fri day friday 27th of september live on friday 27th of september live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and nana akua right. >> so a nice guy. that's how the former president donald trump described sir keir starmer as they met overnight in new york. trump spoke to gb news before meeting. take a listen. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour. so i have to be nice, right.7 but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well , it's he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular, and i'll be seeing him. and i'll send your regards . and i'll send your regards. >> brexit backer boris johnson failed to stop megxit. the former pm reveals his pep talk with prince harry to convince the royal couple to stay in the uk . uk. >> al fayed allegations police appeal for more potential victims of former harrods boss to come forward as the met has slammed for missing 19 opportunities to investigate him. cameron walker has the latest. >> yeah, the number of

allegations keeps on growing. meanwhile, fayed's associates could well have questions to answer more details shortly. >> and non—dom non—starter. are we seeing another u—turn from labour as the chancellor, rachel reeves, may abandon her pledge to abolish non—dom status? >> labour's pothole pledge the transport secretary declares war on potholes as she turns to new technology to fix the problem. but how bad are they? where you live ? live? >> potholes , potholes look for >> potholes, potholes look for one time when i was driving my little c1, it matched a pothole, and then i had to get stuff done to it because it destroyed the wheel. >> destroyed a bit of the arch. i was quite angry. >> they are a nightmare, i think. i think councils have a budget to pay for car damage from potholes. i know i've done my suspension in my car a couple

of times over the last ten years. >> yeah, but what they ask for to show that you've actually been damaged in the pothole is actually quite a lot. and a lot of people just give up in the end.do of people just give up in the end. do what i did. i just end. do what i did. ijust thought, well, this this new. >> the transport secretary reckons they've got new technology. it's similar to infrared cameras where they can look at roads and see where potholes are going to be occurring in the future. but i kind of think, well, what can you do before they occur? >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> the problem is they're not they're not filling the holes. once they do see them. >> why spend money on new technology? why don't you just fill in the potholes that we can all see? get on with it. so send us your comments, post your thoughts, gbnews.com/yoursay. but let's get your latest news with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> bannau nana. thank you very much. the top stories. sir keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the united nations general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides

to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes the keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders. it comes after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true. >> the escalation serves no one. it offers nothing but more suffering for innocent people on all sides, and the prospect of a wider war that no one can control . control. >> well, benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in lebanon will continue, despite his insistence that the idf maintains its offensive against hezbollah. the comments came after the israeli foreign minister also said there would be no ceasefire in the north. netanyahu's statement today added that israel shares the aims of the us led

initiative of enabling people along the northern border to return safely and securely to their homes. netanyahu is preparing to address the united nafions preparing to address the united nations today. an israeli airstrike meanwhile, early this morning reportedly killed nine people from the same family in the southern lebanese border town of sheba, including four children. in other news, 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced today. 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 in wolverhampton. we'll keep you up to date with the latest developments here on gb. news and more flooding is expected to hit parts of england this morning, before outbreaks of heavy rain start to ease , heavy rain start to ease, according to the met office. the forecaster issued an amber warning for areas of the midlands and the south of the country, which came into force at 6:00 yesterday evening. all met office weather warnings have

now expired, but localised disruption is expected to impact some areas throughout the morning. yellow rain warnings were already in place for large parts of england and wales, and western parts of northern ireland. areas affected by the amber warning, including milton keynes, oxfordshire and the west midlands, were struck by flash floods as the met office warned the regions could see 30 to 40mm of rainfall within just three hours. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome. good morning. this is britain's newsroom where live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben , leo and me. nana akua. ben, leo and me. nana akua. >> very good morning to you at

home. hope you're all doing well. you've made it. it's nearly the weekend. a very quick email. first of all, to kick off the show from jodie. you say morning, ben nana. you've brightened a miserable morning for me. >> oh, that's nice, thank you. but the rain. oh my god. >> miserable all night, all night pounding down. >> yeah, well, i drove in from there. was like a couple of diversions and things and the flooding and of course, the water leaking from things. water companies, i think they're having issues to my drain was blocked yesterday. >> i had to scale my roof. i had to crawl out my son's bedroom window. i did it in shorts because the rain was coming down. >> careful. what are you doing? >> careful. what are you doing? >> oh, i had to clean the gutter because it was all overflowing on the roof and the water was pounng on the roof and the water was pouring down the driveway. oh, no. it's fine, it's fine. i'm sensible. i'm quite. i'm quite athletic, but yeah. miserable weather. and i wonder what people like jim dale would say. >> i don't know, you're tall. you're not that tall. you're rafe. yeah. anyway. yeah. what would he say ? global warming? would he say? global warming? yeah, he would be talking of catastrophe. >> and that's the answer to any weather event, isn't it? it's sunny for a day and it's. oh, well, there you go. climate

change. >> we should have to get him on and see what he thinks. >> i'm okay, i think. i think i'll survive without him today. anyway, we'll move on. the prime minister, he's been up to more serious matters stateside because he met with former president donald trump for the first time overnight in new york in efforts to establish a new international relationship. >> now, it concludes, sir keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the united nafions york after attending the united nations annual meeting of world leaders. >> gb news political editor christopher hope has this report from new york. >> sir keir starmer is back in the uk this morning after a rush round of diplomacy in new york city during the un general assembly. he's been trying to get a three week ceasefire deal between hezbollah fighters in southern lebanon and israel to get uk citizens out. they get brits out there. there's two warships in the region. cyprus is a real worry about the future of british citizens in lebanon. also, with ukraine. he's been he's been trying to talk to president zelenskyy, get some kind of agreement between the west on this this victory plan

put forward by president zelenskyy. he's due to meet that's president zelenskyy with donald trump on friday lunchtime uk time. a crucial meeting because if trump wins the election on november the 5th, many fear that he may push ukraine towards a peace deal they don't want with russia. on thursday night, keir starmer was due to meet with donald trump. finally. and for gb news, i asked donald trump a question here in trump tower meeting kit , here in trump tower meeting kit, you're meeting keir starmer, the uk premier. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> what do you think of him? some of his colleagues in government have been quite critical of you. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour, so i have to be nice, right? but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well , it's he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular, and i'll be seeing him, and i'll send your regards. >> would you rather, nigel were you with. >> who are you with? >> who are you with? >> i'm with gb news in the uk. okay, good. would you rather nigel farage had a bigger, bigger role? >> well, i think nigel is great.

i mean, i've known him for a long time. he had a great election too. he picked up a lot of seats. more seats than he was allowed to have. actually, they acknowledged that he won. but for some reason, you have a very strange system over there. you might win them, but you don't get them. nigel is a fantastic person. >> so a big boost there for nigel farage. his old friend donald trump, of course, being pleasant, but this morning sir keir starmer is back in the uk battling with more issues about the so—called freebies he's been taking and how he can try and get a lid on that. it's a challenging time for him, but for him for now, sir keir starmer's time in the us has come to an end. christopher hope trump tower , new york city so trump tower, new york city so the question is how important is the question is how important is the uk us relationship? >> and is starmer the statesman that we need? we're joined now by former labour mp bill rammell. bill okay. is he popular though? donald trump said he's quite popular out there, but his approval ratings are qatar. his ratings have plummeted . plummeted. >> well, it's been a challenging penod.

>> well, it's been a challenging period . but keir is getting on period. but keir is getting on as the government is with the job of delivering for british people. >> you know , the commitment to a >> you know, the commitment to a major house building programme, the new deal for working people, a real living wage , all of those a real living wage, all of those things really matter. and as we deliver on those and as we get economic growth, i'm confident that people will support us. >> well, what about all the scandals going on at the moment, bill, you've got i mean, which take your pick, you've got plenty. you've got the political appointments to the civil service, you've got lord alli donations, you've got all sorts, does that not affect the way that he runs government ? that he runs government? >> right. political appointments to the civil service. the tories appointed hundreds of people. but you're meant to be vetted. no, no. which is permitted by the rules. every government is allowed to do it transparently. that's what the labour government has done, and, you know, in terms of donations, all the rules, you know, and this is

the rules, you know, and this is the big contrast with the last tory government, all the rules in terms of declarations have been abided by under the last government . they weren't. government. they weren't. >> it was why did he step down from the treasury if everything was okay and fine and dandy, why did he in corfield step down from the treasury and that plum job? rachel reeves gave him because, you know, you don't want headlines, however justified . justified. >> the appointment is dominating. and i think that was a sensible move. but look, every government, if it's serious about its programme, wants to appoint people who can support that programme , bridging the that programme, bridging the divide between the government and the civil service. you know , and the civil service. you know, david cameron, when he came to power , appointed about 50 in his power, appointed about 50 in his first few weeks, you know, this is this is nothing new and it's perfectly legitimate. >> okay. but but you guys are supposed to be better. remember what keir starmer was saying. you know, the chaos and division and all this. it's looking exactly the same. in fact in

some people might argue it's looking worse . but let's let's looking worse. but let's let's go to some of the policies then. what about the non—dom tax status that many of the ministers have said would pay for everything? and now suddenly it's turning out that the non—doms are fleeing. many of them are fleeing this is this is now not me just saying it. the evidence is suggesting that. and also the obr are looking into this policy because it doesn't bnng this policy because it doesn't bring the money. it will then it's meant to , then that's no it's meant to, then that's no good. and then we've also got the vat on private schools. these things are turning into to appear to be coming damp squibs aren't they . aren't they. >> no they're not. i mean, look, you know, the last time there was a tightening on non—dom status in 2017 under the conservatives again, there were major predictions about leaving the country. actually, just 2% of people left the country. and do you know what? even if the non—dom change doesn't raise a penny, an additional money and i do not believe that will be the case, i think it will generate funding. >> well, this is still i think it doesn't matter what you

believe, does it? i mean, if it does, it does, it doesn't. so if it doesn't, what's the point? >> i'm just coming on to that. now, if you let me answer the question, it's still the right thing to do because it is fundamentally wrong in terms of fairness and principle that people claiming that their primary residence is overseas are able to pay substantially less in terms of capital gains tax and inheritance tax than british citizens. this is a zero sum game. they pay less so that all of us pay wrong, pay more. and i think that's fundamentally wrong. >> bill, what do you make of the a call from emily thornberry today that the labour government and sir keir starmer needs to call out donald trump if he, quote, starts caging mexican children. i'm not quite sure what she meant by that. i think she's referring to the barack obama's policy of building cages in migrant processing centres on the southern border of the us. but do you think keir starmer will call out trump if he is elected in november on issues of race and so on? do you think that's a wise thing to do for

us—uk relations? >> well, look, emily is not a member of the government. she doesn't speak for the government. the united states is our most important strategic international partner, and we have to work with the united states. whoever is president . states. whoever is president. and look, this is an incredibly close race. i still didn't call it at this stage. a few weeks before the presidential election. so whoever is elected, this government, this prime minister, will have to work with them. and that's why it's absolutely right that keir starmer sought out a meeting and had dinner with donald trump last night, just as he's been seeking to meet kamala harris. we need those relations and, as keir rightly said, as well in international affairs, the personal relationship matters and you know, trump saying positive things about keir . and positive things about keir. and i think that's a good indicator. >> bill, do you think that keir has been damaged by the release of the sausages? comment which, you know, if you're going to be a statesperson when you make

these sort of errors, a couple of areas, fine. but, you know, it feels a bit that's the sort of joe biden esque mistake. >> oh , come on, this is >> oh, come on, this is nonsense. it was a slip of the tongue and he immediately rectified it. and made it absolutely clear he was talking about the hostages, you know, i think some of the criticism is, frankly, off the wall. the substance is that keir starmer is desperately pushing for a ceasefire within the middle east. and, you know, moving towards a two state solution, which is the only ultimate guarantor for the security and safety of the people of israel and the people of palestine. >> all right. bill rammell, thank you very much. thanks, bill. >> thank you. okay up next, police have stepped up their appeal for any potential victims of mohamed al fayed to come forward. we'll have the latest with that. and some of the stories coming out from the victims are terrible. pretty atrocious. we'll get stuck into that just after the break. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news back in. just

