gb news. >> hello there, i'm mark white, the latest headlines from the gb news centre. dozens of prisoners allowed out of jail under the government's emergency release program were freed by mistake. the ministry of justice has confirmed that 37 people were released mistakenly on the 10th of september, because their offences were wrongly logged. this meant these cases slipped through the safeguards , which through the safeguards, which are there to ensure those convicted of certain types of crime would not be released. most of those freed by mistake have now been returned to custody, but five prisoners are still at large . the prime still at large. the prime minister has told gb news there are legitimate concerns over migration levels. sir keir said he tended to agree that those

levels were too high. but he told our political editor , told our political editor, christopher hope, that those concerns were no excuse for violence. >> if you understand people have legitimate concerns about immigration and we should debate them and where they say to me, we think there are migration is too high, then i tend to agree with that. and the reason is because among the reasons is because among the reasons is because of the skills failure over the last years. and we need to fix that. many, many people across the country are concerned about immigration, but they wouldn't for a minute go on to the street and throw a brick at a police officer. and i think it is wrong to pretend or that they are one and the same. they are not. >> well, the prime minister was speaking ahead of his speech to the united nations, where he's called for british nationals in lebanon to leave immediately. sir keir said 700 additional uk troops as well as aircraft and ships, were on standby in the region to evacuate britons if

necessary. wednesday has seen another intense day of cross—border fighting. hundreds of hezbollah rockets and missiles have been fired into israel. meanwhile, the lebanese health ministry has confirmed that 72 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in israeli airstrikes. the prime minister is at the centre of fresh controversy over a decision to accept several weeks accommodation at a luxury property in london. the accommodation was made available by labour donor lord alli. the stay has been valued at around £20,000. sir keir defended his decision to accept the offer. he said his son needed somewhere quiet to revise for his gcses after the press surrounded the family home during the election campaign . and finally, it's campaign. and finally, it's arise. sir alan bates, the leading campaigner for subpostmasters during the

honzon subpostmasters during the horizon scandal, received his knighthood from princess anne at windsor castle. the 70 year old fought a long battle after more than 700 subpostmasters, including himself, fell victim to a faulty. it system that wrongly accused them of stealing from their post office branches . from their post office branches. okay, you're right up to date with the latest headlines. now it's with the latest headlines. now wsfime with the latest headlines. now it's time for headliners >> 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 to headliners. >> it's your first look at thursday's newspapers with three government verified comedians. i'm andrew doyle, i'm joined by

magic voiced stephen allen and magic the gathering. josh howie how are you both.7 >> very good. how are you.7 >> very good. how are you? >> i'm all right. i'm. i'm all the better for seeing you. you always brighten my day. josh thanks, mate. >> yeah you do. we said we were going to do a little fun. have a little laugh tonight, weren't we? with our accents. >> we're going to try a few accents because you love doing the accents. >> i love i'm very good at accents. >> well, what accent is steve going to do? >> i thought i'd do welsh. >> i thought i'd do welsh. >> that's not bad. that's not bad. >> get away with welsh. i'm a bit welsh as well. >> can you sustain it for the whole show? >> i can do that and just go. oh, like tom jones. i could do that. >> he does? yeah. he also throws underwear. more like al pacino. >> say hello to my little friend. oh you're right. yeah, i hearit friend. oh you're right. yeah, i hear it now. >> i'm doing chinese, by the way. >> you're going to be doing chinese. okay, so all complaints to josh don't bother me about this. just to josh. chinese. josh okay, now let's have a look at thursday's front pages. so the telegraph is leading with israeli boots ready to hit the ground in lebanon. starmer this is in the mail. starmer. the £18

million penthouse and excuses that just don't add up. the express has got it's a full on revolt over winter fuel cuts. we're going to be getting to that in a moment. the times has got inmates to win points for shorter jail terms. the guardian, also shorterjail terms. the guardian, also with the israel story, warns of lebanon ground offensive and the ai has got uk tells netanyahu to step back from brink as israel prepares for invasion. those were your front pages . okay, first up, front pages. okay, first up, we're going to start with the front cover of thursday's daily mail. steve, you've got the details. >> yeah . let's go around the big >> yeah. let's go around the big story for a while. you've got carol vorderman. can it really be healthy to eat only one meal a day? i mean, that's huge. >> i'm surprised that isn't on the front cover of every. >> do you know who said he only has one meal a day? go on. formerly known as prince charles, our new king. is that right? he only has one. no wonder he stayed so svelte for so long. >> well, that's it. people do say. the experts do say that the fewer calories you eat, the longer you live. >> no, no, but they've disproved it by saying, they say, can it

really be healthy to eat one meal a day? and then they show a photo of carol vorderman showing it's obviously mentally unhealthy to have one meal a day. >> i didn't expect you to knock carol big countdown fan than you are. >> no, not at all. well, i know she's gone way down my estimation. okay. do you not think it's to cruel have that as the question above, phillip schofield, left, on an island for 11 days. is that one meals a day?i for 11 days. is that one meals a day? i think it's kind of like not reading it. i don't think he gets the daily mail and no food. that's the suffering. that's how they make him pay. they give him a daily mail every day. >> you're gonna have to explain this to me. this is a reality show. he hasn't actually been cast away on some kind of island. >> well, you know, he is there, but with cameras, with cameras. you're right. it's not really, really. you know. no, we wouldn't have heard about it. we just would have gone missing, andrew. we wouldn't. that's how news. >> he's not actually doing a robinson crusoe kind of thing. he's not fighting with a giant octopus like in that hugo novel. >> we've not seen it yet, so it's going to be on channel five. so he's moved down to channel five. and it's about a comeback, isn't it? it's a rebrand for channel five. >> it's a you watch it. >> josh, don't push me. >> josh, don't push me. >> now look it says is

