on friday the 13th of it's 930 on friday the 13th of september. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with ben elliott and nana akua. >> putin's warning to the west . >> putin's warning to the west. the russian president says that britain and the us will be at war with moscow if they allow ukraine to use long—range missiles to strike russia. >> starmer lands in the us. putin's warning comes as the prime minister arrives in washington for talks with us president joe biden. >> football world farewells first sven—goran eriksson, the former england manager's funeral is underway at the as his hometown in sweden, with david beckham among those leading tributes . tributes. >> and elsewhere calls for migration caps. tory leadership frontrunner robert jenrick wants net migration limited to a few thousand people per year. >> good luck with that one. junk food ad ban criticised the prime minister's plan to ban ads for junk food before 9 pm. has been branded. the new era of the nanny state. >> and is it time to scrap

bearskin caps.7 the ceremonial caps worn by soldiers outside buckingham palace now cost more than £2,000 each. so should we get rid of them? we'll debate that. next. oh, good morning to you. hope you're well. thank you for joining nana and myself today. are you superstitious? it's of course , friday the 13th today. course, friday the 13th today. >> no, i'm not at all. it's literally i get up and i think, oh, what day is it? and then i don't know what day it is. i do my thing. and then somebody then points out it's friday the 13th. i don't really i don't care about it, but perhaps i shouldn't be saying that. perhaps i should be more careful. >> unlucky for some, unlucky for some. we've got a guest on a bit later on from the world of housing and real estate, as the americans call it, saying that today is the worst day for buying and selling houses. >> really? because i was going to view some properties. i've got to be honest with you, today i'm trying to sell my house. >> it's a nightmare. i'm so fed up with it. people coming around, you have to get the

house ready. you have to tidy. you have to make sure the kids toys are away. >> they're just nosy. they want to see what's. what's it like inside the house? i've always wanted to know. then they come in elsewhere. >> nana net migration figures. robert jenrick says that he wants to get it to down the thousands. of course, we've heard that loads from tories in recent years. >> unfortunately, robert, as much as i, a lot of people share the same sentiment, i think you're delusional on that one. it's not going to happen, is it? >> well, no, lots of people say it's not going to happen. forget thousands. we need net migration at negative. we need some. >> we need to stop the boats. i mean, once somebody stops the boats, then i think they can be talking about that. but, you know, robert is on the right track. listen, send us your thoughts, post your comments. gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get the news with sam francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. the top stories at just after half past nine. sir keir starmer has backed ukraine's right to defend itself after president putin suggested nato would be at war. if the west allows long—range weapons to be used on russian soil. it comes as the prime minister's meeting with president biden in

washington, dc for talks on the wars in ukraine and gaza. top of the agenda. ukraine's plea to use western missiles against russian targets a request, though that remains unresolved amid fears of escalation. the trip follows a pledge from the us and the uk of over £1 billion combined in new financial aid to ukraine. meanwhile, we've heard this morning that russia has expelled six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of espionage and sabotage. the fsb security service claims the diplomat's actions prompted that response, amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk . mourners have gathered in uk. mourners have gathered in the swedish town of torsby in sweden as the football world bids farewell to sven—goran eriksson. this morning. the former england manager's funeral is being held in his home town. you can see there live pictures from inside that church where the service is now ongoing. 600 guests expected to attend,

including david beckham and members of eriksson's england squad. a single bell tolled as his coffin arrived earlier this morning ahead of attendees and sweden's royal family are also in attendance . robert jenrick , in attendance. robert jenrick, the leading conservative candidate for the party's leadership, is proposing to drastically limit the number of migrants entering the country. the former immigration minister told our political editor, chris hope he wants to see a cap of just a few thousand people per yeah just a few thousand people per year. that's if the conservatives won the next election. he discussed what he called a more controlled but restrictive approach to immigration on chopper's political podcast >> except that what i'm arguing for will not be plain sailing. it requires a big change in our economy in our public services, but it is the right thing to do to get a crowd of thousands. >> could it, could it? and net figure thousands. >> well, i think we'd have to give that careful thought, but my point is that it should be in the tens of thousands or lower.

>> the government has struck a £630 million deal to bring part of the national grid's operations into public ownership, launching on the 1st of october. the new national energy system operator will help drive the uk's transition to clean energy and to strengthen energy security. the energy secretary, ed miliband, hailing the move as a milestone which he claims will position the uk as a clean energy superpower. the national grid said the final price, though, could still change before the deal closes . change before the deal closes. and finally, in the us, donald trump says he's done debating and won't participate in another head to head before the november election, despite polls currently showing kamala harris won their first face off on truth social , his platform, truth social, his platform, trump boasted about his performance but several top republicans said harris came out on top with one poll showing 53% of voters agree. over 67 million viewers tuned in for that first debate, but harris insists voters deserve a rematch, calling for another round.

however, the majority of registered voters say they believe one debate is enough . believe one debate is enough. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. a full roundup at the top of the hour . at the top of the 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 . forward slash alerts. >> hello. good morning and welcome. this is britain's newsroom. we are live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben, leo and me. nana akua good morning to you. >> thank you forjoining us this >> thank you for joining us this morning. lots going on. not least i mean some suggesting the dawn of perhaps world war iii with this missile row. sir keir starmer, of course, and david lammy in his trainers. did you see that picture of him? >> like i said, don abbott vibes two left feet. you remember that time she came out and she was wearing two left feet? not even two right ones? >> we laugh about it, but it is a serious point. should our

foreign secretary be dressed in black trainers? >> why? what's wrong with that? come on, i think you're going a bit. you're going a bit. well, you're visiting the world's leading superpower to discuss whether we should lend you know, missiles to strike russia. oh, he's gone there in black trainers in their own territory, wearing trainers. >> i mean, i'm not sure if he's if he's wearing them now, but the snap of him and sir keir starmer together outside downing street en route to dc, where they're meeting joe biden, he was wearing trainers. >> but maybe when he gets on the plane, you know, like when you get on the plane, you don't wear your best shoes. i don't, because it's very uncomfortable, isn't it? you've got nice stilettos. you don't want to do that. not that he would be wearing stilettos though. you don't know i don't know. there's just a who, me? >> just a question about the optics. but anyway, look, as we said, the prime minister has arrived in the united states to hold vital talks with president joe biden to decide whether ukraine can indeed use those british long—range missiles to strike inside russia. >> now, sir keir starmer will appeal to president joe biden to agree to the decision. it would mark a significant gain for ukraine. >> but on the other hand, the risk of an all out conflict suddenly looks more likely with vladimir putin promising the decision will trigger a war with

the united states and the uk . the united states and the uk. >> well, gb news political correspondent katherine forster has more. >> the prime minister back in washington, dc, it's only a couple of months since he was here at the nato summit , which here at the nato summit, which was less than a week after he swept to that huge landslide victory in early july. this time, he has come to talk with the outgoing us president, time, he has come to talk with the outgoing us president , joe the outgoing us president, joe biden. joe biden, of course, will only be president till november the 5th. after that . november the 5th. after that. well, at the moment it's simply too close to call whether it will be the return of donald trump or kamala harris , we trump or kamala harris, we simply do not know. but in the meantime, the uk and the us are very keen to work together to strengthen their special relationship that we hear so much about in the face of very, very pressing global challenges.

the situation in ukraine, of course, and also in the middle east and now the foreign secretary is with the prime minister he, of course, is back from a trip to ukraine and that he took with the american secretary of state, antony blinken. volodymyr zelenskyy has made it plain what further help he wants from the west . one of he wants from the west. one of the things is the ability to use british and french made storm shadow long—range cruise missiles and to send them in to russia itself. now that is something that up until now, the us has been against. and it sounds like that position is beginning to shift. we may hear a change in the coming days or weeks, but president putin of russia has had something to say

about that possibility . speaking about that possibility. speaking on russian television, he said that if that happened, that that would mean that nato countries were at war with russia and that russia would then have to respond. so very worrying indeed . respond. so very worrying indeed. now on the plane over and us journalists were talking to the prime minister. we mentioned this, and in response he said, well, look, russia started the war. they illegally invaded ukraine. it's in their power to stop the war now. but this is obviously incredibly delicate. and the us has been very worried about the possible risks of escalation. but of course, we now know that iran is supplying missiles to russia. so the view is that russia has already escalated this. they'll also be

talking about the middle east, the need for the ceasefire, the need to see the hostages released, no immediate prospect of that at the moment. it must be said it was katherine forster with her report there that she sent us earlier, i presume, probably possibly slightly jet lagged. >> but joining us now is the former british army colonel and author, hamish de bretton—gordon. hamish, thank you very much for joining us. look one of the things that catherine alluded to was that the fact that iran are now supplying weapons to russia has escalated the situation. is that true ? because they're probably true? because they're probably getting weapons from iran and other countries like china, so on and so forth before this. anyway >> well, i personally think it's a massive strategic error by iran , as your reporter said, and iran, as your reporter said, and as, as others have suggesting absolutely it then reinforces, the decisions that biden and starmer have really got to make in, in washington today to allow, ukraine to use storm

shadow and other long—range missiles, and, you know, hearing also the great fears of escalation. well, i think people need to, you know, look at the history books and also look at this war. you know, every time putin has threatened escalation and lavrov, his, his foreign secretary, it just hasn't happened with tanks with long—range artillery, with f—16s. and it seems ridiculous to, you know, really shackle ukraine, you know , russia can ukraine, you know, russia can fire missiles from wherever it likes. i think putin is rattled and he's really concerned, actually , if storm shadow can actually, if storm shadow can attack 3 or 400km into russia, it completely nullifies a lot of his weaponry. and especially i know everybody's petrified by the nuclear attacks. but if storm shadow can be used, it would prevent russia even being able to launch a tactical nuclear missile. so i think putin is , you know, all his putin is, you know, all his bluff and bluster last night and

today is, i think he's rattled and i think he's really clinging on at the moment. and we must force it home, because what everybody wants is peace and peace in ukraine as quickly as possible. >> well, hamish, will we get peace in ukraine if we're lending these missiles to ukraine? because, i mean, the national audit office, i think it was last week, said that our own military readiness was at risk by our continued support to ukraine and if this does indeed escalate, the war with ukraine and russia, and we do call putin's bluff again and he's not bluffing. how ready are we? because at the moment we can't even stop dinghies crossing the channel. let alone face up to potentially a world war with with russia. it's been argued . with russia. it's been argued. >> yeah, i mean that that is a really good point , we >> yeah, i mean that that is a really good point, we paid lip service to our own defence since the end of the cold war, and crikey, if this isn't a wake up call to the to the new government, then i really don't know what is. but but actually it is much better that russia is defeated and stopped in ukraine rather than if we have to fight

with our meagre resources, the russian russians in europe and l, russian russians in europe and i, i hope the new government, you know, with all its special advisers, it would do well to have a historical adviser so that they're fully aware of the last time a tyrant's headed west, and exactly what that happened and what it took. but you're right. we are denuded. but we haven't. we have gifted these storm shadows. but it seems ridiculous to not allow them to use them to their full capability. it's like organising a football match between ukraine and russia and saying ukraine can only have a goalkeeper. so i think we need to be bold here, and i hope the new prime minister and his advisors are bold because actually it's bold decision that win war, dithering loses war. >> do you think that bringing the ru people. so actually for them to feel in ukraine might make them think again because wasn't it one of the previous wars where the mothers were the people who actually stopped the war because

they in russia before ? do you they in russia before? do you think this this actually, although no one wants to see death and destruction, this could actually be the right move. >> you're absolutely right. you're an allegory with the war in afghanistan, where 17,000 russian soldiers died and then their mothers stormed the kremlin, as it were. you know, 600,000 russians have died. sadly they are not getting gb news in washington so that they're getting the truth, but it is beginning to filter through even the russian protagonists, who are on tv every night in washington are questioning putin and whether his military brilliance has now run out. so, absolutely, the best way to end this war is for somebody else to take over, to run russia. you know, lots of academics will tell you that whoever replaces putin will be worse. well, they might be, but putin has destroyed the russian army and will not be a threat to nato for some time to come. so i think it is really a time to be

bold and try and let those russians know, because it's not the rich and elite russian children who are dying in the donbas and dying in kursk. it's actually the sort of the ethnic minorities from from eastern russia and dare i say it, prisoners . so as soon as those prisoners. so as soon as those who have influence in moscow realise what's happening. okay, i think it will mish we get the point. >> and really good to have your company and you can come back any time. hamish de bretton—gordon. he's a former british army colonel and an author. >> okay, up next, should we have a cap on net migration ? yeah. a cap on net migration? yeah. interesting question. tory leadership candidate robert jenrick says he wants to get annual numbers down to the thousands. we've heard that plenty of times before, of course, from tory prime ministers and leadership candidates. will he stick to his word if and

