited from this, this scheme. and i think if we go back to the basic premise that we hold dear in this country, that everybody, if they can, should be able to own their own property , then it their own property, then it should be the same for everyone. and right to buy has certainly made that dream come true for very many people . i believe the very many people. i believe the problem is that, and has been for many, many years, going way back to many different governments that we have never replaced . those buildings, those replaced. those buildings, those houses that have disappeared from the social housing register, which means that we are now, as they say, in a housing crisis and very, very difficult to get those stocks replenished. i know they've said 1.5 million homes, but i haven't

heard the real plan to do that yet. they're just, i suppose, looking at all sorts of avenues . looking at all sorts of avenues. but the right to buy is going to upset a lot of people if it's if it's changed. >> well, with regards to the 1.5 million homes, they're well behind already. they should have been! behind already. they should have been i can't remember the number. i think it's maybe dozens per day, but they're not at this point keeping up with it. so scrapping sorry. right. to buy, has resulted in the loss of around 24,000 homes. what would it do to the market if indeed labour did scrap right to buy? would it have any effect on on pricing? for example , would on pricing? for example, would it make it easier for, younger people to get onto the housing ladden >> i'm not i'm not sure. i think there needs to be some very specific , plans and schemes for specific, plans and schemes for first time buyers to get onto the ladder back in the day, when social housing was first mooted, first put into place, it was for, working people. people who

couldn't necessarily afford to, to get their, their own property, for working people. and it now seems that social housing is really for the most disadvantaged people in the, in the country, in society. and i think so i think it's shifted a bit . so they need to be looked bit. so they need to be looked after. they really do need to have accommodation, not temporary accommodation, not hotels or hostels, but a home that they can feel they are safe and secure in. the people that i see who are looking to get onto the ladder are in a slightly different situation, and they need help with deposits and they also need help if they're coming out of the private rented sector, because that's taking their ability. the rents that are out there, taking their ability away to actually save for a deposit. and you do need a very, very good deposit these days. >> well, talking about the private rented sector, of course, labour, mooted and i think they will do it. they'll be hiking up capital gains tax in october to reflect , income in october to reflect, income rates. so potentially up to 45%

for landlords if they're selling their homes and making a profit, 45% of that going to the government, i think the top rate now is 20%. you know, it just pass on the cost to the tenants. >> yeah. i mean, we've seen that happening with the mortgage rates going up. private landlords cannot afford to keep their rents the same. it just it just doesn't make commercial sense. and interestingly i think in 2122 they discovered that 40% of the social housing that has been purchased under right to buy is actually now in private landlords hands. >> so, sorry, what was the figure say that again, 40% in in 2122. >> yeah. now that's an awful lot . >> yeah. now that's an awful lot. so my question would be i think right to buy needs to be looked at. but it doesn't seem if 40% are going into the private sector, private rented sector. that's not the idea of right to buy. >> yeah. no yeah.

counterintuitive >> yeah. exactly. and but let's not forget you know the more the more properties that go into the private sector, private rented sector for rent , that actually sector for rent, that actually floods the market and brings the pnces floods the market and brings the prices down. so in a way , it's prices down. so in a way, it's quite good news for people who are looking to to, rent. >> okay. sally mitchell, you're a mortgage advisor and broker. thank you very much. labour of course, today said that they're not doing that. they're not scrapping right to buy. but it all remains to be seen, doesn't it, in the october budget. elsewhere today, jeremy kyle has defended his presenting style at an inquest into the death of a guest on his old chat show. the tv presenter said it was direct, it was empathetic and it was honest. mr kyle gave his testimony today in the ongoing inquest into the death of 63 year old steve dymond. he was found dead at his home in portsmouth after a morphine overdose just a week after appearing on the controversial programme hosted by mr kyle himself. well, for the latest we

can speak to our national reporter, charlie peters. charlie, what's been going on at the inquest today? >> so, jeremy kyle giving his evidence on the third day of this inquest and as you said , this inquest and as you said, ben defending his presenting style as direct and empathetic, but also saying that the format and production of the programme was not his responsibility. and after arriving at winchester coroner's court this morning, he said i think that people who came on the show, and i think the show had been on air for 15 years and i believe the approach for conflict resolution was always the same. it was direct, but it was empathetic. it was honest. referring to mr dymond's case, the 63 year old, who is suspected to have taken his life just a week after appearing on the unaired programme, he said i deescalated i calmed it down and i put them backstage. that's what i always believed. the show was about conflict resolution and when they when they challenged him on whether or not

mr kyle thought that the way he approached the guest constituted de—escalation , he said, i think de—escalation, he said, i think it was frustration that he wouldn't stop lying. now, mr dymond said that he tried time and time again to get on to the programme to take a lie detector test to prove that he had not been unfaithful to his partner, jane callaghan. that's the footage we're showing now on your screen of him speaking to jane callaghan and jeremy kyle on the programme that was never aired. now, he also went on to say that he was employed as the presenter and had not been involved in the selection of guests. pushing back on some suggestion that he could have been implicated in the controversial selection of mr dymond, who had to prove with a note from his gp that he wasn't taking anti—depressants. he later told the inquest earlier this afternoon the production , this afternoon the production, the producing, the aftercare, the producing, the aftercare, the lie detector test were not my responsibility. i was the presenter. well, after speaking to the counsel to the inquest, he then took questions from the