schofield's big tv comeback about to backfire? why is the mail being, you know, casting aspersions? >> some people on social media, one user on social media said if he thinks this is going to make people feel sorry for him, it'll backfire. and that spurred the story. >> that's the quote. that's the whole story. one tweet, one tweet. that's all it takes. >> i would just like to say i'm not a homosexual and i just want to establish that. there we go. stop tweeting me with your nudie doody photos. but he you should be so lucky. he looks good. he looks. he looks great. really good. he's got the stubble. he he looks very attractive, i think. >> i don't know why people are so job as a runner on this morning. >> you left it too late to start flirting. you don't think he'll come back there? okay. i mean, he's coming back. >> i mean, there was a big thing about him. ultimately, he. he broke no law. you know, an adult having a sexual relationship with another consenting adult is none of my business. frankly, i never understood why this was a big deal. so let him get on with it. if this is the way he has to come back, better than going in the jungle, i guess. >> is it though? >> is it though? >> is it though? >> is it? >> is it? >> he's got the beach. he's got the beach. i suppose he's got no food. he would have had, you know, kangaroo business. should we, should we talk about stuff

that actually matters to people's lives? >> okay, well, the main story on the mail cover, starmer, the 18 million penthouse and excuses that don't add up. what's going on there, steve? >> so he used lord alli penthouse. lord alli is the one who's given him all the money, all the glasses, all the clothes. why has keir starmer got a sugar daddy? why is he selling feet pics? is this what's happening? these are the questions we need to know. he used this place because he needed a quiet place for his son to study some gcses. look, i almost i can start to believe this. no, no, i understand you do anything for your kids. but he misses the point. he says it didn't cost the taxpayers anything. we're not worried about it costing us. we're worried about what someone else has paid for. >> well, also, doesn't he say that this was his one life chance to study for gcse? this is how starmer has described it. this is your one life chance. as though if you if you mess up loads of people messed up on their gcses, it doesn't mean anything. >> also, he's the prime minister's son. yeah, he'll be fine. so it's like, oh yeah, you're not going to get into oxbridge or whatever. yeah, but i mean, look, you know, the famous old saying there's no such thing as an £18 million free flat. no. that's true. so yeah, this is it's the hypocrisy that we're like we're having like a hypocrisy squared on top

of each other because he's a hypocrite or the labour party are being hypocrites by saying, look at those tories taking, you know, billions and whatever . and know, billions and whatever. and then the tories are now saying look at labour. but it's like you guys got all the free stuff as well. everybody's getting the free stuff. but labour are saying getting the free stuff all of the labour people that i've heard speak about this are saying that they've declared everything properly. >> they've gone through the proper channels, no one's done anything wrong. that's the claim. >> the rules are wrong. maybe. maybe no one should be getting any free stuff at any position. if you're setting out your stall as i'm the anti—sleaze, the corruption free guy, then don't go near anything. don't take anything for free just in case. i mean, also, this is like the one. is this the only billionaire that supports labour? i think it's a bit sad that he seems to this alley. yeah, he's buying them clothes . yeah, he's buying them clothes. >> he's buying them food. >> he's buying them food. >> they've got no one else to go because he said they said oh was it was, it was his first day. is his first name. yeah no his surname is ali lord alli. lord, i was looking for it was lord. yes, lord ali. yes. they were like, well, is it lord alli? he's like, yeah, of course it is. >> so he's the only donor at

this point, it seems. so they would all starve without him. >> lord alli must be sat there and his phone rings. he's like, oh, starmer again. >> he's just going to give him the bank details, let him get on with it. yeah. all right. well, let's move on. we've got the front cover of the telegraph. josh, what are they leading with? >> well, this is fascinating telegraph because they've got all these different stories that are all. i don't want to get to conspiracy theory, but if you could see in the top corner there's a story about hummus. how toxic is hummus? after two days and then that connects to israeli boots. ready on the ground to lebanon, because hummus is there's a big war about who created hummus. the jews or other middle eastern. >> i thought, you're mishearing hamas there is that. >> where did hamas come from that connects to sue gray? yes because she shops at tesco's and tesco's have recently redone their hummus lids. >> and is that two grey in that picture? >> that's sue gray over there. and she's going. should i get some hummus? >> so what are you saying here, josh, if this conspiracy is right, is sue gray responsible for hezbollah? >> there is. i'm just saying i

mean, all i'm doing is pointing out the connections you can then. >> well, it doesn't sound far fetched to me. yeah. now it is a serious story , though. i mean, serious story, though. i mean, israeli boots ready to hit the ground in lebanon now. of course. i mean, i did hear a commentator a long time ago talking soon after october 7th, talking soon after october 7th, talking about how the last thing israel really wanted, the thing that people feared the most, was actually a full on conflict with hezbollah, because they're much more armed than hamas are. but the advantage here is , is that the advantage here is, is that hezbollah is hugely unpopular among the people of lebanon. they would see this as a release, you know, unlike the situation in the gaza strip. >> absolutely. lebanon used to be a christian country, and it has now been taken over by islamist fundamentalists, backed by iran. by the way, it's wonderful seeing how much you've learned over the last year about the region. i'm not saying all this anyway, john, i don't think you've learned. i think you've learned a little bit more personally. but yes, i mean , personally. but yes, i mean, israel have played a belter because there was lots of criticism that that october 7th happened at all because, like the failure of intelligence, but all the major stuff last week, the walkie talkies. yeah. but