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nana akua. >> right. the tory leadership candidate, robert jenrick is calling for an annual cap on net migration. >> the former immigration minister has told chopper's political podcast that migration should be cut to as little as thousands a year. let's take a listen , bring back this, this listen, bring back this, this net net 100,000 a year migrant arrivals, >> yes. but go significantly further. the problem with the commitment that we had in the coalition government was of course, it was never met. there was effort, you know, i think in fairness, ministers like theresa may at the home office tried very hard to do so. what i have argued for with fellow member of parliament neil o'brien is that we have a legally binding cap set by parliament. >> that was tory policy election, wasn't it? >> well, it was, but we didn't put a number on it. what i'm saying is parliament should set that number. i think it should be in the tens of thousands or lower. and that would give the pubuc lower. and that would give the public finally the confidence that we mean what we say. >> although there is thousands

and tens of thousands, would you go that low? i mean, that's going towards one in, one out, which is the reform uk party policy. >> i think you'd have to give it careful thought. we've obviously lived through a 25 year period of mass migration. so i, i accept that what i'm arguing for will not be plain sailing . it will not be plain sailing. it requires a big change in our economy, in our public services, but it is the right thing to do to get a crowd of thousands. >> could it, could it and net figure thousands? >> well, i think we'd have to give that careful thought, but my point is that it should be in the tens of thousands or lower in the low or lower. >> gosh. yeah. >> gosh. yeah. >> right. that was robert jenrick. and you can listen to the full interview on topper's political podcast on gb news. com forward slash not your say or wherever you get your podcasts from now though. conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, mark francois, who's been supporting robert jenrick in the leadership race, joins us now. mark, thank you very much for joining us, i wanted to ask. forjoining us, i wanted to ask. it's lovely to talk to you this morning, look, you guys couldn't stop the boats. people are listening to this thinking, what's the point of numbers? you're just talking numbers.

numbers? no. real, no real indication as to how you'll keep net migration down. do you think people believe any of this from the conservatives? >> i understand your question. and this is something that cropped up a lot on the doorstep in the general election , in the general election, including in my constituency. and i think the question that people will ask is if you're going to talk tough on this subject , do you really going to talk tough on this subject, do you really mean it? would you would you follow it through? so one of the reasons that i decided to support robert, for the leadership of the conservative party was when we were debating the rwanda bill in the house of commons, he was the immigration minister. he fought within government to toughen up that bill, to try and make it, you know , legally bomb make it, you know, legally bomb proof against endless appeals. and in the end , he wasn't able and in the end, he wasn't able to win that argument within

government to toughen up the bill. and so he resigned on a point of honour rather than remain in the government with all the red boxes and the ministerial cars, he gave up his office because he wasn't convinced that the measures in that legislation were tough enough. it is a very rare thing for a government to minister resign on a point of honour. so i think that is his, if you like, his bona fides in this, that shows me a man who was prepared to give up on his office on a point of principle. and that's why i believe he means what he says. >> yeah. i mean, some tory members are saying, you know, going back to david cameron, who promised tens of thousands in net migration, nothing has ever been done. so maybe robert, why even mention it at all? but we've got i'm sorry to say, we're fast running out of time, mark, but very briefly, if it comes down to robert jenrick and badenoch in the final two, who are the members going to choose and why? i think kemi's favourite at the moment. >> well , if

favourite at the moment. >> well, if you look at favourite at the moment. >> well , if you look at the >> well, if you look at the polls among members of parliament, robert is favourites. so he got 33 votes in the last round with the members. i think kemi got got 28. so among the members of parliament going into the conference and you know, the mps know these candidates very well. it's a fact that robert's in the lead. so i believe no disrespect to kemi. >> you've got five seconds. >> you've got five seconds. >> the greater number. >> the greater number. >> we're going to have to leave it there. thank you mark. plenty more to come. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on solar. sponsors of weather on gb. news this. >> morning. for time your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. a sparkling day of sunshine on offer for most, but it is cold out there. pockets of frost in places. the winds though pretty light, so in the sunny spells it will feel a little bit warmer

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>> well. >> well. >> good morning. it's 10:00. >> good morning. it's10:00. it's friday the 13th of september. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with nana akua and ben elliott. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well at home. putin's warning to the west. the russian president says britain and the us will be at war with moscow if they allow ukraine to use long—range missiles to strike inside russia. >> starmer lands in the us. putin's warning comes as the prime minister arrives in washington for talks with the us president, joe biden, and football world says goodbye to sven—goran eriksson. >> the former england manager's funeral is underway at his hometown in sweden, with the likes of david beckham among those leading tributes. >> junk food ad ban is criticised. the prime minister's plans to ban ads forjunk criticised. the prime minister's plans to ban ads for junk food before 9:00 has been branded. the new era of the nanny state. >> and is it time to scrap bearskin caps? the ceremonial caps worn by soldiers outside

buckingham palace now cost more than £2,000 each. so should we get rid of them completely? we'll be debating that shortly . we'll be debating that shortly. >> that little jingle. i do like that jingle. yeah. >> you need to be on envisioned for that. so in in that little sting where it goes dee dee dee dee dee nana loves doing a bit of a jig because you can't help it. too many coffees, they said, i don't drink coffee. >> i don't drink caffeine at all. >> just the enthusiasm for life. >> just the enthusiasm for life. >> exactly. and of course, it's friday the 13th. i used to superstitious. does it? >> not really. no, no, not really . really. >> although at the beginning you were singing kumbaya. he was singing kumbaya and praying for peace. >> i was just i was hoping for a peaceful show and a peaceful world. bearing in mind we're talking about vladimir putin potentially nuking the west. i was just. yeah. giving you a little prayer for the peace of humanity. >> he's been saying that for a while, though, hasn't he? i mean, we don't want to tempt

fate with that. this man. so you know, but he has been saying it for a long time. >> how long do you want to keep, >> how long do you want to keep, >> keep calling his bluff. that's the big question. some are saying that we shouldn't be providing ukraine with these missiles, which can only be activated by nato in the us and the us, and they will strike military sites inside russia. others saying we should back off and leave ukraine to it. >> but if they can strike military targets in russia, which is the point, then you could actually sort of reduce his arms capability. so that is the point. but listen, we'd love to hear what you think. send us your views, post your comments, gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get your . news. let's get your. news. >> nana ben, thank you very much and good morning to you. 10:02, the top story this hour. sir keir starmer has backed ukraine's right to defend itself. that's after president putin suggested nato would be at war. if the west allows long—range weapons to be used on russian soil. it comes as the prime minister is meeting with

president biden in washington for talks on the wars in ukraine and in gaza. top of the agenda. ukraine's plea to use western missiles against russian targets. that request, though, remains unresolved amid fears of escalation. the trip follows a pledge from the us and the uk of over £1 billion combined in new financial aid to ukraine. well, our political correspondent katherine forster is in washington dc for us. >> volodymyr zelenskyy has made it plain what further help he wants from the west. one of the things is the ability to use british and french made storm shadow long—range cruise missiles and to send them in to russia itself. now that is something that up until now, the us has been against, and it sounds like that position is beginning to shift. we may hear

a change in the coming days or weeks. >> katherine forster there reporting from washington dc. for us. well, this morning we've heard that russia has expelled six british diplomats from moscow , accusing them of moscow, accusing them of espionage and sabotage. the fsb security service claims the diplomats actions prompted that response, amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk . in other news, mourners have uk. in other news, mourners have gathered in the swedish town of torsby as the football world bids farewell to sven—goran eriksson. this morning. the former england manager's funeral is currently being held in his home town. you can see there live pictures from inside the church where that service is taking place. over 600 guests attending, including david beckham and members of eriksson's former england squad. earlier, a single bell tolled as his coffin arrived this morning ahead of attendees with the swedish royal family also attending that service . robert

attending that service. robert jenrick. the leading candidate for the conservative party leadership is proposing to drastically limit the number of migrants entering the country. the former immigration minister told our political editor chris hope he wants to see a cap of just a few thousand people per yeah just a few thousand people per year. if the conservatives won the next election. he discussed what he called a more controlled and restrictive approach to immigration on chopper's political podcast dept. >> that what i'm arguing for will not be plain sailing. it requires a big change in our economy, in our public services , economy, in our public services, but it is the right thing to do. >> get a crowd of thousands, could it, could it? and net figure thousands. >> well, i think we'd have to give that careful thought. but my point is that it should be in the tens of thousands or lower. >> donald trump says he's done debating and won't participate in another head to head before the november election, despite currently polls showing kamala harris won their first face off on truth social. trump boasted about his performance, but several top republicans said

harris came out on top, with one poll showing over 50% of voters agree. over 67 million viewers tuned in for that first debate, but kamala harris insists voters deserve a rematch, calling for another round. however, the majority of registered voters say they believe one debate was enough. say they believe one debate was enough . here, assisted dying enough. here, assisted dying should be allowed in england, according to a panel made up of members of the public. after eight weeks of debate, a majority of that panel voted in favour. the top reasons for support were the need to stop pain and to allow a dignified death for the terminally ill, while 20 of the 28 jury members supported a change to the law. critics were warning it could be misused and lead to reduced palliative care funding. the findings, commissioned by the nuffield council on bioethics, could influence upcoming parliamentary debates, with a bill expected to be heard in november this year. two men have been charged after a banksy

painting was stolen from a london gallery. larry fraser and james love were arrested and charged with burglary. following that theft. the girl with balloon painting, which partially self—destructed during a £1.1 million auction, was recovered and will be returned to that gallery. banksy's artwork has recently faced a string of threats, with several pieces being moved for safe keeping. the 47 year old and 53 year old will appear at kingston crown court next month . and crown court next month. and finally, the government has struck a £630 million deal to bnng struck a £630 million deal to bring part of the national grid's operations into public ownership, launching on the 1st of october. the new national energy system operator will help drive the uk's transition to clean energy and strengthen energy security. the energy secretary , ed miliband, is secretary, ed miliband, is hailing the move as a milestone, which he claims will position the uk as a clean energy superpower. the national grid, though, has said the final price could still change before the deal closes. those are the

latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for another update in around 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 . gbnews.com. forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome back. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> well listen lots of you have been getting in touch with your views. then you found one that we found most entertaining. >> i don't know if i should read it or not. go on. i don't want to give these people attention. the thing is, we get so many nice messages all the time, and there's 1 or 2 which makes me laugh, but they are quite nasty in their essence. okay, i'll read it. dave, it's very short. wow. the ultimate vile couple are on time to turn off. >> don't mix your words, dave .