various lawyers gathered in the coroner's court and the lawyer representing the family, maya sikand kc, read. mr dymond's last known message to his partner jane callaghan before his death, which said i hope the jeremy kyle show is so happy now about what they have done to me. she also asked for mr dime for a response from mr kyle to steve's assertion that the show was responsible for his death. mr kyle said i say that i know there was an oil tanker of text messages and whatsapp. there's not one that complains about my behaviour. now mr hand also asked mr kyle if he had been belittling over his handling of mr dymond during the recording . mr dymond during the recording. he replied to that lawyer and to the court , i wouldn't agree with the court, i wouldn't agree with you. i would say it's the part from the beginning i had a joke with him. he did get upset but he wasn't upset from the beginning. that's the journey

and that's the way the jeremy kyle show was the inquest continues. >> okay, forensic . thanks, >> okay, forensic. thanks, charlie. okay. moving on. coming up after the break, prince william has been speaking to artists and people who have experienced homelessness about what can be done to tackle the growing problem. we'll have all the latest on the royal visit next. and should william apologise to harry if harry is to return to the uk, let me know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay i'm ben leo on gb news, britain's news channel. back in

tick. hello. welcome back. ben leo with you for in martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. prince william visited the saatchi gallery to visit a new exhibition aiming to tackle the complexities of homelessness. and he aims to help the public to engage with people who have experienced the problem itself.

dufing experienced the problem itself. during his visit, his royal highness met with artists who have contributed their work to the gallery, as well as members of the public who have lived on the street. joining me now is the street. joining me now is the former royal biographer, ian lloyd. good afternoon ian. what's been going on then with with william's today seems like a yet another worthy cause when it comes to william's public service. >> absolutely. yeah. i mean, i think he, there's a change in how the monarchy is undertaking engagements, and they're going more for causes rather than just, you know , opening just, you know, opening hospitals and cutting ribbons , hospitals and cutting ribbons, the, the saatchi gallery exhibition focuses on homelessness , william launched homelessness, william launched this , thing called homewards, this, thing called homewards, which is a five year programme aimed at finding new solutions to homelessness. and it's been it's been something that he's been interested in since a child because diana, of course, famously took him to see homeless people, to show that not everybody lives in palaces. and, he's it's been one of his

aims as a working royal to, to see what he can do to help. and, he's very active. you know, he met this guy today, dave martin, who? they've become friends. dave martin sells big issue. william went to join him. wants to do that. and they apparently exchanged christmas cards and everything. so he's he's quite active with that . active with that. >> yeah. and of course i think was it 2009 where william actually slept on the streets for the night to kind of experience the awfulness of homelessness? was it 2009? can you remember? >> i can't remember the date. no, but i remember him doing that. no, but i remember him doing that . i no, but i remember him doing that. i mean, it's, it's something again , he he's kind of something again, he he's kind of keen to sort of experience, but it's all right being told that people live rough , but, to people live rough, but, to actually understand it, you know, find out for himself i think is kind of important. and that again , both parents, i that again, both parents, i think, you know, encourage him to do that over the years. >> okay. well, look, while william's doing this, of course, rumours are circulating off the back of that mail on sunday

splash, at the weekend saying that prince harry was rumoured to be angling back for a uk return. do you think that will happen?is return. do you think that will happen? is it a load of nonsense and apparently harry wants william to apologise even for what has happened. what do you make of all that? >> it's quite odd that he wants, apparently wants to come back because normally he can't get out of the country fast enough. >> i mean, i think after the coronation he was on a bus or a coach getting back to heathrow with him within about an hour or so. so i mean, it's i mean, his life's there. his children are there. the thing he wanted more than anything was a family, which he's got. and, i can't i can't see how it would work . i can't see how it would work. i mean, he can't like, for instance, come monday to friday here and then fly home every weekend across the globe because he would get, you know, attacked for that, and if he's here, then he's away from his children. he's got their, you know, school, school days and anniversaries and birthdays and things. i mean, it just couldn't work. and then there's the problem of where would he stay? how would it be paid? he would need staff here. also, would the

pubuc need staff here. also, would the public like it? i mean, he does get a certain amount of booing when he goes to places. not not a vast amount, but certainly it's there, you know, so would it, would it, would it all pan out. and then from the royal family's side, you've got the fact that they haven't resolved this situation. i mean, he was at the funeral of his uncle with william, and they didn't speak to each other. they haven't spoken since the queen's. the late queen's funeral . and he late queen's funeral. and he hasn't seen his father since february, when he came over to console him about that. so the late, late queen didn't want this half in and half out very much. that's what she said. so i don't think i can't see him coming back myself. >> yeah, okay. a former royal biographer, ian lloyd, thank you very much . appreciate it. and very much. appreciate it. and news from the other day i think it was last night. apparently meghan markle's lifestyle brand, american riviera orchard. i think that's what it's called, suffered a bit of a setback because she was rejected a trademark patent in america for flogging her goods. we'll be back in the next couple of minutes. just after the break. more on the water bosses being

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gb news. >> good afternoon to you. hope you're well. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm ben elliott, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. water company executives have been threatened with jail time if they do not meet the government's environmental targets. is this regulation gone mad, or the only way our rivers and seas can be saved? stateside, donald trump faces another court hearing today for misconduct following the results

of the 2020 election. trump has already pled not guilty to the charges against him. but what impact could this have on his re—election bid come november and back in westminster? we're to down five in the conservative leadership election, but with another round of voting to come next week, what political games will be played in order to survive? we'll have all the latest shortly, and an investigation has been launched into the sale of oasis reunion toun into the sale of oasis reunion tour. tickets but with new wembley dates announced and so many fans feeling, well, quite frankly ripped off, will the band have a new master plan to get tickets sold fairly? that's all coming in your next hour. somebody is very pleased with themselves for that oasis pun, but i must tell you, i'm not a fan. anyway, i want to hear from you gbnews.com/yoursay on all the stories today, including that oasis situation. but first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler .

wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. it's 5:00. your headunes. afternoon. it's 5:00. your headlines . the prime minister headlines. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush helicopter ditched in the english channel, the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed. the family has been informed and a full investigation is underway . full investigation is underway. the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver for value money for the taxpayer. the crown prosecution service says it's dropped two indecent assault

charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman, now aged in her 505, in 1996, in london, however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and report to police. in other news, water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality, environment secretary steve reed says the previous government was too weak. >> instead of protecting our waterways , water companies were waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in

dividends, and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all, from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector. >> now the government has admitted not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that's following the damning findings published this week. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months.

the report heavily criticised firms like arconic and kingspan, with families and survivors calling for swift punishment for those found at fault . meanwhile, those found at fault. meanwhile, the metropolitan police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges, which could take up to 18 months. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national, with german media reporting he was known to the security authorities as an islamist extremist. authorities are still investigating the suspect's motive, but germany state interior minister confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich . in israeli consulate in munich. in france, the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister. president emmanuel macron made the announcement in a bid to resolve the political gridlock after the summer's snap election. at 73, barnier will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political

history, taking over from gabriel attal, who was the youngest olympic marathon runner. rebecca cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend. that's to according the head of uganda's olympic committee. the 33 year old, who competed just weeks ago in paris, suffered burns to over 75% of her body in the attack. she's the third female athlete killed in the country since 2021. the ugandan president called the attack cowardly and senseless and condemned violence against women . and jeremy kyle against women. and jeremy kyle has defended his presenting style at an inquest into the death of a man who had been a guest on his chat show, saying it was direct but it was empathetic. it was honest. 63 year old steve dymond from portsmouth, reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health

issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> thank sophia bentley for in martin daubney on gb news now. water bosses have been threatened with jail time if their firms fail to meet new environmental targets. the government's new legislation will give regulators more powers to bring criminal charges against executives and enforce harsher fines for those pumping excess sewage into our rivers . excess sewage into our rivers. joining us now for more on this

is river action spokesperson amy fairman. good afternoon, amy, thank you for joining fairman. good afternoon, amy, thank you forjoining me . i've thank you for joining me. i've said many, many times on this channel over previous six months. i reckon i am sick and tired of going down to the beach with my boys trying to swim in the water, and i can't because the water, and i can't because the government or the water companies rather, is pumping filth into our waterways. you think the action today, amy, and the announcement doesn't go far enough? why? >> well, look, you know, it's a really good first step, and it's a relief. i guess, from from the industry, you know, from from the environmental sector that we're finally seeing you know, some acknowledgement of the sheer scale of pollution that's, you know, entering and poisoning our waterways. but these, these measures are are just the tip of the iceberg. they're, they're, you know, they're they're good first measures. but we they won't actually tackle the source of the problem. the problem that we're facing with huge amounts of agricultural runoff, sewage pollution and chemicals from from urban infrastructure entering our rivers, lakes and

seas up and down the country . so seas up and down the country. so we need to see, you know, we need to see a root and branch reform of the whole sector. and that's actually going to result in a, in a, in an action plan that's going to tackle this problem and tackle it fast. >> yeah, of course it's not just raw sewage. i remember when i was a humble local newspaper reporter some 15 years ago or so, and i did stories and investigations on the insane levels of slug pellets metaldehyde in our waterways. what else is polluting our waters? >> yeah, well, look, you know , >> yeah, well, look, you know, 40% of our of our rivers are failing. failing on the basis of agricultural pollution. so that is a massive impact. agricultural pollution. so that is a massive impact . more is a massive impact. more arguably more so than than sewage pollution. and then we've got chemicals that are entering from from road runoff. we've got, antibiotics that are causing antibiotic resistance in our guts when we go and swim in the waterways, and microplastics as well. so all of these, these, these issues are causing this

toxic, toxic cocktail of pollutants entering or entering our waterways, which is choking, choking our rivers and our seas and the life within it and making us sick as well. so, you know, we need to see the government really acknowledge the problem beyond the sewage pollution crisis. when they talk about further legislation, which they have announced today, that they have announced today, that they will be looking to, you know, to introduce further legislation down the line. we don't know what that looks like, but we really, really want to see that root and branch review to solve the systemic issue that we're facing across our waterways, not just on the sewage pollution crisis , but sewage pollution crisis, but agricultural and urban runoff, too . too. >> amy, i spoke to some mps recently about this. i won't name who, but they said they were defending the tories record on this when they were in power and they said that actually our rivers and waterways were, are a lot cleaner now than they were, say ten years ago. and we're not as bad as some european countries. is that absolute guff ? countries. is that absolute guff? >> well, look, you know, only

14% of our rivers are meeting good ecological status now. and, you know, when we were the last time that we were compared to our eu counterparts, we were bottom of the pile, you know , 30 bottom of the pile, you know, 30 out of 30 european, european neighbours of ours. and we came 30th, which is a pretty, pretty poor record. and that's mainly because we've seen, you know, slashing of environmental legislation, you know, environmental funding, which has meant that our enforcement agencies haven't been able to uphold the law and haven't been able to, you know, haven't had they haven't been empowered or had the funding or resources to uphold the law that actually protects our rivers, lakes and seas. so you know, we need to we need to see the environment agency and other environmental agencies actually empowered and allowed and enabled to hold up legislation and investigate and hold polluters to account. >> okay. we'll see what happens. amy fairman of river action,

