>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to you. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb. news of course we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, the free geer care scandal simply will not go away, despite the prime minister giving back a paltry £6,000 of the 107 grand he's been gifted since being made the labour party leader. but today it's emerged as he supped but today it's emerged as he slipped 62 grand to baroness uddin to help cover her expenses scandal. he might be minted, but is it time for labour to ditch lord alli .7 an extraordinary lord alli? an extraordinary claim from former defence secretary ben wallace, who said that the uk can't defend israel

from missile attacks as the raf were relegated to a support role when iran bombarded the middle eastern nation on tuesday evening. we'll get all the reaction to this latest military flop for britain and a labour party mp is once again at the centre of a race row, and this time gb news can exclusively reveal that a video previously posted by you guessed it. dawn butler to mark black history month contains pictures of convicted black terrorists, cop killers and even a rapist. charlie peters has the scoop. and that's all coming up in your next hour . welcome to the show. next hour. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. so also in the news today , labour has surrendered today, labour has surrendered sovereignty of the chagos islands in mauritius might not mean much to you, but what's next? the falkland islands

gibraltar is this race guilt, this post—colonial empire ? this post—colonial empire? guilt. making the labour party give away parts of our sovereign territory that are strategically vital. china will be rubbing their hands together 9 to 9 years from now. this could be theirs . locals weren't even theirs. locals weren't even consulted and i spoke to one who's utterly fuming about it all. the labour party giving us all. the labour party giving us a glimpse of what's to come under their woke identity politics. guilty for our past, giving away our sovereign territory today. get in touch. usual ways gbnews.com/yoursay. now here's your news headlines andifs now here's your news headlines and it's tatiana sanchez . and it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. the top stories. at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's to according lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah

affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon. meanwhile hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating a southern lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. freelance journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon, >> residents have been told not to return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been told to evacuate . residents been told to evacuate. residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they were absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon and their biggest fear is that actually, it won't be the sort of limited operation, and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war, and, and

essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period . for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country yesterday. foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatile situation . a 47 year old man, a situation. a 47 year old man, a 47 year old man, has become the first ever person to be sentenced for conspiracy to commit female, female, genital, genital mutilation. emad kaki has been sentenced to four and a half years for conspiracy to commit fgm and forced marriage. the judge said fgm is a barbaric practice, often inflicted on young and vulnerable girls . a young and vulnerable girls. a man has been arrested after a suspected acid attack, which seriously injured a 14 year old

schoolgirl outside of a school in west london. the attack happened at around 4:40 pm. on monday at a school in alfred road, where a substance was allegedly thrown at two children and also a staff member. an investigation was launched and this morning a 35 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm . causing grievous bodily harm. downing street says the keir starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister, following a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to. sir keir starmer has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. lord alli faces a probe over what he is being called alleged he's one of the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister. but business trade minister sarah jones says no rules have been broken.

>> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government . but that is the end government. but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe, genuinely that the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says . no rules were caller says. no rules were broken, we all know that. but we are looking at those principles. >> in other news, the uk has announced it's giving up sovereignty of the chagos islands after more than half a century. the deal, reached after years of negotiations, will see britain hand over the chagos islands to china ally mauritius. it includes the tropical atoll of diego garcia , which is home of diego garcia, which is home to a military base used by the uk and the us. under the agreement, the base will remain under uk and us jurisdiction for

at least the next 99 years. however, several prominent conservatives have criticised the move as weak, with tory leadership candidate robert jenrick saying it's dangerous . jenrick saying it's dangerous. and anti—racism campaigner and founder of kick it out, lord herman ouseley, has died at the age of 79. he was chairman of kick it out for 25 years, which he founded to tackle racism and discrimination in football. the anti—discrimination charity announced lord ouseley's death on its x account, saying he has died after a short illness . and died after a short illness. and those are the latest gb news headunes 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 to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts .

>> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you, tatiana and welcome to the show . let's get welcome to the show. let's get cracking now. keir starmer was last night humiliated into coughing up more than £6,000 to repay freebies , including those repay freebies, including those taylor swift concert tickets and lady starmer's designer dresses. why are we even having these conversations? it's ludicrous. the announcement comes as lord alli , the labour peer at the alli, the labour peer at the heart of the donation scandal, is to be investigated by the lords commissioner. will this move by the prime minister finally put a lid on the seemingly never ending freebie scandal? now, the thing that grabs me about this is that we shouldn't be having this conversation anymore. this should have been put to bed. yesterday, sir keir starmer was in brussels, meant to be doing his reset with ursula von der leyen. but even friendly media media that like him, media that basically ushered him into power, into downing street , were power, into downing street, were asking him about these

donations, about taylor swift tickets. this was his key moment on the world stage. once again humiliated by the freebies, by the cronyism. politics will change, sir keir starmer told us. but we've just got more of the same, in fact. sir keir starmer has trousered more freebies than any other politician in recent history, £107,000 since he became labour leader. now sir keir starmer , leader. now sir keir starmer, he's a man who likes to play by the rules he keeps telling us. and so the rules in his mind means that he will give back the donations he received as pm. so six grand. here you go. you can have six grand back. this will all go away, won't it? no, it won't. we're still talking about it. and it gets worse because today other people are continuing to be pulled into this scandal. so, angela rafe. sorry, angela rayner, she had that holiday in ibiza, remember? everyone said, oh, no, what are you getting your knickers in a twist about? she's only having a

holiday. she's working class. she deserves a break. but then it turns out it was paid for £836. now you save up all year. just like i do, to go on holiday. if you're a labor party deputy leader, you just get a freebie and you just get this handed to you on a plate. today, a further revelation, baroness uddin. she was involved in the expenses scandal and couldn't afford to pay back her debt. and so who stepped in to help her out? you guessed it. magical lord alli opened his his treasure chest £62,000 came out. that was half of the outstanding debt. baroness uddin was able to pay debt. baroness uddin was able to pay her expenses . what does this pay her expenses. what does this guy get in return? what is he doing? it for? i mean, he's minted, but he's now the story we keep talking about. lord alli . we keep talking about. lord alli. is it time that the labour party thought about kicking this guy into touch? yes. he gives them a load of money. yes. every political party does that. sir keir starmer keeps saying we

haven't broken any rules and thatis haven't broken any rules and that is the case. but does this pass the sniff test? why are we still talking about it today? sarah jones, she's the industry minister, not involving lord alli. this time. turns out she was gifted a free ticket to the proms. you know, the proms where they used to wave union flags and all the wave. now it seems our european union flags. she was gifted a free ticket to that. she's got into a bit of a panic and she wants to repay the bbc. now, you might say members of parliament, ministers should be at the proms. they should be at wimbledon. they're allowed to go to the arsenal match. they should be seen by the public. but my question to you today is simply this , dear viewers, is it simply this, dear viewers, is it time for the labour party to ditch lord alli? we're still talking about him way too long. he is now the story. a question i'm going to ask now to our gb news political editor, chris hope, who joins me. chopper. welcome to the show. we shouldn't be talking about lord alli yet. we are. it rolls on

and on and on. is it time to kick the lord into touch ? kick the lord into touch? >> well, certainly he's becoming a bit of a of a liability. martin lord alli, he's been under investigation. we don't know what for. by the house of lords. authorities there's a big donor to the party. we see that across the board into personal gifts. he's given loan of his flats in in new york and london to different figures. we're not quite clear, frankly, why he's doing it. apart from support of the party, we're not seeing any political advantage for him for doing it or or that kind of thing, but he's creating all sorts of problems with his generosity to this party. with keir starmer saying he's paying back over £6,000 of gifts, not from the lord alli necessarily, but other people too, since it became the prime minister. six taylor swift gigs for doncaster races, race days and one clothing deal for his wife victoria . that's gifts taken by victoria. that's gifts taken by sir keir starmer since he became the pm on the 5th of july. that

puts other people in the cabinet under some pressure . we know now under some pressure. we know now that angela rayner took more than 800 quid's worth of trips to ibiza. should that money be paid back. since she became the deputy, the housing secretary. others to david lammy took £2,000 worth of tickets for spurs games, so he's done it. that's fine. he's cashed in an isa. he's he's paid back that amount. but what about the other people? and also what about before he was the prime minister when he was leader of the opposition , £40,000 worth of opposition, £40,000 worth of freebies there. will he pay that back?is freebies there. will he pay that back? is this a question of judgement about his own? what he thinks about things and why can't he pay for himself? he's paid £170,000 or so as a prime minister, plus the income from lady starmer in her business or her work . why can't they just her work. why can't they just pay her work. why can't they just pay their own stuff like i have for this suit, martin? >> well, that's a different question. now, chris is part of the issue here, something that you and i have spoken about before. i remember that time really well when you asked sir keir starmer the question about mentioning his dad being a tool