tick. hello. welcome back. 949 ben and nana with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news now. >> the metropolitan police are appealing for any potential victims stroke survivors of alleged sexual abuse by mohamed al fayed to come forward. >> yes, it comes as they're being slammed. that's the police for previously missing 19 opportunities to investigate him over allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. and joining us now to discuss the latest on this is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. morning, cameron. good morning. i mentioned sananda before the break. the detail of some of his alleged victims that has come out in recent weeks is horrifying. and now the police are urging any more people who haven't yet come forward to do so. 50. >> so. >> yeah. and the allegations keep on piling up. and as you kind of alluded to in your introduction there, the crown prosecution service failed to

prosecute mohamed al fayed twice dunng prosecute mohamed al fayed twice during his lifetime. he died last year at the age of 94. once the met police gave them evidence in 2008 over an alleged sexual assault of a 15 year old girl. another time in 2013 for an alleged rape of a separate woman. now the met, as you said, they have tried, are urging any other victims to come forward, saying that they will have a voice, they will be listened to. but also, quite crucially, here they are exploring any other individuals who may have links to al—fayed or were his associates, to see if they could perhaps be criminally or criminally liable for other such matters, and the general medical council also spoke out yesterday because they have been presented with allegations about two doctors who worked for mr fayette, who allegedly carried out intrusive and unnecessary sexual health screening on fayed's victims before he allegedly sexually abused them. so there could well be others. although fired is dead, you

could be potentially liable and could be potentially liable and could have questions to answer. >> but what? once they discover this, what are the potential implications? because obviously al fayed is no longer with us. so whilst, you know, maybe there'll be some sort of compensation, have they spoken of what what would be the resolution to this? >> yes. well, i was in the press conference last week to do with this. and i think the lawyer's first step is to go after harrods. by the looks of it, the shop, harrods, in a civil claim over their duty of care to their former employees. now the current boss of harrods, michael ward, he has released a statement yesterday saying that harrods did fail our colleagues. and he said mr fayed presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussion and sexual misconduct. so mr ward did actually work for mr fayed for four years. but he he says that not he was not aware of any of the criminality or abuse and described it as a shameful penod described it as a shameful period in the business's history. and i think another point to make is during the press conference, it was heavily

alluded to the fact that mr fayed could not have done this by himself. he would have had to have had the lawyers suggest people working for him or those around him, who enabled him to carry out his abuse. so it looks like this is certainly not the end of the story here. >> and the cps in 2009 did have a chance to prosecute al—fayed over one of his victims, but they decided not to. head of the cps at the time was a one sir keir starmer, but of course number 10 say the file never passed his desk. he knew nothing of it. >> right. can we move on to megxit though, because boris johnson apparently allegedly advised prince harry not to leave? >> yes . so this is part of his >> yes. so this is part of his memoir, boris johnson's new memoir, boris johnson's new memoir , unleashed, and he has memoir, unleashed, and he has revealed that he was asked by buckingham palace and those close to prince harry and the government indeed to have a one on one chat with him. but both, of course, old etonians both went to eton college. it was a 20 minute discussion in january 2020, so by that point harry and meghan had chosen to leave. it was public, but they weren't going to leave for a couple of months. so this was a last ditch ditch attempt to try and persuade prince to harry stay in

the united kingdom as a working member of the royal family, a friend of boris johnson said bofis friend of boris johnson said boris succeeded in delivering brexit, but even he couldn't stop megxit. so yeah, unfortunate for boris. he was not successful in prince harry. the next day after that chat flew to canada to be reunited with his wife and son archie. >> i think boris said they met for 20 minutes in the docklands somewhere amid some other events, and boris was talking about how he didn't really know what to say to him. but he'd been asked to try and, you know, stop him leaving and just said it all felt a bit helpless, really. >> yeah, absolutely. and camilla tominey, our gb news colleague, she's interviewing boris johnson about his memoir, so no doubt that he will be asked about the prince harry discussion that's happening at 930 on sunday, the 6th of october. >> all right, cameron, thank you very much, cameron walker. thanks, cameron. right up next in another hit for pensioners, find out how many people can't access the social care that they need. loads more still to come. keep your thoughts coming . keep your thoughts coming. gbnews.com/yoursay. we'd love to

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well >> good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, the 27th of september. live across the united kingdom this is britain's newsroom with ben lear and me. nana akua . ben lear and me. nana akua. >> very good morning to you. a nice guy, that's how the former president, donald trump, described sir keir starmer as they met overnight in new york.

trump spoke to gb news before the meeting. take a listen. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour so i have to be nice, right? but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well , it's he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular and i'll be seeing him. and i'll send your regards . and i'll send your regards. >> boris johnson reveals the details of his failed pep talk with prince harry to convince him and meghan to stay in the uk, and non—dom non—starter. >> are we seeing another u—turn from labour as the chancellor, rachel reeves, may water down her pledge to abolish non—dom status ? status? >> social care shortage a double whammy for pensioners 2 million over 65 seconds in england are living without the social care that they need, as they face winter fuel cut payments to. >> brian may quits the rspca. breaking this morning, the queen guitarist , who was vice guitarist, who was vice president of the charity, has stepped down over concerns about

conditions in some of their farms. more on that to come and labour's pothole pledge. >> the transport secretary declares war on potholes as she turns to new technology to fix the problem. but just how bad are they? where you live ? are they? where you live? >> so i was just joking off air with you. now that wasn't about whether i wondered where the free gear care would be swiping all the sort of dental kits and soaps and shampoos from his hotel in trump tower. if indeed he stayed there on his us trip back to the uk. i was only joking, but trump, of course, said he was a nice guy, but i guess he had to say that, did he? >> well, he did, and he also said that he's quite popular out there, which if you've seen the approval ratings for sir keir starmer, they have plummeted. that's not just me saying it. that's not just me saying it. that's what the polls are saying. and also, i mean, there have been some gaffes released. the sausages, a few other things, the clothes, all of that. it'sjust things, the clothes, all of

that. it's just awful. things, the clothes, all of that. it'sjust awful. i things, the clothes, all of that. it's just awful. i told my son that, and i know it's a very serious issue with the hostages, but my son was on his back with laughter. only because of the phrase because but not because, obviously of the situation. my son is seven. >> i do have some sympathy with keir starmer over that. i mean, working in live tv, i've said many things, i've mispronounced things all the time and all sorts, and i kind of i felt slightly sorry for him. i think there's more things you can attack him on. it was funny though. i have no sympathy whatsoever. >> send us your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com. forward slash your say. but first, here's the news with tatiana . tatiana. >> nana. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the united nations general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes sir keir starmer's three day trip to

new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders. it comes after the israeli prime minister said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true. >> but the escalation serves no one. it offers nothing but more suffering for innocent people on all sides, and the prospect of a wider war that no one can control . control. >> benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in lebanon will continue , in lebanon will continue, despite his insistence that the idf maintains its offensive against hezbollah. netanyahu's statement added that israel shares the aims of the us led initiative of enabling people along the northern border to return safely and securely to their homes. netanyahu is preparing to address the united nafions preparing to address the united nations today. meanwhile, an israeli airstrike early this morning reportedly killed nine people from the same family in the southern lebanese border town of sheba, including four

children. meanwhile, israeli air defences say they intercepted multiple rockets over the northern city of haifa this morning with sirens sounding across the city. in other news, 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced today. 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 in wolverhampton. we'll keep you up to date with the latest developments here on gb. news now sir keir starmer met with former president donald trump overnight for the first time in efforts to establish a new international relationship. now, it was the first time that he met with the republican presidential candidates and speaking to gb news before their meeting, trump was full of praise . praise. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour, so i have to be nice, right? but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very

well, it's very early, but he's popular and i'll be seeing him and i'll send you a regards. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy met with us president joe biden in new york after the us pledged $8 billion in further military aid to kyiv. zelenskyy arrived in the states to present his victory plan to american leaders, pledging bold to action end the war in ukraine. he also met with vice president kamala harris and is set to have a meeting with donald trump today. commuters in parts of england faced disruption this morning as more heavy rain and flooding overnight caused problems on roads and rail services. images posted on social media showed tracks at a train station in shropshire completely submerged, and abandoned cars on an empty motorway in gloucestershire. it comes as an amber rain warning issued by the met office for areas of the midlands and the south of the country, and a separate yellow rain warning for large parts of england and wales both ended today. several flood

warnings are in place, though, due to rising river levels after days of heavy rain across the country . and almost 3600 seals country. and almost 3600 seals have been counted in the thames estuary, showing that the habitat is still healthy. the zoological society of london teamed up with military helicopter pilots based at raf shawbury. this year for its annual grey and harbour seals survey across the greater thames estuary and the team counted the number of mammals laying out on sandbanks and estimated how many may be in the water. concluding a total of 599 harbour seals and 2988 grey seals, well, hannah mccormick, who led the survey, says this seal population shows us there's a good habitat available to the species that call the thames home. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. i'll be back with more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your

smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana and hello slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana and hello and welcome to you at home. this and welcome to you at home. this is britain's newsroom live is britain's newsroom live across the uk only on gb news across the uk only on gb news with me, ben, leo and nana akua with me, ben, leo and nana akua right. >> let's have a look at some of right. >> let's have a look at some of those emails. lots of you have those emails. lots of you have been getting in touch now edward been getting in touch now edward hodgson he said hi belem nana hodgson he said hi belem nana could you please mention that could you please mention that any pensioner is trying to claim any pensioner is trying to claim pension credits by landline? pension credits by landline? can't get through? so not only can't get through? so not only have labour stopped, wfp which have labour stopped, wfp which is of course the pension is of course the pension benefit, they have made, they've benefit, they have made, they've made it impossible for made it impossible for pensioners who aren't online to pensioners who aren't online to claim. plus, can you imagine the claim. plus, can you imagine the extra strain on pc staff . extra strain on pc staff . extra strain on pc staff. >> so you you can't get through. extra strain on pc staff. >> so you you can't get through. so labour are basically saying so labour are basically saying it's okay, we're fine. we're it's okay, we're fine. we're going to sign up all people who going to sign up all people who are deserving of pension credit are deserving of pension credit

onto pension credit. it will onto pension credit. it will negate the winter fuel being scrapped. but according to you guys, you can't get through. >> maybe if you do, there's like a nine week wait as well. so it's nine weeks behind or so. so you won't get it for this winter. >> just ridiculous. maybe edward will try and make some calls for

was a serious issue that he'd it was a serious issue that he'd messed up so badly. but i just want to read this one from leo o'brien, which i think is quite an interesting one. he says just when uk voters thought we had seen the back of political sleaze, the current labour cohort proved to be literally up to their necks in the stuff. just what is it that politicians don't get? you accept freebies of any kind and you have simply been bought? no surprise that waheed alli was made a life peer at the age of just 34. the obvious question that this raises are how did the accumulate so much wealth at such a young age? and could it be construed that this is simply another cash for honours case? it would be interesting to find out just how many politicians he has courted with his cash and gifts since he hooked up with the labour party. >> yeah, well, it is. it is cash for access. of course it is. of course he had a pass to downing street. you're you're rubbing shoulders with cabinet ministers and the prime minister and senior mps. and whilst at the same time lavishing them with gifts. i mean, what else is it? >> there's no excuse. there's no disguise, there's nothing. nothing that you can say that