thank you for joining amy fairman of river action, thank you forjoining me. this thank you for joining me. this afternoon. now, elsewhere today, the conservative leadership election continues to build tension within the party. and that was after a priti patel, of course, was knocked out of the contest yesterday. her fellow candidates paid tribute to her efforts in the aftermath of her elimination, but she still hasn't come out publicly in support of any other candidate. well, for more on this and the other stories breaking across westminster today, we can speak to our political correspondent olivia utley, and i'm delighted to be joined as well by the senior politics editor for the new statesman, george eaton. good afternoon. george. welcome. olivia. welcome back. thank you. olivia, we'll start with you. kemi badenoch in the last hour or so, she's just received an endorsement from another shadow minister in the form of helen whately. yes. how big is that? >> well, it is quite important for kemi badenoch. helen whately was a sort of media star in the last government. she was put up over and over again for things like question time. she's a pretty popular mp among the party. kemi badenoch is very

likely to win if she gets into the final two at the moment, according to the conservative home poll, which is a very reliable poll of conservative members, she has about double the support of robert jenrick, who is in second place. the question is , can she make it to question is, can she make it to that final two? yesterday she came second to robert jenrick. she was six votes behind. six votes. doesn't sound like very many, but we're talking about such small numbers here that actually robert jenrick was very clearly the front runner . and clearly the front runner. and there it is possible that over there it is possible that over the next sort of week or so, conservative mps could move against kemi in an aim not to get her on that final ballot papen get her on that final ballot paper. she isn't seen as universally popular among conservative mps. not so much because of her politics, but more because of her temperament. she has a bit of a history of having spats with people and being a little bit ratty in select committees or to journalists, etc. if she does make it to the final two. and at the moment i think it looks like without being able to win votes fronmomentitre. they went without being able to win votes fronmoment i'e. they went without being able to win votes fronmoment i thinkey went without being able to win votes fronmoment i think itwent without being able to win votes fronmoment i think it looks like she probably will. momentum does the moment i think it looks like she probably will. momentum does seem to be with her, if not, if seem to be with her, if not, if

she's not in first place. she she's not in first place. she does seem to be holding her does seem to be holding her second place. if she does make second place. if she does make it to the final two, she it to the final two, she probably will win. but again, it probably will win. but again, it was all still so, so open. none was all still so, so open. none of the candidates yesterday of the candidates yesterday managed to get 25% of the share managed to get 25% of the share of the vote, and really, there of the vote, and really, there was so little in it with such was so little in it with such small numbers of conservative small numbers of conservative mps. >> george, i spoke to some of mps. >> george, i spoke to some of priti camp yesterday when the priti camp yesterday when the news broke. they said they were, quote shocked and stunned and news broke. they said they were, quote shocked and stunned and really didn't anticipate being really didn't anticipate being dumped out in the first round. dumped out in the first round. now though, where are her votes now though, where are her votes going to go? because if robert going to go? because if robert jenrick, for example, gets 12 of jenrick, for example, gets 12 of priti 14 votes, he's guaranteed priti 14 votes, he's guaranteed to make the final two. to make the final two. >> i think robert jenrick is >> i think robert jenrick is emerging as the standard bearer emerging as the standard bearer for the for the tory right. for the for the tory right. >> it's really the position that >> it's really the position that priti patel hopes to have. priti patel hopes to have. >> i think the problem for her >> i think the problem for her in the end, was that she fell in the end, was that she fell between two stools. between two stools. >> she's obviously was well >> she's obviously was well known as a as a as a cabinet known as a as a as a cabinet minister as far back as the, as minister as far back as the, as the, as the cameron era. the, as the cameron era. >> but she ended up being >> but she ended up being outflanked on the right by outflanked on the right by robert jenrick and kemi badenoch robert jenrick and kemi badenoch without being able to win votes without being able to win votes

from the centre. they went from the centre. they went to tom tugendhat and james cleverly, so she ended up a bit politically homeless in that sense. but in a in a in a close contest, as you say, where her votes go could make a significant difference. >> do you think it's fair to say she did try appealing to those one nation conservatives in the party, which some members would call the wets by, for example, that interview she had with our political editor, christopher hope, where he asked her if she wanted to apologise about migration levels under her stewardship as home secretary. and she said, well, no, no, why not? do you think she did too much sort of trying to pander to the one nation tories in her party? i don't think she did too much. >> i think that was a sort of honest answer. but that's exactly the problem, which is that she wasn't taking the toughest position on immigration, but nor was she really saying in the way, that morecambe brownite candidates would, that we really need to focus on winning back votes from lib dems, attracting voters in in the blue? i don't think anyone is ever going to see priti patel as as as as a wets

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wider eu move to use existing asylum facilities in the african nation. so we've ditched rwanda, germany, have looked at it and said yes, please, looks looks good for us. >> well, this was something that the previous german government was considering. and now that the new german government is talking about it as well, jo stamp, who's the fdp minister in charge of immigration, is looking at actually adopting the facilities that the uk paid for when they were contemplating the rwanda scheme. the uk has already paid £318 million to rwanda, which can't be recouped, and the german government is simply thinking of basically adopting those facilities. it's just one part of a of a wider proposal. it might not be picked >> well, tom tugendhat, who of course t might " " " t >> well, tom tugendhat, who of course t might not' " " t >> well, tom tugendhat, who of course t might not be'” " t >> well, tom tugendhat, who of course t might not be picked t up on. if it is picked up on, it proposal. it might not be picked up on. if it is picked up on, it could mean that keir starmer could mean that keir starmer comes in for quite a bit of flak comes in for quite a bit of flak already. unsurprisingly, already. unsurprisingly, conservatives are suggesting, conservatives are suggesting, well, hang on, if it was good well, hang on, if it was good enough for germany, why wasn't enough for germany, why wasn't it good enough for us? the it good enough for us? the british taxpayer has already british taxpayer has already spent so much money on this, and spent so much money on this, and

