and all across the westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, sir keir starmer wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infections . prevent infections. >> sir keir starmer is under fresh fire this time for faking lord alli £18 million mansion was his lockdown workplace with his backbenchers and even his supportive media turning on him. is this the final blow for starmer's credibility? the prime minister of hypocrisy? and on yesterday's show here on gb news, sir keir starmer admitted to us that his homes for heroes plan would not prioritise british veterans , even over british veterans, even over asylum seekers. today i'll speak to a former sas operative turned campaigner and a former squaddie who became homeless himself and even suicidal for their reaction to what they think is their final betrayal and a diversity drive to ensure 50% of

candidates for the welsh parliament are women has been rejected, and that caused the social justice minister to go into a bizarre rant about white men. trust me, they're not happy in the valleys. and two rotherham child abuse victims were left out of court for the sentencing of their rapist. gb news can exclusively reveal. i'll be joined by the journalist who broke that story, charlie peters, and also the child abuse campaigner maggie oliver, who feels that this latest sex abuse scandal is yet another example of victims not being put first. and that's all coming between now and 6 pm. we were never all in it together, were we? while we were locked down at home, people like sir keir starmer were lauding it in their mates mansions, telling us what to do while on full pay. harder, longer, faster, sooner lockdowns was their menu. while we were

put under lock and key. does this latest revelation about this latest revelation about this mansion really stick in your craw? it certainly does mine. is this the one that makes you think there's just one rule for sir keir starmer? one rule for sir keir starmer? one rule for boris johnson, who, if you remember, was thrown out for the same sins and certainly another rule for all of us. let me know your thoughts . your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay national headlines. here's mark. gbnews.com/yoursay national headlines. here's mark . white. headlines. here's mark. white. >> good afternoon. at 3:02, the main headlines from the gb news centre. scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business

failed. colleagues michael ward, who worked for al fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful penod described it as a shameful period in the business's history. israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, today. well, you're looking at live images of southern lebanon as intense cross—border fighting continues with smoke and explosions on the horizon. security sources said the strike on beirut was aimed at targeting a senior hezbollah commander. it comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told his military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon. the lebanese health ministry claims 26 people were killed in today's strikes . former 26 people were killed in today's strikes. former chair of 26 people were killed in today's strikes . former chair of the strikes. former chair of the defence select committee , tobias defence select committee, tobias ellwood, believes despite the intense fighting, a ceasefire

could be imminent. >> i think it will happen in the next 48, 72 hours. it takes some >> i think it will happen in the next 48, 72 hours. it takes some time . this is a very complex time . this is a very complex time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of troop numbers that are required. troop numbers that are required. although i'm sure the idf, the although i'm sure the idf, the israeli defence forces, would israeli defence forces, would have been preparing for this for have been preparing for this for some time. some time. >> the family of a teenager in wolve >> the family of a teenager in wolve have told a court they are have told a court they are devastated , heartbroken and devastated , heartbroken and devastated, heartbroken and devastated, heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this attack are being sentenced this week. the killers were convicted week. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull heart and suffered a skull fracture in november last year. fracture in november last year. they're believed to be the they're believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james killing two year old james

bulger in bulger in 1993. a man has been charged with the mate;

bulger in 1993. a man has been charged with the m at the venue themed dance class at the venue when they were attacked, and three young girls fatally injured . british, us and injured. british, us and australian defence ministers have been meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister richard marles, as the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone . the hollywood icon , james alone. the hollywood icon, james heale dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness , sitting political correctness, sitting down with gb news presenter andrew pierce. she said that she was no fan at all of woke

culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning . i actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control . think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, a number warning for heavy rain has been issued by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel disruption across large parts of the uk. the new alert covers the midlands and parts of south west from 6 pm. today until 6 am. tomorrow. the met office warns nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions, with rivers continuing to rise and the until the rain clears. several yellow weather warnings are already currently in place for large parts of the country until 9 am. tomorrow. well, it wouldn't be my news into the

martin daubney show without a good weather roundup. stay in, wrap up warm and watch the man himself 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. >> bravo mark white. what a legend! now then, sir keir starmer is facing questions over why he failed to declare repeatedly using a donor's £18 million penthouse for his political purposes. he used lord alli property to film a message calling more people to work from home. when covid guidelines were still in place. but was he really following the rules himself? well, let's take a look now. that infamous video, the new variant omicron is spreading fast. >> and the argument that we don't know enough about it doesn't stack up. we may not be

certain how dangerous it is , but certain how dangerous it is, but we do know that lives are at risk . at times like this. we risk. at times like this. we must all put the national interest first and play by the rules. getting jabbed, wearing masks and working from home. if we can really will help prevent infections . infections. >> it's the pictures of his kids in the background that get me. now. the prime minister is in the us at the moment, as he's meant to speak at the united nafions meant to speak at the united nations later on today. but this freebie scandal is surely overshadowing everything else we can speak now with gb news political editor chris hope, who joins us live from the big apple to talk to the big apple, chris. things seem rotten to the core with the labour party. nobody's talking about what keir starmer is doing in new york. nobody is talking about what he's speaking about at the united nations. everybody is focused on this onward rolling scandal. now, the latest one, of course, using the pictures of his children in the background in his mate's mansion ,

background in his mate's mansion, telling us to work from home under lock and key for lockdowns, he wanted sooner, harder , longer while he was harder, longer while he was swanning around a mansion and it seems once again, we were never all in it together and the rules didn't apply to keir starmer. >> hello, martin. yeah, great to see you again. coming to you live today from times square where i'm following sir keir starmer around new york as he he meets with business leaders and, and on the diplomatic trail i think you know globally we have got sir keir starmer trying to make two big cases here. he's pressing a case for a three week ceasefire to allow britons to get out of lebanon. there's a mass evacuation or trying to take place with warships in the region as the fighting between hezbollah and israeli troops gets worse and worse. separate to that, there's ukraine. and that's a real problem. trying to get the zelenskyy in the white house this lunchtime meeting with joe biden, kamala harris

later on today, he's trying to get them to agree to sign off on using long—range missiles against russia in russia. they're uk made, but they're navigated by american technology . navigated by american technology. really important. and that's why sir keir starmer is trying to make that case. we'll hear more of that, i think, when he addresses the un general assembly just after 10 pm. tonight on gb news, a really important one there. the first labour prime minister for 15 years. and a moment for him to introduce himself, i think on the world stage in a formal setting, on the edges, on the margins of here in new york, he might try and meet with donald trump, who is in new york. it's a difficult one for him because he can't meet kamala harris, who's in washington. he's never met kamala harris, and she might be the president after the election in november. but he's quite keen, i think, to meet with trump, if only to try and urge him to back ukraine if it becomes us president, urge him to back ukraine if it becomes us president , then. so becomes us president, then. so that could happen. we also we saw them meet with ursula von der leyen, the european commission president. that's

ahead of a meeting next week in brussels, which will be really important while we're watching the tory conference and the battle there for the leadership contenders. don't ignore brussels. so keir starmer is going there to meet with ursula von der lie—in. but overshadowing all of that, as you're saying, martin, is the issue of freebies. this issue of wajid ali's flat , we saw starmer wajid ali's flat, we saw starmer staying there. he's owned up to that. he's talked about that, but he also did broadcast from there with family photos behind him, not really clear why , but him, not really clear why, but what we're told by number 10 and his team is that he didn't want to, broadcast from home because of privacy reasons, and that's his home. so he did it from waheed ali's flat. and we'll be pressing him more when we see him later. for gb news. but last night i asked him a question. i think viewers and listeners may want to know why not just give back all the free stuff you've had, the glasses, the suit , the had, the glasses, the suit, the clothing. like like another labour mp has been doing when

she is sent gear free through the post or given to her. and here's what he had to say. a labour mp for south shields, south shields, emma lewell—buck, gives her labour mp for south shields, emma lewell—buck, gives her freebies to charity. he gives freebies to charity. he gives them away. why won't you give them away. why won't you give things you've had for free? back things you've had for free? back to charity or to or to a good to charity or to or to a good cause? >> well , all cause? >> well , all cause? >> well, all that happened is i cause? >> well, all that happened is i wanted somewhere safe and quiet wanted somewhere safe and quiet for my son to do his gcse for my son to do his gcse preparation. i needed it to be preparation. i needed it to be secure because of the situation secure because of the situation we're in now. in exchange of we're in now. in exchange of money, there's nothing to give money, there's nothing to give away . away . away. >> they have martin. he's away. >> they have martin. he's ignonng >> they have martin. he's ignonng >> they have martin. he's ignoring the question. just saying. look, i owned up ignoring the question. just saying. look, i owned up everything i've done, what i can everything i've done, what i can buy. all my all what i did is buy. all my all what i did is out there, you know. and he are out there, you know. and he are they are saying, by the way, they are saying, by the way, just finally they're not going just finally they're not going to take any more freebies, but i to take any more freebies, but i think they will keep going to think they will keep going to events, to football events and events, to football events and the like, if to only meet the like, if to only meet investors who might invest investors who might invest heavily in uk. heavily in uk. >> okay, chris, thank you very >> okay, chris, thank you very much for ignoring my question. much for ignoring my question. for most of the thing, they're for most of the thing, they're

only joking, mate. superb. only joking, mate. superb. thanks for joining only joking, mate. superb. thanks forjoining us. speak only joking, mate. superb. thanks for joining us. speak to you again in the next hour. now joining me now is the former labour spokesman james matthewson james. i'm going to put it to you that, you know, nobody's talking about why sir keir starmer is in new york. nobody's really bothered about why he's in new york. this is a scandal that just won't go away. i've got to put it to you how the labour party are not trying to just bat this into the long grass and actually get some positive news out of there, because day after day after day, it's fresh scandal. even the supportive media that willed sir keir starmer into power aren't giving the guy a positive headune giving the guy a positive headline , headline, >> yeah, martin, it's not a good situation, but i do have to disagree on one thing. >> it's not all anyone's talking about. there are people talking about. there are people talking about it in certain bubbles. there are people talking about it in many spaces. you're absolutely right . but not all of absolutely right. but not all of them. the areas that the labour party or keir starmer is particularly bothered about, because they're not areas that i mean, if you think about, you know, dispatches in the telegraph, in the spectator, in

the daily mail, they're not particularly bothered about what those publications think because they've never supported them. so i think when they look at the support of media, like you say, there is some criticism. there is some, you know, criticism on the left of the labour party as well. but again, with the majority they're operating with, they're hoping that this will be a storm in a teacup. it is dragging its legs a bit, but i think that is because of the right wing media. and many elements of right wing media want to keep it going . and for want to keep it going. and for obvious reasons, you know, the labour party did the same when they were in opposition. they want to try and drag this out and extend it. but i do have to say it is fascinating hearing conservatives, kind of cry and moan about any kind of freebie gift, which, by the way, i think anybody taking them, you know, it's questionable. but when we had boris johnson as prime minister, as you rightly pointed out, james. >> james. james. no my friend. no, no, no. what's happening here is that the labour party, they were the ones who were wearing their hair shirts. they were sanctimonious. they were houer were sanctimonious. they were holier than thou. they were the ones who drove boris johnson out over cake, over wallpaper, over every freebie, over every

scandal possible. the position of taking the moral high ground in opposition was the issue. now they're in power, they're not only just the same as the heavy handed and leaden footed oversigthereell heavy handed and leaden footed oversigthere so people can see as it's there so people can see and then people can crucially look at the people like wye valley and say, you know, what's

he getting out of this? what's from this? has he he getting out of this? what's he gotten from this? has he he gotten from this? has he received government contracts ? received government contracts ? received government contracts? will he ever receive government received government contracts? will he ever receive government contracts? i would hope not. you contracts? i would hope not. you know , and that would be that's know , and that would be that's know, and that would be that's when the scrutiny needs to be know, and that would be that's when the scrutiny needs to be there. so as long as stuff is there. so as long as stuff is registered and it's visible. registered and it's visible. that's why the question with that's why the question with this flat and with the interview this flat and with the interview from the flat, you know, the from the flat, you know, the broadcast message from the flat broadcast message from the flat is a bit strange. and why the is a bit strange. and why the images of the kids in the images of the kids in the background as well? i have to background as well? i have to agree with you on that. you know, agree with you on that. you know, i don't think it's a it's a i don't think it's a it's a great look to say the least. great look to say the least. >> james matthewson thank you >> james matthewson thank you for your for being candid and for your for being candid and thank you for being a good thank you for being a good sport. it's always a pleasure to sport. it's always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you have you on the show. thank you very much. james matthewson. now two rotherham child abuse very much. james matthewson. now two rotherham child abuse victims were left out of court victims were left out of court for their sentencing of their for their sentencing of their rapist . gb rapist . gb for their sentencing of their rapist. gb news can for their sentencing of their for their sentencing of their rapist. gb news can for their sentencing of their rapist . gb news can exclusively rapist. gb news can exclusively reveal how national reporter rapist . gb news can exclusively rapist. gb news can exclusively reveal how national reporter charlie peters has his exclusive charlie peters has his exclusive and he joins me now in our and he joins me now in our studio in westminster. charlie, studio in westminster. charlie, once again a cracking story by once again a cracking story by you. you've been all over this you. you've been all over this story, making sure that the story, making sure that the survivors get the oxygen of survivors get the oxygen of pubuchy survivors get the oxygen of publicity and the support they pubuchy survivors get the oxygen of publicity and the support they need. this is an astonishingly need. this is an astonishingly heavy handed and leaden footed heavy handed and leaden footed oversight. tell oversight. tell us what