maker and sir keir starmer went straight away, he didn't get it. he didn't get the point that you were saying, can you just stop talking about it? people aren't laughing about your dad being a tool maker. they're laughing about you repeating the point all the time. but he just didn't get it. he went into robot mode. and i wonder if that's a problem that sir keir starmer has over this issue as well. in his mind. well, i haven't broken the rules. no you haven't prime minister, but does it pass the sniff test? does it say what you said you would do and change politics? chris >> martin, as you rightly say, the big problem here is that sir keir starmer, sir , rules, as keir starmer, sir, rules, as he's called by the tories, made a lot of play when he was the opposition leader, when he attacked the tory government for its its personal probity amongst its its personal probity amongst its , its top people. boris its, its top people. boris johnson's wallpaper, rishi sunak's expensive coffee mug or his shoes. i mean that that was what labour did. they could do that because they weren't in

power. but it seems like during that time we saw lots of feathering of their own nests with freebies on quite a grand scale. and sir keir starmer, he's a he's got he's got his own act of parliament looking after his pension. he's someone who is pretty well off a well renowned qc or kc. if he practised now why does he need all these freebies? what's the point of it all? i think it's terribly embarrassing for them. it will carry on over the weekend. we're now expecting some form of new guide on what to to what what to have and what you can't take as a as an mp or maybe even a minister. but it just seems to me that this puts a question of judgement around him personally. and i don't know why this government appears like a rabbit in headlights when facing these kind of questions. why they can't just pull out some more news, some more information and talk about that a bit. because when you're in government, you see the whole , the whole iceberg see the whole, the whole iceberg of news. we only see that the above, the line bit of it, but they can pull out other things to change the subject. they're not bothering. and it's weird. >> and that that brings me brilliantly onto my next point.

create a different story. get people talking about something else. and the labour party have certainly done that today, chris hope. but again, with calamitous consequences. the chagos islands have been since their sovereignty has been surrendered. that's the word i would use. it was unnecessary. it didn't need to be done. it's a key military outpost. it's used by the us, it's used by the uk. it's a very , very key part uk. it's a very, very key part of sovereign territory. and the labour party have handed it away. and i ask you this, chris, is this the direction of travel of the labor party? are they dnven of the labor party? are they driven by things like post—colonial guilt, you know, anti—racism, giving away parts of our territory to try and make out they're the good guys and actual fact they made a key strategic blunder . strategic blunder. >> it's a bit more complicated than that because this has been an issue going back about a decade or so now, over time, we've lost the support of the international community for our

claim on the british, indian indian ocean territories as they're formally called, the chagos islands. we have a base on there called diego garcia, which in which we refuel and look after our nuclear submarine fleet. bombing raids were launched from the from the diego garcia base, us bombing raids to bomb afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. but we have we have lost a unanimous vote in the house in the in the united nafions the house in the in the united nations about our claim to those islands. we've also since 2016, after brexit, i'm afraid we've lost the support of the european union to our claim to those islands. and this is were talk started under the last tory government , when james cleverly government, when james cleverly was the foreign secretary under liz truss. they've carried on since then. the us are worried about the access to that base under this new deal. there's a 100 year lease, which we can renegotiate after 100 years. but frankly, if china then has an even greater grip on mauritius, we may not want it, it looked like inevitable simply from a protest started by the tory

government. this caused quite a row with the tory leadership campaign already , we've heard campaign already, we've heard just, just now from, a source close to tom tugendhat's campaign, he's saying that this decision was started by james cleverly, and it raises questions. they are saying in tom tugendhat camp about the uk's commitment to the falkland islands . the falklands are islands. the falklands are british, says tom tugendhat's team no debate,. tom won't trade away sovereignty. now the foreign office tells me that gibraltar, which spain are after the falklands, which argentina are after, are safe because the people living there want to be british. and as long as that is the case, there will be no deals done. they say with the chagos islands are different because there's about 2500 military contractors and 60 migrants who have no real say over the future of the island. so it's different because no one lives there. but even so, we are seeing some one off some of our sovereign territory being traded away in the first few months of a labour government . government. >> and chris, you say it's

different about the falklands and gibraltar, but you know, sure as mustard that the king of spain, the president of argentina, will now be greatly emboldened by today's manoeuvres. they'll be making a lot of noise about it, and they'll fancy their chances. they're just keeping up the political pressure and if you say the direction of travel as the european union or again, as the european union or again, as the united nations, well, they don't even want israel to be allowed to defend itself. so what's their opinion count for stuff they could all wrangle together. and pretty soon it looks like britain might be getting attacked on a pincer movement on those two bits of sovereign territory. territory, too. that could well happen. chris >> and that's right. i think this row will develop over this weekend. monday will see a statement by david lammy , the statement by david lammy, the foreign secretary. the reason why, by the way, it's been announced today , is because the announced today, is because the election campaign starts tomorrow in mauritius. and that's why they felt they couldn't wait until next week when mps are back. but tory mps are furious across the board, saying we are trading away land, part of the party in such a

precious commodity in the world as we know. uk sovereign land has been traded away to another country. why is it happening and why? what could the government have done to stop it? that will be answered more on monday. >> and chris hope, like hong kong before it and now chagos islands. what next? once surrendered, these territories are never recovered. chris hope, great thoughts to show. thank you very much for joining us, and you'll be joining me here later in westminster. thank you. now it's time now for the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away here @gbnews, £36,000 could be yours. and that's like having an extra £3,000 totally tax free in your bank account each and every month for an entire year. sounds good right? well, here's all the details that you'll need to make it yours. >> there's an incredible £36,000 to be won in the great british giveaway. that's like having an extra £3,000 each month to play with. and because it's totally tax free, you get to keep every penny and spend it. however you like. we could be paying for

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nottingham crown court today for four and a half years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation and the forced marriage. our east midlands reporter, will hollis has this report. >> here at nottingham crown court , emad karki has been court, emad karki has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for conspiring to commit fgm after he made arrangements to send a young girl to iraq, where she would be subjected to female genital mutilation and forced into an arranged marriage. today speaking in court, judge nirmal shah said that fgm is a barbaric practice often inflicted on young and vulnerable girls and that there would have been lasting effects if he had succeeded in his plans. the 47 year old was given what the judge described as a substantial sentence, to act as an

appropriate deterrent. now he has been sentenced to four and a half years, a concurrent sentence for the crimes of conspiracy to commit fgm, but also to commit a forced marriage. but the judge conceded that he is unlikely to offend again. the crown prosecution service today said there is no place for this unacceptable and abhorrent practice in society. female genital mutilation is the act of changing or removing a woman's sexual organs, and is most prevalent in parts of the middle east, africa and asia . middle east, africa and asia. >> we'll have a full debate about that. i think it's time for a full national inquiry into fgm in britain. more of that later. moving on. because yet again, there's more concerning news for our armed forces as defence experts, including former defence secretary ben wallace, have warned that our armed forces are unable to protect israel from iranian ballistic missile attacks. raf

typhoon jets are believed to lack the weapons needed to repel such an attack, including the one launched by iran on tuesday when it fired almost 200 long—range missiles in its biggest assault yet on israel, where the uk was relegated to a supporting role . and we can now supporting role. and we can now speak with the former member of parliament and soldier bob seely. bob, a delight to see you back on on the show. it's been way too long. my friend, and you've written an excellent piece today about the iron dome in israel and in particular, you made a very compelling case of why you think the united kingdom needs its own iron dome. bob, tell us more. >> well, look, do we need it today? no. but do we need it in five years? maybe. are we going to need it in 15? probably. so we need to get started and get working on these things now , working on these things now, this isn't just my idea. we've had a commitment, martin, to a ballistic missile defence radar for ten years. but we have done

nothing about it. and we keep putting off these decisions. germany is looking at getting an iron dome system, and i'll come to the specs in a second, because iron dome is actually only one part of this layered , only one part of this layered, layered air defence system. but germany is now getting one. poland is now getting one. nato is working together to have its skies covered, and we have a lot of the tech here. so it is in our economic interest as well as in our security interest that we are part of this program that builds out effectively a european or a british air dome or an air shield. >> bob, it sounds great in principle, but the fact of the matter is, our armed forces is on its knees. we've got the smallest army since the napoleonic times, the smallest raf since it was formed in world war i. so few sailors around to scrap ships. we can't even build hs2. is scrap ships. we can't even build hsz. is it scrap ships. we can't even build hs2. is it realistic that we've got the wherewithal, the ability or the money to build an iron dome? >> yeah, we have actually, and

we should. we should be careful about talking our country down, the armed forces are absolutely underfunded, but they still have a remarkable amount of good people and some pretty good kit . people and some pretty good kit. so do we need to be spending more on defence? yes, because we live in an increasingly dangerous world and we cannot keep sort of penny pinching in the way that we've done without potentially catastrophic consequences, we have a lot of the tech for these air shields. so sky sabre, a medium range missile, could very much be part of that . in my old constituency of that. in my old constituency on the isle of wight, we make the royal navy's radars in cowes at the bae site in cowes. so we have some of the bits potentially of this puzzle. just on the iron dome bit. martin, as i'm sure some of your readers know, iron dome itself is the short range air defence. above thatis short range air defence. above that is something called david sling, which is medium range, but like the british sky sabre and the long—range is covered in israel by something called the arrow missile system . and then arrow missile system. and then they have the patriot on top of