the walkie talkies. yeah. but the various leaders that have been killed, i mean, they're in a very good position going in on the israeli people. >> right. to be terrified, though, of this prospect. >> they've had 8000 missiles sent over since october 8th, the day after october 7th. hezbollah instantly joined in. this was arguably part of a wider plan backed by iran to to, attack israel by anneliese countries. yes, they they've been bombing israel since then, repeatedly , israel since then, repeatedly, 80,000 people have moved from the north. 43 people have civilians have been killed, including 12 druze children. so the idea now that you have these people, certainly in the west, these left wing or far left , these left wing or far left, just hypocrites who are suddenly who haven't mentioned, like if any nation in the world got bombed, 8000 missiles, they would be retaliation. and now suddenly no ceasefire with hezbollah. why were you and the pope today? i know you're a big fan of the guy, but he came out. i think he means well. josh, he came out. he was like, oh, we should have a seat. where are

your tweets about hezbollah, about the dead druze and the dead israelis? yes. it's very upsetting. >> what do you make of this, steve? do you know what i mean? >> this particular incursion, when you read about it, it's to try and get some israelis back who are were displaced. i asked myself the question, what would i want the uk to do if we were in that situation? yeah. and i think that that clarifies the mind a bit. you do think there'd be headlines saying, send our boys in to sort this out? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> if there were thousands of rockets, except except we don't have an army. but apart from that, apart from that, we don't. >> yeah. don't we even have like a to a territorial army or something. yeah. >> so it would be literally send our boys, send our 13 year old ten year olds. yeah. >> we should have like a dad's army, like a bunch of old geezers. we've got a salvation army. >> i've seen them. they're pretty tough. >> yeah, don't mess with them. i mean, with a trumpet. anyway, let's move on now to the front cover of the guardian. steve, what's going on there? >> well, they've got the israeli story as well. the mention of a ceasefire, but also they're pro—hezbollah. yeah, pressure on pm. >> i wouldn't go that far. josh. >> i wouldn't go that far. josh. >> they've got, sue gray, you know, the person who invented hamas. i got confused about what that was about there, >> she did something with the

chickpea. >> you've got to read between the lines, steve. very far. there's nothing on these stories that disproves that assertion. but, pressure on to pm deal with sue gray. >> what is the sue gray row exactly? >> i think it's more that people who work with her don't like her. and so stories have been leaked about, oh, she's getting paid six grand more than the pm or three grand. wasn't a lot more than the pm. and there's big stories like, oh, should she get bought? i do think they should have been wise enough to pay should have been wise enough to pay like three grand less. so the story just goes away. she's worth it. she's worth every penny. she's such a controversial, very attractive. it's not going to make a difference about that. >> josh. >> josh. >> no, but i'm just saying politics isn't about the brand is worth it for me. this is all she's ever going to earn. whereas if you're prime minister, you do the tour afterwards. you know exactly. >> this is it. she can't go any further. she's got a book. well, she will have a tell all book. yeah, absolutely. >> how i earn £7,000 more than the prime minister. >> i was worth all the stuff in the lockdown. and, you know, all the lockdown. and, you know, all the rumours about who she was colluding with and all the rest of it. yeah. fantastic. >> there's another story about non—doms. they're cracking down on the non—doms. but what a nom nom nom. dom's are rich people who who? they're just nom nom

nom nom nom nom nom domestics. they basically they don't live here, they don't pay tax here. but we're trying to get some money from them. okay, let me be an annoying lefty. the headline is that the crackdown on it might not raise any money. yeah, but still it's right to crackdown if you are trying to avoid some tax . yeah. cracked avoid some tax. yeah. cracked down upon. it's not just about how much money do we get out of it. no pay some tax. >> it's non—doms. sounds to me like a little cartoon character. so are things that live in caves like a japanese non—doms. >> do my japanese accent now? yeah. >> go for it. »- >> go for it. >> non—doms also pay tax the post office campaigner alan bates. he was knighted. oh, good for him. but i think his medal, he had to pick it up. it was at the left at the. >> very funny. thank you. josh, you're on fire! woohooi okay, let's move on with reluctance to the daily star. what the hell are they talking about? >> this is good 140 because there were darts, which is a game that , i'm sure you've never game that, i'm sure you've never played. no, i haven't played working class people play it. and ironically , people like and ironically, people like myself look me dead in the eye. >> when you said that you were

too busy with your croquet. yeah, and machine gunning. you know what? >> you're not working class people. no, they don't just play darts and watch it. they . not darts and watch it. they. not like posh people anyway . so this like posh people anyway. so this is someone. he farted. and now? >> no . allegedly. allegedly, >> no. allegedly. allegedly, allegedly. he's actually denied it. >> but this is a good tactic. and they should bring in more farting for more. >> why is this on the front coven >> why is this on the front cover, i think why is this even there? >> it's a big issue. it cites the case of whoever dealt it versus whoever smelt it . so versus whoever smelt it. so there is precedent in this issue and we need to get to the bottom of it. and that wasn't oh, hello. well i've had quite enough of the daily star and quite enough of you, steve. >> frankly, sorry, i didn't think you'd get that one. that's the front page. is appraised to within an inch of their print in the next section, we delve deep into riot data. calm down, and have a look starmer's junior's gcse revision