>> don't mix your words, dave. >> don't mix your words, dave. >> i think, i think, i think he's talking about me and you . he's talking about me and you. >> i think he must be. what time is he sent that someone else? >> julia. good morning. julia. you said good morning. loving the programme, ben. and nana soldiers headwear. unbelievable that the headwear, the bearskins should even be up for debate. we must flush away all our must. we must. we flush away all of our british traditions? yeah, it does feel like that. >> yeah, because the bears, the thing is already dead in a way. >> you've made something out of the skin. unless you specifically killed it for that skin. but then there may have been other uses for other elements of that bear. >> two grand a pop, though. >> two grand a pop, though. >> two grand a pop, though. >> two grand a pop. is it worth. >> two grand a pop. is it worth. >> you know, bears are expensive, i don't know. listen. vile, vile woman, vile woman. >> the ultimate vile people. listen. the creature is already dead.the listen. the creature is already dead. the helmet has already been made. we're not making hundreds of them. they're there, so you might as well make use of it. that's what i think. >> indeed, and one more on ukraine. stephen. good morning. you say ukraine could end the war today? all zelenskyy has to do is give putin an assurance that ukraine will not join nato. >> i don't think it's that simple. if only it were. it's not that simple. you must know

that, right? i mean, it could all be over today. perhaps if vladimir putin stopped firing at ukraine, that would be the end of the war. to be honest, it's a bit like the gaza situation as well. if perhaps hamas stopped firing the missiles into israel, then perhaps that would be the end of the war. so but again, again, those notions are quite simplistic and it's way more complex than that. but keep your thoughts coming. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> yes, thank you for those. now, the prime minister, of course, has arrived in the united states to hold vital talks with president joe biden to decide whether ukraine can indeed use those british made long—range missiles inside russian territory . russian territory. >> now, sir keir starmer will appeal to mr biden to agree to the decision, and it would mark a significant gain for ukraine. >> but on the other hand, the risk of an all out conflict suddenly looks more likely with putin promising the decision will trigger a war with the us and the uk. defence analyst chris newton joins us now. and chris, good morning to you.

let's ask that question first. is putin bluffing or will indeed us giving these missiles to ukraine to use inside russian territory will that be a red line that we cross in terms of putin and russia? >> good morning, if we look at putin's sort of and russia and russia's past, past behaviour on this, they've made, as you mentioned before, they've made repeated threats. before in relation to the west supplying ukraine with different kinds of weapon systems. you know, when the british, you know, initially suppued the british, you know, initially supplied with storm shadow, when the british supplied ukraine with challenger two tanks, when , with challenger two tanks, when, when the west announced the supply of jets as well. so, so if you go on a putin's past behaviour then . yes. then then behaviour then. yes. then then the situation is that, you know, this could be another part of

putin's intimidation campaign and this is just another kind of source of intimidation, of course , this this is a serious course, this this is a serious threat, these these things need to be carefully considered. we shouldn't be blase about any kind of decision like this, especially when nuclear weapons are involved. but but at the end of the day, you know, the pattern of behaviour is that, you know , russia made it makes you know, russia made it makes these threats and putin's in a particularly difficult situation at the moment, especially with ukraine, in attacking and occupying, part of kursk oblast, which is russian territory. so, so putin has to make his stand. he has to make his his defiance , he has to make his his defiance, but but, you know, these things should, should still be carefully considered. >> do you not feel there's a sense of us drawing red lines because , you know, we seem to be

because, you know, we seem to be saying, oh, these are putin's red lines, and we're so concerned about his red lines. but what about ours? you know, he he's taking missiles and weapons from iran and he's, you know, firing them constantly into ukraine. if ukraine fire missiles from ukraine into russia, surely it will awaken the russian people as to what's going on. if they're not aware which i suspect they're not. >> yes. and zelenskyy ultimately said , i think a few weeks ago said, i think a few weeks ago that the russian that russia should experience some of what ukraine has been experiencing over the past few years and yes, russia has you know, if you're looking for the chief source of escalation and the side that has repeatedly crossed red lines with, with, you know, with multiple atrocities and so forth, it's russia and as you mentioned, yes, russia , russia mentioned, yes, russia, russia is, gaining weapons and weapons system from, from different

countries such as iran and north korea. so, so in some respects, this move, if keir starmer does make the decision to, to authorise the use of storm shadow in russian territory, this could be seen as a response to , to russia gaining ballistic to, to russia gaining ballistic missiles from iran . missiles from iran. >> chris newton defence analyst thank you for joining >> chris newton defence analyst thank you forjoining us >> chris newton defence analyst thank you for joining us this morning, yeah, kind of the conversation i didn't want to have really, you know, are we at risk of provoking vladimir putin into launching tactical nukes? i don't know, and also at a time when the national audit office says that we, our own military is vastly underprepared because we are helping ukraine so much, we are helping ukraine so much, we can't stop the boats. of course, all of the nation can't decide what their pronouns are. and yet we're kind of, are we ready? are we giving ourselves up for a war with russia? i mean, it's just beggars belief. >> well, there'll be arguments as to which toilet that people can use and whether everyone should be wearing gender neutral

soldier outfits if we're not careful. we seem to be so distracted. and that is a point that vladimir putin himself made . that vladimir putin himself made. >> and then and then also you've got david lammy again , a trivial got david lammy again, a trivial point, but it just it plays into the optics. you've got david lammy going to the us wearing trainers on his suit. i'm just, i don't know. >> well, well richard is probably shares your sentiment. >> he says on gbnews.com/yoursay that starmer loves chasing around the world, doesn't he? hugely spending as much of our money as he can. lammy at his side. bon bon. in yet another 600 million to the war without starmer's permission, do you think? well, i don't know, but i suspect they've got a long flight. they're probably talking about quite a few things and how much money to spend and to what do about the war is probably one of those things. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. well, should we, change gears a little bit? because it's the funeral today of sven—goran eriksson, the former england manager, and it's finished in his home town of torsby in sweden. there's the pictures there on the screen. yeah. he was a great a great, a great

manager. i'll say a great sportsman, a manager of many, not just england, but many football clubs. but what's been apparent and what's manifested since his death from pancreatic cancer is how much of a great man he was as well. >> yeah, a kind man. >> yeah, a kind man. >> they seem to be the words that a lot of people are using is that he was kind and that that's when somebody saying that lots of people are saying that there tends to be quite a ring of truth to it. david beckham spoke as well at at his funeral, too, and he also did that documentary, didn't he, with netflix documenting parts of his life and then giving a message to people at the end, which i thought was quite an impassioned message. but a great manager, a really good manager and lots of course, you said david beckham's there lots of tributes from former footballers , including former footballers, including michael owen, who all credit sven—goran eriksson with really accelerating their careers and not only looking after them as a manager, but almost becoming a fatherly figure to them as well dunng fatherly figure to them as well during their careers. >> there's david beckham on screen there in sweden , yeah, a screen there in sweden, yeah, a real testament to not only the football manager he was, but the

human being he was. and as you mentioned, nana, that netflix documentary he shared a poignant goodbye message. >> he did? >> he did? >> yes, >> yes, >> saying goodbye to everybody. and it was just it was one of the sort of things where, you know, that's after his death. he wants you to play it back and hear what his thoughts are. and his sentiments are about death, which is something that obviously everyone will face, he said. >> at the end of the documentary, he shared one final message and said , i had a good message and said, i had a good life. i think we're all scared of the day when we die, but life is about death as well. you have to learn to accept it for what it is. hopefully at the end people will say, yeah, he was a good man, but everyone won't say that. but i hope you will remember me as a positive guy trying to do everything i could. don't be sorry . trying to do everything i could. don't be sorry. smile. thank you for everything. coaches, players, the crowds. it's been fantastic. take care of yourself and take care of your life and live it, brilliant. brilliant. priti, yeah. i've got goosebumps after a brilliant man, a brilliant man. >> okay, so that, of course, was his funeral. but up next, sadiq

khanis his funeral. but up next, sadiq khan is under fire for suggesting prisoners should be prioritised for housing in a bid to cut re—offending. we'll discuss that and other making the headlines today. you're with britain's newsroom

gb news. >> hello. welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, ben elliott and nana akua. and we're delighted to also be joined by amy nichi hodgson and emma webb in the studio to go through all of the day's top stories. can we kick start with biscuits? because robert jenrick the tory leadership hopeful, reckons custard creams are the nation's favourite biccy and i wanted to get your thoughts. can we, can we get that place out there? >> yes, i do like a custard cream. >> they've somehow they've gone down. but that's what i would say. >> stopped clocks and all that. rob on to something. i actually agree with him . you reckon agree with him. you reckon creams? yeah, i don't know. i think shortbreads are pretty popular for me. >> dunking a shortbread in a cup

of chamomile or not. camomile actually, that can make you feel a bit sick. camomile herbal tea? yeah. any herbal tea? >> not biscuit and herbal tea, think. >> no, not camomile. >> no, not camomile. >> i'd even go for a dunk of cake. especially if you're having herbal tea cake and tea. >> lemon drizzle in a bit of herbal tea. >> that's delicious. well, that's it from britain's newsrooms today. >> hard hitting investigative journalism . journalism. >> let's start with the low skilled migrants, because a lot of people are saying immigration is a great thing. immigration is a great thing. yes it is. if you structure who you allow in. but low skilled migrants cost taxpayers £150,000 each. that's reported in the telegraph . reported in the telegraph. >> amy turner so this piece in the telegraph uses data from the obr. so, you know , very reliable obr. so, you know, very reliable set of data. but it only looks at low skilled immigrants when they arrive. and it assumes that they're going to stay low skilled throughout their life. and if you take the average immigrant coming into the uk, the data set changes quite significantly. and the average immigrant will take out far less

than they put in. and that's down to things like the fact that they don't use the education system because they arrive here as adults, so they don't take out that £6,000 a year or whatever to get educated. but they might have children. so i think it's a bit unfair that we look at the low skilled migrants. we assume they're not going to advance throughout their life, and we don't look at the average immigrant, i think, who is a net benefit. >> but if you're looking at a snapshot and you're saying that in that snapshot, they're costing £150,000, and then you want to look at another snapshot later on, i mean, this is a specific look at low paid migrant workers and the immediate drain, their immediate drain, which is what we have to deal with right now, here and how. >> now. >> well, this is like you say, this is about low skilled migrants. so over the course of their life, this report has found that it would cost the taxpayers £150,000 per migrant over the course of their lives until retirement age. >> that goes up to a million per person if they live to 100. obviously people are living

longer lives and so that that number just goes up and up and numberjust goes up and up and up quite exponentially . and once up quite exponentially. and once they hit retirement age. but to amy's point, i think, yes, it's true that that skilled migrants, do benefit the taxpayer differently to this. but one of the reasons why there's , there's the reasons why there's, there's a sort of net benefit is because they are often educated elsewhere. so this point about whether or not they will become skilled over the course of their lifetime, sort of by the by, because it's unlikely that a low skilled migrant is going to become a skilled migrant over the course of their lifetime. it's not impossible, but it's unlikely. but the point is, and ineed unlikely. but the point is, and i need to finish , i need to i need to finish, i need to finish. i need to finish my point because this is important over the for a british born worker over the course of our lifetime, we will contribute on average over £200,000 to the pubuc average over £200,000 to the public purse . it is. people have

public purse. it is. people have been being concerned about this for a really long time, and we're constantly being told that migration is good for the economy. this shows that it is not good that low skilled migration and not having control over our borders to decide which workers come here, it is not good for the economy only does that if you if you can prove that if you if you can prove that they stay low skilled throughout their lives and all the data suggests that they don't. >> so an average immigrant is beneficial to the economy. >> so yeah, i don't think you can say that. i don't think, nancy, you said the word reality. >> the reality is no. there is there is no evidence to say that somebody who comes here as a cleaner will then become a doctor, a doctor , or there's no doctor, a doctor, or there's no evidence that's a slightly different career path. >> no, no , but but but but most >> no, no, but but but but most people will advance or progress throughout their lives. the point you're making is that somebody who's low skilled may then become highly skilled. and i'm saying that it is unlikely that somebody who comes doing low skilled work, very low skilled work, will suddenly become a doctor, dentist, barrister, all those things and you must know that that's that's not what i'm saying at all.