that. so all of that makes up the israeli defence shield. and actually, i mean, if you look at what they have achieved, thousands of missiles coming into the country, this year, hardly any civilian casualties. i was in kharkiv in ukraine three weeks ago, and that place is being hit every night by some pretty horrendous , missiles, but pretty horrendous, missiles, but also very large bombs . and the also very large bombs. and the ukrainians don't have the air shield. and because of that, scores of ukrainians are dying every month from russian strikes on their cities. >> but bob, is the political will there to do something like this? it sounds great on paper, but we don't even have the ability to defend our own sea borders from the daily invasion of dinghies. is the will there to do something this ambitious from the labour government or indeed any future one? >> is there will there from this labour government ? no. labour government? no. absolutely not. i mean, look, i'm not exactly going to be being an ex tory mp. i'm not exactly going to be labour

friendly, martin, but you don't have to be an ex tory mp to really be shocked by how truly awful this government is being. and i'm not just talking about the lies over the black holes. i'm not just talking about snouts in the trough from keir starmer leading by not setting an example, but also just the decision today on the chagos islands, i just think this government is surprisingly, breathtakingly bad. so no, i'm not expecting anything from this government . what i'm thinking is government. what i'm thinking is long term if, as i hope kemi gets through to the final two and kemi wins, but whoever wins the tory leadership, we need to be thinking much more strategically about the long term future of our country because clearly these are student clowns currently in power. to put it bluntly, pardon ? power. to put it bluntly, pardon? pardon my blunt language, they're not going to be thinking about this. >> bob seely, thank you for joining us on the show. and what a beautiful part of the world isle of wight is. i had my houday isle of wight is. i had my holiday there this summer. you take care and speak to you again soon. thank you very much. now, lots more still to come between now and 4:00 and gb. news can exclusively reveal that a video

previously posted by dawn butler, the labour party mp, to mark black history month , contained black history month, contained pictures of convicted black terrorists , cop killers and even terrorists, cop killers and even a rapist. charlie peters will be with us soon to give us his scoop. but first, here's your latest news headlines with tatyana sanchez . tatyana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. the top stories. at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, according to lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon. meanwhile hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating a southern lebanese village . israel is carrying out village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. freelance

journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon . lebanon. >> residents have been told to not return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be the sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war, and, and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period . for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as

help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatile situation . a 47 year old man has situation. a 47 year old man has become the first ever person to become the first ever person to be sentenced for conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation. emma kakai has been sentenced to four and a half years for conspiracy to commit fgm and forced marriage. the judge has said today that fgm is a barbaric practice, often inflicted on young and vulnerable girls . a man has been vulnerable girls. a man has been arrested after a suspected acid attack, which seriously injured attack, which seriously injured a 14 year old girl outside of a school in west london. the attack happened at around 4:40 pm. on monday at a school in alfred road, where a substance was allegedly thrown at two children and a staff member. an investigation was launched and this morning a 35 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm . causing grievous bodily harm. and those are the latest gb news

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aspiring photographer suffering from an aggressive form of the disease during a ceremony for sporting heroes. a wonderful, wonderful moment. and let's now speak with the royal biographer and the former photographer, ian lloyd. ian, it's so wonderful to see the princess getting back to duties, but also in such a touching way. she's obviously been very public about her own battle with cancer. what a poignant way of getting back out there and hugging somebody like this really does start to echo the amazing moments that even done by princess diana . done by princess diana. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> hello, martin. it's indicative, i think, of a new approach of the monarchy, >> in previous generations, it was them and us. >> and now , in particularly in >> and now, in particularly in this case of cancer, it's all together. >> you know that kate has been a sufferer, but also she's interested in photography as well. >> so there's that bond there, but it's a kind of, a meeting of equal minds, if you like, in this situation. >> so it's, it's very different

to how it used to be, >> they allowed, liz hatton, who's the young, the young girl to, to take photographs of the investiture at windsor, which, again, really wouldn't happen . again, really wouldn't happen. >> so i think the royal family and the monarchy are thinking a bit out of the box. >> do you know what i mean? >> do you know what i mean? >> they're kind of, using a new approach, and they're more relaxed. i mean, you wouldn't get the late queen hugging, somebody who's been ill, you know? i mean, that just wouldn't happen. but and then to put it out on, on on instagram again, is quite a modern thing. and it's in the tradition of the royal family using the to , media royal family using the to, media to communicate with people. queen victoria started with photography and then they did newsreels and now they're using instagram and twitter and well x isn't it. but, you know, to , to isn't it. but, you know, to, to sort of, to link with people i think, i think that's what it is. >> and when you look at that photograph of the hug there with liz hutton, it is a really intimate moment. it is a moment

that anybody who's been touched by cancer or a loved one has been touched by cancer. you know that the warmth radiating out of that the warmth radiating out of that hug is just the way i think of connecting her own condition to the human condition, to the public, to say, i'm one of you. i'm not afraid. i'm literally embracing you as i'm no doubt embracing you as i'm no doubt embracing my own demons. i think it's a wonderful, wonderful photo. it's a wonderful idea. >> kate has also been very insistent on talking about the family and prince william and the children. >> it's a group thing. it's not just an individual thing. and liz hatton brought with her her mother and stepfather and brother. and if you look at the photograph of them, i mean, they're all really, really smiling. so it must have been a great, inspiring day. i mean, she said afterwards , liz said, she said afterwards, liz said, it's such a lovely they're such lovely, genuine people, and i'm over the moon that my family and i had this experience. so they're bringing in the family as well, which is quite important because they're suffering in a completely different way. aren't they? >> now, ian, i don't know if you're a football fan, but after

this, prince wills went to the aston villa. for those who've got long memories like me. in 1982, aston villa won the european cup. i'm a forest fan, so history is all we've got. we won the european cup back in the late 70s and this is wills at the villa last night they played bayern munich . they won one nil bayern munich. they won one nil in the 79th minute, the same score as 42 years ago. now, ian, i won't probe you on your footballing skills, but what i want to make is the same point as in the previous item, really. and that is here is a future king down the villa going mad on the terraces. he's a royal, but he's got that regular joe touch again . i think this he's got that regular joe touch again. i think this is a magnificent set of pictures here. here's a normal bloke enjoying the football, absolutely. >> and reminiscent of the late queen with the racing. >> the one time you've got queen elizabeth to sort of loosen up if you like to, to be really natural was, was that the racing and the picture that everybody used to go for is the winning.

>> they should get opposite the royal box at the, the, the finish of the derby because she really lost it each year. she would just contain it and contain it and suddenly her arms would fling across and she would, you know , really be would, you know, really be delighted. it's that in that kind of tradition. but it's obviously something that matters an awful lot to him and, and to most people, i suppose football is a very obviously leading sport, isn't it? so i mean, it's again this thing of, of, of uniting people, bringing people together. and he's doing what a lot of people would be doing at home, watching the tv , watching home, watching the tv, watching it on the tv. but it's a sort of bonding. you know, between them and people . and people. >> and ian lloyd, my all time favourite photograph, i've got to say, is the queen mum pulling a pint of bitter. so she's, she's pulling a bit. >> i was, i was there that day. yeah.i >> i was, i was there that day. yeah. i mean she really. >> i was, i was there that day. yeah. i mean she really . well yeah. i mean she really. well they offered her a champagne because. and she, this is how good a pr she was. i mean she said oh i'll have whatever the local is , you know, so they

local is, you know, so they said, oh, well, it's london pride. >> it's this, this beer, you know, and she said, you know, i've always wanted to pull a pint myself. so, the picture, of course, was she knew that this would make the picture now. yeah.i would make the picture now. yeah. i think she probably hated bitter, but, i mean, she she she did that, and then she sipped it and everything, and it made a wonderful set of pictures so memorable that, i mean, it was just typical of her, again, knowing that this, you know, that people would find that appealing. you know. >> well, i'm genuinely envious that you were there when, when mom pulled that pint of bitter, i went to my local pub where that photograph was on the wall, and i raised a pint of beer to that photograph just before i went and voted for brexit. it's a part of my heart. thank you very much, ian lloyd. that's a majestic moment in history. thanks for joining majestic moment in history. thanks forjoining us and sharing your memories. thank you. now coming up, as promised, we'll be bringing you charlie peters big scoop on dawn butler's now deleted shocking black history month video. you will not want to miss this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