there is also, of course, the there is also, of course, the question of whether , if eu question of whether , if eu question of whether, if eu countries are adopting the question of whether, if eu countries are adopting the policy of processing migrants in policy of processing migrants in third countries as a deterrent, third countries as a deterrent, then will the uk become seen as then will the uk become seen as a sort of soft spot for migrants a sort of soft spot for migrants coming over the channel? coming over the channel? >> how's this going to look >> how's this going to look politically for keir starmer, politically for keir starmer, george? >> well, i think labour would george? >> well, i think labour would say there's a difference between say there's a difference between offshore processing and offshore processing and deportation schemes. so the last deportation schemes. so the last course t7 " " t labour government looked at labour government looked at processing asylum seekers processing asylum seekers offshore. >> it's something that the offshore. >> it's something that the labour and opposition were labour and opposition were saying that they would they saying that they would they would look at, they are very would look at, they are very aware that they need answers on aware that they need answers on immigration, both in terms of immigration, both in terms of asylum and illegal migration, asylum and illegal migration, and also in terms of reducing and also in terms of reducing legal migration, which which legal migration, which which they want to do. >> i think net migration is they want to do. >> i think net migration is projected to fall, which will projected to fall, which will which will help them in terms of which will help them in terms of that, that argument that they're that, that argument that they're aware it's a potential aware it's a potential vulnerability. and labour mps vulnerability. and labour mps with reform in second place are with reform in second place are particularly conscious of that particularly conscious of that

issue. >> well, tom tugendhat, who of issue. >> well, tom tugendhat, who of course is running to pick up the mantle from rishi sunak. he has pledged to reduce net migration to 100,000 a year. but i mean, even even so, tory members off the back of that are saying, sorry, tom. still, far too many , sorry, tom. still, far too many, still far too much. let me get your thoughts, george, on some news over the past hour, the labour planning the government to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the house of lords, it's going to be the biggest shake up of parliament in a quarter of a century. yes. so this was something in the manifesto. >> obviously, the last labour government removed most of the hereditary peers, but you still had 92 or so left, hereditary peers, but you still had 92 or so left , they're not had 92 or so left, they're not going ahead at the moment with the, the retirement age of, of 80. but this, this is partial lords reform. there are others in labour who would like to see a fully or partly elected lords , a fully or partly elected lords, but, keir starmer's team very much feel they've got a lot on their plate at the moment. and

that's really something you'd, you'd, you'd

says. i mean, there are people who would like to see much, much wider reform of the house of lords. interesting that keir starmer isn't bringing in that . starmer isn't bringing in that. eight banish all lords over 80, policy that he was considering. i remember talking to him over the general election , and it was the general election, and it was quite awkward at the time because obviously joe biden was running for the white house and how could he be arguing that no one over 80 could sit in the lords while supporting, you know, a potential joe biden presidency? he also made margaret hodge and margaret beckett baronesses in at the end of the last parliament. they are 79 and 81, so perhaps that particular reform is going to be kicked into the long grass. >> but yes, and some peers have commented on the plans today. one of them, a 92 year old former leader of the lords, tory lord strathclyde, condemned the move as a, quote, high handed, shoddy political act. so there we go, george. thank you very much, olivia. great stuff. thank you. coming up in the show, we'll have more on downing street possibly facing an inquiry following the leak of state pension data. stick with

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hello. welcome back. hope you're well . welcome back. hope you're well. i'm ben leo on gb news covering for martin daubney this afternoon . now downing street afternoon. now downing street could be subject to an inquiry following the leak of state pension data. reports emerged yesterday that the full state pension will be boosted by more than £400 a year, but now the conservatives have raised concerns with the statistics watchdog that number 10 was responsible for giving out sensitive labour market figures. but what could this this leak mean for your pensions, your bank account and your wallet? let's speak to the pension expert at financial consultancy the lang cat, tom mcphail. tom, thank you for joining the lang cat, tom mcphail. tom, thank you forjoining me. first thank you for joining me. first of all, why is this leak potentially problematic? and for what? >> oh, simply because there is a

process that needs to be gone through with sensitive economic data, that gets released according to a schedule. in this case, we're talking about earnings data, which will in turn inform the decisions around the uprating of the state pension, which will take place next april. so they use the numbers from september every year to then uprate the state pension next year. but that information hasn't been released yet. and then what we heard on wednesday at prime minister's questions was the prime minister throwing out this number, that the state pension was set to go up the state pension was set to go ”p by the state pension was set to go up by £400 a year next year, and that's just under 3.5% increase. now, that in itself is not surprising. the number isn't particularly remarkable . it's particularly remarkable. it's simply the fact that the government may have bypassed the normal processes for the release of this somewhat market sensitive economic data. >> but tom, surely this holier than thou labour government, who has spent years attacking the

tories for their cronyism and their corruption and their behaviour, surely they wouldn't release this pension data to make themselves look good in the wake of the ripping the winter fuel allowance from pensioners? >> well, and they've, they've argued that this was based on internal treasury workings and that's not the same thing at all, of course, i mean, the point you touch on there is, you know, it's a lot harder to govern than it is to throw brickbats from, from the opposition benches as the new government is now discovering, so , we will no doubt hear more so, we will no doubt hear more of the same as we go along. >> and, tom, it's the statistics watchdog who could potentially carry out the inquiry. how long would that take? what happens if number 10 is found to be guilty of leaking the data? what's the punishment? >> i'm sorry, i can't answer that question, i don't know. no worries about that . aspect of worries about that. aspect of this is familiar territory to me. >> i will i will endeavour to find out. i'll let you know. and our viewers know as well, in terms of the winter fuel allowance. tom, how will that