>> i'm saying somebody that when they arrive in the uk, they earn £30,000 a year. it's probably likely that they will end their life earning more than that £30,000 money. and that's why if you look at the data within this very article with this headline, it says that the average and surely we should look at the average of any of these data sets is that they will be net but it is average. >> it's average over the course of a lifetime. when they come here as low skilled workers versus those who come here as skilled workers who've been educated abroad. so that's one way in which they don't take from the public purse , because from the public purse, because low skilled migrants are also more dependent on the nhs, more dependent on public services. it is not fair that those who have paid into the system for their entire lives should be having to pmp up entire lives should be having to prop up low skilled migrants who have come in on an uncontrolled system that repeatedly the british public have voted against. it's wrong. >> it is a nonsense to say that they're more likely to use the nhs. migrants come. i mean, it's in the report, less likely you can't cherry pick the report. you're more likely to work in the nhs in skills shortages that we can't fill without migrant labouh >> if you want, if you want to

know whether migrants are good for britain's economy, just look at gdp per capita , which is the at gdp per capita, which is the true valuation of how wealthy individuals are in britain, are feeling their quality of life. gdp per capita, not gdp and gdp per capita despite uncontrolled mass migration, has been contracting year after year after year, which in my book and according to many other experts , according to many other experts, completely blows apart. you do okay, i want to move on in this story because i think we do need to talk about this. >> the furious sadiq khan suggests prisoners should be given first choice of housing. i didn't want to us to not talk about that, so i'll come to you. amy. nicole turner. >> so if you look at the number of homeless people out of the prison leaver population, it's about 25% that compared to the general population, is about o.6%. so there is a massive problem with people leaving prison, finding themselves homeless and reoffending. so surely if we are serious about halting that reoffending rate, then sadiq khan does have a

point. i think, where he's lost people's attention is where he said jump the queue because that instantly inspires a feeling of unfairness. but i think he's made a good point in a clumsy way. >> so what? so you commit crime, you go to prison, you've got nowhere to live. we'll give you a house. i don't know, that doesn't sound good for me, emma. >> well, i don't know if you were being more crimes, if you were being more crimes, if you were being more crimes, if you were being cynical. and we've seen the video of the released prisoner saying that he'll vote for labour for the rest of his life. if he wanted to be really cynical, you could say that maybe sadiq khan is hoping that all of these rehoused prisoners are going to vote for labour if they live in london and keep him in office. but i think it's despicable. we've got hope, you know, british people who are homeless veterans, homeless families who can't get adequate housing, and the fact that the labouh housing, and the fact that the labour, the labour party have released these prisoners early and are now talking about allowing them to jump the housing queue when one of the pressures that is preventing families from getting on the housing ladder is the fact that

we're also at great expense to the taxpayer, housing illegal migrants who are coming over on small boats, the whole thing is an absolute mess. you couldn't make it up. it is. it is frankly, sick. it stinks. >> oh, god. >> oh, god. >> well, if you don't laugh, you'll cry. i mean, what do you think, gbnews.com/yoursay? there'll be plenty of people who've paid into the tax system who've paid into the tax system who are waiting to try and get onto the housing ladder, onto the council housing waiting list, and it's not happening because they've got to keep going back because of migrants. >> but i guess the fact is, 80% of prisoners, or 80% of people who commit crime will commit crime again , or it's not their crime again, or it's not their first offence. only 20% of the prison population first offence. so if you want to save money overall, surely it's preventing crime, preventing people going to prison. and this is a real, a real way of maybe acknowledging, of acknowledging what drives crime, what drives reoffending. >> i would just yes , absolutely, >> i would just yes, absolutely, as edmund says, build a new prison and not put people in prison. where would you put that for her? well, this is the nimbys. >> this is the problem they're releasing on a boat somewhere.

>> they're releasing these criminals, but they're putting people in prison for facebook posts, so they're taking up. it's not as if they're just freeing up space there. they've just literally deluged the system with people who have been posting things on social media, coming out of prison 10% of the time. >> later , they were still coming >> later, they were still coming out of prison. all those people that we've seen this week, how are they? >> how have they selected these prisoners? because one of them was immediately re—arrested for rape. well, my point is these people are going back into the community at some point thinking about what makes them productive and unlikely to re—offend again. >> once they're back in the community is surely more productive to an end solution than saying build a massive prison. no, i don't , because you prison. no, i don't, because you can't keep them in there forever. >> i don't think it's not productive to let people out sooneh productive to let people out sooner. they've had prison should be about punishment, not just rehabilitation. >> i think it's also it doesn't stop offending. surely the main point of prison is to stop offending again. >> it just shows as well which a point which isn't talked about a lot is the political naivety of labour to do that. the optics of it , whether they be out weeks it, whether they be out weeks later anyway , just the optics of

later anyway, just the optics of all these lags coming out. one was getting into a lamborghini, others were coming out to champagne . champagne. >> champagne. >> champagne. >> listen, we've got a same day as the winter fuel. >> amy, nicole turner and also emma were really good to have your company. right. let's get your company. right. let's get your latest news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. just coming up to 10:32. the top story this half houh 10:32. the top story this half hour, russia has expelled six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of espionage and sabotage. the fsb security service claims the diplomats actions prompted that response, amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk. well, it comes as labour leader and prime minister sir keir starmer meets with president joe biden in washington , dc, to biden in washington, dc, to discuss ukraine's request to use western weapons on russian soil. concerns, though over escalation, have delayed the approval for ukraine's use of

those ballistic missiles. our political correspondent katherine forster is in washington for us, volodymyr zelenskyy has made it plain what further help he wants from the we st. west. >> one of the things is the ability to use british and french made storm shadow long—range cruise missiles and to send them in to russia itself . to send them in to russia itself. now that is something that up until now, the us. has been against. and it sounds like that position is beginning to shift. we may hear a change in the coming days or weeks. >> well, returning to that story that we just heard from ben and nana regarding prisoners, we have just heard figures out today the prison population in england and wales has dropped by over 2000 in just one week. that, of course , follows the

that, of course, follows the start of the government's early release scheme, implemented on tuesday of this week . those tuesday of this week. those figures, just out this morning, are the first to be published since that plan took effect . since that plan took effect. effect reducing the number of prisoners. now to just over 86,000. that's down from a record of 88,521 under the scheme implemented this week. about 1700 inmates were freed who had served 40% of their sentence. on october, the 22nd. it will then be the turn of those with sentences of five years or more, but the government insists it won't apply to any serious offenders, including killers , rapists or including killers, rapists or terrorists. in other news, assisted dying should be allowed in england. that's according to a panel made up of members of the public. after eight weeks of debate, a majority voted in favour. the top reasons for support were the need to stop pain and to allow dignified deaths for the terminally ill,

while 20 of the 28 jury members supported a change in the law , supported a change in the law, critics warn it could be misused or lead to reduced palliative care funding. the findings, commissioned by the nuffield council on bioethics, could influence upcoming parliamentary debates, with a bill expected to be heard in november. two men have been charged after a banksy painting was stolen from a london gallery. larry fraser and james love were arrested and charged with burglary following that theft. the girl with balloon painting, which partially self—destructed during a £1.1 million auction, was recovered and will be returned to the gallery. banksy's artwork has recently faced a string of threats, with several pieces moved for safekeeping. the 47 year old and 53 year old are set to appear at kingston crown court next month . and finally to court next month. and finally to the us, where donald trump has said he's done with debating and won't participate in another head to head before the november election . despite polls election. despite polls currently showing kamala harris won their first face off on

truth social. trump's boasted about his performance, but several top republicans said harris came out on top with one poll showing 53% of voters agree. over 67 million viewers tuned in for that debate, but harris insists voters deserve a rematch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with you for a full roundup at 11:00 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> well, let's just take a quick look at the markets for you this morning. the pound will buy you a 1.3. sorry, $1.3140 and ,1.1850 the price of gold. this

hour £1,954.13 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 8241 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> i've got a chalky bickie stuck in my teeth, so i'm hoping you pick up. oh, really ? so you pick up. oh, really? so i don't sound like a. >> i'm sorry about that. right? well, up next, the government has unveiled its plans for a slower and cheaper alternative to the scrapped section of hs2. esther ghey will have lots of details on that. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. good morning. 39 after ten. this is britain's newsroom with ben, leo and me. nana akua. lots of emails flying in, not least on

gbnews.com/yoursay >> and, susan, let's start with you. very good morning to you. thanks for tuning in. you say ben nana, there'll be plenty of houses vacant after the winter. nearly 4000, after all. the pensioners have either frozen or starved to death because of labour's very cruel decision to take the winter fuel payments off them. and of course, you're alluding to labour's own research. >> research? >> research? >> yes, from 2017, saying that up to 4000 pensioners would pensh up to 4000 pensioners would perish from the cold or from not eating if they had their winter fuel allowance taken away. what did labour do? took it away? >> yeah, exactly. well, listen, this is from june. june. you said. good morning, nana and ben and all. just going out to dig a shelter in the back garden. does anyone have a mickey mouse mask from the last war? will buy. because, of course, vladimir putin is talking a lot and padraig thinks that he's sabre rattling, sabre rattling by russia. take no notice. it's all bluff. >> we had a story on breakfast on tuesday about a nuclear bunker for sale in some field in. i think it was norwich somewhere 25 grand old world war two nuclear bunker. might be

looking like a bit of a bargain if things don't go too well in ukraine. >> so >> so do >> so do steve's >> so do steve's the >> so do steve's the one >> so do steve's the one he >> so do steve's the one he says why give ukraine weapons that cost the uk taxpayer a fortune if they're not allowed to be used to their full extent? you may as well send a load of bows and arrows. either let them use them or don't offer them. >> and james on ukraine you say unless we stop interfering in other countries affairs, we may soon have world war iii. and i don't really see why starmer is going to see biden. why can't he just call him? because he likes to have a holiday on the taxpayer? i mean, no, i think in his defence, i would want to go and see somebody in person. if you're deciding whether to allow a country to use your missiles, which could, as it's argued, provoke and perhaps spark a major escalation in the war. >> well, colette says this about the fact that low skilled workers, migrants who come here on low skilled workers tend to take from the system rather than put in. and colette says, how many? how can any low skilled worker live in the uk without their help? without our benefit

system, the housing benefit crops up a lot of low skilled workers. very good point. >> and one more from frida. good morning. you said again a woke ideology of thinking more about prisoners and rehabilitation and not enough thought for those affected by the crimes they commit and the wider families involved. yeah, great point. and there was some stories off the back of that early prisoner release in the week where victims of domestic abuse or very serious assaults, they'd just been sent letters by, i think it was the probation service or another body which handles victims of crime, which said, oh, by the way, your attacker is coming out in a couple of days just to let you know. and victims were coming forward and saying, you know, they were petrified, petrified, terrified and stunned to the bone again, knowing their attackers would be out much earlier than planned. >> all right. well, let's move on.the >> all right. well, let's move on. the government have unveiled a proposal to build a new 50 mile railway line as a slower and cheaper alternative to the scrapped section of the hs2. it comes after a joint report by the mayors of greater manchester and the west midlands found a link between the midlands and

the north west is critical to economic growth in the region . economic growth in the region. >> gb news reporterjack carson joins us now from birmingham. good morning jack, what's the latest on this ? latest on this? >> well, this is a proposal that's been put forward by a private consortium, this midlands north west rail link running from just north of here in birmingham, in lichfield to southeast of warrington in high lea. now you'll remember back in october, october last year at the tory party conference, then prime minister rishi sunak announced the scrapping of the second leg of hs2 in this route from birmingham to manchester. this is the building site of the curzon street hs2 station. this was meant to be the end of the line for the hs2 line , possibly line for the hs2 line, possibly not any more with this review and what these plans that have been drawn up seem to suggest, what it is, is this is essentially using much of the land that's already been bought up, much of the plans that have already been created as part of

that second leg of hs2, this private consortium that's been led by sir david higgins, the infrastructure expert, has said that it could cost could save rather £2 billion of taxpayers money because of the way that they're using existing plans, existing land that's already been bought up because of that second leg, planned second leg of hs2 that was scrapped. and you'll remember also after the tory conference last year at the time, that west midlands mayor at that point , conservative andy at that point, conservative andy street, almost resigned over the fact that because of how important he felt it was for the midlands and the north west to be better connected, andy burnham feels very much the same. that's when they then commissioned together this review into how they could get some kind of rail link between the midlands and the north west. in the words of andy burnham, he said that you can't rely on the west coast main line and the m6 because of how much it's running already at capacity. a lot of the time it can't be relied upon , the time it can't be relied upon, andy burnham says. for decades. that's why this proposal has been brought into fruition and

now announced today. now, there's no specific number on how much this well could cost. there is thoughts that this new line, although slower and although using different construction methods to mean that it would be slower and also cheapeh that it would be slower and also cheaper, it could only be 15 minutes longer than the original planned second leg of hs2. so lots to say about this west midlands mayor, who is of course richard parker , now the labour richard parker, now the labour mayor for this region, says he's going to try and work with the government on this. >> right. jack carson thank you very much. right. up next, would you move house on friday the 13th. you're with britain's newsroom on