will excuse somebody's softening, softening you up or or, you know, you then then feel beholden to them. that's what's happened here. >> but they'd say nana. yeah, but we're the good guys. we're not the tories, we're the good guys. so it's fine for us. >> that's irrelevant nowadays because it's actually individuals taking things. and then, i mean, ijust individuals taking things. and then, i mean, i just don't get it. >> all right , let's move it. >> all right, let's move on. because last night, ahead of a meeting with the prime minister, sorry, with former us president donald trump, our prime minister, sir keir starmer spoke to gb news political editor christopher hope during a press conference at trump tower in new york. this is you're meeting. >> you're meeting keir starmer, the uk premier. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> what do you think of him? some of his colleagues in government have been quite critical of you. >> well i'm going to see him in about an hour. so i have to be nice, right? yeah but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular, and i'll be seeing him. and i'll send your regards. >> would you rather, nigel, were

you with. >> who are you with? >> who are you with? >> i'm with gb news in the uk. okay, good. would you rather nigel farage had a bigger role? >> well, i think nigel is great. i mean, i've known him for a long time. he had a great election to. he picked up a lot of seats. more seats than he was allowed to have. actually, they acknowledged that he won, but for some reason, you have a very strange system over there. you might win them, but you don't get them. nigel is a fantastic person. mr president, what do you reckon, then? >> nana sir keir starmer? is he a good statesman? >> he's absolutely abysmal . a good statesman? >> he's absolutely abysmal. he's the worst i've ever seen, to be honest with you. why? what's. what's wrong with him? oh, well. okay. where do we start? the fact that he couldn't. what about the thing with this child? he moved to a lord alli apartment in between the gcses, claiming that the cameras and the press were trolling him or whatever outside his house. so that's why he did it. pretty much half the stuff he's saying. none of it seems to be, well, doesn't seem to quite run true. does ring true, does it? and you know, the release of sausages. imagine that on an international

stage. this is sort of joe biden territory when you start doing things like that. and also his approval rating is plummeting. he stood on a plinth of absolute integrity. and now we discover that he's, i think, nothing of the sort. i don't think he's got any integrity, especially after accepting all these gifts. he's accepting all these gifts. he's a millionaire. he could live. and, you know, he doesn't need that. >> i was watching his speech at the un in new york, calling for a ceasefire between israel and lebanon so we could get the british civilians out of the country. and i just thought , country. and i just thought, he's not a very good communicator, a very good orator. if you compare him to someone to say, i don't know, nigel farage, boris johnson, bofis nigel farage, boris johnson, boris johnson, not because they're right leaning, but because they are good personalities, big characters. yeah. tony blair, also david cameron, to an extent. i don't think he he's on par with, say, bofis think he he's on par with, say, boris and nigel on that front , boris and nigel on that front, but he certainly even when he was foreign secretary, he was doing these very canny videos explaining his day , where he's explaining his day, where he's going that day, what the aim of the government was. but and you look at sir keir starmer, i

mean, look, there's a reason bofis mean, look, there's a reason boris johnson called him the human bollard, did he call him that many times? yeah. it's a really. and amongst the nickname free gear, keir and whatever else, i think the human heart is quite well, you know, keir starmer to defend himself, to be fair to him on that one. >> but you know what i mean. he does seem to be bulldozing through things and it's not really looking good. i don't think he's a good statesperson. >> but then it's then there's the argument, do you need personality and character? you do that. they were saying before the election, people from labour were saying, it's going to be nice to have a politician in power who hasn't got you know, all this character around him and song and dance. he's just going to get on with it, get his head down and deal with policy and running the country. >> but you can see his personality, and i don't think his personality looks very great at all. i mean, all the things where he's made errors of judgement, like for example, lord alli using a lord alli flat, which some could argue that he did try and make it look like his own house even then, instead of sort of maybe apologising or any sort of sense of understanding. beth rigby interviewed him and said, but do you get it? and he didn't appear to. >> okay, let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay let's move on now because a worrying

warning from age uk today. the charity, because figures show 2 million elderly people are living without the help they need to cover social care access and pretty much to just live their daily lives. >> now the charity claimed that this increases their risk of serious injury. in response, the government has said that they are committed to building a service that is inclusive for all, but it seems like a bad time to be a pensioner at the moment. >> so we're joined now by charity director from age uk , charity director from age uk, caroline abrahams. good morning. morning, caroline. thank you for joining us. so practically on the ground. what does this mean? what does it look like for an elderly person who is needing care and access to services, who isn't getting it? what does that mean for people ? mean for people? >> well, if they're very lucky, they might have family or friends who can help or neighbour something like that. but there are lots of older people who don't have anyone like that, and so they're very much stuck on their own . they much stuck on their own. they might be in a couple, so each person might be helping the other, or they might be living alone, which of course is very typical in our society among

many older people. and particularly older widows, and life is really tough if you can't, if you're struggling to do really ordinary things like get in and out of bed, make a meal, get washed, those sorts of things , and we just haven't got things, and we just haven't got enough of the care that we need to go around. that's the difficulty. >> now, when you hear people say, yeah, but 25% of pensioners are millionaires and all that sort of thing , which i think is sort of thing, which i think is somewhat unfair because that means 75% of them aren't, which is the majority . what do you is the majority. what do you think when you hear people making that particular stab ? making that particular stab? >> well, they don't tend to say that. say that about social care, to be honest. but if we think about social care now, it's very fiercely in terms of the state funded system and an awful lot of people on very ordinary incomes who've had nice jobs, but nothing special during their lives are left having to fund their own social care. and it's jolly expensive. it can really add up. if you need a visit from a care worker, say 2 or 3 times a day, you're looking

at hundreds and hundreds of pounds and many thousands of pounds and many thousands of pounds and many thousands of pounds a year, and a lot of people just haven't got it. and so the problem is people tend to not buy their own care. they try and get by as much as they can on their own. and of course, as we know, lots of older people want to be very independent, which is a good thing. so it's all a recipe for people struggling, possibly falling when they didn't. they wouldn't otherwise have done not taking their medicines. not good for news them. not good news for the nhs either. >> caroline. what do you make of wes streeting? i mean, he talks a lot about the need for massive social care reform. labour of course, as well. were you, i was going to say happy. he's probably not the right word. were you, are you optimistic for this labour government to see through these promises of sweeping social care changes? >> well, we certainly agree with wes streeting recipe for the nhs, which isn't that difficult. different actually from that the previous conservative government. i think it's not a political issue that what we need to do is to transform our health service so that it gives much more care to older people

close to home, so that it isn't just a matter of having to go into hospital to get help, but we get help to older people much soonen we get help to older people much sooner. but if we're going to do that, we need social care to play that, we need social care to play its part. and the problem, i think, with the government's current thinking is that they're whizzing on with trying to sort out the nhs, but they're leaving social care to go at a much slower pace. and i just think the problem with that is it's going to take too long and it's also going to hold up the progress on the nhs. so, so our conversation with wes streeting and his colleagues is very much about can you hurry up a bit please? >> okay , so if there's one >> okay, so if there's one change that you would like to see in the interim, the first thing that you would suggest to wes streeting to do or change, what would it be? >> i think it would be an immediate pay rise for care workers. we know they want to broker a big workforce deal, but we also know it's going to take several years and we can't wait that long, you'll be aware that the immigration taps have been turned off with people coming in from abroad to come and work in social care. and the problem is,

without that influx of people, we haven't got enough people living in our country who want to do the job. so we have to make it more attractive, because in the end , social care is a in the end, social care is a very hands on, relationship based job. you can't do it all with with gadgets. it's very much about having someone who can literally help you do ordinary things, like get a meal ordinary things, like get a meal or get out of bed. >> so caroline, aside from just increasing wages for social care workers, i mean, we really don't want to be relying on cheap foreign labour because once, as you said, the taps turn off, it's finished, and we've got no one to care for our elderly people. so what can we do to encourage british people? because at the moment i know a few care workers. and for the job they said more money, the job they said more money, the job they said more money, the job they do is so caring, so dedicated, and yet they get paid pittance and they, they they do it for the love and the care of their, their service users. so aside from money, what else can we do to encourage people to get into the sector? >> yeah, well, money is necessary, but it's not all that we need. we also need to just give those people more professional status. we need to

professionalise the workforce and create a proper career structure . so those great people structure. so those great people that you know, and i know have somewhere to go in their careers is a proper ladder. they know they're going to get more money and more responsibility. and that isn't there at the moment. in social care, you can be a great social care worker and be there for several years. and then get a tiny promotion that gives you hardly any more money or recognition. so we need to sort of basically and make it much more like careers in the make it more attractive a better job. >> caroline abrahams, director for age uk. thank you very much. right. up next, chancellor rachel reeves , non—dom rachel reeves, non—dom non—starter. find out why she's watering down her non—dom status crackdown. you're with britain's newsroom on

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nana akua. and, of course, ben leo. and we're joined by our reporter, the i newspaper, benjamin butterworth. and broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon. right well, shall we start with rachel reeves and her rethink? she's considering abandoning her pledge to abolish non—dom status over fears it may fall, fail to raise any money. benjamin. >> yeah. so this is one of labour's sort of flagship economic policies. before the election at a time when they didn't really have any. and that is the idea that people that aren't domiciled here. so people that live in the uk but have earnings from somewhere else where they have a residence, they don't have to pay tax in they don't have to pay tax in the uk on their outside earnings. now the best example of that was rishi sunak's wife, who was earning tens of millions of pounds from money generated from a company in india. now keir starmer made a big deal that will get rid of this and it could raise over £1 billion in revenue. but rachel reeves apparently is thinking of not following through on that, because there's concern that some of those people will just drop their uk citizenship altogether. so you won't get the

tax take on what they make in this country. >> it wasn't her idea, though, really, was it to look to drop parts of it. she's been pressured to do it. it's not as if she's gone. oh yeah, this is a silly policy. if people weren't putting pressure on her, she would be pushing forward with that. >> well, a former chief adviser from the bank of england has said that he thinks the real risk of this is that it will drop the trust in the uk economy. the buoyancy, the interest. and that's one of the things that we've seen since the election. you know, consumer confidence has gone down because there's lots of sort of pessimistic talk about public finances. now that might be it might be the right thing to do to prepare people for a realistic future. but if people aren't investing, then that can end up becoming a self—fulfilling prophecy . and i self—fulfilling prophecy. and i think that's why she's thinking of dropping this. >> and claire, you see the same thing, surely with capital gains tax as well, if and when labour hike it up in october up to, well, 45%, which is daylight robbery. i think you'll see the same thing there. people will just take their assets abroad. >> well, if you know, there's two ways of thought here, you know, we want this. we have to get a government that will

succeed in in governance. >> we want that regardless of who is in power. and i think we need to step back. and i think also we need to stop the freebie gate and the cronyism that's associated now with this very new government . if they if they new government. if they if they increase the cgt to something like 45%, all the markets will stall because people will not want to sell their homes, they will their second homes, they will their second homes, they will not want to do anything because of this tax. in reality, then they won't get any revenue from that idea. the same way as the reason why rachel reeves is now stopping this non—dom tax as well, because she's found out that she will not make the money that she will not make the money that she will not make the money that she perceived. she would. >> but all the lefties say, well, we don't want these people anyway . these rich people with anyway. these rich people with assets and money to pay, let them go. they don't care about britain. that's their argument. >> well, that's that's a very futile argument. and the reality is that this government has to succeed. this government has to make way for everybody to live in this country and increase, you know , my one concern about you know, my one concern about this government, apart from i've