affect pensioners this year? because i've heard of some pensioners who are just above the threshold of pension credit, maybe £13,000 a year. and now they're saying , you know, i am they're saying, you know, i am literally it's a cliche, but i am literally going to be choosing between heating and eating this winter. >> well, and this is where the government's use of that increase to the state pension was a bit of a sleight of hand because, of course, the increase to the state pension, this around £400 a year, that will get added on to the state pension next year. that's a cost of living increase that's baked in that that happens every year using this triple lock mechanism of inflation or earnings or 2.5%. and now they're saying , 2.5%. and now they're saying, well, look, you're going to get that money. so that kind of offsets the fact that you're not getting the winter fuel allowance. but they're two entirely different things. one is a cost of living increase. one the other is a top up to help low earning households, low, low income pensioners to meet the cost of heating their home through the winter. and if you're just above the pension

credit allowance, so you're not getting the welfare top up to your retirement income, then you're now going to be ineligible for that winter fuel allowance. it's going to affect millions of households. and you don't need to be rich to not to still fall into this trap. so there are a lot of low earning pensioners who won't get the pensioners who won't get the pension credit now, won't get the winter fuel allowance, but who are still going to struggle with this through the winter. >> yeah, yeah, it's a sorry situation. tom mcphail from the lang cat . thank you forjoining lang cat. thank you for joining me. appreciate your expertise. and it's not just pensioners struggling in the uk because millions of people across the country are at breaking point as shockingly low levels of income leave them hungry without the basics and indeed fearing debt collectors. that's all according to the debt advice charity christians against poverty, who have released a report today showing 11.8 million. and i. i can't believe that figure 11.8 million people in the uk don't have enough money to live on. anna riley has the story . anna riley has the story. >> christians against poverty, debt advisers like helen bolton

provide free financial support in churches across the nation. the charity's latest report warns that chronically low incomes are devastating. the lives of millions in the uk. this is due to a deficit budget, where people's earnings aren't enough to cover the essentials. we're really surprised to find out that 22% of the population are in this situation, and that equates in the uk to 14.4 million people that are inevitably living in poverty because they've not got enough money coming in to pay their essential bills. >> the overall headline inflation is coming down, but inflation is coming down, but inflation on the basics of life is not coming down or is coming down very, very slowly. meanwhile, incomes, whether that's salaries, wages or benefits , have not gone up benefits, have not gone up anywhere near in line with inflation. and so inevitably things are squeezed. >> michelle neill was helped by the charity after falling into £30,000 of debt. her home was

repossessed and she relied on food banks as her carer's wage didn't cover her bills. >> there weren't any food in the house, it was just one nightmare after another. and to where start? well, basically what we had to do is we had to go back and live with mum for a while. and bearing in mind mum had dementia, which weren't good, but fortunately council came through because we were classed as homeless. council came through and we got it. weren't greatest of properties but it were a roof over his head. not easy when you're on your own , easy when you're on your own, paying paying easy when you're on your own, paying paying bills and things like that. especially if it's going to go up with the energy price increase next month. >> christians against poverty want the government to take action now. we will have people who are cold, who are sitting in the dark, who have the mental health is going down the pan. >> one of the things that we're campaigning for is for the government to look at like a minimum income standard , whether minimum income standard, whether thatis minimum income standard, whether that is through benefits or whether that is through legislation about minimum wages

or minimum hours that people are contracted for. i guess just to accept that there's not a lot more can be done about expenditure. and so we've got to look at giving the minimum level of income to all families. >> christians against poverty are calling for the public to support their campaign, and they hope the labour party will listen. anna riley gb news. >> very important report there from anna riley. thank you. anna. now, lots more to come between now and 6:00, including how donald trump's latest court case could impact his presidential bid come november. now it's time for the news headunes now it's time for the news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'5 afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 530. your headlines. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the

engush helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed the family has been informed and a full investigation is now underway. the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. in france, the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister. president emmanuel macron made the announcement in a bid to resolve the political gridlock after the summer's snap election. at 73, barnier will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history, taking over from gabriel attal, who was the

youngest . a gunman shot dead by youngest. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national with german media reporting he was known to the security authorities as an islamist extremist. authorities are still investigating the suspect's motive, but germany's state interior minister confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich . and israeli consulate in munich. and jeremy kyle has defended his presenting style at an inquest into the death of a man who had been a guest on his chat show, saying it was direct but it was empathetic and honest. 63 year old steve dymond, from portsmouth , reportedly took his portsmouth, reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple suicide attempts and had been rejected initially by the show due to his depression. despite the findings, he was later

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financial report. >> hello. welcome back. thanks, sophia. i had a very good comment from mel on gbnews.com/yoursay, which i've lost. i refresh the page, however, adrian, you said something similar but not quite as emphatic. you said you couldn't make it up. germany will send asylum seekers to rwanda using the facilities we've paid for. if this happens, keir starmer needs to stand down. mel, thank you for your your previous comment, which i lost. i'll try and retrieve it before the show's out, up at 6:00 is michelle dewberry. michelle, what's in store for our lovely viewers this evening? >> hello there. well, of course , >> hello there. well, of course, i want to look at this question about whether or not water bosses should potentially face prison for some of their antics when it comes to the absolute state of the water in this country. i also want to ask, at the moment, when a child is convicted of a crime, the automatic assumption, the starting point, if you like, is mostly the fact of anonymity. should that be the case or is it time to rethink that now, given the way that some kids in our country seem insistent on