happened. >> well, it's a human error. an officer error as the national crime agency put it to me, because last friday, neil king, a 51 year old, was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for 17 sexual offences. he committed against two children, 16 years ago. they finally had this moment to achieve justice, to see their abuser being sent down for that lengthy and significant sentence. but unfortunately, due to an error by one of those national crime agency officers, they were left out of the courtroom for that critical moment. now, i've spoken to several survivors about this story since we broke it this morning, and all of them say that being able to witness their abuser being sent away was a crucial part of that experience. now, the nca told me that they have personally apologised to both of those survivors . they're both of those survivors. they're going to do further. they're going to do further. they're going to do further. they're going to write to them as well. and as i understand it, a judge who was involved in that sentencing last friday did sit this morning to allow those

survivors to come back to the court after they were missed last week to apologise to them and also to pay respect to their tributes for their efforts in the trial, to achieve this justice that has been delivered. >> okay, charlie. well

justice that has been delivered. >> oabuser,1rlie. well justice that has been delivered. >> oabuser, sent well justice that has been delivered. >> oabuser, sent tozll justice that has been delivered. >> oabuser, sent to prison , their abuser, sent to prison, >> now, as charlie has just said, and charlie's done a great job constantly shining the spotlight on not only the failures about grooming gang survivors, but about the system, that we have in our country, which is really, in so many ways unfit for purpose, >> i often say that victims and survivors are an afterthought in our criminal justice system. you know, when you think that a victim who has been through what these two young women have been through is referred to often as a witness, they are a commodity. they are useful . and yet, at they are useful. and yet, at they are useful. and yet, at this moment in time, when their this moment in time, when their rapist is going to be sentenced, rapist is going to be sentenced, they're forgotten about, you know, they are an afterthought. they're forgotten about, you know, they are an afterthought. they are not part of the process . they are not part of the process . they are not part of the process. whereas the offender will have a they are not part of the process. whereas the offender will have a whole army of people making sure whole army of people making sure he's in court, making sure his he's in court, making sure his human rights are looked after. human rights are looked after. the system is broken and you the system is broken and you know, the person responsible has know, the person responsible has

made a mistake. but it shouldn't made a mistake. but it shouldn't be left to down one person to be left to down one person to make sure that the rights of make sure that the rights of those victims are being put at those victims are being put at the top of the queue. the system the top of the queue. the system should be looking after them. i should be looking after them. i mean, i worked in major crime mean, i worked in major crime for 16 years, and as a family for 16 years, and as a family liaison officer on many murders, liaison officer on many murders, my job was to make sure that the my job was to make sure that the families were in the court , were families were in the court , were families were in the court, were looked after my guests, and i'm families were in the court, were looked after my guests, and i'm looking at my experience as a looking at my experience as a police officer is that these two police officer is that these two young women were left on their young women were left on their own outside the courtroom, it own outside the courtroom, it might even have been someone might even have been someone from the witness service who from the witness service who forgot to take them in. but it's forgot to take them in. but it's very clear that they were not a very clear that they were not a top priority. you know, a victim top priority. you know, a victim is useful at the beginning of a is useful at the beginning of a process. when they give a process. when they give a victim, they give their victim, they give their interview, they're video interview, they're video recorded interview at the end. recorded interview at the end. they are useful when they give they are useful when they give evidence in court in between evidence in court in between those two, moments in time. they those two, moments in time. they

are in many ways at are in many ways surplus to requirements. they're no longer needed once they've given their interview. but that moment for them was the moment they have waited for, probably for , you waited for, probably for, you know, most of their lives. and i feel for them, i think it's a, you know , a good thing that the you know, a good thing that the judge is going to apologise, but nothing will make it right for them . and, you know, i would them. and, you know, i would refer to the story that charlie did the other week as well about the victim impact statement, where the court , redacted or where the court, redacted or edhed where the court, redacted or edited certain comments out of the victim's impact statement , the victim's impact statement, again, treating a victim as an afterthought and as somebody who is a little bit of an inconvenience, actually, in the process, once the system has got what it wants from them, and i think it is, it is unforgivable , think it is, it is unforgivable, it is another example of how we need to really rewrite the way we deal with victims of horrific child abuse. >> maggie, charlie peters is with me in the studio. he'd like to ask you a question.

>> maggie, you've just raised that. we've spoken twice in the last couple of weeks about failures coming out of sheffield crown court with regards to survivors of child sexual exploitation, that survivor having their testimony censored by a judge and now two survivors being left out of the courtroom . being left out of the courtroom. why do you think that victims are not being put central to the judicial process ? judicial process? >> you know what, charlie? if i'm being perfectly honest, they're seen as a nuisance. you know, in my charity, in the maggie oliver foundation, we advocate for victims who are treated often despicably, and the system doesn't recognise them as being important. they are seen as a commodity, you know, they are flavour of the month at the start of a big job because the system needs their testimony in order to take an abuser to court or a murderer to court. but once that testimony is gathered, they don't get regular updates. they don't have an officer looking after their

needs, and they are very often left to their own devices. they can't get information they don't have one point of contact. officers move on and they're left to start all over again with a new person . you know, with a new person. you know, it's this is not an isolated case. you know, on the on the rochdale case that you mentioned, the young girl, ruby, whose abuser was released from court. she didn't even know he was out of prison. and these are all examples of what is, repeated failures to recognise the needs of victims and survivors . they deserve to be survivors. they deserve to be heard, to be treated with respect, to have their human rights considered in all of these processes. but sadly, the rights of the offenders, of the abusers are top of the pile. you know, they are flavour of the month. they, you know, everything is done to safeguard their rights. where are the rights of the victims? and nobody saying sorry will ever be

able to put this right. for those two young women. and that moment is gone , it's better that moment is gone, it's better that they do get an apology , but it they do get an apology, but it will never make up for what they have lost last week. and i am really, really sad about that , really, really sad about that, an apology or empty words? really? it should have been planned for. it should have been, a given that there would been, a given that there would be people there to make sure that those two women were in there were looked after, were supported not just by one officer who happened to forget, it might not even have been an officer who forgot. it could have been the witness service. i don't know, but whoever forgot, it's just not good enough . and it's just not good enough. and i'm. i'm really sad for those two. two young women, i really do feel for them . i only hope do feel for them. i only hope that when their victim impact statement is read, if it is read, that that's not redacted and that they are allowed to give their thoughts and their feelings about, what's happened

to them and how they've been treated . treated. >> okay. maggie oliver, thank you so much forjoining us and for your tireless work. and thank you, charlie peters and other fantastic exclusives. thanks to both of you. now, well—behaved prisoners may go free from jail early texas style measures down overcrowding. we'll

break. welcome back. 329 martin daubney on gb news. now the current managing director of harrods is apologising for failing his colleagues after sexual misconduct allegations to do with the former owner, mohamed al—fayed. i'm joined now by gb news correspondent cameron walker to fill us in on the story. cameron. >> yes, just to recap, mohamed al—fayed, the former chairman of harrods, he there are several allegations from several women who allege that he sexually abused them when he was in charge. now the metropolitan police this afternoon has come out with a statement calling on further victims who feel they may be a victim of al—fayed's

abuse, to come forward and speak to them . the police have been in to them. the police have been in contact with the lawyers of those representing the women who have already come forward, and they say that specially trained officers will be looking after anybody who has allegations against mr fayed. now clearly al fayed died last year. he was 94 years old, so he cannot be criminally prosecuted for any of this. however, the police also confirmed this afternoon and this is quite crucial that any potential associates of al fayed could potentially be liable for criminal prosecution. so they are investigating. no charges have been brought at this stage, commander stephen klayman saying it is vital that any victim feels they have a voice . and he feels they have a voice. and he also reiterates that anyone with an allegation will be taken extremely seriously. and of course, this statement comes after the crown prosecution service failed to prosecute al—fayed during his lifetime. twice the metropolitan police presented them with evidence twice, once for an alleged indecent assault of a 15 year

old girl. in 2008, another alleged rape in 2013 by a separate lady. and as you said in your introduction, the current harrods director, michael ward, has released a statement saying that harrods failed our colleagues. he also went on to say that al fayed presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussions and sexual misconduct. and he said mr ward, who worked al—fayed actually for four years while fired, was still alive. he was not aware of his criminality or abuse and described it as a shameful penod described it as a shameful period in the business's history. the general medical council has also released a statement confirming they are investigating. that's because two private doctors who were worked for mr fayed allegedly conducted intrusive and unnecessary sexual sti examinations on fayed's alleged victims. so al fayed may be dead. but of course there could be several associates of him which may have to answer some questions. >> the long road forjustice starts now. thank you very much, charlie peters, for that

summary. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, including our labour plotting a blitz on our boozers. not on my watch . but first, here is your watch. but first, here is your headlines. and it's that man again. mark . white. again. mark. white. >> good afternoon. at 332, the latest news from the gb news centre scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al—fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him . the current assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business failed . colleagues michael ward, failed. colleagues michael ward, who was working for al—fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful period in the

business's history. shameful period in the business's history . israeli business's history. israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese caphal airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut today. will you currently looking at live images of southern lebanon as intense cross—border fighting continues and we can clearly see smoke rising from a number of those buildings in the town of tyre , buildings in the town of tyre, security sources said the strike on beirut was aimed at targeting a senior hezbollah leader. it comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told his military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon. the lebanese health ministry claims 26 people were killed in today's strikes . the family of a strikes. the family of a teenager who was martyred in wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of

murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a fractured skull in november last year. they are believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables , both aged 11, and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger in 1993. british, us and australian defence ministers are meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines . generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister, richard marles, as the tri nafion richard marles, as the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines, the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered but conventionally armed attack

submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone . finally, the hollywood alone. finally, the hollywood icon dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness. speaking to gb news presenter andrew pierce, she said she definitely was not a fan of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> quite right, dame joan and thatis >> quite right, dame joan and that is your headlines for the moment. we're back in half an hour from one hollywood icon, not me. dame joan. it's over to a broadcast news icon , martin a broadcast news icon, martin daubney for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by

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channel. welcome back. time is 339. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. yesterday sir keir starmer told gb news that he cannot guarantee the veterans will be placed ahead of other groups in housing waiting lists, including , waiting lists, including, astonishingly, asylum seekers. now he spoke to our political edhon now he spoke to our political editor, chris hope, and let's take a look at what he said. >> it's a very important commitment that we've made because to many veterans who

have , you know, given so much to have, you know, given so much to their country , find themselves their country, find themselves without a roof over their head . without a roof over their head. so because we've taken the difficult decisions on planning decisions that were not taken for years, we can guarantee that they will have a roof over their heads. so homes for heroes becomes a reality and not just a slogan. ahead. >> ahead of other groups , though importantly. >> yeah, that will require regulation to be passed to make that priority. but it's not ahead of all other groups. this is unlocking, you know, a real step forward on homelessness for many people who are homeless in. >> well, there we go. and joining me now to discuss this is matthew hellyer, a former member of the special forces and the chief executive of the pilgrim bandits charity, which supports wounded, injured and sick veterans. welcome to the show. an absolute delight to have you on, matthew. we were very, very excited . i'm sure you very, very excited. i'm sure you were too. when the homes for heroes initiative was announced

at last. we felt there'd be priority support for veterans, much, much needed people who went to war for their country prepared to die should be at the front of the queue. that however, transpired, isn't the case. the prime minister confessed to us yesterday on the show that even asylum seekers could be put ahead of veterans. how does that make you feel? >> well, as soon as i heard, i thought it was either hot air or hot news. >> and as it transpires, it's hot air as we know, veterans, you know, they struggle with their resettlement process coming out of the military. and, and sir keir is just trying to appease another part of our community with false promises. >> they've not thought into it enough. >> there's no plans and there's no policies to do this at all. it's just talk. >> and, matthew, what would you like to have seen done instead? i mean, you help former servicemen and women who are on their knees who need help, you