>> join me nana akua for an informative interactive news program with a difference. it's fun . fun. >> i don't know, he didn't say that though . i said surprise. that though. i said surprise. >> i think there's an element of truth to that. >> let's join me from 3 pm. every weekend only on gb news, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's almost 10 to 4. i'm martin daubney on gb news now . a labour mp has news now. a labour mp has deleted her video celebrating black history month after gb news revealed that her footage contained a celebratory collage of convicted murderers and sex offenders. dawn butler had shared a spoken verse video where she celebrated african freedom fighters, but the clip included photos of several criminals and controversial

figures. it's funny and yet it's tragic and our national reporter, charlie peters, has this exclusive report and he joins me now in the studio. charlie, let's start with what was originally posted. >> so two days ago, dawn butler, the labour mp for brent east, put up her poem, her spoken verse video celebrating black history month and before we even get on to this controversy that i've revealed today, the video itself was already quite controversial . controversial. >> it attracted some criticism in the spectator magazine , and in the spectator magazine, and some commentators said that it was promoting a sort of african supremacist stuff. she was saying, i am the chosen one, i am the first one. you are the wrong one. the violent one, the weird one. it's not entirely clear who you is referring to, but on the occasion of black history month, that's obviously very loaded language. and one person i spoke to, alka sehgal, very loaded language. and one person i spoke to, alka sehgal, cuthbert, who runs the charity cuthbert, who runs the charity don't divide us, an anti—racist don't divide us, an anti—racist charity. she said that this was charity. she said that this was

racist and divisive language. racist and divisive language. very stark criticism. but if you very stark criticism. but if you watch the video a little bit watch the video a little bit closer, there's a couple of closer, there's a couple of moments where there is a collage moments where there is a collage of faces that appear along the of faces that appear along the language of african freedom language of african freedom fighters, and it also says, my fighters, and it also says, my skin is my protection , really. skin is my protection , really. skin is my protection, really. focusing her racial heritage at skin is my protection, really. focusing her racial heritage at the centre of this story. and i the centre of this story. and i noficed the centre of this story. and i noficed the centre of this story. and i noticed that several of those noticed that several of those faces are not necessarily who a faces are not necessarily who a labour mp should be promoting or labour mp should be promoting or is loaded language. and one celebrating. i'll talk you through some of them. assata celebrating. i'll talk you through some of them. assata shakurin shakurin through some of them. assata shakur in 1979. escaped prison through some of them. assata shakur in 1979. escaped prison is still on the run, is one of is still on the run, is one of the fbi's so—called most wanted the fbi's so—called most wanted terrorists. after she was terrorists. after she was involved in the shooting and involved in the shooting and killing of a police officer. killing of a police officer. also in the video is khalid also in the video is khalid abdul muhammad, a member of the abdul muhammad, a member of the nafion nafion abdul muhammad, a member of the nation of islam, a very abdul muhammad, a member of the nation of islam, a very controversial civil rights group controversial civil rights group from the 1970s. he gave a speech from the 1970s. he gave a speech in the 90s where he said that in the 90s where he said that jews were the bloodsuckers of jews were the bloodsuckers of blacks. he called the pope a no blacks. he called the pope a no good cracker, and for those who good cracker, and for those who

are watching or listening, that are watching or listening, that is a derogatory term towards whites. and he also made comments calling on all white south africans to leave the country within a 24 hour warning penod country within a 24 hour warning period before they were killed. there was also a reference to mumia abu—jamal, who also murdered a police officer, and eldridge cleaver, potentially the most controversial of the lot . mr cleaver was convicted of lot. mr cleaver was convicted of several rapes and described his sexual abuse as an insurrectionary act . as he was insurrectionary act. as he was trampling, he said, on white man's laws. all very controversial stuff for a labour mp to seem to be promoting a motley crew of people, to be taking affiliation with. >> well, she has

respond. but as you say, she has put out that public statement and deleted and re—uploaded the video . now, without the rapists video. now, without the rapists and murderers in the footage. but the original criticism of that footage still stands. it is still a very controversial video talking about her skin versus the weird ones and the violent ones, and that she is the chosen ones, and that she is the chosen one and the first one. make of that what you will. >> astonishing expose. well done, jonny peters for shining a light once again and delivering the truth. thank you. now, plenty more coming up in the next hour, including the tough times. keep coming for the prime minister. but not to worry. at least he's given away the chagos islands. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel. stick with us. loads more coming up. but now here's your weather with honour. krizek . with honour. krizek. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the house. >> boxt boilers sponsors of

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the north too. similar across northern ireland. a fairly cloudy start with some drips and drabs of rain just moving into the west, but elsewhere should be fairly bright with those pockets of mist and fog, but that generally clearing through the morning, and we still do have high pressure generally dominating the weather across a lot of the country. so still plenty of dry weather, plenty of sunny spells too. but that cloud will continue to spill into the northwest. still, with those outbreaks of rain and turning quite blustery under those cloudier skies too. elsewhere, though, we do have lighter winds, and where you do catch the sunshine, it will generally be feeling rather pleasant. highs of 1617 across the south and southeast into the rest of the evening. then that cloud will continue to move into the northwest, those outbreaks of rain continuing and still rather blustery . but elsewhere, we'll blustery. but elsewhere, we'll see another night of those clear skies. so potentially further frost and some fog patches in places could be turning a little bit more unsettled by the weekend. so stay tuned for all the details. bye for now with a

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>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm or welcome to you. it's 4:00 pm or welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting of course live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, the free gear care scandal simply will not go away , despite the prime minister away, despite the prime minister giving back a mere £6,000 of the £107,000 he's been gifted since being made labour party leader. but today it's emerged as he supped but today it's emerged as he slipped 62 grand to baroness uddin to help cover her expenses scandal. he might be minted, but is it time to ditch lord alli for the labour party and a labour mp is once again at the centre of a race row and this

time gb news can exclusively reveal that a video previously posted by dawn butler to mark black history month contains pictures of convicted black terrorists, cop killers and even a rapist. charlie peters has the scoop . and how does sleeping in scoop. and how does sleeping in a tent compare to hugh hefner's playboy mansion ? well, one playboy mansion? well, one glamour model, louise glover, who spent time in the notorious residence in los angeles, is going to tell us as she's now living in a tent full time because rent has become so impossible. she'll join me in the studio. and that's all coming up in your next hour. rose, the show, always a pleasure to have you can be an astonishing exclusive by gb news from charlie peters. earlier on, dawn butler, the labour mp for brent, posted a black history month video and in that exclusive reveal buyers there are pictures of terrorists,

rapists and cop killers that was edhed rapists and cop killers that was edited out after it was exposed by gb news. but sorry wasn't one of the words that came from the lips of miss butler. it's an incredible revelation. and does it give us a glimpse into the mindset of the labour mps who. sir keir starmer managed to keep pretty quiet in the run up until the general election, at any rate. now get in touch all the usual ways. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do it. but now here's your headlines and here's tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories. at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's to according lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon. meanwhile hezbollah

says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating eight southern lebanese village . israel is lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. freelance journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon . in the south of lebanon. >> residents have been told to not return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be this sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war, and, and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period .

for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flights out of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the ongoing volatile situation . a 47 year volatile situation. a 47 year old man has become the first ever person to be sentenced for conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation. imad karki has been sentenced to four and a half years for conspiracy to commit fgm and forced marriage . commit fgm and forced marriage. the judge said fgm is a barbaric practice , often inflicted on practice, often inflicted on young and vulnerable girls . a young and vulnerable girls. a man has been arrested after a suspected acid attack, which seriously injured a 14 year old girl outside of a school in west london. the attack happened at around 4:40 pm. on monday at a school in alfred road, where a substance was allegedly thrown at two children and a staff member. an investigation was

launched and this morning a 35 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm . downing street says bodily harm. downing street says the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister, following a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to. sir keir starmer has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog lord alli faces a probe over what is being called the alleged non—registration of interests. he's one of the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister. but business and trade minister sarah jones says no rules have been broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for,

to help us get a labour government. but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe genuinely that the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles . are looking at those principles. >> the uk has announced it's giving up sovereignty of the chagos islands after more than half a century. the deal reached after years of negotiations, will see britain hand over the chagos islands to china ally mauritius. it includes the tropical atoll of diego garcia, which is home to a military base used by the uk and the us. under the agreement, the base will remain under uk and us jurisdiction for at least the next 99 years. but conservative leadership candidates reacted angrily, with former foreign secretary james cleverly labelling the government weak and robert jenrick saying there's been a surrender. tom

tugendhat says the move undermines our security . undermines our security. >> it does is it means that although the airbase, which is jointly uk us operated , is jointly uk us operated, is maintained for on a 99 year lease, the other outlying islands are going back to mauritian sovereignty. now there are many other countries which will be interested in a permanent base in the indian ocean. china being one of them and anti—racism campaigner and founder of kick it out. >> lord herman ouseley has died at the age of 79. he was chairman of kick it out for 25 years, which he founded to tackle racism and discrimination in football. the anti—discrimination charity announced lord ouseley's death on their x account, saying he died after a short illness . and died after a short illness. and those are the latest gb news headunes 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 to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you tatyana. excellent. now sir keir starmer was last night humiliated into coughing up more than six grand. but only six grand of the 107 owing, including taylor swift concert tickets and lady stormers designer frocks. you couldn't make it up. and the announcement comes as lord alli, the labour peer at the heart of the donations scandal, is to be investigated by the lords commissioner. will this move by the prime minister finally put a lid on the seemingly never ending freebie scandal? meanwhile, the government have decided to hand back the chagos islands back to mauritius after 200 years. now, did they think that was the answer to making the donations row go away? or is it simply fresh meat where we can say, what are they playing at? well, i'm joined now in the