got quite a few actually, but my one concern is lack of social mobility. and for a labour government, you would think that that was first and foremost, not wanting everyone to be dumbed down to the same, especially as the hypocrisy. the hypocrisy with the reality is they're not doing what they are saying they should be doing. >> but also a lot of their policies rely on variables that they cannot control. so if you're going to say, all right, we're going to raise this revenue off, for example, vat on private schools. well, if the kids if the kids are moved to social, 149,000 children will be looking for state schools. so you've already lost a lot of your revenue. and then there's the ricochet of the choices that people are making. and then the fact that it ends up becoming counterproductive. they can't. >> it's a ripple effect. >> it's a ripple effect. >> the ripple effect will be huge. they can't control non—doms leaving this country. why would you put policies like that in place and rely on those to fund them? >> and they are the ones that want those of the those of society with the broader shoulders to bear more brunt. >> but the pensioners don't really have broad shoulders, do they? >> well they don't. >> well they don't. >> should we go to this story

here and then this one is a distraught wife has exposed the crisis in britain's crumbling social care system. now, we were just talking about social care. >> so this is a lead in the daily express today. and they've got an inside on page four of it as well. but the headline is it feels like they don't want him to come back to me. this is the heartbreaking story of a couple who have been together for 50 years. unfortunately, the husband has now got alzheimer's and he's been put away for want of a better expression , to of a better expression, to a nursing home in sussex or suffolk, far away from his domiciled habitat of essex and the poor wife doesn't drive. she has to rely on public transport. she can only get to see him every two weeks because of this, because she herself is elderly, she's in her 70s. why is her care system so broken? it's so broken in the family courts at the very beginning of life, for people . and it turns out that people. and it turns out that it's exactly the same at the end of life for people as well, when

they should be able to be taken care of by their family in hospitals or hospices, close to the family. yeah. >> awful story. benjamin, you've taken stick in the past on this channel for having it in for pensioners. do you think honestly, this country and particularly this government cares about our apps and the elderly? >> well , elderly? >> well, yeah. but the thing is that we're not being very honest as a country and haven't been for quite a long time about how tough those challenges are to answer. you know, when theresa may suggested selling people's homes to cover the costs of this ? homes to cover the costs of this? well, it you know, it swung the election from her having the majority that she needed. you know, people reacted and it was the elderly that reacted against it. well, fine. okay. but we still have incredible costs to meet. and it's a it's a demographic cost that we could see coming because the percentage of our population that are pensionable age is bigger than ever, and it's going to keep growing for about the next 15 years. and because people are living on average into their 80s, they now have multiple serious health issues. and so that's one of the reasons why we have a crisis in social

care and in the nhs, because there's more illnesses and more serious illnesses. >> you get more money towards it. instead of giving massive pay it. instead of giving massive pay rises to people like train drivers and so on. and so forth. i mean, that's absurd. >> that's nonsense. economics. >> that's nonsense. economics. >> no, it's not nonsense. >> no, it's not nonsense. >> it is because the cost of giving a few thousand train drivers is nothing compared. >> 8 billion, 8 billion. the pay rises that they've given across the board. 8 billion. that's a lot of money. well, hang on, that's part of the black hole. >> but i mean, that doesn't make sense either. no, that does make sense either. no, that does make sense because that's the junior doctors. and we won't have anybody to look after our elderly if we don't have doctors. and we have a shortage of doctors and a shortage of i'iui'ses. >> nurses. >> do you know what the reality is? people do sell their homes and the estates do sell their homes to pay for elderly care. thatis homes to pay for elderly care. that is the reality. >> but i think we need to be more honest that more people have to do that, because how else do you pay for these massive costs? >> okay. all right. listen, ben butterworth and also claire muldoon, thank you very much, >> yeah. so awful story that on the front of the express, you should really read it. if you can look some breaking news now from scotland, because russell findlay has been elected the leader of the scottish conservative party, taking over from douglas ross. claire you're

nodding your head. what do you make of this? >> really good move. really, really good move. douglas ross is just an upstart. really good move. douglas ross isjust an upstart. he really good move. douglas ross is just an upstart. he was a referee for a football league. but russell findlay , he's got but russell findlay, he's got good cred and he will be a really. but the worst part is that we don't have ruth davidson, who was tremendous. absolutely tremendous. well, let's hope they can turn around the snp and get john swinney out . the snp and get john swinney out. >> yeah. okay. so just to reiterate, in scotland, the new leader of the scottish conservatives taking over from douglas ross is a one, mr russell findlay, who has the approval of claire muldoon. >> so there we go. right. well let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> banana. thank you. and good morning . the top stories. the morning. the top stories. the keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the un general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the

importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart . with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes the keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders . it comes after world leaders. it comes after the israeli prime minister said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true . deal was not true. >> the escalation serves no one. it offers nothing but more suffering for innocent people on all sides, and the prospect of a wider war that no one can control . control. >> benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in lebanon will continue , in lebanon will continue, despite his insistence that the idf maintains its offensive against hezbollah. netanyahu's statement today added that israel shares the aims of the us led initiative of enabling people along the northern border to return safely and securely to their homes . netanyahu to return safely and securely to their homes. netanyahu is preparing to address the united nafions preparing to address the united nations today. an israeli airstrike meanwhile, early this

morning reportedly killed nine people from the same family in the southern lebanese border town of sheba , including four town of sheba, including four children. meanwhile, israeli air defences say they intercepted multiple rockets over the northern city of haifa this morning with sirens sounding across the city. and as you've been hearing, across the city. and as you've been hearing , russell findlay been hearing, russell findlay has been elected as the new leader of the scottish conservative party. the msp saw off competition from murdo fraser and megan gallagher in the battle to replace douglas ross. the announcement comes ahead of the uk conservative party revealing rishi sunak's successor on the 2nd of november. mr findlay has been the msp for west scotland since 2021, and has been the party's justice spokesperson at holyrood , justice spokesperson at holyrood, and commuters in parts of england faced disruption this morning as more heavy rain and flooding overnight caused problems on roads and rail services. images posted on social media showed tracks at a station in shropshire completely

submerged , and also abandoned submerged, and also abandoned cars on an empty motorway in gloucestershire. it comes as an amber rain warning issued by the met office for areas of the midlands and the south of the country, and a separate yellow rain warning for large parts of england and wales both ended today. several flood warnings are still in place due to rising river levels . after days of river levels. after days of heavy rain across the country . heavy rain across the country. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. i'll be back with more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> up next, do potholes make your daily drive a nightmare? do your daily drive a nightmare? do you worry that the transport secretary has pledged to crack down on them using fancy new technology to crack down on them? yes, you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. that was a bit odd. we were there, but we weren't there. we were there. what? we weren't. but we are here now. it's actually just going 37 minutes after 10:00. this is britain's newsroom with ben, leo and me. nana akua. yeah. >> very good morning to you. hope you're doing okay at home. we've got some emails coming in, alan. you say looks like the penny has finally dropped with rachel reeves and her non—dom plan. it's not only the billionaires skipping abroad, it's also them shutting their companies down, with the result being unemployment and redundancies. et cetera. et cetera. the politics of envy never works. >> no, it doesn't, it doesn't. grumpy grandad says labour's flagship policy. benjamin speaking to benjamin butterworth. he was here earlier. they didn't have any policies. if they did, it wasn't in their manifesto. for example, winter fuel , axing of those winter fuel, axing of those payments and everything they have done since can't even work.

they're pretty much useless and just doing whatever they want, even when everyone tells them that it won't work, they don't listen to anyone. well, it does seem the way ed miliband is pushing forward with all the pylons that they're planning to build across beautiful swathes of the countryside and lots of windmills that they're going to put up there and yet all of this stuff, the steel for the pylons and also the thing for the turbines, they're buying them from china. and also the, you know, the solar panels, china, it's coming from china. >> and also it's not good for the environment, especially offshore wind farms. there's a massive wind farm off the coast where i live. not very good. lots of studies showing that they're not very good for ocean wildlife . and also in scotland wildlife. and also in scotland they found something like 14 million trees to build. was it solar farms or wind farms? one of the two. so surely trees are the most natural and best way to absorb any co2 in the atmosphere, an email from. and i'm going to absolutely butcher your name here, so please let me know back on your say how to

pronounce it properly, but it's speu pronounce it properly, but it's spelt c e i l o pronounce it properly, but it's speltce i log. isit pronounce it properly, but it's spelt c e i lo g. is it sillig? ithink it's spelt c e i lo g. is it sillig? i think it's welsh selig. let me know what the correct pronunciation is. you say some pensioners may live in expensive homes, but that doesn't mean that they have money to spend . that they have money to spend. and that comes off the back of all these comments all the time from people on the left side of the argument who say, yeah, but all pensioners are millionaires. they've all got massive houses, loads of equity in the house. it's like fine, some people do have some equity in their house, but it's not. they're not cash rich. they can't access that eqtu rich. they can't access that equity without selling up. >> also, it's quite how do you move house in your early 80s or 705? it's move house in your early 80s or 70s? it's a lot of energy. it's a lot of effort for somebody who's relatively old doing that. and in london these days, if you've got £1 million property, it doesn't necessarily mean it's that big at all. it could be a small two bedroom property or something like that, that a lot of properties like that are around about that price. and he says this morning, nana and ben lord alli appears to have acquired the labour party. i do like musk. he should buy lord alli. very good. yeah, >> one more. martin, jeffrey

says nana no real use asking benjamin anything. he's always going to say stop. stop the beer. keir can do no wrong. stop the been >> keir. it was been >> keir . it was beergate, wasn't >> keir. it was beergate, wasn't it? remember beergate where there was a video of him literally standing about a couple of feet to next angela raynen couple of feet to next angela rayner, and then he said he didn't know. oh, in durham, in durham. >> oh, i thought his nickname then was, sir keir korma because they ordered korma. they ordered they ordered korma. they ordered the indian takeaway . the indian takeaway. >> yeah. there's been a lot of nicknames coming. >> he's got an easy name, hasn't he, for nicknames. >> well, it rhymes with so many things, isn't it? that's the thing, keir. beer free tear free gean thing, keir. beer free tear free gear. hahaha. that's a good rap. actually. that could end up being one of those memes. >> oh goodness me. okay, what do you reckon about potholes? they've been the bane of my life for many years and i'm sure you at home. but the transport secretary now has declared war on them and pledged to fix an additional 1 million potholes across england in each year of this parliament. >> well, to do this, louise hague has vowed to use cutting edge repair technology to battle what she has dubbed a plague. >> so are those potholes sending

you potty? we're joined now by pothole campaigner mr pothole himself, mark morrell. good morning mark. thanks forjoining us. what's the issue with potholes? why why are they such a bane on our lives? what's the problem with. just as in japan, they come in overnight, they fill holes, they build bridges in a matter of hours and then it's all finished. why do we have such a problem with potholes? >> because of decades of underinvestment, there's a £163 underinvestment, there's a £16.3 billion backlog in road maintenance in the country, and it's costing the uk economy £14.4 billion a year through badly maintained roads. so the pathetic pothole pledge that , pathetic pothole pledge that, the secretary of state for transport has now come up from the, election, really isn't going to do anything at all. i mean, a million potholes when there's 11.5 mean, a million potholes when there's11.5 million mean, a million potholes when there's 11.5 million potholes there's11.5 million potholes and defects on our road. i mean, she really needs to understand the details. i would have hoped she would have talked to lilian greenwood, a future roads minister who was very good as a chair of the select committee ,

chair of the select committee, transport select committee, where i did some work with her, but it seems to be a disconnect between what what they're seeing and what the reality is. i would love to get the secretary of state for transport and even lilian, in a debate about the real state of our roads, because, i really know it from not only myself, my followers across the country and i she mentions, well, there's a free app mentions, well, there's a free app called stan, the app that members of the public can download and use for free. over 12,000 people have done so, and that's how we get the 11.5 billion potholes and defects on our roads . so billion potholes and defects on our roads. so i is fantastic to prove the point that they've got noidea prove the point that they've got no idea what they're doing whatsoever, because it feels like there's slightly sort of swerving the issue here. >> i mean, we don't need other technologies to find the bottles. you can see the potholes, you're driving over the potholes. is there anything in particular that is making these potholes worse? a lot of people are blaming electric cars. the weight of these things is that is there any truth to that? >> they are extra weight and they do put extra load on, but they do put extra load on, but they are only going to affect