know, their specific requirements. you've served in the forces at the very highest level. you command their respect. you're not on civvy street. what would you do? how would you have ran this home for heroes policy? >> well, this comes down straight to down grassroots. we need to get the resettlement and the recruitment done correctly. we are not doing it correctly. resettlement means health. >> medical, dental and then housing. and then when we get the housing correct, then we can launch veterans into the workforce. >> but just by putting them into a house is not. or promising to put them in a house does not is not, is not providing a solution. there are over 500 veteran, veteran families being evicted every three months in this country, keir starmer and his office for veterans affairs just have not got their statistics right. they don't know their job, and they need to knuckle down and find out what is actually needed. >> and in terms of the emotional

impact, i mean, we had a former serviceman on the show yesterday. we're having another couple later in the show and i've been contacted by veteran friends of mine who just feel like they've been used almost as like they've been used almost as like a political pawn homes for heroes, of course, is a phrase that lloyd george commanded in the 1918 1918, directly after world war i. it was specifically and deliberately meant to house and deliberately meant to house and help people who had been to war, many of whom were were very, very badly injured just to adopt that phrase in itself. but to apply to care workers to domestic abuse survivors as important as they are. do you feel, matthew , there's a sense feel, matthew, there's a sense that veterans here have just been used as a pawn in the policy? >> 100%. he's just trying to appease the population. he's trying to win votes over the veteran community, and it just isn't doing it. you know, there are there are more pressing, pressing , problems that we need pressing, problems that we need to address. we need to address address the resettlement. really

we need to look at the medical staff . we need to look at the staff. we need to look at the dental staff, and then we look at the housing. and, you know, there just there is just too many veterans that are that are sofa surfing, that are sleeping on families. you know, families, sofas. they're looking after , sofas. they're looking after, they're getting looked after by, you know, friends and family. they just we really need to grab this. >> and matthew, we know that number 10 watched this show . number 10 watched this show. they didn't always enjoy it because we give them you know, unfettered messaging. if you say a message to sir keir starmer, if you wanted to pass a message on to the prime minister, what would you say to him, >> we have a lot of empty buildings in the big cities. let's start looking at putting these veterans into the empty buildings. veterans can't homeless veterans can't claim benefits. okay. and i think sir keir is a little bit worried about that. if we give people a door number, give them a unit that they can live from , then

that they can live from, then they can start claiming benefits. they can start contributing to part of this community, and then we can start having a concerted effort through all of the charities . we through all of the charities. we know where they are. we can then help homeless veterans and we can push them up the ladder and give them the respect they all deserve. >> matthew, i'm absolutely speechless that that homeless veterans can't claim benefits or is that true? >> it's true. without without an address, you can't claim any benefits, can you? so our homeless are being, like i said, 500 veterans being pushed out of the houses every three months. it's an absolute tragedy in this country, okay? it needs to be addressed. but as i said, there are programs out there. we need to look at the empty buildings. we need to come to some sort of solution. we need to give people a door number, an address and then they can claim benefits. the charities can then use the concerted effort to get around these people, give them the needs that they want, and we can just push them up the ladder. they will become good members of

the community contributing to this country. at the moment, they're not getting the choice. they're not getting it. they're injured. they're mentally their mental health are suffering. you know, everything. like that is just compounded against them . just compounded against them. >> matthew haniyeh, you're an inspiring man. i'd vote for you. we've got to get together and try and do something about this, mate. why don't we exchange details after this and try and get something going? because, you know, i'm connected politically, you know your stuff. why don't we try and get something going, mate? would you be up for that? >> 100%. let's do it. >> let's do it, man. thank you so much forjoining us on the so much for joining us on the show. amazing stuff. matthew hellier, absolute delight to talk to you. i'm just absolutely gobsmacked about that. but there we go. that's the country we live in now. still to come, our labour plotting a blitz on our boozers. not on my watch. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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back. it's 10 to 4 on martin daubney on gb news. i don't know if you just missed that astonishing segment we had with the former sas operative who was offering to get involved with us here @gbnews to draw up a robust and effective plan for helping homeless veterans. i was absolutely blown away by it because, as we revealed yesterday on the show, sir keir starmer, when we specifically asked him about the homes for heroes scheme, can armed service veterans jump the queue to make sure they're prioritised to get the help they need? and the prime minister said to us, no, that's not the case. it can't be allowed to happen. now that struck me as an absolute travesty and it certainly isn't the sort of thing that we should be doing. i believe in this country. we should be putting these guys to the front of the queue, and it is not happening now. matthew haniyeh, former sas man, said to us he wants to help us set up a proper scheme and i think i need to take him up on the offer every time we get servicemen, servicewomen in here and tell us their stories, it's

just heartbreaking. i had no idea that armed service veterans can't claim any form of benefits if they're homeless. i get it, if they're homeless. i get it, if you're homeless, you haven't got to fix the boat. you can't claim benefits as a blanket solution, but surely , surely, if solution, but surely, surely, if you've served your country, been prepared to die for your country, there should be a way around that. surely, surely, surely we've got to the point where we just have to do something about this . we have to something about this. we have to take action. this cannot be allowed to carry on any longer. there are so many people out there, so heartbroken about the fact that armed service veterans seem to be completely used as political pawns as they were many believe, by sir keir starmer this week, and we just need more, more robust solutions in place. we have to do that and trust me, we're going to get our act together here @gbnews. i'm going to personally get on it now. another of my favourite topics pubs, because pub goers and smokers face being hit by a budget, syntax raid in a bid to fill the £22 billion black hole

in public finances. now chancellor rachel reeves is reportedly considering hiking the price of a pint of beer or cider, and even a shot of spirits to try and fill that black hole, but could this be a crushing blow for our boozers? now, it seems to me that previous governments have had a war on drugs. this mob. there's a war on pubs , there's a war on a war on pubs, there's a war on fun. one minute they're banning you having a crafty outside in a pub garden or outside a football ground or outside a music venue. anywhere. they say it's for the good of the public health. they say it's to bring down the bill on the nhs. and now it looks like they got their eye on our pubs. at the labour conference this week, the health minister was briefing out that they might close the pubs early. that's one of the few decent things tony blair did, bringing in continental style drinking in britain . this lot seemed to want britain. this lot seemed to want to turn the clock back to the 19705, to turn the clock back to the 1970s, when my dad told me we

had to queue to get in the pub, then you'd go home, have a sleep, go back to the pub in the evening. do you want to go back to those sort of days? well, they said they weren't going to do that. they were forced to do a u—turn. but people in the industry come on the show all the time and tell me they're on their knees. they want to have some vat help, some business rate help. and instead it looks like we could be heading for another puritan budget in october. harsh on pensioners , october. harsh on pensioners, harsh on pub goers. and even if you're a pensioner who goes down the pub where you go for company, you go to keep warm, it looks like you'll be getting the rough end of the pineapple from this government. look at this for a statistic. currently, 35% of hospitality and hospitality businesses in the united kingdom don't even make a profit. and 500 pubs are closing alone last yeah 500 pubs are closing alone last year. now, this is something we need to talk about. in the next houn need to talk about. in the next hour, i'm going to be joined by a landlord who's going to tell me what his plans are to solve

this problem, save our boozers now. sir keir starmer is under fresh fire, this time for faking . fresh fire, this time for faking. lord alli 101 is £18. £18 million mansion was his lockdown workplace. is this the final blow for sir keir starmer's credibility? the prime minister of hypocrisy i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel is your weather. gb news, britain's news channel is your weather . with? is your weather. with? >> 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 yet more rain to come for many of us during the rest of the day and overnight. very heavy in some places and a risk of flooding, particularly for those areas that were flooded earlier in the week. and that's because this front, which has been bringing persistent rain to northern ireland and northern england through the day, moved south

dunng through the day, moved south during the evening and merges with an area of intense , with an area of intense, thundery downpours across wales and central england. and as that happensin and central england. and as that happens in just a few hours, we could see 40 to 60mm of additional rain on top of what we saw last weekend and the start of this week. so an amber warning in force risk of localised flooding, risk of transport disruption as we begin the day on friday. now by dawn, the day on friday. now by dawn, the wettest conditions will be the day on friday. now by dawn, the day on friday. now by dawn, the wettest conditions will be moving south so affecting kent, moving south so affecting kent, sussex, perhaps parts of sussex, perhaps parts of hampshire as well as heavy hampshire as well as heavy showers move in from the showers move in from the channel. it does begin to dry up channel. it does begin to dry up elsewhere and clearer skies elsewhere and clearer skies coming through across wales, coming through across wales, northern england , northern northern england , northern northern england, northern ireland and scotland. a cold northern england, northern ireland and scotland. a cold start to the day here under start to the day here under those clear skies, a few showers those clear skies, a few showers for northern scotland, but in for northern scotland, but in between there will be bright between there will be bright skies and we keep that cold wind skies and we keep that cold wind in scotland. but during the in scotland. but during the morning it extends further south morning it extends further south and it does help to clear the and it does help to clear the rain. so we say farewell to that rain. so we say farewell to that by mid to late morning, but by mid to late morning, but

well, it's going to well, it's going to feel chilly as that northerly wind sets in. there'll be further showers carried through on that wind, predominantly across northern and western coast, but a few popping up and western coast, but a few popping up inland as well. temperatures of 14 or 15 celsius, though not feeling particularly warm at all. and then into the evening the showers inland tend to ease away . showers inland tend to ease away. lengthy clear spells developing away from northern and western coasts, where those showers will carry on, and where we've got the clear skies inland. of course, temperatures will drop a touch of ground frost possible first thing this weekend, so a chilly start, but a fine day for many on saturday before more wind and rain arrives from the west on sunday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather

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live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk, wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infections . prevent infections. >> well, once again, sir keir starmer is under fresh fire, this time for faking lord alli £18 million mansion was his lockdown workplace, resplendent with pictures of his kids in the background. look now with his backbenchers and even his supportive media turning on him. is this the final blow for starmer's credibility? the prime minister of hypocrisy ? and on minister of hypocrisy? and on yesterday's show, sir keir starmer exclusively admitted to us that his homes for heroes plan would not prioritise british veterans over even asylum seekers. today i'll speak to a former sas soldier turned campaigner and a former squaddie who became homeless and suicidal for their reaction to what they call their final betrayal and a diversity drive to ensure that

50% of candidates for the welsh parliament are women has been rejected, and that caused the social justice minister to go into a bizarre rant about white men. take it from me, they're not happy in the valleys . not happy in the valleys. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. so we were never really in it together, were we? the politicians told us to live under lock and key. they were all at it. they were either eating cake, they were having parties or gallivanting around £80 million mansions. but we weren't in it together. and they seem to live by a very , very seem to live by a very, very different set of rules. those rules did for boris johnson cake and then wallpaper did for him. and it was sir keir starmer leading the clarion call to get rid of boris. and look, isn't he just doing exactly the same stuff during lockdown? he was in the mansion loaned to him by lord alli, telling us we all had to stay safe at home. well, you

weren't even at home, were you? in your mate's mansion and now there's just fresh allegations every single day about give aways, about cronyism. i want to hear from you . is the prime hear from you. is the prime minister fit to rule or is this just the prime minister of hypocrisy? the sanctimonious leader who gives us one way to live and then lives himself by quite another set of rules? get in touch gbnews.com forward. slash yourself. now your headlines. here's mark. slash yourself. now your headlines. here's mark . white. headlines. here's mark. white. >> it's 4:02. the latest headunes >> it's 4:02. the latest headlines from the gb news centre, scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al—fayed to come forward . five women have claimed forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business

failed. colleagues michael ward , failed. colleagues michael ward, who worked for mohamed al fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful period in harrods history . the family of history. the family of a teenager who was murdered in wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week from nottingham crown court. our reporter will hollis has the latest in the beginning of a two day sentencing hearing in nottingham. >> the two boys, who are now aged 13 years old, heard how the machete killing that made them the uk's youngest knife murderers affected their victim, sean sza, his family. the family, in a statement read out in court today, said losing a child is a parent's worst

nightmare. the family is devastated and totally heartbroken. they described sean as confident and always honest, as confident and always honest, a brave soul. mrs. justice tipples will hand down her sentence tomorrow to the two teenagers whose identities remain anonymous. >> israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese caphal out airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut. today we are looking at live images of southern lebanon at the moment, camera looking up into the sky with puffs of smoke from more explosions from israel's iron dome defence system, as more rockets have been sent from the terror group hezbollah into northern israel , there is northern israel, there is intense cross—border fighting once again, security sources said. the strike on beirut was aimed at targeting a senior hezbollah leader. it comes as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, told his

military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon. the lebanese health ministry claims that 26 people have been killed so far in today's strikes, with a former chair of the defence select committee, tobias ellwood , select committee, tobias ellwood, believes that despite the intense fighting, a ceasefire could be imminent. >> i think it will happen in the next 48, 72 hours. it takes some time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of troop numbers that are required . troop numbers that are required. although i'm sure the idf, the israeli defence forces would have been preparing for this for some time . some time. >> british, us and australian defence ministers are meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister, richard marles , as the tri richard marles, as the tri nafion richard marles, as the tri nation initiative takes the next