studio by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, welcome back to westminster. first of all, a magnificent conference season. you really have been a busy bee. excellent work . thanks for that. back to work. thanks for that. back to business. why don't we start actually with this chagos islands story? it's developing quickly. it was announced at the start of my show, initially on the basis of the fact it was the right thing to do. and it was? yes. traditionally, of course, belonged to mauritius. but it's a key military base outpost with the uk and the usa there. it's a very strategically placed piece of terrain and finds itself today at the centre of a huge political storm. >> it, i think martin christie again, 3 or 4 weeks. i last saw you in person. that's right. it's a huge row. there's been talks going on about the chagos islands or the british indian ocean territory, which we've had in our control for nearly 200 years as the as the uk. we've we've lost the international battle for the stewardship of this territory because we kept control of the chagos islands

and importantly, the diego garcia uk, us base from which bombing of afghanistan took place in 2001, where we actually refuel and look after our at sea fleet of nuclear submarines. but the problem is the un voted unanimously against the right for the uk to have stewardship or sovereignty over those territories. and since brexit, i'm sorry to say that the european union has also moved away from backing our claim to that, to that land . so of course that, to that land. so of course they have. so back in, when liz truss, a tory prime minister, was in charge of this country and her foreign secretary was james cleverly, they started talks with the mauritius government. that's come to pass. now that we're going to hand over this territory to mauritius. but we have control over the diego , diego garcia, over the diego, diego garcia, airbase for 100 years and the foreign office say, don't panic, everybody, because after 100 years we can extend it. but if china has brought to bear its influence like it has already in mauritius, do we want to, for a start. and is this now

emboldening other countries who have their beady eye on uk territories overseas? i think gibraltar, i think the falklands, we are told not because majority of people by a vast majority of those countries or those areas. sorry for islanders and gibraltarians want to remain british. okay, that's fine. and the foreign office tell me there's only 2500 contractors, military contractors, military contractors in the chagos islands and 60 migrants. so there's no you're not being there's no you're not being there's people living there who aren't being done out of their land. >> and the line from downing street today is that this is to arrest wrongs of the past. so the inference here we did the wrong thing in the past. and that's the theme i think we're going to hear potentially a lot of from this labour government. they seem to be driven by these self—flagellating guilt of slavery. the empire, the colonies, the legacy. is this an early flash of the ankle about where the labor party might go? and if the argentinian president starts getting his chainsaw out ,

starts getting his chainsaw out, if the gibraltar's if king carlos starts rattling his sabre, are they going to go a bit scared? i think actually we should surrender more. >> so this decision is massively controversial, is maybe the most significant thing that's happened under this labour government. it causes problems for both labour and tories. let's take those in order with the labour party. they are not really trusted with our heritage, empire, that kind of thing. is it sits shakily on the shoulders of keir starmer and i just wonder exactly as you're saying, how does it look? how do they want to give away more bits of our old empire, the land which we have fought hard to preserve and look after all these years? and then you have this idea of showing some leg to those who want to, who covet parts of our territory overseas. falcons for the argentinians. gibraltar for spain. the tories, though , are not out of the though, are not out of the woods. we've heard from james cleverly calling it weak, weak, weak. and yet he started the ball rolling . source. in tom ball rolling. source. in tom tugendhat's campaign, one of the. he's obviously challenging james cleverly, now the frontrunner to be the tory

leader. he says that this decision by to push forward was started by james cleverly, he raised questions about and they say this is tom tugendhat's team. it raises questions about our commitment to the falkland islands. they are british, says tom tugendhat . no debate. he tom tugendhat. no debate. he says. full stop. tom won't trade away sovereignty, but look who has. they say , james cleverly. has. they say, james cleverly. he started it. it's happening. even though he says the talks may not have got to this point. >> and chris, it's black history month. dawn butler's in a bit of a pickle about video. she's posted out, but on a serious point, this is a conversations about reparations, about legacy , about reparations, about legacy, about reparations, about legacy, about britain's shameful heritage and past . are they all heritage and past. are they all going to start bubbling to the surface now? labour regime is in. and if we go down the route of reparations, this is this is something that has been talked about by a lot of backbench labour mps. are we going to a new era of apologising for the past, which could be mean , mean, past, which could be mean, mean, great giveaways in terms of territory and financial giveaways? >> there are claims on slavery reparations in parts of the west

indies. we know that we've got a pm who took the knee with angela varne and his deputy, you know, it's a slippery it's not going to happen. i mean, there's no you can't draw a line. this needs to be talks going on. we don't know these talks have been going on for, you know, five years or so. but people are going to look at this and worry. people might think, you know, all other, you know, the global framework is, is countries jostling for attention, working out who's weak, who's strong . we out who's weak, who's strong. we are ceding territory today. whatever you think about that, it's not a great look globally. i would argue. and also i would argue what the us really think. president biden says no problem here. it secures the base for 100 years. but why does the us need us anymore? well, that was our sovereign, sovereign base. diego garcia. it meant we were relevant to the us . we're just relevant to the us. we're just a bit less relevant now. and that's not a great thing. >> an excellent summary, chris. it's great to have you back in studio. i really, really miss you.thank studio. i really, really miss you. thank you very, very much for coming back to your spiritual home here with me in westminster. a bit of a bromance

going on. thank you. chris now moving on swiftly. let's speak now with the former mayor of middlesbrough, andy preston. andy, welcome to the show. you may have heard us there pontificating about a particular future direction, perhaps under the labour party. now, chris pointed out this was began this conversation by a previous regime james cleverly, who's quick to put the boot in today, even though he's got the ball rolling. nevertheless the accusation now is that we're giving away sovereign territory. it diminishes britain's standing internationally and it surrenders a key strategic military outpost. almost certainly to the chinese. was it really the right thing to do right now ? right now? >> hi, martin. >> hi, martin. >> good afternoon everyone . >> good afternoon everyone. >> good afternoon everyone. >> no, it doesn't look like the right thing to do and look to be really honest, i don't know the full ins and outs of this. >> and that's the point, is that none of us do. this has been sprung on us without any debate. surely, surely this should be debated and discussed and thought about a lot by the public. but in particular in the

house of commons. it looks suspicious to me. it looks like it's been rushed through, possibly from a few weeks ago, to get the pm out of a lot, a lot of hot water. >> is it going to work? >> is it going to work? >> is it going to work? >> i don't think so. i don't think his position is resolvable, but this looks very suspicious as well from the tory side. >> you know, as chris pointed out, james cleverly, clearly one of the architects now crying and wailing like it's being sprung on him, it doesn't all add up to me. i don't know the rights and wrongs, but we you, i and all of your viewers deserve to hear this debated in the house of commons. and that's got to happen. this is outrageous. >> i think you're exactly right, andy. this should have been debated. it's a big thing to just spring during a kind of recess moment. there was no debate. i'm joined by chris hope. actually. he wants to ask you a question. yeah. >> andy, i should explain the timing of this because the elections start tomorrow, in, in, in, in mauritius, in

mauritius. and that's why they felt they had to announce today before tomorrow. now there's lots of pressure on why he has not been announced during commons sitting. i know that david lammy, the foreign secretary, has spoken with the speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, to say there will be a statement on monday. almost certainly, but do you think that anyone can do anything? is this now set in stone, or should we demand a right to review or tweak the terms of this treaty? >> well, chris, i'm not a lawyer and i'm certainly not a lawyer when it comes to international land claims, but my gut feel is that until any deal is ever completely signed by the most senior person, it's always delayed at least, or possibly reversible. so. so i and politicians are cowards when pubuc politicians are cowards when public opinion is strong enough, they back down. so i have no doubt if there's enough fuss about this, if the public unite and make a really strong case, this will be delayed and possibly reversed . possibly reversed. >> but andy, what do you think we should think about a labour

government doing this? should viewers or listeners be suspicious of this government about our imperial past? is it a bit embarrassing having something called the british indian ocean territory? that's called british, frankly, a thousands of miles away. does that embarrass our leaders now? >> i think that there is a very significant element of the labour party that are deeply uncomfortable with the past. they want to apply present day morals to 200, 800, 1800 years ago, which doesn't work. and all of your viewers and i all, all know that the past is different and the future will be different to, our past was good and bad, just like everybody else's. we've got to stop apologising. and by the way, in case keir starmer is watching this, don't ever apologise on my behalf because whatever happened a thousand years ago was nothing to do with me or any of the gb news viewers. look we need a debate on this. we need to understand it. the government, i don't know about the legality of the mauritian elections or

parliament tomorrow, but surely this has been sprung on us. clearly it's come as a shock. >> and andy, the chinese must be just doing cartwheels. they're getting there their finest box of fireworks out because they know 99 years to. they are empire builders. they work over epochs at a glacial speed. they don't care how long it takes. they've softly taken over a lot of africa and its mineral bases without firing a single shot. they'll be licking their lips. that now these islands will be up for grabs in the mere blink of an eye. 99 years time. >> absolutely . and you and i >> absolutely. and you and i think of that as a as a long penod think of that as a as a long period of time. and our politicians come and go. but in china, there's one party that runs the show, and i'm sure that in 100 years there's one party that runs the show. so they think much longer term. and absolutely, this is great news. and the probability of chinese dominance in that part of the world, and dare i say globally, has just grown a little bit.