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first look at thursday's newspapers. i'm andrew doyle, celebrated free speech advocate. and i'm joined by well, does it matter anyway steve, let's start with thursday's mirror. and starmer has supposedly been humiliated by the unions. did they take the mickey out of his dad? yeah. >> pantsed him just on stage. keir starmer humiliated as labour conference demands. he scraps winter fuel payment cut . scraps winter fuel payment cut. so the delegates voted on a motion that abandons this. you know, the £300 cut. i mean, of course they did, because it's a non—binding vote. so it's like saying whatever you say now will have no effect. it won't cost anyone. it won't cost your team anyone. it won't cost your team any money. what do you want? nice. or do you want to look nasty? sure. you'll say the nice one. >> and he knows that this has been controversial. >> yeah, well, no one likes it. >> yeah, well, no one likes it. >> no one likes it. so i mean, you know, surely he should never have gone there in the first place. >> carol vorderman, if he believes that that's what they have to do. and. >> well, he seemed very proud that it was the tough decision that it was the tough decision that was his. >> it is a, it is a, it is

arguably a tough decision or it's, it's probably playing out worse than he thought. but i think this is a bit of 4d chess. starmer 4d chess. oh interesting in that. well first of all, they pushed the vote. they they forced it. it was going to be earlier in the conference. they've pushed the vote. he's now in america. so it's not as big a deal. but really this could be played like he's standing up to the unions right. like they're going you got to cut it. and he's and he's going no i'm not going to cut it. >> how much influence do they really have in the labour party anymore. >> well no exactly. so but that's so in a way it's a way for him to look to at least deal with the visuals because he expressed the other day was like, look at all that. it was at the mail. one of the same. >> i mean, is there anything he can do to turn it around at this point? i mean, steve, i saw yesterday the savanta poll saying that 20 that he's down 28 points among labour voters, 26 points among labour voters, 26 points generally. >> i know it doesn't really matter right now because we couldn't be further away from an election. but i do think this is this is going to stick. i do think it's been more impactful than he would have predicted. this is going to be the legacy already within the first few weeks. we seem to know what

starmer's legacy will be in the same way that decades later, people say, you know, thatcher, thatcher, milk snatcher, snatcher. what's the one they say about starmer? granny hammer, something like that. whatever it is very nice. that's good. >> well, you want to start that trend? >> might i start a lot of trends? i think they're playing the longer game. even longer than the 4d chess. five d chess that because i think what they're doing is they're cutting they're doing is they're cutting the winter fuel payments and hoping for a really harsh winter, because the two problems they're facing is all the welfare payments. biggest slice of that goes on pensions. the nhs mainly used by older people, is getting. i'm starting to think they're sitting back, just fingers crossed, calling the met office all the time, going please let it be a harsh one. >> and are you thinking of the predominance of conservative voters among that demographic? do you know what that's true? it's quite macabre. yes. let's go back to the conspiracy. >> i don't know what that means, but it definitely is. well, no one likes everyone like this is the mirror saying it's horrible. it's not even one of the newspapers that are paid to hate them. no, no one likes us. other than shipman. and he's already dead. >> okay, we're going to move on now to the guardian. they've got some data for you. so tell us how exactly how racist were the rioters? >> oh , i love this story. you're

>> oh, i love this story. you're right. because the data is in the guardian local left behind, prey to the populist politics. what the data tells us about the 2024 uk riots. yes, it is a cracking article. they go through all the demographics of the people who've been put to trial. it's about 500 ish. they've gone through the court notes. the analysis is rubbish, but the data is good. so were they local ? even keir starmer they local? even keir starmer said that like a few days after the riots started to become riots. yeah, they were being bused in, bused in or going up on trains. i thought labour loved public transport, but he seemed to hate this. it turns out wrong. within about five miles, three quarters of those lived within a five mile radius of the riot that day. i mean, good for their carbon footprint. stats show that they're from depnved stats show that they're from deprived areas. also, there's a link to people with ill health. i think the guardian. this is where they get stupid. that's the same thing. if you live in a depnved the same thing. if you live in a deprived area, you're more likely to have exact health. >> this is well also, why do they quote hope not. hate talking about what this tells us about the predominance of the far right. what these statistics don't tell us is the political affiliations of anyone involved. yeah. so why is this useful? >> because it's the guardian.

so, like steve says, it's the day to is quite revealing. but of course it's the guardian. so they're going to use that data to prove whatever it is they want to prove by interviewing hope not hate, who have sort of used the data to go well. actually, what it proves is there isn't actually a big far right menace here driving all around the country. yes, it's atomised, it's atomised, they're atomised, it's atomised, they're atomised, far right, atomised , atomised, far right, atomised, far right. >> the far right is even huge in liverpool, apparently. where the riots were going on, even though thatis riots were going on, even though that is an overwhelmingly left leaning constituency. yes. i mean, they just ignore it. they just want it to be one thing, don't they? and also, this doesn't tell us this is also focusing specifically on people who were convicted of criminal activities. yes. that doesn't tell us really what was going on in. >> there were far right present, but there were also a lot of people, local people who were present, obviously opportunistic rioters who were like, woohoo, there's a riot coming from broken society because these are in the most deprived areas where for them, immigration or not, they society has failed them. yes, in terms of their, you know, employment and services

and everything else. so they're going to riot. these aren't they're not leading great lives . they're not leading great lives. well, i mean, i'm sure you're happy and there is a selection or an availability bias in the data as well, in that if you turned up to one of these intent on protesting, but not rioting and just protested, you're less likely to be sent to court. so you wouldn't be in this data set. >> right? okay, well, we're going to move on now to the daily mail. josh, this is a horrible story from france. what are the details here? >> yeah, it is fury in france, a student, 19, is murdered in exclusive paris suburb by a 22 year old moroccan rapist who had been released from jail and was awaiting deportation. now i don't want to be accused of starting a riot by telling the truth here, by mentioning the story, by mentioning the fact what had happened. but yes , this what had happened. but yes, this could have easily, arguably had happened here because the system is broken in that it certainly in france what had happened is, yes, they have . and france is yes, they have. and france is much better than the uk of deporting criminals. but what their system is broken is they