step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone, while the uk defence secretary said the partnership midlands and parts of south west from 6 pm. today u defence alone, while the uk defence secretary said the partnership was vital in an increasingly was vital in an increasingly volatile world. >> we have held these volatile world. >> we have held these discussions under a cloud of discussions under a cloud of growing global insecurity, so in growing global insecurity, so in our trilateral and in our our trilateral and in our bilateral meetings , we have bilateral meetings , we have bilateral meetings, we have reinforced the need to stand bilateral meetings, we have reinforced the need to stand together against russian together against russian aggression towards peace in the aggression towards peace in the middle east and steadfast behind middle east and steadfast behind ukraine for as long as it takes . ukraine for as long as it takes . ukraine for as long as it takes. >> and finally, an amber warning ukraine for as long as it takes. >> and finally, an amber warning for heavy rain has been issued for heavy rain has been issued by the met office , warning of by the met office , warning of by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel disruption across large parts of disruption across large parts of the uk. the new alert covers the the uk. the new alert covers the midlands and parts of south west midlands and parts of south west

from 6 pm. today until 6 from 6 pm. today until 6 am. tomorrow. the met office warns nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions. several yellow weather warnings are already in place for large parts of the country until 9 am. tomorrow, so i'll a.m. tomorrow, so i'll definitely be taking my brolly to work tomorrow. that's your headunes to work tomorrow. that's your headlines for the moment. i'm back in half an hour now. >> back to martin daubney 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 very much. mark wyatt. now, sir keir starmer is facing fresh questions over why he failed to declare repeatedly using a donor's £18 million penthouse for his own political

purposes. he used lord alli property to film a message calling for more people to work from home. when covid guidelines were still in place. but was he really following the rules himself? well, let's have a little peek at that infamous video. >> now, the new variant, omicron is spreading fast and the argument that we don't know enough about it doesn't stack up. we may not be certain how dangerous it is, but we do know that lives are at risk at times like this. we must all put the national interest first and play by the rules . getting jabbed, by the rules. getting jabbed, wearing masks and working from home. if we can really will help prevent infections . prevent infections. >> what really gets me about that are the pictures of his kids in the background to try and make out that it's his house, when now we know it simply wasn't. and to discuss this further, i'm joined by the former labour minister shaun simon. shaun, welcome to the show. let's be honest. keir starmer is in new york. we

should be talking about this historic trip to the un. nobody's talking about it . nobody's talking about it. nobody's talking about it. nobody cares about it. even the supportive media that keir starmer was urging to power bi cannot give the guy a single positive headline. and that's because at the very basic fact that all the time when sir keir starmer was the leader of the opposition, he was attacking bofis opposition, he was attacking boris johnson over breaking the rules over wallpaper, overtaking gifts over

rules over wallpaper, overtaking gifts aver rules over wallpaper, overtaking gifts a row of shelves , with a row of shelves behind, which is what you do. >> photos of his kids in the background . background. >> it's what you do if you're trying to make something look like an office. have you not got photos of your kids in your office? i've got. i've hardly ever been into an office that hasn't got photo of people's kids in it. it's a standard. that was his office, now was it? that was his office, now was it? that was his office, now was it? that was his office now. >> was it okay? >> was it okay? >> you're a tv journalist, martin. if you if you go to go to somebody's office and they want to make it look like their house, what do you say? you say, oh, let's have you in an armchair. let's have you by the fireside. let's have you in the kitchen. you don't say it's a video. >> it was a video about working from home. >> look behind you. he's actually trying to make it look like an office and like it was a video about working from home, mate . it wasn't about working mate. it wasn't about working from home. he wasn't pretending to be working from home. he mentioned working from home in passing in the course of a course of a long, a long broadcast. he there's we have no idea. and like you have no idea why he was doing that. why like why he was doing that. why like why didn't he just use his

office in the house of commons? >> like, why didn't he ? >> like, why didn't he? >> like, why didn't he? >> well, i have no idea. but like, why assume that there is a bad reason? and why make it out like he's done something? like how on earth has he gained buy buy buy gained anything bad by doing this broadcast from somebody else's desk like a mile down the road , instead of from down the road, instead of from his own desk in the house of commons? like what? >> because he got caught. >> because he got caught. >> how do we how do we think he's gained? and also like, why do we think like he clearly hadnt do we think like he clearly hadn't broken any rules. he clearly i mean, i'd be very, very surprised if that wasn't recorded before the covid restrictions came in. downing street said very clearly on the record. absolutely. certainly they're absolutely certain they didn't break any covid rules. so why assume that he has? and why carry on as though he's bang to rights for breaking the rules when he hasn't broken any rules at all? >> well, for the precise and obvious reason, sean, that if this had been a conservative, you'd be absolutely calling for them to be sort of know. tried

dawn, you know you would. >> they were breaking and you and you are right. they were they were arrested. they were given fixed penalty notices. they were you know, he hasn't broken any laws, sean. >> you know, full well. come on. you know full well that this is a bad look for the prime minister and, you know, full well that you'd be demanding the resignations at dawn, you know, in a long and sinuous line, if they were conservatives, you would. and that's the point . would. and that's the point. this is about double standards. it's about hypocrisy . now, sir it's about hypocrisy. now, sir keir starmer is the prime minister. there's nowhere to hide. and the rules in the eyes of the public. look at this. they just don't seem to apply to keir starmer. they just don't seem to apply to keir starmer . taking suits, keir starmer. taking suits, taking glasses passes for glasses free. fox of the misses eight grand tickets to the premier league taylor swift gigs. these are the sort of things that the labour party hated when the tories did it. >> this is just it. hated when the tories did it. >> this is just it . you're just >> this is just it. you're just literally making up headlines

and it's, you know, i accept that. it's knockabout. it makes it makes good tv. it's a, it makes a good joke down the pub and i do accept that the suits and i do accept that the suits and the glasses and all that kind of stuff is not a good look. and i, and i think, i think it was naive that they ended up in that situation. i don't think i don't think he broke any rules or, or he broke one very small rule by being slightly late in proactively going to declare it and asking twice and blah, blah , blah. he twice and blah, blah, blah. he didn't really break any rules and he didn't do anything that everybody else doesn't do. but nevertheless, it was a bad he didn't do it. i would i would advise him. no, but i didn't do it. you're not a world leader, are you? like, you're a great journalist and i have great respect for that. but you're not a world leader. i'm not. i don't want to say everybody else. i mean, other world leaders. not not literally everybody. i mean, i don't do it. you don't do it. most people don't do it. i know . most people don't do it. i know. >> well, well, well, hang on, hang on, do it. i was elected as an mep and i never took free

suits. i never took freebies. i paid my own way. i paid for my own stuff. i did actually have some standards, believe it or not. so i do know a bit about this. what about you ? do you this. what about you? do you take bungs when you were in? >> no, no, i didn't, and but the point is, nobody offered me a anything like that because i didn't need, as an mep, great privilege though it was to represent the people. i wasn't going to international world summits with world leaders. i didn't have the same pressures. and there wasn't there wasn't the same the same reason for it. i mean, waheed alli hasn't had anything in return for this. he's how do you know he got pass. >> he was wandering around downing street. no, he wasn't elected . elected. >> the truth is that actually waheed alli should have a pass because he's been an absolutely integral part of the political starmer project right from the beginning. he's a labour and he paid his way in. he is a he didn't pay his way in. he's a working peer, a working politician, and he has been for decadesin politician, and he has been for decades in labour. the truth is

that in my view he should have a pass, but actually they've quickly made him give it up because, as you say, it's not a good look. and i do agree they've done things naively that have looked bad and we shouldn't be talking about this. it is a waste of time and a silly story and it is their fault. >> but okay, so let's let's get on to that point because you know , and well done. by the way, know, and well done. by the way, you and i both follow the rules. we didn't take bungs. we didn't take free suits. maybe the prime minister should have followed in our footsteps. as small as our footsteps were, as you say, we weren't the prime minister. nevertheless >> but did any. did anybody offer you thousands of pounds for free suits which you bravely turned down, or was it, in fact never going to happen? i was okay, wouldn't it be relevant? >> all right. i was offered, mate. i was offered all sorts of lobby lunches and all sorts of lobby lunches and all sorts of lobby meetings. i never went on a single one of them. i never went on a single one of them, because i did not want to use my position to advance other people's jobs. my job was to get britain out of the european union, and i stuck to that job. enough about me. let's get back

to the labour party . right. you to the labour party. right. you must admit, the labour party are having a nightmare. if this is a football match, they'd be trying to substitute keir starmer and get the lad off the pitch. he's having a disaster. you know it. the press team aren't getting a handle on this every single day. you don't want to be talking about this. the labour party don't want to be talking about this. yet we are day after day after day, the labour party. you must admit they're having nightmare. >> if we're going to do football metaphors, i think their real problem , actually, is that i problem, actually, is that i don't. i don't think they're quite sure where keir starmer fits in. he's certainly not the big number nine. i don't think he's the manager. i'm not sure if he's the owner or the chairman of the board or who he is, but i think that is part of the problem, it's not quite sure what his what his role is in his own government. i think he thought he was going to be more of the chairman of the board. but the way it's looking, they

either need they either need a manager or a or a new striker or a bit of both, maybe. >> yeah. i think you're right there. but they're not careful, mate. the electorate are going to start showing the red card. it'll all be over before it's before it's even begun. sean simon, fantastic sport. thank you very much. i do enjoy you're a good lad. thank you very much. sean, for joining a good lad. thank you very much. sean, forjoining us on the sean, for joining us on the show. thank you. now moving on. israel have hit the capital of lebanon with an airstrike, killing at least two people after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his military will keep fighting with full force as he refuses to respond to calls for a ceasefire. and joining us now is beirut based journalist gareth brown. gareth, welcome to the show and thank you for joining us. can you, show us an indication of what the mood is like on the ground? we're heanng like on the ground? we're hearing over here there's a mass evacuation underway of british citizens. what's the mood on the ground there? how tense is it? >> yeah, i think tense is the word. >> and i think things have

really changed in the last week or two. >> you know , beirut has this >> you know, beirut has this sort of reputation as a city that parties through the bad times. it's no stranger to war. there was a brutal civil war in the in the 80s here, you know , the in the 80s here, you know, israel and hezbollah fought a war in 2006, and beirut always sort of prided itself on being this open and fun city. but i think that's changed in the last week and a half. we've seen you know, well over 100,000 people displaced from the south. most of them are coming to beirut seeking shelter. we've seen a wave of devastating airstrikes by israel in the south, but also in other parts of the country, in other parts of the country, in the northeast and in parts of beirut. and then we've seen, i think, most importantly, this wave of assassinations, airstrikes on senior hezbollah figures, predominantly in in south beirut in the dahiyeh, which is this neighbourhood where hezbollah have a lot of strength and support. so, yeah, it's tense. and i think we've gone from a sort of complacency to now there's an almost,

there's a feeling that things are going to get worse before they get better. what does that look like? what does that escalation look like? we don't know exactly, but we're not through the worst of it. certainly >> again, we've got some live pictures. we can show you now on our screens, gareth. and while our screens, gareth. and while our viewers take a look at them, can i ask you, what's the mood like amongst the british expat community? there were being told that 700 troops are going to cyprus to aid with the evacuation, but is there an appetite to get out of there? is there an appetite to stick around and help? what's the consensus amongst the brits there? and we can just see some live pictures there now from southern lebanon, gareth, on our screens of what appears to be substantial plumes of smoke going out. so i'm taking it. there is still bombing or explosive activity. gareth are you anywhere near that? can you hear that? can you confirm that, >> well, you know, that's down in the south. we know that there's, you know, there's been bombing here in the capital in the last hour or two, you know, the last hour or two, you know, the israelis claim to have taken out a senior figure in

hezbollah's aerial, unit. you know, this this sort of sound of distant airstrikes and israeli jets screeching over the, you know, over the city and breaking the sound barrier. it's become part of the city's soundscape. it's quite normal, you know, we can we can occasionally hear it here from my apartment. but, you know, we don't feel particularly in danger and on, you know, on the, on the, the idea of brits, there's a lot of brits here, and i don't think there is a consensus. some have left, some are trying to get out. but you will meet a lot of people here who , you know, lebanon is who, you know, lebanon is a country which people become quite emotionally attached to. and i think a lot of people, they don't want to leave, they don't want to cut and run. they want to stay with the city dunng want to stay with the city during the bad times because they've seen it at its best. and they've seen it at its best. and they know , you know, they know they know, you know, they know they know, you know, they know the heart of the city. so it's different for everyone. and it's hard to sort of pin down or say there's any sort of consensus. some people have gone to cyprus, but i think as the hours go by, as the days go by, it's getting