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the 13th, a date often considered unlucky for those who are superstitious. >> some people are even put off moving house by the date, with today tending to be the quietest for house completions, despite friday usually being the busiest day for them. >> so delighted to join us now is our housing expert, andrew teacher. we might not be delighted to join us, but we're delighted to join us, but we're delighted to join us, but we're delighted to have you. andrew. okay, so it's friday the 13th. do you notice anything in the market? has something changed? is there some eerie silence and slowness on this date? >> well, there are lots of eerie condensation over the windows. this morning when i was making porridge for my son that was probably about as as much of a change as i've seen this morning, to be honest, i think the housing market is so is so treacly in many parts of the country that superstition is probably not going to be top of the list of stuff that stalling housing movements. but, you know, you know, there are some people that still stick by this stuff. i'm not one of them. >> what is the sorry, sorry

going to ask about the renters reform and whether that's had an effect on the market because a lot of people, are landlords potentially running away after what they're hearing? >> well, landlords have been running away for some time. it was obviously george osborne that shredded a lot of the tax breaks that, you know, as a landlord, nana that that landlords received by way of, of essentially being able to waive the tax on mortgage interest, and that has had a profound effect over the last ten years. you've had, according to cbre, 400,000 landlords exiting the market. and because, i mean , market. and because, i mean, robert jenrick when he was planning minister, actually suggested some quite sensible planning reforms around zoning that would have made a profound difference on supply. those were shredded and we've just not seen much supply . and you put that much supply. and you put that against a crunch of landlords coming out of the market. and what that means is that there's just a lot less supply going around, more people can't get on the ladder, and then everybody gets basically shoved into the private rented sector , and it's

private rented sector, and it's become a bit of a crush. and now what we're seeing are the fruits of policy failures by successive governments to build anything. >> yeah. it's not just a labour war against landlords. it was the tories, as you said, that started it with it was amersham by—election, wasn't it? >> i mean the tories. i mean in general, i mean in fairness to him, they were some of the most progressive planning reforms that had been put forward. and they got shredded after the amersham by—election, which is a big, big shame. and in fairness to labour, the reforms that have been published this week are an extension of some of the stuff that michael gove was proposing when he was housing secretary. they've cleaned up some of the more ridiculous and more unhelpful pieces and broadly speaking , what labour is doing speaking, what labour is doing is very, very sensible . these is very, very sensible. these are things that are going to make life better for renters . make life better for renters. there are 5 million renters in this country and they have a bad deal this country and they have a bad deal. and i think, you know, you're some there are some some things that do need to be ironed out. i absolutely recognise that. but i think you have to look at it in the round. and the

round is that renters in this country get a terrible deal if you if you rent a car. >> i don't think that's true. i don't think that's true at all. i think i think well, some in some cases, like for example jazz archewell the labour mp for a great example. yeah, yeah. he's having a great time. he set up the licensing thing and then he has 15 properties, seven of which do not have a licence on whilst he was at the head of the council, you couldn't make that up. so you're saying. exactly. so the labour party, whilst they're doing a lot of talking, i'd like to see them do something about him and i won't let this go until i hear something happen with him. >> well, i think, i think look, i think, i think you've made a really good point there. and thatis really good point there. and that is that the inconsistency with individual landlords and the reality is there are some great landlords, there's some terrible landlords . but the terrible landlords. but the problem is one of choice, right? it's not like if you if you go on holiday somewhere, you go to new york or you go to manchester wherever you want to go on holiday, you can pick hotels and if you don't like the ibis, you go to the travelodge, you don't like the travelodge, you go to the radisson. you've got choice. your options there. >> you've got if you're in as

well there, premier inn as well. >> absolutely. yeah mustn't forget that. but the point is and the midland's really fallen off the last years in manchester. but the point is as a renter you haven't got any choice. so what i think needs to be done, there has to be a lot more incentivisation. and the housing minister, matthew pennycook, has recognised this. mr gove kind of recognised this is that if you've got more professional investors coming in, more build to rent landlords, that is something that's going to up the game for everybody else. it's a bit like hotels or car rental or any other brand, any other category of business. if you've got good guys, then the bad guys are going to get weeded out by the market. >> okay, well of course labour mooted to be increasing capital gains tax in october in the autumn budget. again, many landlords are just going to simply sell up or try and sell up before that happens. and again, i'd argue if you constrain the market so renters are going to, you know, have a tough deal. andrew taoiseach, thank you for joining tough deal. andrew taoiseach, thank you forjoining us. thank you for joining us. appreciate your expertise this morning. >> right. well, some breaking news now. what would have been the uk's first coal mine in 30

years is now in legal limbo as planning permission has been quashed by the high court. climate campaigners argued that the decision to grant planning permission for the whitehaven coal mine in cumbria smacked of hypocrisy and contradicted the uk's climate commitments. the government had withdrawn its defence, but developer west cumbria mining still contested the claim. however, in today's ruling, the judge said giving the go ahead for the development which was legally flawed. i think i got through that. here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. it's a fine friday for most of us. sunny spells. still a few showers around, mostly across parts of scotland and perhaps some more prolonged rain turning up by the end of the day. because of this frontal system moving in from

the atlantic, but for much of the atlantic, but for much of the uk it's high pressure and sunny skies. the best of the sunshine will be across the midlands into the south and southwest of england, south wales, perhaps eastern england as well . some clouds will build as well. some clouds will build and 1 or 2 showers will develop. most especially for parts of scotland. >> thicker cloud turning up in the far north—west. the breeze picking up as well. it's a cool day out there after a chilly start. some places close to freezing. first thing, but in any sunny spells with lighter winds compared with the last few days, feeling perfectly pleasant andifs days, feeling perfectly pleasant and it's a decent end to the day for scotland with plenty of sunny spells. 1 or 2 showers there for orkney into the far north—east of the mainland, and the cloud thickening by this stage across the western isles into parts of western northern ireland, as well . that's the ireland, as well. that's the frontal system i mentioned at the start, but otherwise clear spells into the evening for much of england and wales, the cloud tending to fizzle away . and tending to fizzle away. and under those clear skies overnight temperatures will fall again fairly quickly. 1 or 2

mist and fog patches will form, andifs mist and fog patches will form, and it's going to be another chilly night, unusually so for the time of year. you don't normally expect temperatures close to freezing overnight in the first half of september, but in main urban areas, i think temperatures will stay at 7 or 8 celsius. scotland and northern ireland, however, sees the cloud thickening and outbreaks of rain moving in mostly light and patchy. for western scotland and for much of saturday. it's largely dry away from higher parts of western and central scotland, but it will be cloudy . scotland, but it will be cloudy. england and wales. meanwhile, some decent spells of sunshine and light winds, allowing temperatures to reach 17 to 19 celsius that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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>> away. >> away. >> good morning to you. it's 11 am. on friday. the 13th of september. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and nana akua . me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> putin's warning to the west. the russian president says that britain and the us will be at war with moscow if they allow ukraine to use long—range missiles to strike russia. >> meanwhile, sir keir starmer lands in the us. putin's warning comes as the prime minister arrives in washington for talks with us president joe biden. >> junk food ad ban criticised the prime minister's plan to ban ads for junk food before 9:00 has been branded as a new era of the nanny state. >> and is it time to scrap bearskin caps? the ceremonial hats worn by soldiers outside buckingham palace now cost more than £2,000 each. so should we get rid of them completely? we'll debate that shortly .

we'll debate that shortly. well, those. those doughnuts looked all right, didn't they? >> the junk food. listen, if you're listening on the radio, that's because we had some shots of lovely doughnuts that look beautiful. but look. junk food ads before 9:00. young people don't watch tv. i don't know what you think it's like. it's like they're in a different universe where they're coming up with this stuff. young people don't watch. my daughter does not switch on the tv. she goes on her phone, she goes on youtube, she goes on everything else but the tv. even my son ivory doesn't watch the tv. >> yeah. the legos, they're all on youtube these days, aren't they? he's on his lego or. yeah, or doing what they should be doing, reading books and practising their handwriting. yeah, i don't know what. i don't know what how much of a difference this is going to make. >> ridiculous. >> ridiculous. >> and also at a time when people like sadiq khan are banning get fit ads on the tube, do you remember that a couple of years back, get beach body ready? that was the message supposedly not nice for people to be thinking in that way. if you cared that much about people eating junk food and kids eating, you know, a load of rubbish, maybe try and promote

the other message which is stay fit, you know, and ambition and aspirations. i think that's part of it. >> i think that is part of it. but i'm not happy about the sugar tax either, because i'd rather eat something that i think is sugar. that is sugar, rather than these chemically induced sweeteners that could have other neurological complications. but send us your thoughts, post your comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. let's get your latest news with sam francis . francis. >> ben nana. thank you very much and good morning to you. it's 11:02. the top story this hour, sir keir starmer has backed ukraine's right to defend itself . ukraine's right to defend itself. that's after president putin had suggested nato would be at war if the west allowed long—range weapons to be used on russian soil. it comes as the prime minister's meeting with president biden in washington for talks on the wars in both ukraine and in gaza. top of the agenda. ukraine's plea to use those western missiles against russian targets, though, that request remains unresolved amid

fears of escalation. the trip follows a pledge from the us and the uk of over £1 billion combined in new financial aid to ukraine. well, our political correspondent katherine forster is in washington for us. >> volodymyr zelenskyy has made it plain what further help he wants from the west. one of the things is the ability to use british and french made storm shadow long—range cruise missiles and to send them in to russia itself. now that is something that up until now, the us has been against. and it sounds like that position is beginning to shift. we may hear a change in the coming days or weeks. >> katherine forster there. our political correspondent. well, let's just bring you the latest on russia's claims against six british diplomats of espionage