they are only going to affect the road that's in bad condition, like weather gets blamed. well, well maintained roads don't get by affected by weather. now, we've had so much rainfall, you know , pothole rainfall, you know, pothole potholes are appearing everywhere and getting worse dramatically over the last 3 or 4 days, so the only real answer is to resurface our roads annually, like places in japan and other do to a long term investment, £3 billion a year extra extra every year resurfacing our road network. we could break this cycle. in ten years time. we could be saving £7 billion on the economy. so there is an economic argument to do it, but i'm afraid that's probably too intelligent for some of the people that seem to be in power. >> oh, mark. mark, say what you really think. look, what's the situation with with local councils? because i remember seeing something where if you're driving along and you go down a pothole, doof thud and it snaps your suspension or causes damage to your car, do councils do some sort of sort of compensation scheme for that, or does it depend on the local authority? >> no, they've all got, you've all got a right to make a claim

against an authority for failure to maintain the roads. the trouble is, the amount of information you have to go through to prove that it was their pothole and defect , through to prove that it was their pothole and defect, apart from one in your dna. currently, everything else you have to give them. and then they've got a perfect defence called section 58 of the highways act that says if they couldn't have reasonably known about it and a reasonable schedule of repairs, then they would reject claims. probably about 1% of those people who suffer damage as a result of potholes ever see any any compensation? a lot of people are put off by the actual tortuous route , plus the tortuous route, plus the defence, i've helped hundreds of people do so. i mean, the biggest amount was £1,300 for someone who damaged a car because clearly the inspections weren't being carried out. but it took me digging in and fees to find out the fact that they'd failed in doing their policies. so it's stacked against the motorist. but let's not forget cyclists. one cyclist a week is killed or seriously injured as a result of potholes. it's been reported over 50 motorcyclists a year are killed or seriously

injured as a result of badly maintained roads. there's a human cost. there's a cost to the economy. so i do not understand why they really don't grasp it properly, i've set up a day next year, 16th of june, called national roar day, which is resurfaced our awful roads day. i intend to provide templates for letters and legal notices that i successfully used and helped others do around the country to get our roads that are out of repair resurfaced. >> they make it now an impossible. mark morrell, thank you very much. he's a mr. pothole himself. but up next, gambling adverts during the opening weekend of the premier league have almost trebled. and i repeat, they've trebled compared to last year. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 1049 ben and nana with you on britain's

newsroom only on gb news now. i'm not sure if you've been watching the footie over recent weeks. the new season has started, of course, but gambling messages apparently trebled dunng messages apparently trebled during the opening week of this season's premier league. >> now, experts warn that the adverts are putting fans at risk with current self—regulation failing. >> so currently the government has a code that gambling adverts must follow. they include avoid promoting socially irresponsible gambling behaviour, do not exploit vulnerabilities or inexperience of children or vulnerable persons. don't suggest gambling solves financial issues and avoid strong appeal to youth culture and under 25 seconds in ads. okay. joining us now live from nairobi in kenya, is the co—founder of the bet protect app' co—founder of the bet protect app, adam bradford. good morning adam. thanks for joining app, adam bradford. good morning adam. thanks forjoining us, trebling trebling in the amount of adverts in premier league games. sounds concerning. who are these adverts primarily targeted at? because i recall from my late teens, early 20s, all of my peers, all of my

cohorts, especially male friends, would be putting accumulators on during the weekend. we'll be putting punts on horses. who are the real danger groups here when it comes to excess gambling ? to excess gambling? >> well, i think the danger groups are like you said, they're the people that the government code is really trying to protect. so that, people who might have financial vulnerabilities, people who might be at risk of being addicted to gambling, and also young people who don't understand the financial risks that betting can put people in, and, you know , this is shocking, and, you know, this is shocking, but not a surprise, the sheer amount of advertising increase is a massive concern , and is a massive concern, and actually something that as a family, we've been talking about for over ten years, and, you know, many, many people could have seen this coming, but the gambling industry know what they're doing here, they know they're doing here, they know the ways around and the trickeries to put adverts wherever they need to, whenever

they need to, and to say that they've put a voluntary code in place to make things better , place to make things better, clearly has had no effect at all, >> but it does feel a little bit like, look, the hardened gambler will gamble it doesn't matter what you do, but it does feel a bit like people need to sort of take responsibility for their own behaviour, surely. and no advert could force me to gamble. i'd just do what i'm doing and if i if i feel like it, i'll do it. so is it is it really fair to continuously blame them for the gambling problem that we have at the moment, >> i think we could partially blame the previous labour government for the gambling issues that we have. they essentially deregulated the industry through the gambling act of 2005, which thankfully is currently being updated. and i hope that does continue at pace, but, you know, for different people, it affects them in different ways. some people do have that self—regulation inside them to not be affected by this, but there's many people over a

million people in the uk who are addicted already. my dad was one of those people several years ago, and it got very out of control for him, which is why we speak on this so much and try to push things in a better direction, i think the industry can do a lot more, to tone down its advertising and not make gambling seem as if. yeah, but what about the personal responsibility, adam? >> personal responsibility? you know, they're gambling. nobody's forcing them to do it . well, you forcing them to do it. well, you know, it's not anybody else's fault apart from the person gambling . gambling. >> and that is one thing that you could say about gambling addiction is a mental disorder, and has that health categorisation the way that the games are designed and even some of the messaging and styling of the advertising can actually really affect a vulnerable person's brain in a very similar way to drugs like cocaine can and that's been evidenced through several medical studies

over the years. so it's not as simple as to say, you know, people should just take responsibility for it. yeah, the industry knows that these vulnerable groups are there and it knows what it's doing. >> all right. adam bradford, thank you very much, >> some breaking news just now, barristers representing the alleged al—fayed victims have issued us with this following update. it says the response has simply been enormous. to date. we have fielded well over 200 inquiries, messages that are coming from all over the world. as a result of this activity, we can confirm that we now represent 60 survivors as part of our claim, with more to come as we said last week, given our prolonged experience in dealing with the women impacted by this case, we expected that anywhere mohamed al fayed went, abuse would follow. >> sadly, this has proven to be true and we are now in position possession of credible evidence of abuse at other al—fayed

properties and businesses, including fulham football club. we will be going to fulham football club for comment. >> wow, that's bombshell fulham now getting dragged into it. we'll have more of that in the next hour. for now, we'll be back in just a tick. here's your weather with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. thankfully, after the downpours across the south earlier this week, it is looking a lot drier out there today. but it is also going to be turning colder. not completely dry. the overnight rain still affecting parts of the midlands , east anglia and the midlands, east anglia and the midlands, east anglia and the south east. but it is scooting away pretty sharply. should be gone by late morning from kent. then we'll have a few showers coming in around the coast of northern ireland into parts of wales, southwest england. a few in the east as well, and certainly over northern scotland. and by the afternoon 1 or 2 developing inland over the midlands. but

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well >> good morning. it's 11 am. on friday 27th of september. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me ben elliott and nana akua. >> breaking news. lawyers representing the alleged victims in the al—fayed sex abuse

scandal implicate fulham football club. cameron walker has more. >> yeah, those lawyers confirming they are representing 60 alleged victims this morning. they say whatever al fayed went. abuse followed, including allegedly at fulham football club. more details shortly. >> elsewhere, it's been revealed former prime minister boris johnson failed to convince prince harry and meghan to stay in the uk any moment now. >> the 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering sean in the random machete attack in wolverhampton last year, are going to be sentenced . we'll going to be sentenced. we'll bnng going to be sentenced. we'll bring you all of that and stateside a nice guy. >> that's how the former president, donald trump described sir keir starmer as they met overnight in new york. trump spoke to gb news before the meeting. take a listen. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour, so i have to be nice, right? but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very

well, it's very early, but he's popular, and i'll be seeing him. and i'll send your regards. >> brian may quits the rspca. the queen guitarist, who was vice president of the charity, has stepped down due to concerns over the conditions in some farms. more on that to come . farms. more on that to come. >> yes, we're going to be going live to the courtroom for the sentencing of those. i think they're now 13 years old, but they're now 13 years old, but they were 12 year old boys when they were 12 year old boys when they attacked and killed shawn seesahai in wolverhampton. i think it was last year. we'll be going live to the courtroom for that sentencing from the judge. and also, what do you reckon about brian may quitting the rspca? >> yeah. you know, you know , i >> yeah. you know, you know, i kind of agree with this because i think a lot of these charities tend to pay the people at the top a lot of money. and then they expect other people to be

volunteers and do everything. i find the structure of charity is a bit disturbing. and i think, brian, you know, he wouldn't quit unless it was something serious. so i'm with him. yeah. >> and also, i've learned how to pronounce that welsh name. i was butchering in the last 30 minutes. and there's a very interesting backstory to it. i'll have more on that in just a tick. but first, your news headunes tick. but first, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> and ben nana. thank you very much. the top stories while 60 victims have now come forward alleging sexual abuse by former harrods boss mohamed al fayed. according to lawyers, who say there are still more to come. lawyers representing some of mohamed al fayed's accusers say they've also received several inquiries relating to fulham football club during the late billionaire's 16 years of ownership. al—fayed has been accused by several female ex—employees of harrods of sexual abuse or rape. in a bbc documentary which aired last week. mr al—fayed died last yean week. mr al—fayed died last year, aged 94. barristers have

now said the response to the claims has been huge. they say to date they've fielded well over 200 inquiries. messages that are coming from all over the world. in other news, sir keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the united nations general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes the keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders. it comes after the israeli prime minister said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true . true. >> but the escalation serves no one. it offers nothing but more suffering for innocent people on all sides, and the prospect of a wider war that no one can control .