behaving ? i also want to look at behaving? i also want to look at scampton. of course. raf, former base there. people will know that now after so many months of protesters saying no, save our scampton, the government seems to have listened to thousands of asylum seekers will not be going into that site after all. so i want to look at that vat on private school fees. so much to talk about tonight. >> cracking show coming up. stay tuned for that at 6:00. in the meantime, mel, i found your comment. germany are looking at sending their asylum seekers to facilities we've paid for to be processed. these are the same facilities and the same scheme our glorious leader says was just a tory gimmick and should be scrapped. let's hope germany go ahead and make it work. it will show what an absolute shower this lot are. your thoughts, not mine. more to come in the couple of minutes, but now, let's go to a break. i'm ben leo on

welcome back ben leo for in martin daubney this afternoon only on gb news. let's head stateside now where donald trump's hearing into his conduct following the 2020 election has begun today in washington, dc, the former president faces four charges relating to his behaviour after falsely claiming the most recent presidential election was rigged. joining me now for more on this is the democratic strategist and former spokesperson for barack obama. no less, frederico de jesus. federico, thank you for joining me, what's going on in dc today? trump of course, has pled not guilty if he is found guilty and he's sentenced to something that won't happen until after the election. so how pivotal is this case? >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> it is pivotal because, this is the first time in history where there was not a peaceful transfer of power and more than 200 plus years of the american republic. >> 250. so, it is also pivotal because the supreme court made

what many consider controversial, some disastrous decision awarding partial immunity for official acts for presidents and former presidents and so jack smith, the special prosecutor, had to revise the superseding indictment that he filed to make sure that he did not run afoul of that decision and that there is accountability for what was, in essence, a coup attempt that we all saw that was bloody. on january 6th, people died and where they assaulted the capitol to interrupt the count of the electoral college . count of the electoral college. so this is very serious. unfortunately, we won't have a verdict before the election, but at least we will have at least the presentation of some evidence and oral arguments. so the american people can see how an ex—president, tried to manipulate the results and steal an election. this is very serious . serious. >> i mean, he would deny that. of course, one of the charges was that trump asked mike pence , was that trump asked mike pence, his then vice president, to pause the vote. the counting of electoral college votes. is that

akin to trying to steal an election? >> well, let's not, you know, let's refer to the record. trump this week said that he had every right to interfere in the election . he would argue that he election. he would argue that he was trying to protect the election . but we all saw that election. but we all saw that recording. and these are separate charges in georgia, where he told the secretary of state of georgia to please find him. the 11,700 votes that were missing, meaning steal the election. for me, there's a failed fake electors plot. we know there were several meetings leading up to january 6th. this was not a spontaneous protest. this was a violent coup attempt, and so there's plenty of evidence. the january 6th commission in congress investigated and did a lengthy report with several administration and white house officials admitting that that was what was going on. and trump himself incited the violence. and that's part of the charges. and that's part of the charges. and to say that these were official acts to subvert the constitution in that way, is very twisted legally. but there

is a supermajority of conservative, justices in the us supreme court, and that's obviously a complication that trump feels would be in his favour. and his motions to delay and delay and delay have played in his favour so that people won't have the verdict before the election . the election. >> okay. can i ask you just about the election race for the white house, kamala harris has given one interview to cnn where critics argue she bombed and it was a train wreck. donald trump. meanwhile, he's giving interviews to anybody and everybody. elon musk, lex fridman, the popular social media star theo von as well. doesit media star theo von as well. does it feel like kamala harris is kind of hiding away from this fight? a little bit? >> i don't think that the dana bash, the dana bash interview on cnn was a bomb. i think that there were some areas she could have done better. she did get her message across. frankly, it was a little weird to have tim waltz there, but yeah, she should definitely do a lot more

interviews. i think that she was riding high in momentum and she's definitely up in a lot of polls, but the race is still very close, and she needs to reach a lot of different audiences. not just national cable tv, but also podcasts , cable tv, but also podcasts, radio stations in the key swing states. and i hope as a democratic strategist that she does that. she has the opportunity in the next two months to close the deal. but she needs to reach people where they are, and that involves being accountable to the media. so absolutely, she should do more of that , more of that, >> look, we're talking about elections, not being accepted and being contested. if donald trump wins in november, will america unite or will we see some pretty unsavoury scenes? do you think? >> i'm afraid that there will be political violence no matter the result of the election? if the democrats win? i don't think that donald trump will accept the results, and i fear and i hope there isn't, that there's more political violence. and if donald trump wins, he's promised

to persecute his political opponents and jail them, and to use the force of the state against his political opponents. so that doesn't bode well for that. >> sounds like what joe biden's been doing, frederico, with respect, that's exactly what joe biden's been doing . if there's biden's been doing. if there's a well, if there's a well , the well, if there's a well, the raid on mar—a—lago for documents which joe biden himself was guilty of the same crime he was president can steal classified documents. >> is that what you're saying to your audience? well joe, joe, joe biden did it. >> he was only he was only he was only left office. >> who did it? >> who did it? >> he was only let off a conviction, frederico, because the judge said that he came across as an elderly man with poor memory. so biden would have been convicted of the exact same thing in the state to enforce the law. >> a former president does not have rights to steal classified documents. >> yeah, like likewise, joe biden . but the argument is, biden. but the argument is, frederico, i've heard that before about people saying trump will yeah, trump will do this and that when he's in power, why wouldn't he have done it in the first four years? he was in

power from 16? >> well, i think that he's emboldened. i think that he has a supreme court decision that says that he's immune for certain things. and he said, and according to project 2025, that he wants to erase the independence of the justice department and go after his political opponents. these are his words. everybody can look them up. and there's evidence, plenty of that. and again, we have january 6th. he did do this. this isn't conjecture. people died. >> yeah i mean, the people that died on january 6th were a maga supporter who was shot by nancy pelosi's bodyguard and a police officer who died of natural causes. but federico de jesus , causes. but federico de jesus, yeah, i have thank you , yeah, i have thank you, federico. appreciate you being with me. thank you very much. former spokesperson for barack obama. okay. we move on. coming up, back over this side of the pond oasis . they've announced pond oasis. they've announced more shows for next summer, but will it be the same battle to grab a ticket? and as expensive? some tickets, of course. going for four, £6,000. i'm ben leo on gb