>> andy preston, excellent analysis. thank you very, very much for joining analysis. thank you very, very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. please come on here. more often. you're brilliant. thank you very much for joining you're brilliant. thank you very much forjoining us here on the much for joining us here on the show. and thank you, chris as well. that was excellent. now lots more on that story at 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now brace you very much. now brace yourselves. it's time now for the great british giveaway and the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. 36 grand could be yours. that's like having an extra £3,000 tax free in your bank account each and every month for an entire year. sound great? well, here's the details that you need to try and make it yours. >> you could be the next great british giveaway winner with a whopping £36,000 in tax free cash in your bank account. imagine getting the winning phone call for that. >> you never expect to win. it was unexpected. >> of course i only put in one little entry. >> i blocked the phone number to start with. >> i say get your entries in and if i can win it, anybody can win

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news home security editor mark white mark white joe biden is being joe biden. tell us more . being joe biden. tell us more. >> well, yeah, i mean, i think he's overstepped here. and i'm not sure that the israeli government will thank him for revealing that the any israeli attack on iran will not happen today. that's exactly how he phrased it to reporters. he was asked if he would allow israel to launch a retaliatory set of strikes on iran. he said, first of all, it's not for us to tell israel that they can't strike. we merely advise. and then he said, and anyway, nothing is going to happen today. said, and anyway, nothing is going to happen today . that's going to happen today. that's effectively giving the regime in tehran that advance warning that, you know, if they do want tehran that advance warning that, you know, if they do want to move assets, individuals, to move assets, individuals, then there's not going to be any then there's not going to be any strike today, so i think, yes, overstepped strike today, so i think, yes, it sounds as though he has it sounds as though he has

overstepped here in terms of the information that he is now sharing with the world and in particular, of course, that regime in tehran as far as the operations today are concerned. well my alert system is going off again on my phone app telling me of more attacks into northern israel, 120 attacks or rockets that have gone across so far today, and the fighting is continuing and really quite intense in southern lebanon in a number of communities. another 25 villages in southern lebanon told by the israelis to evacuate and move out of harm's way as israel takes the fight to hezbollah, they're aiming to create effectively a buffer zone to push these hezbollah terrorists further north, north of the litani river, which would

just give that sort of extra buffer zone, that extra bit of warning to israel's air defence systems of any launches coming from southern lebanon , and also from southern lebanon, and also news from the israeli military, as we now look at live images of the lebanese capital, beirut, with smoke rising from buildings in central beirut, the idf confirming that they struck what they say was the intelligence headquarters of hezbollah, killing a number of operatives and mark white. >> meanwhile, there are reports that britain has been largely ineffective in its ability to assist both us and israeli forces in terms of our raf typhoons

forces in terms of our raf typhoo is this an embarrassment assist, is this an embarrassment for the united kingdom? mark >> well, it's certainly a worry, i think, for the united kingdom, for military planners, in terms of what might come from any adversary, you know, as far as ballistic missiles are concerned, they go up very high into the upper atmosphere, come down at high velocity in the terminal phase, and indeed, iran was using the latest batch of hypersonic ballistic missiles that they have . so the missile that they have. so the missile systems on the raf typhoon aircraft out of raf akrotiri in cyprus are just not equipped to deal with the ballistic missiles. back in april of this yean missiles. back in april of this year, when there was a launch of missiles and drones from iran , missiles and drones from iran, typhoons were able to shoot down some of those missiles because they were slower, low flying cruise missiles coming into iran .

cruise missiles coming into iran. thatis cruise missiles coming into iran. that is easier for both the typhoons and those type 45 ballistic missile air defence destroyers to deal with. but when you're talking about ballistic missiles , it's not ballistic missiles, it's not a capability, really that we have in terms of long—range ballistic missiles at the moment, the royal navy can deal with medium to short range ballistic missiles, but it is a gap in our capabilities that, without a doubt, is a concern to military chiefs. they will want that gap plugged as soon as possible. >> mark white an excellent summary as ever. thank you very much for joining summary as ever. thank you very much forjoining us. and as you can see there live pictures on your screen of smoke rising over by beirut as dusk begins to fall over the city. thank you mark white. now lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including to how sleeping in a tent compared to hugh hefner's playboy mansion in los angeles. well, one glamour model, louise

glover, who spent time in the notorious residence in los angeles, is going to tell us all about it in a moment. in fact, she's just walked into the studio. stick around for that fascinating tale. but first, here's your latest headlines with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. the top stories. let's start with some breaking news this hour that a woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young boys in a fire after she left them home alone to go to sainsbury's. devika rose had left her two sets of twins in the locked terrace house when the locked terrace house when the fatal blaze broke out on the evening of the 16th of december 2021. sentencing will take place next month. in other news, at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, according to lebanese officials . the israeli lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah

affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon . meanwhile, southern lebanon. meanwhile, hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating a southern lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. freelance journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon . lebanon. >> residents have been told to not return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be the sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war. and, and essentially that there will be,

that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period . for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatile situation . a man has been situation. a man has been arrested after a suspected acid attack, which seriously injured attack, which seriously injured a 14 year old girl outside a school in west london. the attack happened at around 4:40 pm. on monday at a school in alfred road, where a substance was allegedly thrown at two children and a staff member. an investigation was launched and this morning a 35 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm . causing grievous bodily harm. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an

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welcome back. 437 we've got a marvellous story for you now on martin daubney on gb news. now, how does hugh hefner's playboy mansion compared to sleeping in a tent? well, one model, louise glover, who spent time in the notorious mansion in los angeles, might be able to tell us. she's appeared on the cover of playboy vixens, and in 2006

became the first british model and the only one, i believe, to be crowned model of the year in playboy special editions. but times are very different now, and louise has had to move out of a shared flat in windsor and traded in for a tent full time as soaring rent has made it impossible to stay in the property, and louise glover very bravely joins me now in the studio. welcome to the show. now, you said you're a bit nervous. please don't. please don't be. >> i've never done live tv. >>— >> i've never done live tv. >> well, don't worry about that. iadded >> well, don't worry about that. i added a load of magazines back in the day, and you came to our 10th birthday party. in fact, you're in loaded magazine. a lot back in the day. you're a very, very successful and very, very popular model. let's start with the los angeles years. an extraordinary thing for anybody to have experienced. and you not only were living in the mansion with hugh hefner, the infamous lothario, you were crowned one

and such an incredible time and, and l, such an incredible time and, and i, and i really did live that life . life. >> and, you know, from being nine years old, always wanted to be a model. >> so at 21 years old, i'm stood with hugh hefner holding the front cover of a magazine that i'm on, playboy. >> and that was the first time i met him. >> i'd already he already chose me to be that model of the year. >> and i was told, no one's ever done this out of the usa. >> this, this, this magazine magazine cover shoot. >> and then obviously, the model of the year. and i was just like when i was told by the photographer that i'd won it. >> even he was shocked, not shocked that i couldn't have won it, but shocked because no one's won it outside the usa. >> and i was like, oh my god, this is brilliant. >> and then the next minute they actually flown over to the to london and we shot with the london and we shot with the london eye in the background. >> so it was quite an iconic shoot, to do my cover of the playboy magazine. >> so. >> so. >> and you moved into the mansion for a while? hugh called you the british carmen electra. you were one of his favourites, andifs you were one of his favourites, and it's renowned for its parties of course. so you must have had a few of those. must

have had a few of those. must have been wild times. >> fantastic parties. yeah. i mean, i met some incredible people. i met matthew perry , he people. i met matthew perry, he recently, you know, passed away from friends , paris hilton and from friends, paris hilton and snoop dogg. they got us on the stage dancing with snoop dogg. it was an incredible time. >> and obviously everyone knows now who snoop dogg is . now who snoop dogg is. >> he's, you know, he's such a lovely guy as well. and you know, just like hugh hefner, he was such a gentleman. and i will forever respect him. >> and everyone at playboy for the love and the support and the fact that, you know, they, they, they helped me go from just a model to something more that i could never imagine. >> you know, with all the work that came off the back of playboy was absolutely incredible. you know, being on all the covers of all the magazines, it was amazing. and you were on giant billboards. >> you were modelling for nike, for reebok. you're earning thousands of pounds a day. well absolutely. like living the dream in terms of a model's lifestyle. and then things began to change. tell us about this astonishing story. i think i saw