and sabotage in the last few minutes. a statement from the foreign office has been released saying those claims are completely baseless. the fsb security service had claimed the diplomats actions had prompted that response, amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk. however, it's understood russia revoked the diplomats accreditation last month that they've already left moscow and are now in the process of being replaced. so that latest update just in to us from the foreign office and in some other breaking news, what would have been the uk's first coal mine in 30 years is now in legal limbo as planning permission has been quashed by the high court. cat climate campaigners argued the decision to grant planning permission for the whitehaven coal mine in cumbria smacked of hypocrisy, and they said it contradicted the uk's climate commitments. the government had withdrawn its defence, but the developer , west defence, but the developer, west cumbria mining, still contested the claim . however, in today's

the claim. however, in today's ruling, the judge said giving the go ahead for that development was legally flawed . development was legally flawed. the prison population in england and wales has dropped by over 2000. in just one week following the start of the government's early release scheme. figures out today are the first to be published since labour's plan took effect, reducing the number of prisoners now to just over 86,000. that's down from a record of 88,521 under the scheme implemented on tuesday of this week. about 1700 inmates were freed who had served 40% of their sentences . in other news, their sentences. in other news, robert jenrick , the leading robert jenrick, the leading candidate for the conservative party leadership, is proposing to drastically limit the number of migrants entering the country. the former immigration minister told our political edhoh minister told our political editor, christopher hope, that he wants to see a cap of just a few thousand people per year. that's if the conservatives win the next election. he discussed

what he called a more controlled approach to immigration on chopper's political podcast dept, that what i'm arguing for will not be plain sailing. >> it requires a big change in our economy, in our public services, but it is the right thing to do to get a gang of thousands. >> could it, could it? and net figure. >> well, i think we'd have to give that careful thought. but my point is that it should be in the tens of thousands or lower. >> assisted dying should be allowed in england, according to allowed in england, according to a panel made up of members of the public. after eight weeks of debate, a majority voted in favour. the top reasons for support were the need to stop pain and allow a dignified death for the terminally ill, while 20 of the 28 jury members supported a law change, critics warned it could be misused and lead to a reduced palliative care funding. the findings , commissioned by the findings, commissioned by the nuffield council on bioethics, could also influence upcoming parliamentary debates, with a bill expected to be heard in november this year. the government has struck a £630

million deal to bring part of the national grid's operations into public ownership , launching into public ownership, launching on the 1st of october. the new national energy system operator will help drive the uk's transition to clean energy. the energy secretary, ed miliband, hailing the move as a milestone and claims it will position the uk as a clean energy superpower. the national grid, though , has the national grid, though, has said the final price could still change before the deal closes. and finally, one last story for you. it's from the us, donald trump says he's done debating and won't participate in another head to head before the november election. that's despite current polls showing kamala harris won their first face off on truth social . their first face off on truth social. trump's boasted their first face off on truth social . trump's boasted about social. trump's boasted about his performance, but several top republicans said harris came out on top with one poll showing 53% of voters agree. over 67 million viewers tuned for in that first debate, but harris insists voters deserve a rematch . those

voters deserve a rematch. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for another update in around 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 . forward slash alerts. >> thank you, sam, and hello to you back home. thanks for joining us. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, live across the uk with me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> right. the prime minister has arrived in the united states to hold vital talks with president joe biden to decide whether ukraine can use british long—range missiles in russia. >> sir keir starmer will appeal to mr biden to agree to the decision. it would mark a significant gain for ukraine, but the risk of an all out conflict suddenly looks more likely, with putin promising the decision will trigger a war with the us and the uk. historian and

political commentator martin whittaker joins us now. good morning, martin. thank you for joining us. how how close are we to world war iii? martin, let's just be frank, to start with, i think we mustn't exaggerate it, >> i was looking last night at the us department of justice report on russian interference in the 2024 election in america . in the 2024 election in america. and one of the things that came out from that report, which has not been very widely reported in the uk press, is that one of the things that russia is doing is actually putting a lot of effort into disinformation , into into disinformation, into funding bloggers and influencers to try to increase fear of nuclear war in order to deter support for ukraine. so i think it's important what's happening. i think it's significant what's happening. tension is rising and i am concerned about that. but i think this is part of the playbook of vladimir putin. in order to actually stop support for ukraine. and at recent times, the intelligence analysts

in the west have shown that every time that he has made a threat of nuclear weapons, for example, nothing has actually changed on the ground in russia in terms of the kind of signals that would be sent if he was readying nuclear forces. so i think he is threatening in order to make people afraid. and if we actually look at what he's actually look at what he's actually said in response, he said, firstly, we russians will improve our missile systems in terms of defence and secondly , terms of defence and secondly, we will supply arms to the enemies of the west . now that in enemies of the west. now that in itself is a matter of grave concern, but that's very different to the threat of russian use of let's say, strategic or even tactical nuclear weapons, on, on ukrainian battlefield, the latter being potentially more likely than the former. but i think neither of them being likely. so it is a problem. it is a concern. but i think he is deliberately doing this, that is putin, in order to frighten the

west. and there's plenty of evidence that chinese in the past have put a significant amount of pressure on him to tone down the rhetoric . and i tone down the rhetoric. and i think we forget how big a player china is in this, in not wanting this to escalate out of control. >> yeah, he can't just keep sort of threatening and firing his missiles into ukraine and using weapons from china and iran and then not expect any sort of repercussions on his own land. would it actually be advantageous for ukraine to strike russian targets within russia to inform the russian people and let the people know? because, as history tells us, the mothers were not happy with this the first time around, and this the first time around, and this could be a way of helping to stop the war. >> i think the main use of such weapons will not be to, if you like, win the war. it's obviously a much bigger, bigger issue than that, but it will if they're used, it will allow the ukrainians to strike at forces. build—ups before they actually

cross the border. it would allow them to attack logistical bases. we're not talking about missiles used against civilian populations. that's certainly not being used. and not being threatened. it would be the kind of strikes that would make it more difficult for the russians to build up their logistical support prior to movements into ukraine, prior to firing missiles into ukraine. so it must be quite clear the kind of missiles we're talking about. if they are deployed by ukraine, will not be deployed against civilian centres in russia. it will be making it more difficult for the russian military to operate . operate. >> and as you say, that's what i meant though, because once the missiles not necessarily on the people, but once the missiles are hitting targets within russia, then the people within within russia will be aware of more of what's happening, surely. >> yeah, that's a very good question. the problem is psychologically , the use of psychologically, the use of weapons on territory tends to be very ambiguous. you would assume that obviously, if it then

happensin that obviously, if it then happens in your own country, you want to get out of the war. and yet we found there's been very much a rallying around the flag phenomenon. so for example, with after the ukrainians have gone into russian territory over the summer , for example, what we summer, for example, what we found is an increase in russian support for the war because the war is now on russian territory. so i think there's a danger sometimes of assuming that because it goes onto russian territory, the war comes home, that people will actually turn against the war in the short term, it's actually very likely that it will cause a rallying around the flag phenomenon of people feeling they have to support the motherland at time of war. so i think the way to judge this is will it be logistically significant in terms of making it difficult for the russian military to operate? i think it's unlikely to have a major effect on russian morale in the short term at least. >> martin, all i ever seem to hear with regards to this war is who's arming who, which missiles

we're sending, how much money we're sending, how much money we're sending, how much money we're sending to continue the bloodshed. i saw some stats last night. apparently. i think it's around a million people, mostly young men, have died from both sides. what does peace look like? how do we get to peace? what kind of deal can can the west broker with putin? because quite frankly, i'd argue that most people in this country don't have much confidence in our political leaders to end this war peacefully. so what doesit this war peacefully. so what does it look like ? does it look like? >> peace is looking increasingly difficult to envisage because for the russians to give up, let's say crimea or the donbas area is probably a red line. they will not go over. on the other hand, for the ukrainians to accept the permanent loss of crimea , and the donbas area , crimea, and the donbas area, donetsk and luhansk in the east of ukraine and other occupied areas as well, is also a red line. they won't cross over at the moment. it's very, very difficult to envisage without there being a significant change

of regime in russia and we do not have the capability of making that happen even if we wanted to. it's very difficult at the moment to kind of envisage what kind of compromise will actually satisfy or be acceptable. it's not going to satisfy, but what kind of compromise could be acceptable to either side at the moment? any any theoretical compromise is likely to be totally unacceptable to both sides. it's very, very difficult at the moment to see an end to the war. as long as putin is in control and as long as those around him are in control in the kremlin. but we cannot ourselves action that we cannot make that change. and so it is very difficult at the moment to see the way forward. >> so, martin, how long does this go on then? how long do we keep arming ukraine with our military equipment? with money? how long does it go on? if peace isn't a realistic solution at the moment , isn't a realistic solution at the moment, how long are we expected to continue? >> martin can't answer that, though he doesn't know. >> well, he's a he's a military

defence analyst. >> i mean, that is right. obviously the end of the day, you know, it's really difficult to predict. but many commentators feel that 2024 end of and into 2025 will be the decisive feature that the russians clearly are hoping trump will win. if he loses, that will be a real issue for them because they are much more concerned about harris presidency than a trump presidency. that may be a game changer, forcing them to become more realistic if this continues to have significant impacts upon global stability, the chinese may increasingly put pressure on russia. i think that this time in a year's time, but it's difficult to see it before then. this time in a year's time, we may see some significant changes, not so much on the battlefield, perhaps, but because of the pressure on russia, particularly for people saying you have to come to terms with the fact that you started something you can't win. i don't think this is endless, but it's not going to be over any time soon. and clearly it's not going to be over before the russians have seen how things shake down

in the american presidential election. that's the next hurdle to cross before we can assess where we are, we shall see. >> martin, thank you very much. that's martin whitaker. he's a historian and a political commentator. this is a gb news. >> up next, will the prime minister's plans to ban junk food ads on tv before the watershed? we're talking fast food doughnuts, cakes , sweets. food doughnuts, cakes, sweets. will it help reduce childhood obesity, or is it just an expansion of the nanny state as he's been accused? this is britain's newsroom on gb news. back in a

tick. >> it's fast approaching 21 tick. >> it's fast approaching 21 minutes after 11. this morning minutes after 11. this morning we're joined by eamonn nicole we're joined by eamonn nicole turner and political commentator turner and political commentator emma trimble. new name, new emma trimble. new name, new name, new me. >> sorry, mrs. trimble, i name, new me. >> sorry, mrs. trimble, i introduced you as emma webb. i'm introduced you as emma webb. i'm gradually phasing my way into gradually phasing my way into

the new name so people the new name so people don't forget who i am. >> you could keep webb for your tv stuff and then tremble for the reality of life. >> i could do, but i like, i like to, you know, i not to be too happy with that. no, no it's not, it's i, i believe that marriage is a sacrament and that married couples should be a walking sacrament. so i want to be a demonstration of a good christian marriage. good for you.so christian marriage. good for you. so i'm traditional, and i want people to know it. >> the name on the end. so it's there. >> it's a nice double barrel. >> it's a nice double barrel. >> not too. then he was there and he wasn't happy with it, so it's nice. >> it makes you sound even more like a champagne socialist with a double barrelled name. >> very good. right down there. right. let's. let's. should we go with the postmaster's being told to be patient after saying nothing has changed? this was that, what was her name? jo. jo. hamilton. jo. hamilton? yes she was talking at the ntas, and she said that they still haven't received any money yet at all. yeah. >> so it's the tv awards for this, itv drama that was so popular and drew so much attention to the postmaster

scandal, and what i find it stands out for me from this story is that keir starmer has done what he's done with every other piece of bad news since he became prime minister, which is to blame it on the conservative government. the fact that things aren't moving fast enough is because they were left with things in a worse state than they had realised from the previous conservative government when it came to the postmaster scandal, as when it came to so many other things, >> but for him , he is right. >> but for him, he is right. i mean, they dragged their heels a little bit, didn't they? >> well, ed davey was the post office minister at the time. >> well, that's a liberal democrat. he is, but i think i think the concern is that they've just been making the right sounds and actually that things have not moved along fast enough. >> and that there are, you know, people who were involved in this scandal, postmasters, their families. so some of these people have died without receiving compensation. they can't drag their heels any longer. and i don't know how longer. and i don't know how long it's going to suffice for the prime minister to continually say, well, you know , continually say, well, you know, we didn't realise how bad things were from the previous government . we've inherited a