they let the guy out because they let the guy out because they were deporting so many. they didn't. they there was a bit of a backlog. so they were like, oh well look, you can just chill out for a bit. we'll let you out and you'll report in every day, won't you? yeah yeah, sure. and then he went off and murdered somebody and raped somebody. so that is shows how that system is broken. arguably they are ahead of the uk in terms of deporting their criminals. i mean it always astonishing. >> i find it astonishing irrespective of your political affiliation . why obviously affiliation. why obviously people who have come to the country and are criminals, rapists, murderers, get them out. i mean , surely that's it's out. i mean, surely that's it's a no brainer, right? >> and seeing how many the numbers that you get in france, it shows that we not only could be doing it now, we could have been doing it pre 2016. we could have been doing this all along. why have we not had the right mindset to do it. they've got the ehrc and yeah. and the other thing is there was a story the other week which wasn't really covered that much here where we've got there's a ugandan murderer in this country who's we can't deport back to uganda because they're afraid of his mental health. i don't care, he's from uganda. he's not a

british citizen. he's a murderer. and why is he in this society? >> it doesn't make any sense at all. and, you know, it can be these sorts of stories, these individual stories about one particular person that can spark things. because, you know, this this is obviously a tragedy that could have easily been prevented without a doubt. so this is the kind of thing that they really need to get on top of. >> but to say so makes you far right. and of course, they're going on about how the far right and france, it's not a far right issue. >> no absolutely not. okay. we're going to move on now this is another story from the guardian. this is shocking news. ihave guardian. this is shocking news. i have to say. apparently the taliban has a problem with women. know what's going on. >> no no no no no no. >> n0 no no no no no. >> no no no no no no. >> that's what it's saying. >> that's what it's saying. >> it's the guardian being guardian again. >> oh guardian again. >> on right . yeah. what's going >> on right. yeah. what's going on here? >> taliban to be taken to international court over gender discrimination. and i mean like what. >> yeah. fair enough, fair enough. >> so it's because in afghanistan, there was a story last week that it's illegal for women to speak in public. now, as an introvert who's married an extrovert specifically so that she can tell the waiter when

i've been given the wrong food, i've been given the wrong food, i don't want any of these conversations. women should be speaking in public. that's not a it's a very brave thing for me to say, privates. the problem, the twist here is that afghanistan signed up to this treaty with the icj and then taliban took over. this is like forgetting that you've got a netflix subscription, like, oh, we signed up to what? oh, no. >> but also the taliban have been ramping it up so that women have to be completely covered, including their hands. can't leave the house. they can't leave the house. they can't leave the house. like, i mean, they are completely full on misogynist, as they always have been. you know, there was this myth that there was a taliban 2.0 and there's a new insta friendly taliban generation. they're super cool. and down with the left . with the left. >> wokeist can't go to school. >> wokeist can't go to school. >> it's just not true. >> it's just not true. >> but do you know what happens if the court finds them guilty of gender discrimination? yes. >> nothing. nothing? nothing. do you really think the taliban are going to care? i mean, honestly, what they are saying is that other countries would be less inclined to recognise the taliban government. >> right? okay if this did go through, i'm kind of in two minds because for me, the icj's a joke because of the present

court case in terms of this fake genocide that supposedly is happening in gaza, but at the same time, the taliban are misogynist. so of course they got that one, right? yeah. >> okay. right. we're now at the halfway point and you ain't seen nothing yet. nothing you have. but you're going to see some more. for instance, when does a trans woman now not become a woman? what happened to children's eyesight? and is most addicted to

welcome back to headliners, your welcome back to headliners, your first look at thursday's first look at thursday's newspapers and josh howie . let's newspapers and josh howie . let's newspapers and josh howie. let's kick off with thursday's newspapers and josh howie. let's kick off with thursday's telegraph. and are the scottish telegraph. and are the scottish police being transphobic? women police being transphobic? >> no, indeed, because they are >> no, indeed, because they are not recognising that someone who not recognising that someone who self declares as a woman might self declares as a woman might actually not be a woman in the actually not be a woman in the case that they are guilty of or case that they are guilty of or are accused of sex crimes. are accused of sex crimes. >> well, they finally discovered >> well, they finally discovered

that rapists who say they're that rapists who say they're women shouldn't be in aren't women. >> yeah, and so that the few things that happen is, first of all, you had male rapists going into female jails. yes, a british i said nearly, said isla fisher. but it's isla bryson isla bryson. and also you had it skewed the all their statistics as well. so suddenly you had all these female rapists which is impossible because the rape law. yeah. >> but we still have lots of skewed statistics because there are lots of police forces. each police force appears to be making it up as they go along. some are recording according to gender identity, some are recording. recording according to sex. i mean, we do need accurate stats. >> what's so frustrating about this? of course, on top of what you're saying, is just the gaslighting from the police scotland or scotland police or whatever. it's insane. what do you think? the way they've sort of done it like. yeah, of course we're going to do it. yeah. >> we've never done this before. >> we've never done this before. >> you know, we didn't leave isla bryson actually, adam graham in a female prison while we were doing a risk assessment. >> god knows why a rapist needs a risk assessment. >> you know, double rapist going into women's prison. so it's

really annoying that they're kind of. and that's what we're going to see a lot of institutions where they're like, no, and you're going to see comics who've pushed this ideology. everybody who's done this is just going to be like, no, i don't know what you're talking. of course, biological men shouldn't be in. yeah. >> all those comedians that piled onto graham linehan and said, oh, you're an evil bigot, you, andrew. >> they piled onto you. they did. they did. >> and me. but they're going to i know they're going to. they're going to lie. they're going to say, oh, we had nothing to do with this. we knew all along we were just playing with you. >> yeah. at least they could delete their tweets. whereas actually police scotland say no. we've we've never done this at all. there are headlines though. i know. >> how do you pretend there's youtube. there's google case like this is bizarre to me. >> i think one solution is it's the bruce devlin solution . call the bruce devlin solution. call everyone she. yes. and then all of a sudden, this problem goes away because he tends to do that. >> he does do that. no, he only calls men straight. >> men. does he call gay men? she he calls me. she. >> i mean, there's an old there's an old sort of gay theatrical tradition of reversing the pronouns. it's got nothing to do with gender identity. it's to do with high