control. >> well, benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in lebanon will continue, despite his insistence that the idf maintains its offensive in hezbollah against hezbollah. netanyahu's statement today added that israel shares the aims of the us led initiative of enabling people along the northern border to return safely and securely to their homes. netanyahu is preparing to address the un assembly today. an israeli airstrike meanwhile, early this morning reportedly killed nine people from the same family in the southern lebanese border town of sheba, including four children. meanwhile, israeli air defences say they intercepted multiple rockets over the northern city of haifa this morning with sirens sounding across the city. russell findlay has been elected as the new scottish scottish leader of the conservative party. the msp saw off competition from murdo fraser and megan gallagher in the battle to replace douglas ross. and the announcement comes ahead of the uk conservative

party revealing rishi sunak's successor on the 2nd of november. mr findlay has been the msp for west scotland since 2021, and has been the party's justice spokesperson at holyrood . justice spokesperson at holyrood. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, met with president joe biden in new york after the us pledged $8 billion in further military funding for kyiv. zelenskyy arrived in the states to present his victory plan to american leaders, pledging bold action to end the war in ukraine. he also met with vice president kamala harris and is set to have a meeting with donald trump today. is set to have a meeting with donald trump today . sir keir donald trump today. sir keir starmer met with former president donald trump overnight in efforts to establish a new international relationship. it's the first time the prime minister met with the republican presidential candidate. and speaking to gb news before their meeting, trump was full of praise. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour, so i have to be

nice, right? but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular and i'll be seeing him. and i'll send your regards . and i'll send your regards. >> and commuters in parts of england faced disruption this morning as more heavy rain and flooding overnight caused problems on roads and to rail services. images posted on social media showed tracks at a station in shropshire completely submerged , and abandoned cars on submerged, and abandoned cars on an empty motorway in gloucestershire. it comes as an amber rain warning issued by the met office for areas of the midlands and the south of the country, and a separate yellow rain warning for large parts of england and wales both ended today, but several flood warnings are in place due to rising river levels. after days of heavy rain across the country . of heavy rain across the country. and those are the latest gb news headunes and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com

the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thanks, tatiana, and hello and welcome to you at home. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me ben , leo and nana akua. ben, leo and nana akua. >> right. well let's start with some breaking news. lawyers representing the alleged victims of the al—fayed sex abuse scandal have now implicated football fulham football club. >> yeah, big development. we have approached the club for comments this morning but haven't yet heard back from them. as soon as we get it we'll deliver their statement to you. but previously, fulham have said the club remains in the process of establishing whether anyone at the club is or has been affected by the reports concerning mr al fayed. >> well, joining us to discuss the latest on this is gb news correspondent cameron walker. so cameron, talk us through what's what's been updated this breaking news. >> yes a pretty lengthy statement from the for justice harrods survivors group. that's the number of lawyers

representing victims. they say over the last week they have fielded over 200 inquiries and messages coming from all over the world, and they can now confirm that they represent 60 alleged survivors of al fayed abuse. and they suggest that there are more survivors to come out of this . and they also out of this. and they also reiterated that this investigation is in a global is at a global scope. this isn't just the united kingdom. this is literally anywhere that al fayed went at the press conference, as i was at last friday. they said the lawyers that they expected that anywhere mohamed al fayed went, abuse would follow. and in their statements in the last few minutes, they said very sadly, this has proven to be true. we are now in the possession of credible evidence of abuse at other al fayed properties and businesses, including, as you said in your introduction, there , said in your introduction, there, fulham football club. and they did stress the need again for the need for an independent and transparent process. as you said, we have gone to fulham football club for a statement. they also said last week that we are deeply troubled and

concerned to learn of the disturbing reports following the bbc original bbc documentary, this comes just a day after the metropolitan police has encouraged more victims to come forward. and also they suggested that there could be a number of associates of al fayed who could well have questions to answer. wow. >> so the floodgates really have opened 200 new inquiries, 60 potential new victims or total victims that the solicitors are now representing. what are the consequences? i mean, al—fayed is dead, so he can't answer these charges, but if they are found to be true and the victims are genuine, which indeed we should take them on their word initially until proven otherwise , initially until proven otherwise, what happens? i mean, what do they get? is it compensation from harrods? what is justice? what does justice look like? >> yeah, it must be deeply frustrating for them. the fact that fayyad is dead, as you say, he cannot be criminally liable. we do understand that the crown prosecution service failed to prosecute him twice during his lifetime, and the metropolitan police did present them with evidence. you know , ten years evidence. you know, ten years ago, i think it was 2008 and 2013. but there are a number of

associates that they could potentially go after. i understand that the lawyers are going to bring out a civil case, at least one against harrods itself, for failure to protect their former employees, and also their former employees, and also the general medical council. they have started an investigation. that's because two of two private doctors who worked for mr fayed allegedly carried out intrusive and unnecessary sexual health screenings on fayed's victims before he abused them, he allegedly abused them. that's because fayed allegedly was a bit of a germaphobe and wanted to make sure his victims were clean before he did any abuse to them . so, of course, that them. so, of course, that investigation is ongoing. one of those doctors has denied in the last 24 hours that she did carry out unnecessary sexual health screenings. another doctor has since died. a bit like fired kind of justice has come too late. but, you know, there must have been, according to lawyers who i saw heard last week, a number of associates, security guards , people who worked for guards, people who worked for harrods, people within fayed's inner circle who must have known

to allow him to kind of carry out this alleged abuse because he couldn't have done it alone. >> so what does this mean for the harrods? harrods name? because it's such a big global brand. people come to this country, they all want to shop in harrods. this is devastating, frankly, for harrods. >> it certainly is. and what we do understand is that the current harrods boss has also come out with a statement clearly saying that harrods failed in its its mission to protect its employees. he also said although he did work for mr fayed for a couple of years, he had no idea about his criminality and also said that it was abhorrent. and harrods did previously say last week, following the bbc documentary, that they would they did apologise to the victims and say that they would cooperate with any legal action. >> okay, cameron walker, thank you for that update. and again, it has to be said sir keir starmer was head of public prosecutions in 2009 when the cps were first approached about alleged abuse from one of their

victims, downing street says sir keir, who quit that role in 2013, had no involvement in the decision. but the tories have said it was yet another instance of failure, quote unquote, of the organisation under his watch after it also, of course, failed to prosecute jimmy savile because, i mean, if you are the head of an organisation or and something goes wrong in your watch, then you end up being culpable in respect, even though you may have nothing to do with it . well, they say that the file it. well, they say that the file never passed his desk. that's what number 10 says. but i just think, i mean, the question has to be asked. i just think when the cps has a dedicated department for high profile potential charges, surely as the boss of the organisation and he bangs on about it enough in parliament, how many times have we heard him say, when i was the director of public prosecutions and using it to his advantage? surely when you're the boss of that organisation and you've got a hope, a high profile department, you would know just out of interest, maybe at the coffee machine or just chatting to colleagues. oh, al—fayed is dropped on our desk. surely you'd know. >> well, you know, he would argue that he doesn't know, and

it's not his direct remit. maybe it's not his direct remit. maybe it wasn't, but still, it is a bit of a struggle to imagine that someone like al fayed is such a high profile character. and even jimmy savile, people like that were, you know, were not under his nose, you know, by his desk. he should have known something, but he says he doesn't. cameron walker, thank you very much. lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts as well. gbnews.com/yoursay if you've got any messages, we'd love to hear from you. lisa says because we were talking about the different names for keir starmer. lisa says it wasn't sir keir , sir says it wasn't sir keir, sir beer korma. also, starmer needs to think of karma, is what she's saying. it's a bit of korma. >> indeed. very funny. and in the last hour, if you were watching, i read a message out from somebody who was welsh . i from somebody who was welsh. i said before i read it, i'm going to butcher your name because i don't know how to pronounce it. it was spelt c e i lo g. anyway, you've got back in touch with me after my request for the correct pronunciation. it's kellogg, so. hi, ben. it means cockerel in welsh, pronounced kellogg. so i'm happy to correct

that. and i did some googling in the break and apparently kellogg, the reason kellogg's the cereal brand has a cockerel on its cornflakes box is because it means cockerel in welsh. you are right. >> although he did say massive at the beginning and we thought that was a little trap. so then we sort of thought we'd better check that out, because it didn't quite seem right. yeah. >> you said you said hi ben. it means massive cockerel in welsh, but i googled it and it massive wasn't in there. so i think you're just being a bit cheeky, but yeah, it means cockerel in welsh. >> all right, listen, ann's been in touch. she said hi ben. and nana as a 74 year old widow and the thought of moving to downsize. so you were talking about pensioners who've got big houses who could potentially sell their homes because a lot of people say 75% of the pensioners, 25% are millionaires, which i don't buy into at all. but ann says that as a 74 year old widow, the thought of moving to downsize is just not on. the only way i could do this would mean moving a long way away from family and friends, probably to an area with extremely limited public access. >> yeah, it's a really good

point because i'm moving house now. the stress and anxiety, the solicitors, the organising things and also leaving a home that you've maybe been in for decades, 30, 40, 50 years, the sentimental value that you've got attached to it, it's not just as easy as saying, well, get out the house then. and you know, sell it. it's a for normal people, moving house is a big deal people, moving house is a big deal, let alone elderly people who may be struggling with health issues. yeah >> okay. right. well, listen, keep your thoughts coming. gbnews.com forward slash your say okay. >> any moment now the 212 year old boys found guilty. yes. they were just 12 of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack in wolverhampton last yean attack in wolverhampton last year. are going to be sentenced. will be live in the courtroom to hear that sentencing and the result from the judge in just a tick. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. stay with

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11:20 o'clock. this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and nana akua joining us now, journalist benjamin butterworth and broadcaster claire muldoon. right. should we start with what's got you giggled. >> no, it's just claire's sort of amusing noise. >> listen. so shall we start with this one about the suspects that were freed in error? sex assault suspects that was freed in error ? in error? >> yes. so it's been reported in the daily mirror that 36 suspects, people were in the early release scheme. shouldn't have been released . and that have been released. and that included one person who had been done on breaching a restraining order. now anybody who had been in prison for a crime like that was not meant to be released, because they were a threat to the public. they were a threat likely to a specific person. thatis likely to a specific person. that is the restraining order they breached. and so keir starmer in new york has apologised for this. but it turns out this person wasn't the only one. there were 36 others. and i guess it raises questions

about, you know, the crisis of prison places was was urgent. there's no getting around that fact. but in that urgency, have people been released that didn't meet the criteria for this early release, this 40% of the sentence? and has that meant that they've been able to kick sexual assaults, as is suggested in this case? >> well, the thing is, part of that early release was that they would have a tag as well. but serco didn't have enough tags. >> but not only sexual assault, there's been a physical assault as well. that was reported to two weeks ago or last week that there was a man up in newcastle who was released and within 48 hours he was back behind bars because he again went against his bail restrictions. had no tag as you quite rightly flagged there and went and he physically abused his ex—partner. that gave him the time in the first place. i mean, it's just ridiculous. and now we've got a debate happening in this country. should we remove women from women's prisons to make room for men? >> it's just i men? >> it'sjust i don't think. do >> it's just i don't think. do you think keir starmer was actually any good as the head of

the dpp? personally, i don't think he was. i mean, this this whole thing, this notion that's happening this early release was to accommodate, to facilitate prisoners who or people who had started riots and written things on social media. i mean, that was the initial. well, no, that's one of the reasons why. well, it is quite right. they were released slightly earlier than they would have been . than they would have been. >> well, there were 700 spaces in prisons on the 6th of july when keir starmer became prime minister. now you're going to fill 700 spaces without the riots, though , that made life riots, though, that made life much harder. and the fact is, the real question that was put was you either keep those people to in 50% of their sentence, which is what they would have served, rather than 40%. and you can't have the deterrent to criminals carrying out activities right now , or you activities right now, or you release some of them earlier at 40 rather than 50%, and then you still have the deterrent. and i think ultimately the government made the right choice. and alex chalk, who was the justice secretary up until what? 5th of july, said himself that he would do what keir starmer has been doing. and actually, he had asked rishi sunak over and over

again, you need to release people were being dishonest and rishi sunak didn't do it. and that's probably why we got an early election. >> but the condition of the release was that these people would have a tag and they didn't have tags, they didn't have enough tags. that's not good enough. and they recouped, i think, 32 of the prisoners, but at least five of them, they still can't account for them. >> they've done a runner. >> they've done a runner. >> so i think i think there's no tag. >> there are questions that have to be raised. and for me it's a privatisation and running of the private companies of prisons. and i think that's an inherently bad policy. it's not a labour policy, it's not a conservative policy. it'sjust policy, it's not a conservative policy. it's just the way it has been for years. and i think people like serco and stuff like that. these security firms really ought to not be in charge of criminals. and i think there's an awful lot of because they're lobbying their to parliament get people in. and the other thing i don't think is a deterrent in this country is the magistrates courts. as a deterrent for. look at huw edwards, look at other that have been let go back into the aether and back into society because