harder and harder to leave . most harder and harder to leave. most commercial airlines aren't flying out of the country anymore , so you've got really anymore, so you've got really limited options if you want to fly out, and those are diminishing by the day. and then of course, we have this big border here with syria, and syria is not a realistic escape route. for many people, because of the civil war there. so it depends who you speak to. everyone's got a sort of different opinion, a different strategy for dealing with what looks like a situation that's going to get a lot worse in the coming days and weeks. >> and, gareth, we saw some spectacular videos of bombs going off. and clearly there were armaments, explosives, arms caches , arsenals in buildings caches, arsenals in buildings that the israeli defence forces were specifically targeting. how much of a hazard is it to the civilian population of lebanon with, with hezbollah carrying out that kind of stashing of arsenal? we heard a lot of stories coming out of gaza of similar things with hamas. is that a factor that's endangering

perhaps the lives of civilians? >> i think it's a factor. i mean, this is a characteristic of hezbollah as an organisation. it's very disciplined and very secretive . and, you know, nobody secretive. and, you know, nobody really knows where these weapons are. nobody really understands, understands the true extent of their capability when it comes to, you know, rockets and missiles. so that's , you know, missiles. so that's, you know, that's sort of the, the great unknown . what i would say is unknown. what i would say is that, you know , some some that, you know, some some civilians have certainly been killed. many civilians have been killed. many civilians have been killed in the last week in the bombardment. you know, how much how much do these civilians know about where hezbollah is stashing its weapons? how precise are these strikes? sort of remains to be seen, but i think people are concerned about that , especially in the south. that, especially in the south. and i think that's why you saw a lot of people fleeing the south in the last few days. you know, well over 100,000 people in south lebanon is a real bastion of strength for hezbollah, for their weaponry, for their fighters, but they're also part of the community. they're part

of the community. they're part of the community. they're part of the country, part of the society. it's very difficult to separate the two, but, you know for sure it's a risk. and, you know, i think the israelis so far have been quite successful in targeting certain arms caches, particularly in the northeast. in the south, we see that we see videos of secondary explosions. but i'm sure hezbollah have a significant capability that we haven't seen yet that hasn't been destroyed, that hasn't been touched by the israeli air campaign yet. it's a great unknown, you know, and frankly, anyone that says they have a really good understanding of, you know , hezbollah's weapon of, you know, hezbollah's weapon capabilities, where these weapons are, are they being hidden in, you know, in the heart of villages? it's very difficult to say that with any certainty. so i'm a bit a bit sceptical . sceptical. >> gareth brown that was an excellent thank you . summary of, excellent thank you. summary of, of life there in lebanon. please come on the show again and please stay safe. in the meantime, thank you very much for joining us from beirut forjoining us from beirut there, gareth brown. thank you . there, gareth brown. thank you. now, well—behaved prisoners may go free early under texas style

measures to cut overcrowding in british jails. i'll be speaking to a former adviser to yvette coopen to a former adviser to yvette cooper, danny shaw, next on martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. time is 427 on martin daubney on gb news. ministers are drawing up plans for texas style prison reforms that would enable inmates to earn points to reduce their time behind bars by taking part in workshops. shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, plans to visit the us state later this year to see how britain can mirror its success in reducing its high prison population and rate of reoffending. that could labour solve our overcrowding prison crisis in a similar manner? well, i'm delighted to say i'm

joined now by the former adviser to yvette cooper and the crime and policing commentator , danny and policing commentator, danny shaw. danny, welcome to the show. i've got to say, danny, i spent quite a bit of time in prisons and giving speeches and to talking inmates. i think this idea has a lot of merit. i've seen with my own eyes. if you give inmates purpose, if you give inmates purpose, if you give them something to focus on, it can be transformational. tell us why you think it's a good idea . idea. >> well, it's just an idea. at the moment that the minister of justice may be looking at the future. so let's not get ahead of ourselves that it's suddenly going to be adopted. but i think it does have some potential. clearly, it's a good thing to encourage prisoners to engage constructively while they're in jail. you know, not to, not to get involved in trouble while they're in prison to steer clear of drugs, steer clear of fights and to try and undertake courses that can help with their

rehabilitation. so anything that can encourage them to do that is good. at the moment, there are incentives for them to do that. you know, they might get some various privileges in jail. the idea of giving them sort of time off their sentence, however, i think would have to be very, very carefully managed because what you don't want is someone who's convicted of a really serious crime being seen to be treated more leniently because they've played it by the book in jail when they are in fact still at risk. so this cannot be a substitute for risk assessment, for releasing someone without ensuring that they're safe to be free. so very, very careful i think. but it does have some potential. >> but it's worth pointing out at the moment the labour party is having a bit of a nightmare with early releases we've seen yesterday evening 37 prisoners wrongly released by mistake , wrongly released by mistake, five still at large. and of course there is a huge pressure to kind of get these inmates out early because the prisons are bursting at the seams. so for

starters, the labour party could do with a good news story about prisons. and secondly, danny, it would make absolute sense. would it not, to try and get anybody who's going back to civvy street, as it were, to be going out with a more rounded, rehabilitated and perhaps skill based set of initiatives to take this should be seen quite separaset' this should be seen quite separa set of initiatives to take to the streets . based set of initiatives to take to the streets . to the streets. to the streets. >> yeah, i agree with that. i >> yeah, i agree with that. i mean, i think firstly, i think mean, i think firstly, i think it's true to say that the it's true to say that the prisoner release programme has prisoner release programme has been very badly handled from an been very badly handled from an operational point of view. not operational point of view. not only if you've got 37 prisoners only if you've got 37 prisoners released in error and five still released in error and five still at large, you've had prisoners at large, you've had prisoners who should have been placed on who should have been placed on separately electronic tags, who haven't electronic tags, who haven't been tagged. so i believe that been tagged. so i believe that number could be in the hundreds. number could be in the hundreds. you've had prisoners released you've had prisoners released without the victims being informed in domestic abuse without the victims being informed in domestic abuse cases. you've even had someone cases. you've even had someone who is convicted of manslaughter who is convicted of manslaughter who's been released early. so who's been released early. so all in all, operationally , it's all in all, operationally , it's all in all, operationally, it's been a bit of a fiasco. and all in all, operationally, it's been a bit of a fiasco. and there's another big crunch of there's another big crunch of releases to come in october. but releases to come in october. but

this should be seen quite this should be seen quite separately from a scheme to encourage inmates to behave well in prison, which is a longer term potential solution to the problem of overcrowding. look, you can't put something in place simply to try and reduce space in itself. it's got to be a scheme that had merits in its own right in texas. clearly, it

scheme that had merits in its own right in texasbelearly, it scheme that had merits in its own right in texasbe speaking seekers. soon i'll be speaking to a former squaddie who himself became homeless and suicidal for his reaction to what he deems to be the final betrayal. but first, it's time for your news headlines, and here's mark. white. >> it's 432. the very latest headunes >> it's 432. the very latest headlines from the gb news centre. scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business failed. colleagues. michael ward , failed. colleagues. michael ward, who worked for mohamed al fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful period in harrods

history . israeli forces have history. israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, today. well, you're now looking at live images of southern lebanon as more rockets have been fired from the south of lebanon into northern israel, taken out by israel's iron dome . air dusk israel's iron dome. air dusk just beginning to fall on southern lebanon at the moment. there has been intense cross—border fighting throughout the day. well, security sources have said that the strike on beirut targeted and killed a senior hezbollah commander. it comes as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , minister, benjamin netanyahu, told his military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon. the lebanese health ministry claims dozens have been killed, so far in today's strikes . the family of a strikes. the family of a teenager who was murdered in

wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a fractured skull in november last year. they're believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger in 1993. british and us and australian defence ministers are meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister, richard marles , as the tri

richard marles, as the tri nafion richard marles, as the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 20,000 jobs in the uk alone . finally, the hollywood alone. finally, the hollywood icon dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness. speaking to gb news presenter andrew pierce, she said she was definitely not a fan of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> well, our very own antidote to woke culture. martin daubney will be with you just after the break for the very latest gb

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>> welcome back. time is 4.39. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. meghan and harry are si king to squash claims from former staff that the duchess was a demonic boss who even had psycho moments. sounds very dramatic, doesn't it? now this follows similar allegations from other former staff members that the former suits actress was like a dictator in high heels who reduced grown men to tears. very melodramatic, isn't it? joining us now is the former royal gardener, jack stokes. jack, always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. so of course the rumours are being denied, but they're

rather eyebrow raising rumours, aren't they? >> they are quite, as, as as normally they do tend to be coming from, from anything that the, the sussexes do or say. >> i think the problem is, is what we've, we've seen is we've seen sort of hearsay, but there's no actual evidence or documented evidence that we've seen as of yet. >> so i think that the problem is, is it's all jolly well and good. us talking about it and saying how nasty this person is and what a dictator she is. >> but without backing it up with evidence. >> it's sort of it seems that there's a lot of noise, but there's a lot of noise, but there's no there's no backing up to the claims, personally, i didn't didn't know meghan, but i knew harry very well. and without doubt, harry was was never that way. so i don't see why suddenly harry would change. and allow his staff to be to be mistreated in such an appalling way as what we're hearing, i

know that other staff members have said the complete opposite, saying how fantastic she is, how she actually gives them gifts, how she sort of, if they've got excess , for instance, eggs in excess, for instance, eggs in the garden, it's like, go take some eggs home with you, probably they've had some of the jam that that i think everybody in the, in the country have been sort of trying to get hold of the famous strawberry jam. so it is a difficult one. you know, i think there's a lot of, of, of i want to say hate. i know that's that's quite a strong word , but that's quite a strong word, but it's sort of like this sort of smear campaign against, against the sussexes and, i don't know, i think it's time to sort of just live and let live and allow them to, to just be. unless, of course, these claims are, are found to be to be accurate and, and backed up . but, otherwise. and backed up. but, otherwise. yeah, let's just see what, what the next few days bring. >> well of course , jack, some >> well of course, jack, some people might rather like the idea of a dictator in high heels

reducing grown men to tears. i digress, but i guess the point is now the sussexes media team are having to go into kind of damage limitation mode. their briefing to the press themselves . briefing to the press themselves. even if these things aren't true, they're having to brief against it, dismissing the allegations, saying it's from former staff who are embittered . former staff who are embittered. it just seems, doesn't it, that the constant headlines that come out feel to be very negative ? out feel to be very negative? >> i think this is the problem, is whenever the sussexes do or say anything, there's negativity that follows within the press and that is the problem that i've seen for long enough. and when i, when i worked for, for the royal family and, and i knew and i knew harry and i knew william and i knew the whole family, it it was very difficult to see and to watch because he's a very different person to what you're hearing and all the negative press that, that we do hear on a day to day basis. and yet again, here we are talking

supposedly negatively. i don't want to talk negatively about meghan. i don't personally know her, i know people have very strong opinions and of course they're entitled to their opinions because that that is their own opinions . but opinions because that that is their own opinions. but i do feel that the press have sort of carried this , hatred on and this carried this, hatred on and this sort of campaign of let's see what we can, what we can say next about what meghan and harry have done wrong, rather than what they've done. right. and we all know full well that you choose anybody in your life and you decide, i want to hate this person. all you will find is hate, because that's all you're looking for . and that's all the looking for. and that's all the press seems to be looking for in that family. and i think that let's try and, you know, let go a little and give back some of the good and actually find the goodin the good and actually find the good in them. find what they do that's actually good and positive and, and try and try and get that into the press

rather than one line hatred every single day. >> thank you very much, jack sukh the milk of human kindness. there floweth over from youth. thank you for joining there floweth over from youth. thank you forjoining us now. thank you for joining us now. i'm also joined by cameron walker, gb news royal correspondent in the studio. i know you were itching to get your thoughts across on this story here. >> yeah, as jack was alluding to there, there's clearly two sides to this story i've been told by a source very close to meghan that actually the people alleging that she's this dictator marching around in high heels has to be false. the reason being, all her staff are based in an office in los angeles in hollywood, whereas meghan and harry are based at their home in montecito. so it's not possible for them to see them marching around in high heels. having said that, there are 18 staff members who have left the sussexes employment since they married in 2018, and there have been a number of former staff members who have spoken to the times and be an internal buckingham palace investigation. when harry and meghan were still working, members of the royal family and that investigation conclusion is still not public. >> okay. thank you very much, cameron walker. excellent stuff

as ever. now, on yesterday's show, keir starmer admitted to us that his homes for heroes plan would not prioritise british veterans over asylum seekers. i'll be speaking to a former squaddie soon for his reactions on the final betrayal. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. time is 448. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. sir keir starmer told gb news yesterday that he cannot guarantee that veterans will be placed ahead of other groups in housing waiting lists, including even asylum seekers. well, joining me now is jamie micklefield, a royal artillery veteran. jamie, welcome to the show. thank you so much forjoining us. now, jamie, i understand that after your time of service, you found yourself getting into a bit of a pickle. before we talk about sir