camp. yes. so it is quite confusing sometimes. >> and police scotland has made me question myself. >> anyway, enough from you , >> anyway, enough from you, josh. let's move on to the guardian. and this is a story about the spectator. what's happened here? >> michael gove named a spectator editor after gb news backers takeover. so when you consider that this is it because it's been bought by paul marshall, who is one of the backers of gb news? i'd just like to say this is a great appointment. great guy. michael gove will bring his expertise, not his expertise. he hates experts. michael gove will bring his loyalty, although he stabbed bons his loyalty, although he stabbed boris johnson in the back and theresa may and liz truss, that last one was pretty good. he will bring his intelligence because when he was in charge of education, michael gove said he wanted all schools to be above average. that guy doing that, that's that's what's happening. >> well, i don't know. i think he'll be quite good at this. i genuinely do. >> i didn't mention the drugs. i actually think it'd be good. and i'm not just saying that because michael gove follows me on twitter. does he follow you on twitter? he does this. i'm like, i must, i'm just an idiot. you know me in real life and i'm a

very stupid person. that's why he likes me. he hates experts and he follows you. oh, okay. maybe. oh, well. fine then. are you sure? >> maybe his account is run like one of the interns. >> oh, maybe. maybe. well, anyway, thank you, intern, for following. that made me feel good for the day, but. >> but it's an interesting moment for the spectator. you know, obviously now it's been it's under new management. so will it go in a different direction. it's always been centre right. >> the whole thing. it's. yeah it's not like there's not history here. it's not like bons

the oldest magazines and they vowed editorial independence. >> and it's just like no one tells us here what we have to do. and i think this is just a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant decision. >> okay. there we go. josh making his pitch for a promotion there. we're going to move to. >> just to keep my job. i don't need a promotion. >> we're moving on to the telegraph now. josh, this is some controversial film news. someone has hired an actor who's white. what the hell is going on? >> just fix my hair. let me just go. okay are you pitching for you? >> want to get an acting job now? >> do you want my coat? yes, i do want it. >> well, you're not going to get heathcliff. >> oh, well, let me just say that. well, with dark skinned, swarthy, gypsy type, that's what it says. that's you to a tjosh, it says. that's you to a t josh, on your on your spotlight. i'll do my gypsy accent. >> but he also has to be sexy and brooding. and the kind of person that kate bush would sing about. that's not you , babushka. about. that's not you, babushka. >> so wuthering heights film stirs controversy after white actor. white >> he's white chosen to play his humza yousaf impersonator. that is my. >> yes, that's my chinese accent, jacob elordi, played a dark skinned character, so he's

getting lots of supposedly there are lots of bronte, i hope i'm pronouncing that right, experts have gone. oh, no, there's a lot of in recent years. he's definitely black or mixed race because he was found in liverpool and liverpool. as you know, everybody in liverpool is black or mixed race. >> i mean, there's some i mean, have you read the novel got no right. well i have and the novel itself does say quite explicitly that he is dark skinned , but the that he is dark skinned, but the implication is that he's of romani origin , so he wouldn't be romani origin, so he wouldn't be whiter than white, you know. so, i mean, that's fine. so. so i wouldn't say that casting. but on the other hand, his spanish, his origin spanish. >> so that's that. >> so that's that. >> well, on the other hand, the same is it with with this sort of thing. i mean, remember cliff richard played heathcliff in a musical version once, so, you know, it can be anyone, can't it? and also, you know, steve, you remember when there was a black anne boleyn for a channel five miniseries that seems to be more egregious , because i'll more egregious, because i'll tell you what, anne boleyn definitely wasn't black. >> you racist. well, no . i

>> you racist. well, no. i almost feel sorry for this story because you're kind of if you do, if you don't now. because if they have, like , it's not like they have, like, it's not like he's a bit of an anti—hero, right? he's not like a good all round. he's not a good guy. so if you go like, we definitely need to cast someone black for this. what? why? why are you picking just black people to play picking just black people to play someone with so many character flaws? or you go, why they did with darth vader. >> yes, that's right, he was played by the green cross code man. >> just the voice was done by. >> just the voice was done by. >> that's true. yes, it was the green cross code man. i wonder what they were saying there. >> but but it's funny that people in hollywood going on this is so brave. this is such a brave decision. really, really interesting. hiring a spanish descendant to play a gypsy, django reinhardt. >> i actually love the old wuthering heights, the one with laurence olivier. it's great. and they only do the first half of the novel, which is the best half? >> oh, at least they didn't spoil the ending. >> that's pretty good. yeah. >> that's pretty good. yeah. >> this is a quick aside. have you ever seen the videos of the original audio of star wars? no. so you've got, i can't remember his name, but you got the green cross code man going like, oh, you find your lack of faith

disturbing? no, luke, i am your father. >> they should have left it as it was. >> this is the difference between me. we're talking about star wars. you're like, oh, have you read bronte's wuthering? whatever. >> she only she only wrote one novel. josh, you could do with the courtesy of reading it. i'll do it. >> i'll read it straight after i finished your one. >> and he's actually brilliant. wuthering heights, actually. brilliant. >> so star wars, take your word for it, kellestine's, i swear. >> and i have to work with him. all right, let's move on now. i think it's you, steve, with the independent. next. but, can't quite see the autocue. that's a joke. it's a joke face. >> you're pulling his accent. >> you're pulling his accent. >> can't believe it's a joke. we tried a joke . tried a joke. >> we did it. we? >> we did it. we? >> yeah, yeah , everybody. but >> yeah, yeah, everybody. but now you have to explain the joke. otherwise, the people watching won't know what it's about. what's the. what's the punchline? >> do a different story. don't make it a joke anymore. don't do the proper story. >> i will not have my joke undermined in this way. >> covid lockdowns damaged children's eyesight, apparently. get it? yeah. >> did you get it? it was to do with the eyes squinting. >> 1 in 3 children are short sighted. are you telling me they don't even have pensions? are you? but no. during lockdown