they're not tried at crown court for these devious evil crimes. >> it makes me sick , makes me >> it makes me sick, makes me sick to the stomach. i'm going to move on because sorry, i just add to that that when you have companies like serco, the problem is that they're about the only company with the resource and scale to do it. >> so it's not a competition, which is what is the point of privatising services? there's no competition because there's basically only one company can provide it. so if they do a rubbish job, they still get the next contract. >> well, they've got some very lucrative contracts with the government as well. shall we move on to the next one? >> yes. benjamin. the daily express, page 1011. the cost of accommodating and supporting asylum seekers has soared by more than £1 billion and is still rising. claire, do you want to kick this one off? >> i'll kick it off. it's not only the cost of the fiscal cost in this country, i would actually argue it's the safety cost in this country of housing. so many asylum seekers, i mean, people will bang on. they will tell you that the asylum seekers should be able to be processed in processing developments . open in processing developments. open up. why don't they open up the nightingale hospitals and use

that for processing? why are they housing them in hotels costing at the absolute a billion pounds to the taxpayer? >> oh hang on, these are all doctors and surgeons and dentists. what are you scared of? >> oh come on, it's not just that. >> i think you're being pretty provocative, ben. by raising that never. they see, i mean, come on. if they were, if they were doctors, dentists or if they were highly skilled professionals, they would not be housed in hotels. they would be out working with working visas . out working with working visas. >> well they probably yeah, exactly. they wouldn't have come via they wouldn't have come via that route. >> no. >> no. >> well, we do know there was a story a couple of months ago, a tragic story of a refugee who was in a hotel, who took his own life, and he was a qualified doctor. so you know, and he was so broken by the experience that he, you know, took the worst decision. and so clearly, there are people that feel forced into this. some of these countries , this. some of these countries, we don't have schemes where they can apply without being on british soil. and that's how you end up in this situation. >> it's very sad that when someone takes their own life. but i mean, that's that's you know, the bottom line is that

way of coming to this country is not legal. >> it's not legal. and also, i would actually raise the, the, the goodness of our of diplomats, of diplomatic cause where on earth are the diplomats here to, to keep the people at bay and give them the right resources? we learned this week as well that the nhs are spending a fortune on translators. why aren't they given at the behest of the of the diplomatic corps and the embassies of the people seeking asylum in this country, or indeed the people that are allowed to be in this country where are the, the diplomats and the embassies to help? >> i mean, the countries these people are coming from are very poon people are coming from are very poor, and we often don't have diplomatic relations or functioning diplomatic relations with them. so i don't think anything like that would be possible. the truth is, if you have a system where you have to be on british soil to apply for refugee status, then you're going to have these incidents happening . you're going to have happening. you're going to have people coming across in boats. and it's wrong because it puts

those people at risk, let alone the obvious arguments about risk to our safety. >> well, that's that's that's partly true. but there are some programs as well that people can come through to this country without actually setting foot on british soil. so there is one for afghanistan. there is. and still we have plenty of people coming from afghanistan via dinghy. also, a lot of the people coming via dinghy are from vietnam. there's no conflict in vietnam. there's not an issue. so there are actually an issue. so there are actually a lot of them are taking i think, i think vietnam is the is the number one nationality. it is. yes. but there's nothing happening in vietnam where they're not mistaken, i think. >> i think we sent straight back. we're the only european country that accepts refugees from vietnam . and so i think from vietnam. and so i think that's a you know, it's a poor country, but it's not a dangerous country. exactly and so i think that's a decision for government to change. and i don't really understand why we allow that. but you know, we have about 80% of these people are accepted. so they're not illegal. most of them will legally be allowed to stay here. >> it's still the cost to the taxpayer, which is fully fronted and which is paying for it's far too much. when we've got the winter fuel allowance that was scrapped, we've got tax ready to rise. goodness knows what rachel

reevesis rise. goodness knows what rachel reeves is going to have in her budget in the next couple of weeks, notwithstanding of the fact that the conservatives will have a new leader, what, four days after? yeah, which is ridiculous. how on earth can starmer stand there and legitimately reply to the budget? >> all right, what about this one, benjamin? i'm a celebrity get me ozempic in here. >> so you don't need to know about this because you've always been a skinny queen. but this skinny jab called ozempic. and there's another one called manjaro. there's lots of them at the moment which you can inject. and basically the weight disappears. so if you've seen any big celebrities, literally big celebrities that are no longer larger on television, let me tell you, it's because they're having the skinny jab. everyone's on it from jeremy clarkson onwards. and this year i'm a celeb in the jungle is going to let them go off camera and take their weekly jab to keep them skinny. >> surely, goodness, surely they lose . lose. >> they they lose a lot of weight in that jungle anyway. >> they do on the on their diet. >> they do on the on their diet. >> it's quite irresponsible really, because people will be very hungry. it's hot if you're not eating food in that sort of

environment, there'll be there'll be people who've become sick on this , i know. sick on this, i know. >> absolutely. and not only that, the evidence hasn't actually fully been targeted. i don't think for these weight loss jabs. and the vast majority of them were prescribed and made for people who have type 2 diabetes. and what we're finding is it's the celebrity cause that's been driving things through. we only need to look at ozzy osborne's wife to see that the effects of it are terrible. and also in the back end of it, ihave and also in the back end of it, i have heard from medical professionals that these jabs actually eat your organs, like your pancreas and things like that, which is pretty. >> well, no, i mean, i'm not sure that the evidence is that they actually eat your organs, but the evidence is, is that they're quite hard core on the organs and they are toxic. so of course, those organs have to work harder because what the drug does, is it mimics the i'm full hormone. >> couldn't you just go to the gym? >> well, well what happens? well, that's why a lot of these people are overweight because they don't have that. the hormone is not telling them to stop eating. but the problem is, when you apply that to people

who are already slim, there's no need to. there's no need. >> and it suppresses their appetite massively. and so, you know, in the jungle that might be useful because there's not much food going right. so if they don't want food it might be a useful thing. but james corden, the you know, the comedian, the talk show host, he spoke out in the last couple of days that he went on it. and then when he came off it, his appetite went through the roof and he piled the pounds on. >> that's what i'm saying. it disables the hormone that tells you that you're full. and the other issue, obviously, is that they need the energy to do the trials and they don't have much food. and the fight is for food. so if you're taking a skinny jab that tells you you're not hungry, nobody will even be bothered about the trials. they'll just be sitting and chilling out. so i think they need to rethink that. >> it sounds like a recipe for disaster. yeah, see what you did there right? just saying. >> i don't think he even knew he did that. he didn't know he did. thank you. >> thank you benjamin just very quickly, the name is pronounced the welsh name kellogg. not kellogg. i don't know, that's the end of the discussion. kellogg will agree on that. tatiana. easy name has the news

headunes. headlines. >> ben. thank you. the top stories this hour. 60 victims have now come forward alleging sexual abuse by former harrods boss mohamed al fayed, according to lawyers who are representing alleged victims, who also say there are still more to come. lawyers representing some of mohamed al—fayed accusers say they've also received several inquiries relating to fulham football club during the late billionaire's 16 years of ownership . al—fayed has been ownership. al—fayed has been accused by several female ex—employees of harrods of sexual assault or rape. in a bbc documentary which aired last week. mr al fayed died last year at the age of 94. barristers have now said the response to the claims has been huge. they say to date they have fielded well over 200 inquiries, messages that are coming from all over the world. in other news, sir keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation

serves no one. speaking at the united nations general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the bnnk. two sides to step back from the brink . sir two sides to step back from the brink. sir keir also discussed the importance of a ceasefire deal with his lebanese counterpart. it concludes sir keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders. it comes after the israeli prime minister said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true. >> the escalation serves no one. it offers nothing but more suffering for innocent people on all sides, and the prospect of a wider war that no one can control . control. >> benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in lebanon will continue, despite his insistence that the idf maintains its offensive against hezbollah. netanyahu's statement today added that israel shares the aims of the us led initiative of enabling people along the northern border

to return safely and securely to their homes . netanyahu to return safely and securely to their homes. netanyahu is preparing to address the united nafions preparing to address the united nations later today as an israeli air strike early this morning reportedly killed nine people from the same family in the southern lebanese border town of sheba. that's including four children. meanwhile, israeli air defences say they intercepted multiple rockets over the northern city of haifa this morning with sirens sounding across the . city. and sounding across the. city. and russell findlay has been elected as the new leader of the scottish conservatives. the msp saw off competition from murdo fraser and megan gallagher in the battle to replace douglas ross. the announcement comes ahead of the uk conservative party revealing rishi sunak's successor on november. the second. >> i want to start by thanking

everyone who put their faith in me. and thank you to every single member who voted for me and every sausage. sorry, sorry , and every sausage. sorry, sorry, every supporter who worked so hard for my campaign. and thank you. of course , to my fellow you. of course, to my fellow candidates and megan and murdo, who i greatly respect and value, along with the rest of my msp colleagues. now everyone must come together as one united team. let us start the hard work right now to win back public trust . trust. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> sausages. >> sausages. >> sausages. >> sausages full of them . up at >> sausages full of them. up at noon. good afternoon, britain, with tom and emily and plenty of bangers in store. see what i did there? oh very good. i was about to say it's going to be a banger of a show. >> we're going to mash it up now. that made you laugh, didn't it, joe? >> potatoes made me cringe. perhaps i'm not in a good mood. no, i am in a fabulous mood. we've got a huge amount coming up on the show today. this is a £50 billion that somehow the chancellor has managed to find through some sort of creative accounting, is rather odd, considering she was banging on about a £22 billion financial black hole. where's all this extra money come from? >> banging on about that black hole? now she's salami, salami, slicing her numbers and suddenly this accounting trick will find £50 billion to borrow. that's extra borrowing that will be allowed within the fiscal rules, because those rules will change. i mean, what a remarkable. >> i thought labour weren't going to borrow their way to, you know, in government borrow their way to fund policy.

>> if it's for investment then it's a, it's good borrowing. >> they're borrowing. they can give the pensioners back their 1.5 billion. >> you would have thought so. you would have thought so. but also what's up with this very intimate two hour dinner between keir starmer and donald trump? i mean, we remember how keir starmer bashed boris johnson for having such a close relationship with donald trump, and now it seems as though things are very cosy. >> they're bosom buddies, i mean, we might have gone beyond the sort of the poodle analogies. i'm just sort of imagining this, this, this quiet sort of candlelit rooftop dinner on the top of trump tower, an air of romance, almost bromance, perhaps? >> keir met trump. >> keir met trump. >> was lamy there? david lammy? >> was lamy there? david lammy? >> oh god no, that david lammy was there. he was there. >> i would have liked to have seen that first interaction between trump and could you remind us what he said about trump past? david lammy, of course, said trump was a nazi sympathising psychopath or sociopath. oh lovely. massive racist. oh dear. >> all fine classics, all the

classics. >> and yet we do know that lammy has been reaching out to trump's team for months, trying to build this relationship. obviously, it's going to be pretty tricky, but donald trump did have some nice things to say about keir starmer, saying that he was very popular in the united kingdom. i'm not sure. i'm not sure what his up to date polling numbers, which are very popular. >> maybe he was survey out yesterday that showed that keir starmer's numbers now match those of rishi sunak's . the those of rishi sunak's. the lower called the election yeah lower. i think tom one for you. >> could we see angela rayner staging a coup at the top of government? i don't think she should be prime minister. >> she shouldn't do that. i think that would be the end of the. >> the one you need to watch is rachel reeves. oh, yes. there was suggestions back at the time of the hartlepool by—election, keir starmer was considering resigning as labour party leader. that was when the labour party lost a labour seat in opposition to boris johnson's tories time of the vaccine bounce. it looked like labour

would never get back into power, and keir starmer considered resigning. there was a lot of rumour then that rachel reeves was preparing a leadership coup. >> well, there we go. we'll see what happens there. but i just want to flag one live event that we're going to be bringing you at 230. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is going to be addressing the un general assembly. it'll be very interesting to see what he has to say. fighting a war on two fronts. all right. >> cracking show. thank you very much. all that and more at midday. still to come, rachel reeves non—dom non—starter. we'll get stuck into the chancellor's possible u—turn. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 1140. ben and nana with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. >> well, last night, ahead of a meeting with the prime minister, sir keir starmer, former us president donald trump spoke to gb news political editor christopher hope during a press