government. we've inherited a tncky government. we've inherited a tricky situation and we're trying to do something about it. i think particularly with this , i think particularly with this, people, and not least because of the attention brought to it by this itv drama that people are going to want to see them actually compensating these people because they haven't been. >> imagine that there has been the compensation. people feel like, after all, the fury and the outrage that this was, this was settled. but it's absolutely not. and as joe hamilton says , not. and as joe hamilton says, nothing has changed since the airing of that documentary. so i think most people feel like they really need to get a move on with this. well, it seems simple to settle, but it's very, very expensive. good luck. >> i think that's probably look look how they treated the infected blood victims. oh that's terrible. decades. >> but decades. just so much money is required to sort out these things, which is why i think governments will be tempted to kick the can down the road as long as they can, unfortunately. >> but it's also, i mean, to just bring this back to keir starmer, he did the same thing dunng starmer, he did the same thing during prime minister's questions when he was asked a question about the nhs, and he brought up the cancer , the brought up the cancer, the waiting times for cancer

treatment and blamed the conservative government. but even though even though the previous government of course does bear the primary responsibility in the case of cancer waiting lists, one of the reasons for that is because people weren't properly treated because of pandemic policies that keir starmer wanted more of harder for longer, so i think that you know, it does it does seem to be and it's bad, bad opfics seem to be and it's bad, bad optics on so many fronts because we've already been discussing all sorts of other, bad stories from the beginning of keir starmer's premiership, but it's not it's not just that it's not good optics. i mean, he, he looks as if he's just constantly trying to pass the buck rather than taking responsibility. >> he also said he also said that it will take ten years, as if he thinks we're going to give him two terms. do it in five and then we'll decide whether we're going to vote for you again. >> emma, talk about entitlement. i think the thing is that the nhs is a conservative problem, because if you look at 2010, when we had the last labour government, patient satisfaction levels were at an all time high and waiting lists were in not at all high. so the proof is there

that it was austerity measures followed by the pandemic. you can't deny that the pandemic had an impact, but you also can't deny the impact of austerity. well, conservative government also throwing money into the black hole hasn't solved the problem. >> the problem is inefficiencies. throwing more money at inefficiencies isn't going to fix it. and the fact is that the conservative party and i don't want to take this off down a sort of tangent, but the conservative party did not have the political, the right political context, the political will. it

pre—watershed ban on junk food advertising for kids to save the nhs. >> same old rhetoric, it should be about people, not about the health service. should be at our service rather than us at the nhs service. but you know, this is just more nanny state. we've seen keir starmer not only picking up the smoking ban that, that rishi sunak wanted to introduce, and it is a little bit of the kind of, uni state. they, they all sort of pick up on each other's policies and then push them further, but keir starmer has been planning to, ban smoking outside. this is just more of that. and what i think is so funny about this particular policy is that they'll only be advertising junk food after 9:00 at night, which is, you would think, the time at which people might fall prey to ordering a cheeky mcdonald's and actually , if you're advertising actually, if you're advertising to, to adults, to parents after 9:00 at night, when do children

tend to eat , takeaway food? tend to eat, takeaway food? well, it's when their parents well, they don't of course, disney children don't watch tv because they can only eat what the parents order for them. so you're still advertising parents advertising? >> no, no they don't. >> no, no they don't. >> oh my god, my son watches adverts all the time. >> i know not on linear tv, but certainly on youtube. >> well, this is what they're talking about. they're talking about linear tv. >> i think this is about youtube. this is about because at the moment, the emphasis after that darzi report is on saving the nhs, saving the nhs money and making it more efficient. and one of the ways is with prevention. so that's why he's mentioned banning smoking outside, why he's mentioning this, this cutting advertising on junk food to hope that you can prevent people from ever having to use the nhs . ever having to use the nhs. because at the moment, what's the most common reason a child ends up in a&e is because of tooth decay that is highly , tooth decay that is highly, highly preventative. and we're getting more information all the time about the dangers of ultra processed foods . so it is. processed foods. so it is. >> but it's about personal responsibility, isn't it? >> it has happened. can we come backis >> it has happened. can we come back is where this has happened?

i just want to give an example of where it's been effective. >> well, then i'll ask. >> well, then i'll ask. >> so in london, sadiq khan banned advertising of junk food on the london underground. and it is true it has had an impact and the nhs has been used 4% less or something like that. so that's a real world, effect of how how the results, how the results can look. okay well i don't know. >> sorry. so, so okay. but but young people really young people because i'm presuming this is targeted at young people, isn't it? isn't it? i know that for children. children don't watch tv. and this is this is talking about tv advertising. >> is it talking about tv advertising? because i thought it was just talking about advertising in general. i was talking about it's obviously terrestrial television because it's watershed. >> you can't do this on the internet. you can't do it. he has no control over youtube and all the others. >> so what about the billboards? are you going to ban all of those signs from crispies everywhere when children are on their way to school? >> that is tv. >> that is tv. >> what they've done on the london underground, it is watch keir starmer. >> it is what? what sadiq khan would like to do. but i think the reality is, you know, i don't know about those

statistics that you've just mentioned, amy, because i haven't seen them, but this is not the proper role of the state. and it's also about personal responsibility. you mentioned tooth decay. well, it's the responsibility of the parent to get the children to brush their teeth to and feed their children properly, not to feed them sweets that rot their teeth, and to make sure that if they do eat sweets that they brush their teeth. well, then surely the state needs to play its role in educating. >> no, it doesn't. it's not the proper role of the state. all of this is how can you have personal responsibility if you don't have the information on which to base your choices? >> how can you have personal and that information should come from the state? >> that's a very socialist. >> that's a very socialist. >> this is a very luxury thing to say, oh, i don't need a nanny state because we've got news coming up, just so you know. >> oh, look, let's very quickly, emma, you wanted to talk about this oxbridge oxbridge who told her qatar cap, private school intake at 10% of admission? yeah i feel got about 30s. >> i feel very strongly about this. i was a state school student, went to cambridge. i think it was because of the interview that i got in. i think they probably took a punt on me, despite the fact that i didn't really do proper a—levels, as it were, because i went to a, you know, your standard sixth form state sixth form college. i

actually think this will harm, students from state schools. and i think it's wrong. i think it's discriminating against those whose parents have worked hard to put them through private school. and i don't think that you should be dragging everybody down. instead, you should be trying to improve the state school system for everyone they want to cap. >> this is just one study that suggests wanting to cap 10% of admissions from private schools. well, only 7% of the population goes to private school, so i think 10% is more than generous enough. >> well, there was a recently there was a lecturer at a university who said that, that parents should consider the fact that when they are reading a bedtime stories to their children, that it disadvantages other people's children. and i think that's the same logic that we're seeing here. >> it's a bit ridiculous. thank you very much, emma trimble. that's a new name. and amy nicole turner, thank you very much for your views. >> time now for your news headunes >> time now for your news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. it is exactly 11:30. the top story russia

claims russia's claims against six british diplomats of espionage and sabotage are completely baseless. according to the foreign office. the fsb security service claims the diplomats actions prompted that response amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk. it comes as labour leader and prime minister sir keir starmer meets president joe biden in washington to discuss ukraine's request to use western weapons on russian soil. concerns, though over escalation, have delayed the approval for ukraine's use of those ballistic missiles. our political correspondent katherine forster is in washington dc for us. >> volodymyr zelenskyy has made it plain what further help he wants from the west. one of the things is the ability to use british and french made storm shadow long—range cruise missiles and to send them to in russia itself. now that is something that up until now, the

us. has been against, and it sounds like that position is beginning to shift. we may hear a change in the coming days or weeks . weeks. >> what would have been the uk's first coal mine in 30 years is now in legal limbo, as planning permission has been quashed today by the high court. climate campaigners had argued the decision to grant planning permission for the whitehaven coal mine in cumbria smacked of hypocrisy and said it contradicted the uk's climate commitments. the government had withdrawn its defence, but developer west cumbria mining still contested the claim. however, in today's ruling , the however, in today's ruling, the judge said giving the go ahead for the development was legally flawed. the prison population in england and wales has dropped by over 2000. in just one week following the start of the government's early release scheme. today's figures are the first to be published since labour's plan took effect ,

labour's plan took effect, reducing the number of prisoners to now just over 86,000. that's down from a record of 88,521 under the scheme implemented this week. about 1700 inmates were freed who had served 40% of their sentences . assisted dying their sentences. assisted dying should be allowed in england, according to a panel made up of members of the public. after eight weeks of debate, the top reasons for support were the need to stop pain and to allow a dignified death for the terminally ill, while 20 of the 28 jury members supported a law change. critics warn it could be misused and lead to reduced palliative care funding . and palliative care funding. and donald trump says he's done debating and won't participate in another head to head before the election, despite polls showing kamala harris won their first face off on trump social. trump on truth social rather, trump on truth social rather, trump boasted about his performance. but several top republicans said harris came out on top with one poll showing 53% of voters agree. over 67 million

viewers tuned in for that first debate, but harris insists voters deserve a rematch. those are the latest headlines. one more fun story to bring you a hampshire zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered mountain bongo, whatever that is. while i find out what a mountain bongo is, let's take a look at the finance 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> still no idea on the mountain bongo, but i do have the figures for you on the markets. the pound will buy you $1.3135 and ,1.1842. the price of gold, £1,955.24 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8254 points.

>> cheers. britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> afternoon is good afternoon britain with tom and emily. good morning to you both. are you ready for world war iii? well goodness me, i'll tell you what. >> thanks, ben. have you prepped? well, well, if you want to know about world war iii, if you want to know about the steps before then or after, then you might want to tune in to our show at midday. we've got an exclusive from washington, dc. we can't talk about it until midday, but, katherine forster our reporter will be waking up early in the morning. there in washington, dc to be at the top of our show for 12:00, giving us the lowdown on what's been happening with the prime minister's surprise and sudden visits to what some might describe as the capital of the free world. >> yes, she's going to spill the beans for us at the top of the

show. we're also going to be talking to mr charlie mullins. now, regulars on the show will know exactly who he is. mr pimlico plumbers, he's got this big article in the daily mail today about why he's quitting this country, the country i love, he says he's going to be spending his time in spain and dubai taking all his assets out. he says keir starmer's socialist government is no good for people with a bit of aspiration, so we'll be delving into his reasons for leaving. >> it's fascinating. he's paid over £120 million in tax in his time running his business. in his many years in the uk and the uk has been quite an attractive place to do business, certainly since the 1980s we've had relatively low levels of tax compared to europe, but if the rumours are true in october's budget, if rachel reeves effectively doubles capital gains tax, they will. we'll go from having one of the most competitive taxes on on on starting businesses and growing businesses in europe to having the highest tax. >> and she will do that. and

because because they don't consider people who earn money or profit from investments, stocks and housing as working people, they think it's unearned income, which is an absolute joke. >> well, listen, it sounds economically illiterate. >> well, it sounds like a fascinating show. >> they'll be up next. they're on the way at midday. stay tuned on the way at midday. stay tuned on the way , though. plans for on the way, though. plans for the uk's first coal mine in 30 years have been blocked in court. we'll have more on that. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. it's 1140. ben and nana are with you on britain's newsroom on gb. >> news as ever, we'd love to hear your thoughts. post your comments gbnews.com forward slash your say. but we did have some breaking news. the decision to approve the uk's first coal mine in 30 years has been thrown out by the high court. climate campaigners launched legal action over plans for the whitehaven coal mine in cumbria,

arguing the decision to grant planning permission contradicted the uk's climate commitments . the uk's climate commitments. the new labour government withdrew support for the project, but developer west cumbria mining still contested the claims. >> however, in today's ruling, the judge said giving the go ahead for the development was, quote, legally flawed. senior meteorologist, british weather services spokesman jim dale joins us now. hello, jim. thank you for joining joins us now. hello, jim. thank you forjoining us joins us now. hello, jim. thank you for joining us this morning. good morning. good morning. >> this must be music to your ears, jim. a coal mine. it is carbon polluter being shut down. not allowed to be built. >> a victory for common sense. a victory for climate control and a victory for good air quality. so three strikes. great news. >> can i just ask common sense. so where will we be getting our coal from? just out of interest. >> we . look, coal is where coal >> we. look, coal is where coal is now . >> we. look, coal is where coal is now. becoming coal is not to say china . well, let me answer say china. well, let me answer the question. first of all, if we want to go back to we want to go forward to the next century rather than back to the last.