they did some stuff that damaged their eyesight. we all did. that hairy palms. come on. it was. it was a lockdown. what about children here? the oh yeah. that's true. so it's myopia. it's 1 in 3 that are myopic because of all the screen time. so whilst there was a slight they're always on the screens anyway. well yeah. and there was anyway. well yeah. and there was a slight uptick because during covid they were out less and on the screen more. yes and that's the screen more. yes and that's the headline in the independent. no.the the headline in the independent. no. the more important thing is it's the screens. so it's about 15% of our kids are myopic. if you go to look at places like japan accent. no. all right. yeah. it's around japan. it's about 85%. the lesson is stop, kids. konnichiwa >> looking at screens, i mean, take the phones away. yeah, smash the phones. >> when we grew up in the 80s, we were out there and we had to have good eyesight because the radio djs, there were tv presenters coming to get us these days, young kids have newsreaders messaging them, so it's not as it's all on screen. >> just take away the phones. >> just take away the phones. >> i think i got it, see, that's what happened to me. i got a gameboy too early because my parents were wealthy. i was like, i got the gameboy and if you're poor, like me, you just learn how to break wind and play

darts. >> now that's a great evening. working class hobbies. there let's move on now. josh, to the times. and does the times have an explanation for simon's evans? huge follower? count on x indeed. >> addiction to social media growing fast among teenage girls. and so they've all sort of followed simon because he of his articles and he's well, he's a silver fox. silver fox. yeah. but book recommendations and whatnot . and, yeah, this is it's whatnot. and, yeah, this is it's quite interesting that actually, but even more so in scotland for some reason. and that might tie in again to because the scottish there's scotland, there's terrible weather. so they're staying inside more. yes. and they're all addicted to social media. and then they eat all the mars bars, the deep fried. i didn't read that. >> they do other things in scotland. you know they had do they. yeah. and i tell you what, leo, leo gets really angry about these stereotypes. yeah, that's why i'm doing it. >> because he's not here. yeah, right. >> steve, what do you make of this story, >> you know, worrying. it is worrying because young people get addicted to this stuff a lot. they tested 11 year olds, 13 year olds and 15 year olds.

two of those aren't even meant to be on social media. i suppose when you are 13, you're allowed to have accounts. let's clamp down on that. no 11 year olds should be anywhere near social media. no, because back in our day, you had to be bullied in person and it was slower. it was like you had to send a letter of hate these days. you could just send all the messages, and we're going to find out that it's incredibly bad for their developing brains, like it's incredibly bad for their developing eyesight. >> and absolutely they should be sitting at home reading wuthering heights is what they should be doing. >> do you think this is like the beginning of the sort of the blob, the blob we're turning into blobs like in the film up? no, like an up. you know where we social media. plus we're just going to be big glasses with a blob with the mars bars. >> you know, a better reference would have been the em. forster short story the machine stops, where we're just all in our little chambers watching the screens all the time. >> i always forget that one. >> i always forget that one. >> that would have been a more literary reference. >> she is my favourite writer. >> she is my favourite writer. >> unbelievable. is it pronounced m m r forster? right. one more section to go. one more opportunity for emboldening your knowledge base. we're going to be talking about xl bully cats,

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welcome back to headliners. it's your first look at thursday's newspapers getting straight back into it with the telegraph. is it a bird? is it a plane? no. what is it, steve? >> it's a drone . britain's skies >> it's a drone. britain's skies to be blanketed by drones within three years. now, the last time this story came up, when i was on the show and you were hosting, i managed to scare you because amazon were doing tests of these unmanned delivery drones in cambridgeshire. it turns out , drones in cambridgeshire. it turns out, and drones in cambridgeshire. it turns out , and they drones in cambridgeshire. it turns out, and they did the tests and they didn't make any commercial deliveries. what went wrong amazon give us the details. because if you're not actually testing it all the way through, if you live in cambridge, can you just tell us do you have lots of dead birds around like decapitated birds? >> i don't trust something's going on now. why does this headune going on now. why does this headline say, britain's skies to be blanketed by drones? that's

an alarming, alarming verb. yeah they're all carrying blankets. >> there'll be loads of them. all it is before you get upset, though, it also says this will unlock the ability to transport chemotherapy drugs to hospitals and defibrillators in emergencies. this is like when you're emceeing a gig. what do you're emceeing a gig. what do you do for a living? cancer charity. oh, i can't pick on you now. you can't have a go at them. >> i know, but that's a good thing. what what i don't like. theideais thing. what what i don't like. the idea is the sky just full of these flying robots, which can turn at any moment. yeah. all it will take is like a lightning strike. like in short circuit for one of them to gain consciousness and cultural references are so good tonight. >> short circuit. >> short circuit. >> well, yeah, i mean, you know, he and johnny five is alive. he's alive and it just takes one of these drones to come alive. >> central. i, you know, i might like skynet. terminator. yeah. started as a thing . that's what started as a thing. that's what drones are. and they're big. they turn out to be big silver spaceships or whatever it is in terminator drones. they started out delivering amazon packages. they did? i like the idea of a terminator just they did? i like the idea of a terminatorjust starting they did? i like the idea of a terminator just starting out they did? i like the idea of a terminatorjust starting out as terminator just starting out as a delivery thing. yeah, it's actually a good idea. absolutely will not stop even if it's half crushed. is that a gun? it will