conference at trump tower in new york. this is you're meeting. >> you're meeting keir starmer, the uk premier. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> yes, he's coming tonight. >> what do you think of him? some of his colleagues in government have been quite critical of you. >> well, i'm going to see him in about an hour. so i have to be nice, right? yeah. but i actually think he's very nice. i think, he ran a great race. he did very well , think, he ran a great race. he did very well, it's very early, but he's popular and i'll be seeing him, and i'll send your regards. >> would you rather. >> would you rather. >> who were you with? who are you with? >> i'm with gb news in the uk. okay, good. would you rather nigel farage had a bigger, bigger role? >> well, i think nigel is great. i mean, i've known him for a long time. he had a great election too. he picked up a lot of seats, more seats than he was allowed to have. actually, they acknowledged that he won. but for some reason you have a very strange system over there. you might win them, but you don't get them. nigel is a fantastic person, mr president . person, mr president. >> so there we go. chopper on the ground in new york for gb news. did you catch their when trump said, oh gb news very

good. >> yeah very good because of nigel. but listen lots of you have been getting in touch. this one here said donald has mastered the art of subtle, flashy facetiousness facetiousness being facetious. yes. so when he was saying that he's a nice guy and he's got a very popular, that could have been a level of sarcasm there. >> the thing is, he has to say that he's just about to have dinner with the bloke. an hour later, he can't stand there and say, yeah, he absolutely messed up the riots, you know, loves open borders, massive socialist human bollard. you're about to wine and dine with him an hour later. >> fed sausages instead of hostages. i think that was i mean, it was just the worst because there's that advert as well that goes sausages. sausages isn't it? do you remember that advert? yeah yeah. that dog. what was it? wolves, bangers and being told in my head. that's right. yeah. that's right. so wolves sausages , right. so wolves sausages, sausages. so that i'm sure is going to end up on a meme. now unfortunately for sir keir starmer. >> and we were talking about the fact that david lammy, the foreign secretary, would have been at that dinner last night. i would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when donald trump met lammy. but apparently,

as tom said, and i understand nigel farage actually brokered this, but they met before labour won power in the election, lammy's team met with trump's team and they kind of broke the ice. but lammy of course, in previous years has called donald trump a nazi , sympathising, you trump a nazi, sympathising, you know, whatever else. >> how embarrassing though you're now the foreign secretary, this is the last person i would make a foreign secretary, if i'm honest with you. but this is he really wrong with lammy? well, because he just has no diplomacy whatsoever. and your foreign secretary is going out almost like a diplomat to represent you. and if you're calling world leaders lots of different names and this is not going to be good for anyone and particularly for him, and it's embarrassing too. let's see what else i've got , let's see what else i've got, rowena says benjamin butterworth was on earlier saying that dentists and doctors and people like that were on the small boats. sorry, benjamin, a doctor or a dentist wanting to come here would surely keep some documentation. how do we know if they are a doctor? well, that's very true. just because they say they are. if they're actually waiting to be, you know, housed and things or waiting, they

claim, waiting to be accepted, then nobody really knows where did they train? were they genuine or had they filled in their own country? so a refugee committed suicide. well plenty of people in this country do the same. i know of several. this is sadder to me than someone who came here illegally and with no documentation. >> indeed. let me just check the inbox on my phone, somebody said , inbox on my phone, somebody said, rachel reeves. go away . angela. rachel reeves. go away. angela. oh, jeremy clarkson, what is the man in the yellow jumper on about, benjamin butterworth saying jeremy clarkson was on i'm a celebrity. please advise him. jezza was never on ms3. >> he said on ozempic. so we're talking about ozempic and lots of celebrities going into, into the jungle and apparently they're going to be allowed there. ozempic jab, which seems a bit madness because they're fighting for food. so i would have thought that that's again a not necessary. and b well, they won't have much food, so they don't need to worry about eating too much, because that's why it's clear now with the ozempic that most people are overweight, are overweight because they eat too much, and just the final one from steve elliott in manchester, you say please stop the sausage jokes.

>> they're driving me up the walls . ha ha, >> they're driving me up the walls. ha ha, very good. >> right ? very walls. ha ha, very good. >> right? very good. right. up next, are we seeing a u—turn from chancellor rachel reeves? she's going to soften her plans for a crackdown on non—doms. a top economist will break it down for us. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. good morning. it's fast approaching 49 minutes after 11:00. now, the chancellor , 11:00. now, the chancellor, rachel reeves, is considering abandoning her manifesto pledge to abolish the non—dom status. >> interesting. the pledge was made to end the tax perk for wealthy residents who live overseas, in hopes the policy would raise over £1 billion a yean would raise over £1 billion a year. but do you know what's happening now? >> well, of course, they can't control the non—doms because they've chosen policies that they've chosen policies that they have no control over. so if you choose that kind of policy,

then you are now a victim, a hostage to fortune. because if those people in that criteria is not met, she will not make that money. now treasury officials have raised fresh concerns that the move could force many wealthy people to leave the country. who would have guessed? well, who would have thought it? well, who would have thought it? well, we did. i mean, this is clear. she should have known. and this is the naivety of this government. i think they come up with these policies, which actually rely on other people to do something for them to work, instead of looking at it and saying, okay, look , by the way, saying, okay, look, by the way, there are 100,000 or 10 million people working and this, that and the other. therefore, we can take a certain amount off each person and raise this amount of revenue. instead, they've gone for policies which have variables that are completely out of their control. >> and that's a problem indeed . >> and that's a problem indeed. and what's going to happen in october with the capital gains tax hike, if indeed they do do that, i suggest more people are just going to leave the country. but giving us some certain

answers perhaps now is economics expert justin urquhart stewart. hello, justin. good morning. this is no surprise, really, that if you're going to penalise high earners who are massive tax contributors to this country, they're going to do one elsewhere. they go to dubai, where the sun shines and they'll move. >> of course they will. i mean, that's that was one of the reasons they originally brought this in to try and encourage more people to be here. as the countries got wealthier, people made more money at their participating in the community there. they'll be paying more tax. the government gets more income. if you start pushing people away. and we're in a position at the moment where our population effectively isn't as productive as before. and so we need more income coming in. so this is, i'm afraid, where political ideas meet actual economic logic. don't push them away. you need the income and the capital. but above all, that vital word with this confidence, and particularly as you've got little bits of confidence coming through, growth figures look a bit better. oil prices coming down a little bit. these may be green shoots, but be careful. green shoots often turns out to be advanced mould. >> well, all this banging on about the black hole as well as putting people off and people

don't want to spend any money. why would you do that? so with the non—dom tax status, as i understood it, that anyway, some non—doms still pay tax on their earnings elsewhere. is there any element of that that still happens? >> well, yes, there is. and the trouble is they've made life now more complicated with it. people are going to really benefit with are going to really benefit with a tax advisers on it and how to get round it. people will rather probably go the simple way and just say, oh, well, sod it. actually i'm off and go and do something else, but you're going to get caught out wherever you are in the world now, because all countries are short, they want to try and get as much as they can off you. the question is, are you going to be taxed on all your wealth around the world or what you've just got here, what you're spending here? what britain has to do is get itself to where it's an attractive, good place to invest. it's stable, giving reasonable returns and led by political leaders who sort of have some confidence in something. if you sort of lacked for the past few years, sneak in on the vat on private schools as well. >> is that another loss making policy? because in the end, if again, they can't control the variable of the people sending their children to school, they may end up spending more. >> well, one of the great things

that with with our public schools, which are known throughout the world as high quality schools and also our universities, it's a longer term benefit because you're sending people here from overseas. they're understanding the british culture, participating in it, and they go back not to say it's fans, but certainly people who are more positive about us, who then actually back in, in that country will be more positive as they go into political life or industry or whatever. so it's a long term way of us, through soft power, influencing people to be here. so yes. so for short term issues of just vat on on school, school fees, i mean it's ridiculous actually doing taxation. you could make it encouraging taxation. let people pay more taxation. let people pay more tax but give them some benefit on the other end of it, such as pay on the other end of it, such as pay less inheritance tax. so you get some reward for what you're contributing. now people don't mind paying tax. well, they do mind, but they hate being ripped off. they want to make sure it's seen as being fair. >> okay. justin urquhart stewart thank you. we have some breaking news just now. we're going to cross over to the west midlands police, who are giving a

statement after the sentencing of the 213 year old boys who were found guilty of murdering the 19 year old in wolverhampton last year. can we go to that now? >> hi, i am chief superintendent kim madill. i am the lead for serious youth violence for west midlands police . i am here today midlands police. i am here today as west midlands police lead on serious youth violence following the sentencing of two boys for the sentencing of two boys for the horrifying murder of sean sza aj in wolverhampton last november, his family are understandably heartbroken and mourning their beloved son and our thoughts and sympathies will remain with them . today's remain with them. today's sentence can never make up for sean's life being taken, but we hopeit sean's life being taken, but we hope it can bring some comfort to all those who loved him . sean to all those who loved him. sean was only 19 when his life was taken at the hands of two boys,

then aged just 12, who had armed themselves with a machete. that reality has had a huge impact on us all. it is both shocking and saddening . the impact of knife saddening. the impact of knife crime is devastating no matter where you live in the country. this is an issue that affects us all. much work has been done and we have had successes in some areas . however, this we have had successes in some areas. however, this is we have had successes in some areas . however, this is clearly areas. however, this is clearly not enough. we are listening to families affected by knife crime and acting on their feedback to see what more we can do with partners to stop the devastation caused by knife crime. >> our responsibility is to work together with partners to understand why children and young people think it is okay to carry weapons and take further action to stop this extremely dangerous behaviour. >> our work will not stop and

any death or injury as a result of knife crime will never be acceptable. thank you . acceptable. thank you. >> all right. that was chief superintendent kim madill speaking there at the trial. >> yeah. so that was the sentencing of britain's youngest knife murderers who were aged. believe this . just 12 years old believe this. just 12 years old when they killed shawn seesahai, who was 19, with a machete in wolverhampton last year. both have been sentenced today at nottingham crown court to life with a minimum term of eight years and six months. so two life sentences for those young boys with a minimum term of just eight years and six months for killing shawn seesahai last year. right. >> well, that's it from us here on britain's newsroom. next up, it's tom and emily. >> shocking sentencing numbers there. if we do the maths quickly, it could be that these 12 year old killers would be out

by the age of their early 20s, perhaps just 21 years old, out of prison . is that really of prison. is that really justice? we'll be asking those questions in the programme and heanng questions in the programme and hearing from the judge herself . hearing from the judge herself. >> and also we're going to be discussing whether they should have a right to anonymity, of course, very young, when they committed this brutal murder. but should their names be kept out of the press? we'll debate that, too. >> of course , much more. >> of course, much more. besides, keir starmer has been in new york meeting president trump. is he eating humble pie after opposing trump for year after opposing trump for year after year after we'll have that and more

good afternoon britain . it's good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on friday the 27th of september. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. >> britain's youngest killers.

in the last few moments. two knife murderers who were just 12 years old when they killed a 19 years old when they killed a 19 year old with a machete, have been sentenced to life with a minimum term of just eight years and six months. they could be free from prison aged just 21. >> and when kim met donald, the prime minister and former president shared an intimate two hour dinner last night atop trump tower. not too long ago, starmer bashed boris johnson's close relationship with trump. is he now trying to emulate it? >> creative accounting the government has complained of a £22 billion black hole for months. yet today we learn chancellor rachel reeves may change the rules to borrow £50 billion more. how does that add up ? up? >> and as we mentioned, the