>> how are you, >> how are you, >> then then, you know, we've got we've got to move in this direction, and coal has got to be one of those, things that we, we get rid of, essentially. and we get rid of, essentially. and we are getting rid of it . it's we are getting rid of it. it's now only like 1 or 2% of and sometimes zero in terms of our energy use on a daily basis. >> but where are we getting coal from now then, whilst we're deaung from now then, whilst we're dealing with shutting down all our old our own coal mines, we still need coal. so where are we getting it from? >> jim and i do not think we need coal. no, no, no, not whether you think if i look at the stats. look, i look at the energy use at this moment in time, coal is there only as a reserve. it's not there as anything else. and you know, it's diminishing worldwide even in china nowadays it's going in the right direction. so this is this is as i said, it's a it's a victory for common sense. this was never going to pass the, the, the green badge of, of, you know, the right direction, the, the where we all want to go and environmentalists are in the, you know, are in the, in the not

just in the know about this, but this is the victory a bit like ulez if you like, go back to ulez. it's the same direction of travel. we want clean air. we don't want, and we put clean air before we necessarily put the climate change. but if you put the two together, as i said to you. >> so in the meantime, we're going to get coal from china if we need it because we won't have any of our own. look i think the coal from china is a diminishing thing. >> it's a it's a diminishing thing. it's not. it's a red herring, a black herring, if you want, then yes. go. >> how are you going to get to thailand on your plane? if fossil fuels are not mention that, then i'll probably grow. >> but look , i answer the >> but look, i answer the question. no, it nana knows this . question. no, it nana knows this. i've never been a person, a purist in terms of saying don't fly, don't do this, don't do that. i've said it's inevitable. i've said it's an evolution, not a revolution. okay, so, you know, i do pay back my co2. >> in what way would the carbon offsetting scam. >> sorry. say again? >> sorry. say again? >> would the carbon offsetting scam. how long would it take

you? how long will it take for the carbon to be, you know, how long will it take for you to make up for the carbon that you've used to try to thailand. how long? well, i hope, i hope very quickly. >> i'm not in charge of actually how they do it. and there are various mechanisms for that to happen. but you see, you're struggling with the answers because your climate deniers man made climate deniers. this is where you struggle with the answers. >> what's the climate denier? >> what's the climate denier? >> every time i'm calling them, jim, what is a climate denier? >> you you i've blocked you on twitter. now you constantly tweet me with that. what's the climate denier? >> okay, i'll ask you straight, ben, are you a man made climate denier? yes or no? i don't know what that means. that. okay, so the fossil fuels put co2 and other, carbon gases into the atmosphere that create a greenhouse effect that put the earth's temperature up step by step. and that's accelerated over the last 20 to 30 years, particularly the last 2 or 3 years, as you've seen by all the graphs. so that's what it is. deniers basically say that's not happening. and it's volcanoes as in richard tice excuse. et

cetera. et cetera. so you don't think volcanoes have an effect on the climate? >> is that what you're saying? it's not volcanoes. because you know that volcanoes. listen, i'm no meteorologist. i'm not qualified, and i'm not sure whether you are, but the point of this is, i am really ? of this is, i am really? >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely the case. stop reading the social media. you see, there are people might end up in court for calling me not qualified. so maybe you clear? well, okay, so i end up i tell you what, i do go to court. okay. i go to court in terms of, meteorological cases , murder, manslaughter, cases, murder, manslaughter, this sort of stuff. and i've got to be qualified for that. i've got to know what i'm doing, and i've got to have a piece of paper that says, this is what i do. i've been doing this for 30, 40 years. behind me there's two books written very recently in terms of what i can do. i don't get to write these books if i'm not qualified, if i'm not experienced , if i'm not experienced, if i'm not knowledgeable. so please respect that. >> that's fair enough. fair enough jim. all right. so your view then you feel the cold

shutting down the coal mine is a good idea. and just very briefly, what is the alternative instead. >> well, it's going to be it's going to be the renewables. it's the direction of travel. wind, wind made up in the last couple of days, 50% of our energy, energy use . so that's the energy use. so that's the direction of travel. tidal solar. and yes, they will be stored into the future. oil and gas will be used, but in diminishing in diminishing amounts . amounts. >> well, jim, thank thank you very much for being on. i appreciate your thoughts. that's jim dale, senior meteorologist at the british weather services. >> okay. up next, is it time to scrap bearskin hats? we'll be debating that next. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back. now, the cost of ceremonial bearskin caps worn by soldiers outside buckingham palace has increased by 30% in just one year, which means that the average cap now costs more

than £2,000 each. >> with some animal welfare campaigners calling for them to be scrapped. >> we're joined now by the senior campaigns manager at peta, kate werner, and editor at fieldsports channel, charlie. is it jacob? >> jacob i'm going to go with jacob, but that's just me. >> all right, let's make the case for it. apparently, some people are saying this. this is an argument. this is an attack on our our institutions, our, our ukip traditions. you know, what's what's this about? >> i think kate's going to say she doesn't like people killing bears. and i'm going to say it's a conservation question. don't worry about it. there are lots of bears. i think that's more or less how it's going to how it's going to go today. >> well, let's see whether it will. kate, what do you think? >> well, firstly, bears are killed by individuals who get hunting tags and, then are allowed to go out and shoot them or use high powered crossbows to kill them , which causes kill them, which causes a prolonged, drawn out, painful death, >> so yes, obviously we want

faux fur to be used as not only spare bear's lives, but of course, to spare the taxpayer , course, to spare the taxpayer, £1 million over the last decade, it seems insane that during a cost of living crisis, the government continues to purchase the bear fur caps when an alternative is available and has been available since 2017, which is being offered for free for ten years and will always be cheaper than bear fur. >> but surely the bears. i don't think they're specifically killed for the fur. for this hat, they're probably dead bears already that they're using the skin. i don't know what they were killed for. am i right in saying that, charlie? why are they? >> there is a bear hunt all over the world. there are lots of bears, lots of countries , very bears, lots of countries, very happy about bear hunting. bear hunting is becoming permitted in more and more countries. japan has just opened brown and black bear hunting louisiana, which had a moratorium on bear hunting since 1992, has just reopened. so you can say there are plenty

of bears. i think it's probably less a question of cost. as kate puts it. it's more a question of whether you like bear hunting or not. >> well, kate, they're not likely to ban bear hunting, are they? >> well, lots of people in the uk don't like bear hunting. and particularly these caps don't reflect the values of most of our society who are against the killing of bears and then wearing these slaughtered bear's fur as ornamental caps. these are purely ornamental caps. there is no reason why they couldn't be made from faux fur. like i say, a faux fur is available. it meets all of the requirements. it actually outperforms barefoot in terms of drying rate sustainability, yeah. and it's something that the public wants and bears deserve. >> charlie, what is the point of bear hunting? is it just for just for enjoyment? what's the point of it? >> what's the point of hunting? i think it's a cultural activity, probably a bit like being a vegetarian. i mean, you know, i could go to a supermarket. i don't have to go out and shoot a rabbit, but as it is, i do go out and shoot.

>> there's no environmental aspect to it. >> no no, no, no, that's not true. no i think what kate is arguing for is preservation. and i think if you argue for preservation , then you are preservation, then you are against hunting. i argue for conservation, i am for hunting, and i think that's the separation. >> kate. is he right? is that what you're arguing for? >> what we're arguing for is that it's wrong to go out and kill bears for fun . but what kill bears for fun. but what we're saying to the government is that you can change and switch to a faux fur that will be cheaper, will move us away from this idea that killing bears and wearing their fur is okay, which the vast majority of the uk don't agree with. and obviously we'll move these caps into the 21st century. we don't want to change the tradition, we just want them to evolve. okay. >> well, thank you very much. editor of phil sports and also charlie jacoby. thank you very much. as well. >> that's all from us for today. hope you've had fun. and it's been informative. up next is good afternoon britain with tom and emily. >> i'll see you tomorrow at 3:00. be there or be square. >> stick with us on. good

afternoon. britain at midday. we will be live in washington , d.c. will be live in washington, dc. with our reporter who's travelled with the prime minister to washington, dc, and has some breaking for news us. >> she does indeed. and also, we're going to be speaking to charlie mullins off of pimlico plumbers about why he's quitting the country he loves. he's talking about this country. of course, he says that labour doesn't support people with any aspiration. that's all to come on. good afternoon, britain 12 till three. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. it's a fine friday for most of us. sunny spells, still a few showers around, mostly across parts of scotland and perhaps some more prolonged rain turning up by the end of the day. because of this frontal system moving in from the atlantic. but for much of the atlantic. but for much of the uk it's high pressure and

sunny skies. the best of the sunshine will be across the midlands into the south and southwest of england, south wales, perhaps eastern england as well. some clouds will build and 1 or 2 showers will develop, most especially for parts of scotland. thicker cloud turning up in the far north—west, the breeze picking up as well. it's a cool day out there after a chilly start. some places close to freezing first thing, but in any sunny spells with lighter winds compared with the last few days, feeling perfectly pleasant andifs days, feeling perfectly pleasant and it's a decent end to the day for scotland with plenty of sunny spells. 1 or 2 showers there for orkney into the far north—east of the mainland, and the cloud thickening by this stage across the western isles into parts of western northern ireland as well. that's the frontal system i mentioned at the start, but otherwise clear spells into the evening. for much of england and wales, the cloud tending to fizzle away and under those clear skies overnight , temperatures will overnight, temperatures will fall again fairly quickly . 1 or fall again fairly quickly. 1 or 2 mist and fog patches will

form, and it's going to be another chilly night, unusually so for the time of year. you don't normally expect temperatures close to freezing overnight in the first half of september, but in main urban areas i think temperatures will stay at 7 or 8 celsius. scotland and northern ireland, however, sees the cloud thickening and outbreaks of rain moving in mostly light and patchy for western scotland and for much of saturday, it's largely dry away from higher parts of western and central scotland, but it will be cloudy. england and wales. meanwhile, some decent spells of sunshine and light winds allowing temperatures to reach 17 to 19 celsius that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather gb

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september. i'm tom harwood don't know what that was about 13 i've emily carver left out in the cold breaking this hour. the prime minister has denied his government is dishing out a punishment beating to pensioners, but refuses to rule out scrapping the single person council tax discount. now this could impact millions of older people. >> it's being coined the widow tax. if it goes ahead and war with russia. vladimir putin warns britain. and if britain and america allow ukraine to use their weapons on russian soil, this would spark a war on the west. the prime minister is in washington, dc as we speak. watch this space. >> contributing or taking out . >> contributing or taking out. the office for budget responsibility says that low paid migrant workers are actually a net negative for the pubuc actually a net negative for the public purse, costing taxpayers more than £150,000 each in state subsidies by the time they hit

state pension age. >>