hello. welcome back. good afternoon to you ben leo with you in for martin daubney on gb news now. oasis have once again shocked the music world by adding two more dates to their 2025 reunion tour. have you got yours? but their ticket launch is now the subject of an investigation by the uk's competition watchdog, with the focus on how dynamic pricing affected the cost. some fans on ticketmaster saw some tickets dramatically double and even triple in price. well, let's get the thoughts of music producer nick stewart on the latest good evening nick. good afternoon, first of all, good news that oasis have added two new dates . oasis have added two new dates. how are they going to make this fairer compared to the initial launch of tickets ? launch of tickets? >> with some difficulty. ben. good evening . good evening. >> and i think the thing to say, let's let's go back just a little bit here over the weekend ,

little bit here over the weekend, 10 million fans from 158 countries, 158 countries queued up to buy tickets for the tour . up to buy tickets for the tour. in addition to the two, they already had booked at wembley. >> they've now added two more and in order to satisfy demand at wembley , they'd have to put at wembley, they'd have to put on 111 gigs. >> i mean, the demand for this tour is completely unprecedented and oasis have put a statement out saying, well, prior meetings between promoters ticketmaster and the band's management resulted in a positive ticket sales strategy, which would be a better experience for fans, including, and this is important, dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down, as well as reduce touting the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations. that was

what the band said, and i've got to a bit of sympathy here, you would say that. of course i would, being in the industry, but i've got some sympathy here because nothing like this has been seen before. i spoke to a senior, person in the live business an hour ago to talk about this, and he said he'd never seen anything like it. and so, you know , the cma are now so, you know, the cma are now coming on board. they're going to talk to ticketmaster to see whether these tickets have breached consumer protection law. can i confirm or otherwise that they have. >> no, i can't , but nick oasis >> no, i can't, but nick oasis are still using ticketmaster for these two new dates. >> why are they doing that? because you would have thought after the debacle . after the debacle. >> well, ben, the answer is that ticketmaster are one of the i mean, there are other ticketing sites, including, you know, gigs and tours and see tickets. there's only a certain there's only a i know where you're heading with this, which is a

monopolistic structure between live nation , ticketmaster and live nation, ticketmaster and all the rest of it. but there is only a certain amount of mechanic that can be put into place to deal with this, i don't think. i mean , dumping think. i mean, dumping ticketmaster is not going to solve the problem . solve the problem. >> nick. we've got 305 left, but some of our viewers say that oasis aren't all that anyway, you've got, you know , they're a you've got, you know, they're a beatles rip off. there's much better bands and they don't understand the fuss. what's your response to those kind of people? very briefly, my response to that is everyone's entitled to their view. >> back in the day, people preferred blur and pulp to oasis, but the fact of the matter is, this is the most i was with apple music today. they told me that oasis is streaming numbers on apple are off the chart . this is one of the most chart. this is one of the most popular bands in the history of recorded music. >> very, very pushed for time. so sorry to cut you short, nick. thank you very much. appreciate you being with us. that's all from me for today. dewbs& co will keep you company for the

next hour or so. i'm back tomorrow night for patrick christys show at 9 pm. time now for your weather with aidan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there! welcome to latest update from the met office for gb news. big contrast today developing across the uk. very wet in the south, drier elsewhere and increasingly warm in the north—west. that's where the best of the sunshine will be over the next few days with easterly winds around the northern flank of this area of low pressure over the continent. and that's the low that is causing a lot of wet weather for south wales, the south and southwest of england. the rain increasingly heavy as we end the day. very miserable conditions there for the south and southwest. but it does tend to ease a little overnight. we keep the cloud and certainly a lot of low cloud in the south and the east, but in the northwest , low cloud in the south and the east, but in the northwest, as well as for northern ireland, northwest england, well , it's

northwest england, well, it's going to be clear as we begin friday, but it is a warm start to the day. wherever you are. we've got humid air arriving from the continent, but around the top of that low pressure system via the north sea, all that humidity and closest to the low, the instability causing a lot of showers first thing in the south and southwest once again, but drier elsewhere. some low clouds, mist and fret into eastern scotland, as well as northeast england, but western scotland, northern ireland faring best for long spells of sunshine. likewise for cumbria, lancashire and north wales . lancashire and north wales. beautiful weather here, having mostly missed out on a summer in the north—west of the uk. well, the north—west of the uk. well, the next few days look absolutely glorious. the same can't be said for the south and especially the southwest, where the rain will be on and off through friday. but it will be heavy at times and that rain accumulating 5100 and in some spots more than 100mm. so rain warning for the risk of localised flooding. but where we do have the sunshine in the

north—west temperatures reaching the mid 20s for parts of western scotland could be the warmest day of the year so far. on friday, it's going to feel humid wherever you are and that humidity continuing as we begin the weekend. actually, plenty of fine weather at first on saturday, further rain to come in the south on sunday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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campaigners have delivered petitions to downing street today to try and get labour to stop their planned changes to private schools. will it work? should labour change their plans? and speaking of campaigners, a victory today for those who have spent many months trying to stop the former raf base scampton being used for so—called asylum seekers, we'll cross live there tonight . all of cross live there tonight. all of that and more. i also want to ask you about the house of lords ask you about the house of lords as well. hereditary peers, is it time to get rid of all of them? but first, let's get stuck into the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines at 6:00. the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other