keir starmer's homes for heroes initiative and what you make of that, can you tell us would you mind sharing your story with us? >> well, yeah, i mean, i left the military and i had nowhere to live, so i ended up in michael jackson house in aldershot , which is like aldershot, which is like supported housing until i found somewhere else to live, >> they did have caseworkers and that there. but for me, i needed to do it all myself. so >> and how difficult, how difficult did you find it making that transition? jane, we hear so often now the camaraderie you have in the in your regiment, you know, you're surrounded by support. you've got the banter. you've got the day to day engagement, and then you find yourself back out on civvy street being dumped out there. i mean, were you given any help and how overwhelming did you find all of that, >> it's very tough, really , >> it's very tough, really, because, you know, you've got,

it's the big wide world. effectively, it's like what you've just mentioned there is you're in the military. i mixed royal dragoon guards, royal armoured corps, and i had a great lot of people around me. but when you leave, you have to do all this yourself, you know, and housing is a big shock to some people because when you're used to getting fed, watered, you've got accommodation, etcetera, you know, you've got all these bills to pay when you come out into reality, you've got council tax, rent, all these bills as we all know, which you know, is not cheap. these days as well. but, yeah, it's very tough and you've really got to, clamp down on it . really. i clamp down on it. really. i found it very, very difficult to transition , especially when transition, especially when you're wondering what's next. >> of course. and so could i ask you now, jamie, for your reaction to homes for heroes, sir keir starmer, when he announced that we all thought great at last. this is precisely the kind of thing that veterans

need that the country needs at last, there's some sense of priority being given to veterans needs. and yet, when we asked the prime ministerjamie, face to face yesterday, it turns out it's not the case. after all, veterans won't be at the front of the queue. they could even be behind the queue behind asylum seekers. jamie having served your country and being prepared to die for your country, how does that make you feel? >> well, it's not nice. >> well, it's not nice. >> it's not nice to her. you know, you know, we do the job, we'll go away, we'll leave our families. some of us don't come back, some of us don't come back, some of us don't come back, like we like. we went . back, like we like. we went. we're broken. some of us. so. yeah it's not nice . yeah it's not nice. >> what would you like to see done instead? i mean, what would you like to see offered to people like you? i mean, i found out from a former sas veteran earlier, i couldn't believe my ears, that former veterans can't claim benefits if they're homeless. now, i get it. you

know, you don't have a fixed address, but surely there needs to be some kind of initiative specifically giving veterans who are homeless just an address they can apply to get benefits, to get help, to get on their feet, to get started again. it seems astonishing that that isn't in place . jamie. isn't in place. jamie. >> yeah, it's terrible really. i mean, you know, these guys need to eat effectively and live. i mean, if you're not getting any money, then that's really terrible. i mean , you know, terrible. i mean, you know, it's, i don't know what to say. i mean , you know, without kind i mean, you know, without kind of swearing. it's bad . we need of swearing. it's bad. we need we need to look after our veterans , you know, a lot veterans, you know, a lot better. we need to be recognised. we need the support, and we don't need it next year. we need it now . we need it now. >> jamie, none of us want you to swear on tv. mostly my bosses. so let's not do that. but. but could i ask you just just just

quickly. how are you doing, mate? how are you ? mate? how are you? >> well, >> well, i'm >> well, i'm all >> well, i'm all right. >> well, i'm all right. you know, i do suffer ptsd, i feel a bit nervous now, to be honest, but i'm going through a rocky road, to be honest. so, yeah, i'm going through a bit of a rocky road at the minute, so, i'm getting treatment, but we'll push on with that. but other than that, you know, i've got my mates, as you know, people i don't want to get emotional. sorry. >> no, you've got every right to feel emotional, especially under these circumstances. look, jamie , these circumstances. look, jamie, i know it's been difficult for you to come on tv and talk about this today. i can see your emotional mate. i just wish you the very, very best of british. thanks for your service. and let's stay in touch. jamie micklefield. top man, top lad. thank you . oh oh, god. what can thank you. oh oh, god. what can you say? let's move on now. sir keir starmer. sorry. these people deserve better. they

really, really deserve better than this. they really, really do. and we've got to make sure we get them the help they need on this channel. we've got to do more. thank you. jamie, you're back there, mate. we're going to do all we can to try and help people like you starting right now. now, don't go anywhere because it's fresh blow for sir keir starmer under increasing fire over endless allegations. he's the prime minister of hypocrisy. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . gb news, britain's news channel. >> sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. yet more rain to come for many of us dunng rain to come for many of us during the rest of the day and overnight. very heavy in some places and a risk of flooding, particularly for those areas that were flooded earlier in the week. that's because this front, which has been bringing persistent rain to northern ireland and northern england through the day, moved south dunng through the day, moved south during the evening and merges with an area of intense,

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as that northerly wind sets in. there'll be further showers carried through on that wind, predominantly across northern and western coast, but a few popping up and western coast, but a few popping up inland as well. temperatures of 14 or 15 celsius, though not feeling particularly warm at all, and then into the evening the showers inland tend to ease away . showers inland tend to ease away. lengthy, clear spells developing away from northern and western coasts, where those showers will carry on, and where we've got the clear skies inland. of course, temperatures will drop a touch of ground frost possible first thing this weekend, so a chilly start , but a fine day for chilly start, but a fine day for many on saturday before more wind and rain arrives from the west on sunday. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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the uk , wearing masks and the uk, wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infections. >> well, it's another day . and >> well, it's another day. and another nightmare for keir starmer, this time under fresh fire for faking lord alli £18 million mansion was his lockdown workplace, with his backbenchers and even supportive media turning on the prime minister is this the final blow for starmer's credibility? the prime minister of hypocrisy and on yesterday's show, sir keir starmer admitted to us that his homes for heroes plan would not prioritise british veterans over asylum seekers . anas keir asylum seekers. anas keir starmer once again jets to off new york. a new report shows the globe trotting pm will rack up an astonishing 65,000 air miles on official business before the year's out. what will ed miliband have to say about jet set ? starmer's planet sized set? starmer's planet sized carbon footprint and a diversity

drive to ensure 50% of candidates for the welsh parliament are women has been rejected , and that caused the rejected, and that caused the social justice minister to go into bizarre rant about white men. will have that astonishing video because trust me, they're not at all happy in the valleys . not at all happy in the valleys. motor show. thank you for your company . a very emotional company. a very emotional interview we did before the end of the hour with a former serviceman who isn't getting the help he feels he needs. i've had loads and loads and loads of supportive. your essays and emails and tweets. thank you very, very much, it was very emotional for both of us. and i think it's just the state we're in in this country that we're just simply not doing enough to help people who've served in our armed forces when they're back on civvy street. and we have to do more. and i pledge my support to try and get more of that on this show and more for people

watching. thank you for sending your views. and if you want to get involved, please do so. gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines. and here's mark. white. >> good afternoon. at 5:02, the latest headlines from the gb news centre. scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al—fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business failed. colleagues. michael ward, who worked for mohamed al—fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful penod described it as a shameful period in harrods history.

israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese caphal airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, today . airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, today. in southern lebanon, there has been intense cross—border fighting. security sources said that the strike on beirut targeted and killed a senior hezbollah commander. it comes as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, told his military to keep fighting with the full force in lebanon. the lebanese health ministry claims dozens have been killed so far in today's strikes. well, the former chair of the defence select committee, tobias ellwood , select committee, tobias ellwood, believes that despite the intense fighting, a ceasefire could be imminent. >> i think it will happen in the next 48, 72 hours. it takes some time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of troop numbers that are required. although i'm sure the idf, the israeli defence forces, would have been preparing for this for some time . some time. >> the family of a teenager who

was murdered in wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week from nottingham crown court, her east midlands reporter, will hollis, has the latest in the beginning of a two day sentencing here in nottingham. >> the two boys, who are now aged 13 years old, heard how the machete killing that made them the uk's youngest knife murderers affected their victim, sean sza. his family. the family, in a statement read out in court today, said losing a child is a parent's worst nightmare. the family is devastated and totally heartbroken . they described sean heartbroken. they described sean as confident and always honest, as confident and always honest, a brave soul. mrs. justice tipples will hand down her sentence tomorrow to the two teenagers whose identities

remain anonymous. >> will hollis, the british, us and australian defence ministers are meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister, richard marles, as the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone, while the uk defence secretary said the partnership was vital in an increasingly volatile world. >> we have held these discussions under a cloud of growing global insecurity, so in our trilateral and in our bilateral meetings , we have bilateral meetings, we have reinforced the need to stand

together against russian aggression towards peace in the middle east and steadfast behind ukraine for as long as it takes. >> the hollywood icon , dame joan >> the hollywood icon, dame joan collins, has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness . extreme political correctness. speaking to gb news presenter andrew pierce, she said she was definitely not a fan of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map ever seen of our galaxy. from the violent births of newborn stars to the hidden mysteries of the galactic core. these new images show the milky way as you've never seen it before. the

map is a culmination of more than 13 years of observations. astronomers used infrared light from the european southern observatory to peer through the dust and gas, which normally hides the centre of the galaxy . hides the centre of the galaxy. you know, i'm not going to resist this. you don't need a telescope to find this particular star. it's martin daubney 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. >> mark white is an interstellar performance there. thank you very much. now, sir keir starmer is facing questions over why he failed to declare a repeatedly using a donor's £18 million penthouse for his political purposes. he used lord alli

property, now being called alis palace, to film a message calling for more people to work from home when covid guidelines were still in place. but was he really following the rules himself? let's take a look at that now infamous video. >> the new variant, omicron is spreading fast, and the argument that we don't know enough about it doesn't stack up. we may not be certain how dangerous it is, but we do know that lives are at risk at times like this. we must all put the national interest first and play by the rules. getting jabbed, wearing masks and working from home. if we can really will help prevent infections . infections. >> it's the picture of the kids on the bookshelf that gets me. now the prime minister is in the us at the moment, as he's meant to be speaking at the united nafions to be speaking at the united nations later. but this freebie scandal once again is surely overshadowing proceedings. and

we can now speak with gb news political editor chris hogg , political editor chris hogg, live from the big apple. chris welcome to the show, sir. sir keir starmer is on important business in new york at the united nations, but nobody this side of the pond is talking about that at all, chris. once again, overshadowing everything is ali's palace. the £18 million penthouse being used for what now looks like a bogus lockdown video. this scandal won't go away. what's the mood on the ground in new york? >> hi, martin. well, of course, as you might expect, it's un general assembly week in new york. the place is in lockdown as diplomats are here. world leaders are here. we're here. sir keir starmer will be briefing and talking to the un general assembly about 1015 our time, uk time. so that'll be on gb news later. a front and centre is the battle in ukraine, the west trying to find a way to

support president zelenskyy. he's in the white house today meeting with joe biden. kamala harris is there. donald trump is in new york. he's got a press conference later on this afternoon. and tonight i'm going to that for gb news. i'll try and shout a question for you, martin. tell me what it is in a second. but and the big issue for keir starmer. second. but and the big issue for keir starmer . apart from for keir starmer. apart from ukraine is dealing with the issues in lebanon, getting britons out of lebanon to cyprus. there's two uk warships in the area now. immediately leave is the instruction from the uk secretary, sir keir starmer is going to be visiting the nasdaq stock exchange. he had earlier held a business round table trying to get investment in the uk. the big pressure that the government wants to get is to more money coming to the uk to help the economy grow, and that's why he held a round table earlier. but there's no question that the issue of freebies is a problem for him, for the domestic audience in the uk, it's not really clear why he had to have the photographs arranged behind him in lord alli flat. we're

told he used the flat because he didn't want to use his home address, because his home address, because his home address is where he's, he does want he wants to maintain some privacy and some degree of privacy and some degree of privacy for them, and that's not easy. so it's a real problem for him. we'll be asking him for gb news about that when we do see him. it's difficult and hard to explain. i think . explain. i think. >> yeah. well my question for him, chris, if you'd like to ask it, if you can shout it across is boris johnson was forced to resign over breaking rules dunng resign over breaking rules during covid and endless allegations about wallpaper and taking bungs and cronyism. now sir keir starmer is faced with the same allegations. will he do the same allegations. will he do the right thing and resign? i reckon that will go down. >> yeah, well i've said there's no question sir keir starmer made a huge virtue of his own personal standards when he was attacking boris johnson for partygate . wallpapergate. and so partygate. wallpapergate. and so it went on. that's why these questions are legitimate. it seems very clear to me that sir

keir starmer is going to carry on taking freebies when he wants to. he's going to have to go to trips to football and whatever it might be. he sees that as a way of drumming up business for the uk. although he is, he is making clear that with the, with the with his taking personal freebies, that's an issue. earlier i did interview him yesterday. martin. i do think in the news today we're seeing the scotland yard asking for more any women to come forward about the mohamed al fayed scandal. sir keir starmer was the dpp in 2008, around the time when the cps chose not to prosecute or take any action over claims of sexual assault against a 15 year old girl. and i asked him about that question in an interview last night. it's worth seeing what he had to say. last night. it's worth seeing what he had to say . just finally what he had to say. just finally looking at your record as director of public prosecutions, mohamed al—fayed was not prosecuted for sexual assault against a 15 year old woman. when you were dpp, have you reflected on that? do you want to apologise to the victim? you were ahead of the of the