it in the sun, you're now in a tent in a field? yeah. outside. is it? of reading . how did that happen? >> well, i've been living in windsor for four years, and, i can't get back into windsor at the moment. the rents have gone ridiculous. >> what were you paying for your rent? >> i was paying 550 a month, and then the landlord just turned round one day and said, i need to pay 750, and i didn't really have a proper tenancy agreement. and i looked through it and i said, oh, can we get something in writing? and he was like, oh, so in the end, i wrote a tenancy agreement out from off the internet and i got it all signed. but then he went, if you're not going to pay the extra £250 a month, then you're going to have to move out. and i was like, well, you're going to have to give me four weeks. i can't just move out. i've got nowhere to go. and he i think he thought he could just throw me out there. and then and he said, i've got someone that's going to move in that's going to pay seven, £800 a month. and i was just like, oh, so it kind of left me in the lurch. and that, that actually brought on like these really heavy headaches. i was in and out of a&e for two

weeks because i didn't. i thought i was having a stroke because i was that stressed in that moment. i didn't have a plan. i didn't know what to do. so the two first weeks of the four weeks, i was very, very stressed out, like i was having these these migraines and headaches. and for two weeks solid. they didn't go away. and then, i one day i went to do a promotional job, which is like a festival events. and all of a suddeni festival events. and all of a sudden i thought, i want to this was over in cheltenham and i thought, oh, i won't have to get a tent and stay in a tent because i can't afford to stay in like the hotels, because by the time i've spent my money on travel and this and that. so i went and got the tent and i thought maybe this would be the way i can go for a few months or so. you know, and it's it was still summer a few months back when i, when i became homeless. so, you know, i got the tent and i got all the cooking equipment and what have you from the money i got from some of the jobs i did and i thought, you know what? i'm going to i'm going to go and be a free spirit for a bit, and i'm going to have to just do my own thing. and you know what? it was the biggest mental relief, to be able to have my own space. i mean, that

was so liberating. absolutely. and so astonishing story. >> and, you know, you've you've been literally in the, in the playboy mansion in los angeles to attend in redding, but one thing i genuinely admire about your story is that you've had approaches to do work on things like onlyfans, and you've said you've been very, very resolutely clear that you don't want to do that. tell us why you made that brave and astonishing decision that would be easy money for you. but you don't want to do it because you've got principles. >> it's not that it's easy money. it's a boundary i won't cross now. i mean, you know, i did a topless in the nude back in the days, and i feel like one you're going to go back on yourself and two, i feel and i've said it before, i many people i've spoken to and many, you know, i just know it's full of manipulative men and it's not for me. when i did modelling, i would go and do a photoshoot. you'd get paid or however it worked, and you'd go home and you go home and the next day you go and do another photoshoot and you don't have to deal and talk to the guy side of it, you know, just because you eat the cow

doesn't mean you want to meet the cow. i know it's a random saying, but you know, this was my job and it's a different i think the stigma attached to it isn't great as well. but i think when the pandemic hit a lot of people went to onlyfans due to the fact that there was no work from home and they couldn't work in a studio as normal, so they would like lap dancers or the station go, or however it worked. those sort of girls went to the onlyfans. i didn't know anything about it until after lockdown. and you heard about it towards the end of lockdown. but you know, i don't feel like it's, i don't know. i've gained a hell of a lot of respect for myself. and i look back on the topless in nude days and i think i was very, carefree, i'd say in my 20s. and i've just learned to love myself. i've learned to . love myself. i've learned to. i've just become a better person. i love who i've become , person. i love who i've become, and i don't feel i need to go back on myself in life, if that makes sense. but i don't feel there's money there for me , there's money there for me, because if i was going to do it and i'd say, let's say i was going to go do topless, no one's going to go do topless, no one's

going to go do topless, no one's going to be interested in that or nude, like the playboy and they're going to want more than that. and i'm not willing to go down that route. so can i ask you about where life is going for you now? >> there's been a huge response to this, not only in terms of a huge amount of sympathy for you. you've been incredibly brave and forthright to come out, but also it's a it's a tale your extraordinary tale of the reflection of the cost of living crisis. how many, many people are struggling? what's the response been people offered out to reach out and help you? >> oh, so many fans want me to stay at the house. oh dear. oh you can come to mine. i'll keep you can come to mine. i'll keep you warm. and it's all fun and games. it's, you know, it's no joke. you know, there's the situation is what it is. i've got my tent, i've got my setup. but you know, i'm grateful people are being so kind and lovely. but it's not for me, i would not be taking that opportunity at all, but i really need my own space in my own way, but, you know, there's a lot of people that's reached out saying, oh, my god, you're an inspiration. i can't believe you've got a tent. that's a great idea. obviously, over the summer months , and i don't know summer months, and i don't know what i'm going to do next. i've not thought that far ahead. i'm just taking one day at a time. but i've had a lot of families

contact me going, we're in the same situation as you, but you know , we're staying in a shed know, we're staying in a shed or, you know, i've got kids and i'm like, there's a lot more people out there than you think that are actually homeless and homeless doesn't mean you need to sleep on the street and go down to the homeless. you know, for the food and things, you know , homeless can be it's under know, homeless can be it's under a lot of umbrellas of different people and different sofa. >> you can be all sorts. >>— >> you can be all sorts. >> exactly that, exactly that. and, you know, i have a dog business i absolutely adore dogs. since i went backpacking. >> the dog walking business. you do. right? >> yeah, yeah. so this has been my little thing for the last few years, and i've been trying to build it. and then sometimes i get somewhere with it and then i don't. and then if i go abroad and do like the backpacking because it's a lot cheaper than living here sometimes, and i'm not very good with the cold. and my bones have got brittle bone disease. so i, you know, i tend to dogs because i don't know, i just trust them and love them. and i think where i lost my mum and dad several years ago, i decided, to go travelling some backpacking. and because of that i worked with a lot of rescue

dogs and then when i came back to the uk after all this backpacking, i was like, what am i going to do now? so i set up my own little dog business walking them, and sometimes i get some house sits, which is i've only had a couple this summer, which is a shame because that could have turned the situation around for me and give me a chance to save. and it hasn't really worked out the way i was hoping it should, but i'm still in work. it's just that i'm not getting enough work with with everything. >> so i'm hoping that people watching this now see that, you know, you're a wonderful person. thanks for sharing your story. thanks for sharing your story. thanks for sharing your story. thanks for being so brave and coming on tv. did a great job. >> thank you very much. i was like, oh no, thank you very much. >> it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. thank you. thank you very much. now coming up, gb news can exclusively reveal that a video previously posted by dawn butler to mark black history month contained pictures of convicted black terrorists, cop killers and even a rapist. charlie peters will be with us soon to give us the scoop on martin daubney on gb news. britain's news

welcome back to 10 to 5. martin daubney on gb news now. a labour mp has deleted her video celebrating black history month , after gb black history month, after gb news revealed that her footage contained a celebratory collage of convicted murderers and sex offenders. dawn butler had shared a spoke verse video where she celebrated african freedom fighters, but the clips include of photos of several criminals. and shall we put it, controversial figures. well, with more on this now, as the reporter who got the scoop is our national reporter, charlie peters, who joins me in the studio an astonishing story. let's start first with the original video posted by miss butler. >> well, martin dawn butler, the labour mp for brent east, published this spoken verse, this poem video , on her profile this poem video, on her profile earlier this week to commemorate the start of black history month. and it had already attracted quite a lot of criticism because it included

some rather suspicious theories about the origins of blacks in britain. she described herself as the first ones the chosen ones, saying you won't say who you is are the weird ones and the violent ones. she also makes reference to her skin colour and saying why are you trying to get a suntan? insinuating that people are trying to mimic blackness by virtue of tanning, which is obviously a quite cunous which is obviously a quite curious statement to make. so it came under some criticism, but i watched it through, and i couldn't help but notice that halfway through the video, there's a collage of faces. there's a little gathering of some portraits, and i recognised a few of them as being rather controversial characters and one of them, assata shakur, she's actually on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list because she murdered a police officer and went on the run, escaping from a prison in 1979. also on that collage is a khalid abdul muhammed, who was a member of the nation of islam group . he the nation of islam group. he once said that the pope was a no good cracker, which is a

derogatory term for white people , derogatory term for white people, and also said that jews were bloodsuckers from blacks. so a very controversial and hateful language. there were also other people on there, eldridge cleaver, who was a convicted rapist. he once described rape as an insurrectionary act, saying that he was trampling on white men's laws. now, as you can imagine, that attracted quite a lot of concern. when i saw it. i raised it with the labour party. they didn't say anything, but eventually , after anything, but eventually, after we put the story out. dawn butler has retracted that video andindeed butler has retracted that video and indeed she has issued a statement. >> and here it is. statement. >> and here it is . she said, as >> and here it is. she said, as someone who takes great pride in championing equity, equality and diversity for all communities, he wants a society where people live in peace and harmony and the eradication of racism and a world free of violence , world free of violence, especially women and girls. i have edited the video. charlie, there's one word missing from that. the word. sorry. >> yes, indeed . and she doesn't >> yes, indeed. and she doesn't even specify who within that

video, within those photos she disagrees with. and both actions and words. who in particular is she regretting to have shared? i think she should have specified when we put this out there. she didn't give us a statement. the labour party refused to comment and alka sehgal cuthbert, who runs the anti—racism group don't divide us, said that the government's silence on this was shocking. lee anderson, the reform mp he told me that labour must act, but it seems with their silence they're unlikely to do so. >> charlie peters great scoop , >> charlie peters great scoop, thank you very much for giving it to us here on gb news. now don't go anywhere because i'll be talking about that massively controversial decision by the labour party today to hand back the chagos islands to mauritius. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. now here's your weather and it's on a critic . a critic. >> heavy showers. first thing will be followed by a warm, cosy day . boxt will be followed by a warm, cosy day. boxt boilers will be followed by a warm, cosy day . boxt boilers sponsors of