crawl all its way to your front doon crawl all its way to your front door, shoot pigeons ? yes. or door, shoot pigeons? yes. or whatever. and that's that's the plan. it goes from there. but this is all because the airspace regulator have given it the get 90, regulator have given it the get go, because we're behind. but what about outside america? >> they don't own the skies. the skies are all of ours. >> surely not. >> surely not. >> well, it's like the countryside, but i like how they said, oh, it's going to be about defibrillators and cancer treatment. >> it's like, no, it's going to be buns and burgers at two in the morning. >> exactly. i think it's a terrible idea. and if i see them, i'm going to shoot them down. all right. i'm gonna be honest about that. >> well, and that's why then they turn against humanity. you're the instigator. >> no, i'll be the john connor of the future, running the resistance, listening to you. >> you'll be andrew. >> you'll be andrew. >> you'll be incinerated before you know it. >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> anyway, let's move on. >> anyway, let's move on. >> stand close to you outside the mirror. >> and josh, bully cats. what's going on? >> yeah. inside terrifying rise. it's not terrifying of new xl bully cats as experts issue grave warning. >> these aren't as bad as the dogs are. >> they have a photo of the bully cat. do we? we have a photo. we are very professional

here and the photo? there it is. >> yeah, but it's just that's just one of those sphynx cats that's just a bit more wrinkled . that's just a bit more wrinkled. >> it looks like my testicles. >> it looks like my testicles. >> it looks like my testicles. >> i have to be honest with you. well, after you wax, i have to be honest that those cats. because we had some on the set of the dinosaur hour and those ones, the hairless ones, were the more vicious they . the more vicious they. >> and i'm sure they're cold. they're angry. they're saying this is why the charities animal charities, animal charities are saying that like it's really bad and they're going to get like little diseases in the folds of their skin. and they have muscular they've been bred to look like that. yes, exactly. can't we just take all the time just botox the cats? that could be part of the thing. but they are bred specifically to have this impact. but it's not like this impact. but it's not like this is the first time that animals have been bred. like, you know, you've got dogs bred, but calling them xl. but the whole point about the reason the ban happened because the dogs was that they killed, by the way, the only death rate i've ever had on this show, you know, considering i talk about islamists and whatever was from an xl bully dog, it's a very

sensitive issue. they were very. >> but of course, the dogs are genuinely dangerous and have killed people. a cat with the best will in the world, no matter how tough it looks, it can't do well. >> you say that now, but if they keep breeding it to make it strong, because the whole thing is they look more like weightlifters. these animals doing it with a dog is one thing, but when you do it with a dog, that's true. don't do it with a dog. but when if you breed a cat like these, these are animals who really do not care about. >> they've got no loyalty, no, they've got no loyalty. >> i got two cats, and if i wasn't feeding them, they would have killed me. >> i think if they get more muscular, if they get to the size of battlecat or cringer, if you prefer that reference. yeah. then then that would be terrifying. but as it stands, i'm not scared of cats. >> no, but if you were living by yourself and you're an old woman and you've got a bunch of cats, they do. they are cannibals. >> they will eat you. we've just got a minute. so let's see if we can do this story. it's the male single handedly taking down big water, steve. >> tap water is cleaner than bottled water because it doesn't contain all these compounds. you've got your phthalates. you've got your phthalates. you've got your phthalates. you've got your, bis something or other bisphenol a, which apparently can affect it, can affect sperm quality unless you're trying to get someone

pregnant. the quality of the sperm is not the problem. >> josh, what is? >> josh, what is? >> i've never. i've never been with a woman in water. i've never been with a woman who's sent it back saying the quality's not good enough. >> are you talking about the water still? >> no, we're talking about sperm. oh. so. yeah, but, josh, water is good enough. >> on a nicer note. i mean, look, i know you're performing the story for us. is that what you're going to do now? every night, just before the storm impression. >> why didn't you do an impression of water? >> why didn't you do the bully cap when we were talking about the bully cats, why didn't you do an impersonation of heathcliff? >> i'm sorry. you're right. this is all. that's all i can do. i'm. all i'm good for is spitting water. >> japanese kids, from now on, i want you to do the act out the stories. and me and steve can chat about the stories. that's going to be the new format. >> that's much better, because i don't really have any insight. >> now we've decided on that new format. tune in tomorrow when we'll be doing that. but before we'll be doing that. but before we go, let's have another look at thursday's front pages. so the telegraph is leading with israeli boots ready to hit the ground in lebanon and the mail has got starmer, the £18 million penthouse, and excuses that just don't add up. the express is running with it's a full on

revolt over winter fuel cuts. the times has got inmates to win points for shorter jail terms and the guardian also leading with the israel story and the ai has got uk tells netanyahu to step back from the brink. those were your front pages. that's all we've got. time for. thanks ever so much to my wonderful guests, steve n allen and josh howie. we're back tomorrow. of course, at 11:00 with nick dixon, paul cox and lewis schaffer. and if you're watching the 5 am, repeat, please do stick around, because now it's time for breakfast. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hi there. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news rain for many of us over the next 24 hours, heavy in places once again, but there will be a few clear spells around, particularly in the far south and the far north, as this low pressure sends its frontal systems north. they will stall across northern ireland, southern scotland , northern

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be offended, and five are still on the loose as the prison crisis deepens. >> that's as ministers scramble to avoid further overcrowding with the justice secretary considering a points based system to reduce an inmate's time behind bars. >> the prime minister is in new york for the un general assembly, where top of the agendais assembly, where top of the agenda is avoiding all out war in the middle east. >> in relation to lebanon. i'm very worried about the escalation and calling for all parties to step back from the bnnk parties to step back from the brink to de—escalate. we need a ceasefire so this can be sorted out diplomatically. >> that's as us officials say, a temporary ceasefire deal along the israel—lebanon border could come within hours. >> former chair of the 1922 committee, sir graham brady , committee, sir graham brady, celebrates the release of his much anticipated memoir ,