prosecutors, prosecutors the tories service at the time? >> well, i've not that particular case didn't come across my desk. it was dealt with by senior lawyers within the crown prosecution service , the crown prosecution service, and i don't think i certainly haven't had access to the file again. i'm not sure you have. so, you know , but an apology so, you know, but an apology from the cps. well, look, having not had access to the file, myself or yourself , then, you myself or yourself, then, you know, we're not in that place . know, we're not in that place. >> so. no apology there from sir keir starmer when the cps has admitted it twice had a chance to prosecute fired when he was alive and they didn't. one to watch martin. >> an excellent question there to the prime minister from you there. chris o'byrne. thank you once again for asking the prime minister about the homes for heroes situation . we've been heroes situation. we've been carrying on that conversation here today, speaking to veterans . here today, speaking to veterans. thank you so much, chris, for holding power to account. now go and get your fangs stuck into the big apple. now for the latest on mohammed. the mohamed al—fayed allegations. i'm joined

in the studio by gb news correspondent cameron walker. cameron's fascinating insight there. of course, sir keir starmer was the chief of the cps at the time. questions being asked about how, when he was alive, mr al fayed managed to evade the justice. and what's the latest developments on this story today? >> yeah, and as you say, chris hope spoke to the prime minister there on this very issue, the crown prosecution service failed to prosecute mohammed al fayed when he was alive twice during his lifetime, once in 2008 over an alleged rape of a 15 year old girl and another time, a couple of years later for an alleged indecent assault and what's happened today is the metropolitan police has come out with a statement asking any other victims who have not yet come forward. please do so. that is what the police are saying. they're saying that specially trained officers will be there to support you. those trained to deal with victims and survivors of sexual abuse. they also say that the police have now been in contact with the lawyers of those who have already bravely

come forward. those survivors who took part in the bbc documentary, and those who subsequently have come forward. and they also said, because of course, fired is dead and now cannot be criminally liable. they're looking at his associates and whether they had associates and whether they had a part to play and to see if there are any potential criminal allegations that they could be liable for. commander stephen klayman saying it is vital that any victim has a voice and know that the allegations are taken seriously. the current harrods director has released a statement today saying his name is michael ward. he's saying that harrods failed our colleagues following sexual misconduct allegations. he also said that mr fayed had presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussions and sexual misconduct. mr ward actually works for mr fayed for four years and he's also addressed that. and he said he was not aware of fayed's criminal and criminality and abuse, and described it as a shameful penod described it as a shameful period in the business's history. the general medical council. the list goes on. martin. they've also released a

statement confirming that they are investigating two doctors, two private doctors worked for mr fayed around the time of these allegations, who allegedly carried out intrusive and inappropriate sti tests against these victims. so although fired is dead, it looks like a number of other individuals could have questions to answer. >> and cameron in that chair, where you are. on friday, we were joined by gloria allred . were joined by gloria allred. she's the attorney representing some of these survivors. she also, of course, famously represented some of harvey weinstein's victims. it was astonishing what she was telling us, what had been going on. and you were at that press conference, some of the allegations that mr al—fayed was using harrods as a place to locate children , sometimes 14 locate children, sometimes 14 year olds, sending out members of staff to get women and girls from the shop floor of harrods to bring them to him , and then to bring them to him, and then going on the allegations to even commit crimes on that location

itself. it's an incredible case and one where there's a huge, huge appetite for justice. >> yeah, i was sad in that press conference for over an hour, martin and a number of the victims and survivors were in the room, and it was just so fascinating to see their bravery, i think. and also what was also quite shocking is mohamed al fayed. he seemed to have a type. a number of them were blonde. all of them were beautiful, and it was just really interesting to see them starting to get some level of justice. a number of lawyers sat on the panel talking to us as journalists , and they they made journalists, and they they made the point that although harrods civil, the civil case are bringing against harrods, is a start, they did allude to the fact that this is certainly not the beginning of the end. there are several avenues of legal action. they could potentially go down, notably harrods, but also the cps, as they said, failed . you know, two times they failed. you know, two times they failed. you know, two times they failed to prosecute mr fayed when he was alive. and a number of other individuals who have not yet been publicly identified. >> thank you very much, cameron walker. excellent summary there.

thank you for joining walker. excellent summary there. thank you forjoining us. now thank you for joining us. now moving on, because members of the senate have rejected diversity plans to make sure that the welsh parliament balance has a 5050 split of men and women. now welsh labour's social justice minister, jane hutt, didn't react too well. >> our people , our senate >> our people, our senate members here interested in what this expanded senate looks like in 2026. >> do you want to come back to a senate full of white men? no >> dear, oh dear. miss hutt is not remotely happy about that . not remotely happy about that. so should there be less white men in the welsh parliament? joining us now is the welsh reform uk councillor, councillor david thomas. david welcome to the show. what on earth is going on in wales? can it even be possible to legislate against white men ? white men? >> well, this is absolutely crazy and how this is not like a front page news. this is clearly

a racist comment made by a senior minister, labour minister, and i'm just dumbfounded how this is not everywhere . everywhere. >> and how could she get up and say that in front of all those, those senate members and nothing is mentioned? >> i've read two articles now, one by nation.cymru and one by our friends at the bbc. they tell us that the bill has been scrapped. they mentioned jane in a number of comments, but not once do they mention the racist comment that she made when she stood up in the senate and said about white men . about white men. >> now, david, it's worth pointing out, of course , that pointing out, of course, that humza yousaf had his little rant, didn't he, about everyone being white. you know , the men white. white. you know, the men white. and he was lambasted for it for some time to come. but as you say, misheard isn't getting much stick. but it's ridiculous, is

it? not that surely the electorate don't care about what's in somebody's trousers. they would care about what's between their ears. the best person for the job, irrespective of gender and the fact matter is this misheard seems to be in charge of these policies . a charge of these policies. a social justice minister. what on earth does a social justice minister? why do we need one? >> well , look, it should be minister? why do we need one? >> well, look, it should be our voters, shouldn't it? not the political elites that choose our our senate members. >> and i'm not even sure why this bill was even created in the first place. anyway, most it's pretty much a 5050 split within the senate anyway. but again , the major issue here for again, the major issue here for me is the fact that this is a racist comment and it has gone nowhere. can you imagine, martin, if i if any white man stood up in the senate and said, come on now , you need to read my come on now, you need to read my guidance, because if you don't , guidance, because if you don't, then you're going to come back to an expanded senate full of

white women. can you imagine what would happen to a white man if he stood up and said that in our welsh parliament? it's just it's just crazy. why is this not front page news? >> well , front page news? >> well, we're talking about it. and that's because, you know, we're one of the few media outlets that talks common sense on these matters. and i put it to you again, people don't give a monkeys about people's gender. they don't care about any of that in the real world. they care about competence. they care about ability . that's what about ability. that's what people really care about. but it seems, though, that once again, this this woke mindset seems to have captured the inner sanctum of the welsh parliament. the fact of the matter is, though, common sense did prevail. david thomas this got booted out. it was voted down. >> exactly, exactly. and but the irony of it as well. which which which makes me laugh is the bill is to is to promote an inclusive , is to is to promote an inclusive, diverse. yet yet the minister is

marginalising white men . it just marginalising white men. it just it beggars belief and it's just outrageous how how how this has not been, you know, made accountable for these for these racist , this racist comment. racist, this racist comment. >> okay. well, we're holding her accountable now. david thomas, i'm assuming you're a white man. i'm assuming you're a white man. i don't want to kind of, you know, get get things wrong here. and, you know , misgender you and, you know, misgender you misthress you. but if you are a white man, councillor david thomas, then you've lived to fight again another day. and so have l fight again another day. and so have i. thank you very much for joining us. always an absolute pleasure. do you take care then, my friend? cheers now. howdy, howdy. because well—behaved prisoners may go free under seg. there may go free early under texas style measures to cut overcrowding . who wrote that overcrowding. who wrote that script by martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. time is 526. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. ministers are drawing up plans for texas style prison reforms that will enable inmates to earn points to reduce their time behind bars by taking part in workshops. now, shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, plans to visit the us states later this year to see how britain could mirror its success in reducing its high prison population and rates of reoffending. now, could labour solve our overcrowded prison crisis by borrowing an idea from texas? well, joining me now to discuss this is the former prisoner and the social campaigner and great friend of the show, all round top lad winston davis. winston, always an absolute pleasure , my old an absolute pleasure, my old son. now, i wanted to get you on today to talk about this because you are a role model, somebody who served their time, you did your crime and you turned your life around inside by getting your head down and knuckling and

making a better life for yourself. so surely it's music to your ears to learn that other inmates could be offered more incentives for good behaviour, not only to get out sooner, but also to get back to civvy street. more rounded, more skilled , and more ready to skilled, and more ready to engage with the real world. >> first of all, thank you for such a great introduction, martin. >> i'm trying to live that down or live up to it, look. yeah, look, in principle , sounds like look, in principle, sounds like a good idea. the only thing that i would be concerned about is, again, is at the moment, people are going through like a box tick exercise to get through courses, to get them to lower category prisons to get out. and what you don't want is people to just go again, going through tick box exercise to say, oh, they've done this course, they've done this course, they've done this course, they've done that. yeah, they're rehabilitated. and really they haven't. we need to get to the nuts and bolts of what are the issues with the offenders and why they're offending from the start when they're in there. >> and then given that a sentence, say, right, if you work hard like i did, that you can turn your life around and live a decent life and

contribute back to society . contribute back to society. >> you're absolutely right, winston. of course, people on any sort of, interface with officialdom like their jobseeker. yeah, yeah, i've been applying for jobs all week. honest, guv . people do tell honest, guv. people do tell a little porky, you know, to try and get ahead of the queue. that, of course, could happen. there could be people just going along and pretending to be engaged. but nevertheless, winston , if there was more help, winston, if there was more help, more integration, to do courses, to do retraining, to get a trade inside jails, that surely could only be a good thing. >> 100%. >> 100%. >> funnily enough, i was having a coffee yesterday morning and bumped into a guy who's going up to a prison up in hemel hempstead, off the back of james stinson's initiative of the local advisory business boards hubs. and he's actually a set of hairdresser he's going in on on monday . monday. >> and he said to me, oh, what do i do? you know, and i said, do i do? you know, and i said, do you know what? >> just the fact of you going in there and showing that you actually care and that you actually care and that you actually think that these people have a potential to do something different, will could spark the

inside of someone like he did with me, that actually there's more than what they're currently experiencing. >> and if you're going inside and like no teaching, teaching lags, you know to how be barbers. obviously they've been issue around the scissors, but no treating them how to be barbers and whatnot, giving them a practical skill they can take about take out into the real world. we're seeing so many bad news stories, winston . like news stories, winston. like yesterday 37 cons let out early five still at large because of this early release scheme . and this early release scheme. and the point is so many being released, 20% of those released a couple of weeks ago are already back inside because a lot of them are homeless. they haven't got anything to as a landing pad. so surely it's you again. if you've got a trade, if you've got a skill, you're much less likely to reoffend and go back inside and be another social burden 1,000,000%. >> martin, listen, i'm living proof of it, right? >> getting a trade changed my life. get in the trade and allowed me to have a family, to build a business, to do all the things that i'm doing as off the back of a trade, even to this day, being able to employ

people, being able to give back to the community and actually help others that are trying to come through massively training up people has got to be a fundamental part of it, whether it be a trade, whether it be education. but again, for me, physically using my hands was was a massive, massive turning point in my life. >> and winston, may i ask you, i haven't asked you before. do you go inside nick's now and do you talk to inmates and tell your story and help to mobilise them to be more like you previously? >> yes. i have, i found in recent years there's a lot of bureaucracy, bureaucracy and a lot of red tape that is preventing people like me being able to get in and do the work. and i've been very, very vocal for a very long time about, you know, what i believe about rehabilitation , about wanting to rehabilitation, about wanting to give back and i feel like lots of doors are still kept closed . of doors are still kept closed. and i put it to anyone watching who's in the prison service that , who's in the prison service that, yeah, 100% reach out to me. i would love to go in and give back and help others that are trying to turn a life around, because there's some that are. >> i think that was winston davis just offering his services. he's available for hire , his cv is there and you

hire, his cv is there and you can contact him via gb news and winston, we've got to go for that beer soon, mate. be great to talk to you and see you and see if i can help you get you in some nick's makes. i know people are going to listen to you. winston davis. always an absolute pleasure. cheers. cheers lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including more reaction to sir keir starmer's failing to guarantee that homeless veterans will be put ahead of asylum seekers in housing waiting lists . an housing waiting lists. an astonishing exclusive buyers and something we intend to act upon. but first is your latest news headunes but first is your latest news headlines with mark . white. headlines with mark. white. >> good evening. it's just after 530. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al—fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted

by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business failed. colleagues. michael ward, who worked for mohamed al—fayed for four years, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse but described it as a shameful period in harrods history . israeli forces have history. israeli forces have carried out airstrikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, today. we are looking at live images over beirut tonight as intense cross—border fighting continues. security sources said the strike on the lebanese capital targeted and killed a senior hezbollah commander. it comes as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , told his military to netanyahu, told his military to keep fighting with full force. the lebanese health ministry claims dozens have been killed so far in today's strikes . the

so far in today's strikes. the family of a teenager who was murdered in wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a fractured skull in november last year. they're believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger in 1993. british us and australian defence ministers have been meeting in london to discuss ambitious plans to build the next generation of attack submarines. john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence

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>> welcome back. your time is 538. i'm martin daubney on gb news, sir keir starmer told gb news, sir keir starmer told gb news yesterday that he cannot guarantee that veterans will be placed ahead of other groups in housing, waiting lists, including, astonishingly, even asylum seekers. well, let's discuss this further now with the chief executive of the first lines trust dorinda wolfe murray. her charity offers support to those who have served in the armed forces. thank you so much forjoining us on the so much for joining us on the show today. dorinda dorinda. about an hour ago, i was joined

by a former veteran, jamie micklefield, who is clearly suffering from ptsd . i was moved suffering from ptsd. i was moved to tears by his story of how he felt abandoned after he left the forces. hundreds and hundreds of viewers have been in touch just saying how moved they are by the plight of people like jamie. but to you, dorinda, this must be depressingly commonplace. people back on civvy street not offered the support that many, many people tell us they deserve. can i get your reaction initially to the for home heroes initiative? i think all of us thought, wow , i think all of us thought, wow, fantastic. at last, the precise kind of thing that veterans need. however, upon close examination , not all it was cut examination, not all it was cut up to be first. can i get your take on that? >> i've been travelling today, so i didn't. i haven't heard the whole the whole story, >> you are absolutely right . >> you are absolutely right. >> you are absolutely right. >> the, the picture is located in so very many ways, >> it's a whole heap of mess.

>> it's a whole heap of mess. >> if i'm really honest, the housing situation is not great. >> the mental health trauma situation is complicated by other things, trust broken so many times in by so many different people, in so many different people, in so many different fields , understanding different fields, understanding of trauma and its effect on us has changed dramatically over the years , the years, >> the difficulty of having honest conversations about the complications that , i mean, just complications that, i mean, just just to just this is this is sort of like a reverse process. >> but, i was, on a social platform, which i tend to avoid at all costs. but there was a conversation about exactly this homelessness. and, the conversation was, you know,

everybody should be offered a home. and i was like, yeah, there should be. but what you've also got to realise is that not everybody can cope with it. and the person came back and said, i simply couldn't understand how nobody would want to have a roof over their head. >> i mean, how is that even possible ? possible? >> and that's the complication. is that it isn't possible for everybody, not only because there aren't all the perfect houses everywhere, but also too, you know, when you've been through the awful stuff that so many people have been through, who've served and seen horrendous situations. you know, the one that we never talk about in northern ireland, you know , in northern ireland, you know, bosnia, all the awfulness whereby you've been often in, you don't know who to trust, neven you don't know who to trust, never, never mind . you know, you never, never mind. you know, you just don't. and you can't to some people , they simply can't some people, they simply can't be within four walls. and you

know, that whole thing about being responsible and being able to deal with stuff just isn't possible. so when people talk about homelessness, it's so much more than the roof and trying to trying to enable people to understand that actually, it's a long path. it's not a fixable thing . by here's your house. we thing. by here's your house. we need more of these. we need more of this, this, this. yes, that's part of it. but it's so much more than that. and when you've got older people who, you know, i was inspired by what winston was saying. timpson's, a huge, huge, we used to have one of the directors of timpson's was one of our trustees. they do amazing work. and, you know, that whole practicality piece, which is like, yeah, you've got to be practical about the housing thing. you know, if you're having enough trouble coping with, triggers that set you off and all sorts of things can do

that and god above, i mean, you know, that's that's what we deal with putting somebody into a house that could be in a wrong neighbourhood , could be in neighbourhood, could be in a situation whereby they can't understand what's going on, whereby they're trying to go on the straight and narrow. but of course, you've got limited housing, you've got drugs around you and you've got loud noises going on, or you're with people who have a whole different mindset. it makes it much more difficult to do it proactively and in the correct way possible, my sort of cri cri de coeur always is. it's like the house is part of part of the solving of it, but much more important than that is the correct support. alongside that . and for support. alongside that. and for that, you need people working face to face in communities who understand what makes the warp and the weft of the community.

and i realise that hasn't answered your question wholly by any stretch of the imagination. but it isn't, you know, everybody thinks that as soon as you've got a house that solves the problem. ironically, that can be the start of the problem. i mean, we were involved with a phenomenal initiative. about building homes for veterans , and building homes for veterans, and one of the veterans who was, you know, certainly not going to name names, nor am i going to name names, nor am i going to name places because that's that's the simply because of how they'd been living and surviving could not cope with more than one room. it didn't matter how gorgeous it was, it didn't matter how much support and how much just couldn't do that. and i know people who've moved into houses and just can't even cope with working out how to pay the bills, and then the responsibility of keeping everything okay. sometimes it's so much easier to sofa surf and be homeless. and that's to not

say it's right. and that's not to say that i'm making excuses, but it is not an easy answer to anything. and throwing big headunes anything. and throwing big headlines at it. and we've all had the politicians from every side of everything throw big headunes side of everything throw big headlines at it, side of everything throw big headlines at it , throw throw big headlines at it, throw throw big bits of money at it that sit at a top end and don't get trickled down. and we've had years of that from all, all, all this is not xl bully because it's not a political thing. this is an understanding of social and people, and it's as true, dear god, for the veterans and those who've served and all the people that we support, which are also the emergency services, like the paramedics, you know, you see horrendous trauma and cope , but horrendous trauma and cope, but we have to leave it there , makes we have to leave it there, makes it difficult. >> we have to leave it there . >> we have to leave it there. dufinda >> we have to leave it there. durinda wolf murray, absolutely fascinating, wonderful to hear your expertise. thank you so much for giving us some insight

and sharing that with us. honestly, i find that absolutely amazing. thank you and thanks for the work you do, and thanks for the work you do, and thanks for the work you do, and thanks for the support you offer to our veterans. we have to continue this conversation. it's just so, so fascinating and important . so fascinating and important. now as keir starmer once again jets off to new york, a new report shows the globe trotting prime minister will rack up an astonishing guess how many air miles will keep that secret. what will ed miliband have to say about jet set? starmer's planet size footprint? that's next. i'm martin

welcome back chennai six bit of fun now around the world in 80 days. well sir keir starmer has racked up a huge amount of air miles. i won't spoil it just yet since he assumed office in july. now, will this in any way undermine his attempts to bring the country with him as he seeks to get the uk to reach net zero?

because bear in mind, we've got a certain ed miliband who seems to share the politics of a certain greta thunberg they go around, don't they , telling us around, don't they, telling us to stop driving our cars. they tell us not to go on holiday, to turn off our central heating sometimes by, i don't know, cancelling the winter fuel allowance so they can't even turn the heating on or they're afraid to turn the heating on if they're pensioners , and yet they they're pensioners, and yet they seem to lead jet set lifestyles themselves . now, the prime themselves. now, the prime minister has been on what can only be described as a whirlwind tour around the planet since being elected. now i know, i know , it's official business. know, it's official business. it's important that our prime minister takes part in these meetings himself . but how about meetings himself. but how about he does it via zoom? how about he does it via zoom? how about he gets there in a more carbon friendly manner? because that's what they'd expect us to do as they price us off the roads with their ulez schemes, their clean

air schemes, their low traffic neighbourhoods. and by the way, we might be taxing you to fly in the future. so only the rich and famous can afford it. going back to the 1970s. remember those days?! do to the 1970s. remember those days? i do cheap holidays became available in opened up the world for the working class, as do the political class. want to close that world down? it won't affect the rich, the rich people like sir keir starmer, like our political classes. they'll still be jetting around the world. it won't bother them , won't bother won't bother them, won't bother prince harry. it won't bother all those hectoring a—list celebrities, the ones that tell us, oh, we should. we should be smaller with our carbon footprint while they gain first class on their jumbo jets and ponce off around the world doesn't bother them, but they expect us to live differently . expect us to live differently. the detail of this story is absolutely astonishing when you look at the countries. sir keir starmer has been to. i'm going to dive into a bit of this detail now as we wait for our guest to appear. so by the end of sir keir starmer's global

tour 2024, he will have visited guess how many countries ? 13 guess how many countries? 13 trips to eight countries in just 20 weeks. and let's go through this now usa 3123 trips to the usa and he's there as we speak in the big apple, no doubt. got there very comfortably . perhaps there very comfortably. perhaps even business class germany twice . twice to the fatherland, twice. twice to the fatherland, france twice. ireland, italy , france twice. ireland, italy, samoa, hungary, brazil, azerbaijan. those are the countries that our prime minister will be going to. and in fact, he will have circumnavigated the globe. guess how many times? two and a half times around the world. phileas fogg, eat your heart out around the world in 80 days. sir keir starmer has been around the world two and a half times in less time, and guess what? not a

beep. not a beep from ed miliband . not a sausage. it miliband. not a sausage. it seems. okay and here is the payoff. guess how many miles, sir keir starmer will have racked up by the end of the year? 64,730 miles for air miles. starmer and of course, his missus, lady victoria. now, before we end the show, i want to go through some of your essays. we've had a massive reaction to our campaign to help homes for heroes. we had jamie on the show . jamie micklefield a on the show. jamie micklefield a viewer says this. please pass on my heartfelt thanks to jamie. we treat our service personnel appallingly. treat our service personnel appallingly . they should be at appallingly. they should be at the top of every list for help and support and lesley says this. what a brilliant and emotional interview martin you just had with an ex—forces person suffering from ptsd. it made me cry . they absolutely made me cry. they absolutely need our help. thank you. and there are hundreds and hundreds more. just don't have time to go through it . more. just don't have time to go through it. so more. just don't have time to go through it . so next up more. just don't have time to go through it. so next up is more. just don't have time to go through it . so next up is dewbs& through it. so next up is dewbs& co 6 to 7. now i'm going to be back at 7:00 pm this evening.

i'm covering for nigel farage again. and of course i'm back tomorrow at 3:00. we've got some fantastic guests on the nigel farage show, continuing that ludicrous story that they want less white men in the welsh parliament. not on my watch. we're going to make sure they get it in the neck and martin daubney, this is gb news. i'll see you at seven. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. yet more rain to come for many of us dunng rain to come for many of us during the rest of the day and overnight. very heavy in some places and a risk of flooding, particularly for those areas that were flooded earlier in the week. that's because this front, which has been bringing persistent rain to northern ireland and northern england through the day, moved south dunng through the day, moved south during the evening and merges

with an area of intense, thundery downpours across wales and central england . and as that and central england. and as that happensin and central england. and as that happens in just a few hours, we could see 40 to 60mm of additional rain on top of what we saw last weekend and the start of this week. so an amber warning four fs risk of localised flooding, risk of transport disruption as we begin the day on friday. now by dawn the day on friday. now by dawn the wettest conditions will be moving south so affecting kent, sussex , perhaps parts of sussex, perhaps parts of hampshire as well as heavy showers move in from the channel. it does begin to dry up elsewhere and clearer skies coming through across wales, northern england , northern northern england, northern ireland and scotland. a cold start to the day here under those clear skies, a few showers for northern scotland, but in between there will be bright skies and we keep that cold wind in scotland. but during the morning it extends further south and it does help to clear the rain. so we say farewell to that by mid to late morning. but

well, it's going to feel chilly as that northerly wind sets in. there'll be further showers carried through on that wind, predominantly across northern and western coasts, but a few popping up and western coasts, but a few popping up inland as well. temperatures of 14 or 15 celsius, though not feeling particularly warm at all. and then into the evening. the showers inland tend to ease away. lengthy clear spells developing away from northern and western coasts, where those showers will carry on, and where we've got the clear skies inland. of course, temperatures will drop a touch of ground frost possible first thing this weekend, so a chilly start, but a fine day for many on saturday before more wind and rain arrives from the west on sunday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of weather

secretary bridget phillipson has said that private schools have to keep bursaries going to help the most struggling families. of course, this is while simultaneously squeezing out the middle class strivers with their vat row to the labour party wants to have their cake and eat it when it comes to this policy. also, let me ask you this. what kind of country has an investment summit but does not invite the world's richest man because they don't like what he writes on social media? the uk of course i speak of elon musk. your thoughts ? on. all of that your thoughts? on. all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headlines . news headlines. >> good evening. i'm mark white with the latest headlines from the gb news centre. scotland

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