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>>a >> a very very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. and of course all across the uk. on today's show, the government have handed over the chagos islands to mauritius after 200 years of british rule. after a decades long dispute. but just what could this mean for gibraltar and the falklands? are we about to see a great british giveaway of sovereign territory under the labour party ? an under the labour party? an extraordinary claims from former defence secretary ben wallace, who said the uk can't defend israel from missile attacks as the raf were relegated to a supporting role when iran bombarded the middle eastern

nafion bombarded the middle eastern nation on tuesday evening. we'll get all the reaction to this and a labour mp is once again at the centre of a race row, and this time gb news can exclusively reveal that. a video previously posted by dawn butler to mark black history month contains pictures of convicted black terrorists, cop killers and even a rapist. we'll get all reaction to this story that exclusively broke here on gb news. and that's all coming up in your next hour . what's the show? you next hour. what's the show? you may not have heard of the chagos islands in the middle of the indian ocean that belong to mauritius, but there are key strategic outposts for the british and the us government. there are sovereign territory. until today, the labour party pulled the plug on that ahead of elections in mauritius on monday. the great british giveaway what next? the

falklands? gibraltar is this the direction of travel we can expect from the labour party? are they out to settle scores of history? is it guilt? is it slavery ? is it the empire? is it slavery? is it the empire? is it the colonies? what next? is this a beginning of a worrying trend of the labour party giving away british sovereignty? and what does that say to you ? well, does that say to you? well, here's your way to let me know. you go to gbnews.com forward slash your say. i should be joined by dame andrea jenkins for her take on that. but first, here's your headlines and it's tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories. at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, according to lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon.

meanwhile hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating a southern lebanese village . israel is lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. freelance journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon . in the south of lebanon. >> residents have been told to not return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be this sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war, and, and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here

for, for an extended period . for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatile situation . a 47 year old man has situation. a 47 year old man has become the first ever person to become the first ever person to be sentenced for conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation . commit female genital mutilation. imad karki has been sentenced to four and a half years for conspiracy to commit fgm and forced marriage, the judge said. fgm is a barbaric practice, often inflicted on young and vulnerable girls . a man has been vulnerable girls. a man has been arrested after a suspected acid attack, which seriously injured attack, which seriously injured a 14 year old girl outside a school in west london. the attack happened at around 4:40 pm. on monday at a school in alfred road, where a substance was allegedly thrown at two

children and a staff member. an investigation was launched and this morning, 835 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm . causing grievous bodily harm. downing street said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister, following a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of a row over the donations to. sir keir starmer has been placed under investigation by the house of lords . standards watchdog of lords. standards watchdog lord alli faces a probe over what is being called the alleged non—registration of interests. he's one of the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister. but business and trade minister sarah jones says no rules have been broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party,

which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government, but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe genuinely , that the prime genuinely, that the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles how. >> now. >> the uk has announced it's giving up sovereignty. if the chagos islands after more than half a century. the deal, reached after years of negotiations, will see britain hand over the chagos islands to china ally mauritius. it includes the tropical atoll of diego garcia, which is home to a military base used by the uk and the us. under the agreement, the base will remain under uk and us jurisdiction for at least the next 99 years. but conservative leadership candidates reacted angrily, with former foreign secretary james cleverly labelling the government weak and robert jenrick saying there's been a surrender. tom

tugendhat says the move undermines our security. >> it does as it means that although the air base, which is jointly uk us operated, is maintained for on a 99 year lease, the other outlying islands go back to mauritian sovereignty. >> now there are many other countries which will be interested in a permanent base interested in a permanent base in the indian ocean. china being one of them . one of them. >> and anti—racism campaigner and founder of kick it out. lord herman ouseley has died at the age of 79. he was chairman of kick it out for 25 years, which he founded to tackle racism and discrimination in football. the anti—discrimination charity announced. lord owsley's death on its x account, saying he died after a short illness . and those after a short illness. 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 . forward slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana. now the government have decided to hand back the chagos islands to mauritius after 200 years of british rule and following a decades long dispute. did they think this was the answer to making the donations row with lord alli go away? well, it hasn't had that effect because people are talking about this incessantly and i'm joined now incessantly and i'm joined now in our studio by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, a lot of people may not have heard of the chagos islands until today, but they are strategically imperative to the united kingdom. there are key military outposts in the indian ocean. they are also used by the us military out of the blue today, surrendered by the labour government. and a lot of people are saying, could this be the

direction of travel? the great british giveaway? what next? the falklands or perhaps even gibraltar? >> a giveaway without the big money that gb news offers in its competition? martin. that's right. i mean , james cleverly is right. i mean, james cleverly is saying weak, weak, weak about this. he's obviously a former foreign secretary. he wants to be the next tory leader, but he's concerned tories are concerned about why on earth we've we've given away this british indian ocean territory with the chagos islands. we've been losing argument for about eight years on this ever since the brexit vote, we lost the support of the european union to have sovereignty over that. we lost a vote in the un. i think in 2019, the big the strategic importance importance is the diego garcia base on there. that means that we can our nuclear subs can go in there and get some work done to them. it's a deep water port. often after 9/11, us bombers took off from there and bombed afghanistan in there and bombed afghanistan in the hunt for osama bin laden. so it's really important. of course , it's really important. of course, it's really important. of course, it's a it's a bulwark against chinese influence in the region . chinese influence in the region. china increasingly involved in mauritius. these talks have been

going on for a while, and it's kick started a fight in the tory party and labour party. let's start with the labour party. for a start, the party isn't trusted about elements of empire. we saw keir starmer take the knee with angela rayner. this could be a bit of an embarrassment, one feels, for, for this government a legacy of the past they want to move on from. is that why they're letting it go? and also we're giving away a key, a uk base with other us to use it, but it's a further reason why we're important to america through that special relationship. that's the labour concern, i think about labour. what what what else might go gibraltar, the falklands, foreign office say no, because most people living there want to remain british. but frankly, how long will that last for? and you know, the world is made up of countries jostling for attention , countries jostling for attention, jostling to get one over on each other. if we are seen to be weak on territory, that's bad. and just briefly, martin, about the tories, you might think that it's an easy hit for the tories. it isn't because james cleverly started these debates when he

was foreign secretary under liz truss, he says weak , weak, weak. truss, he says weak, weak, weak. he's attacking labour for doing this and others are campaigning. tom tugendhat's team, of course, he's campaigned to be the next tory leader. he says this is started by james cleverly. he started by james cleverly. he started the negotiation and it raised questions about our commitment as a country to the falkland islands. he's saying they're british. he says no debate,. tom won't trade away sovereignty. so it's kicking off everywhere, across all of politics in different ways because of this, a big call. and i would argue the most important call made by keir starmer since he became prime minister to get rid of sovereign uk territory. >> and it's hugely controversial . >> and it's hugely controversial. and of course, in the wings, the chinese dragon , the fangs will chinese dragon, the fangs will be dripping. this is territory that they would absolutely worship to get a hold of. and we know mauritius is already friendly with beijing. a 99 year lease we would have on this 99 years to the chinese is the blink of an eye. the chinese

communist party think in epochs. they think in long term gains. they've taken over huge tranches of africa and its mineral deposits without shooting a single shot. and mauritius , single shot. and mauritius, surely there will be a key strategic target for them . strategic target for them. >> that's right. and there could be mineral rights around the chagos islands. you didn't know about fishing rights and the like. about fishing rights and the uke.the about fishing rights and the like. the foreign office say this is not like hong kong. now hong kong was given back to the chinese under the tory government, i think in 1990, 97, under an agreement signed and margaret thatcher was criticised. but we, we gave it back. foreign office say we can extend the lease after 100 years, but frankly , if china has years, but frankly, if china has got its claws into mauritius on just next to our base in diego diego garcia, why on earth would we try and do that? a big worry for many. >> okay, well, let's now speak to the former conservative mp, dame andrea jenkyns, who joins us on the show. dame andrea, always a pleasure to have you accompany an astonishing development. what's your talk about surrendering territory here? british territory again

without a shot being fired ? without a shot being fired? >> i mean, i think on two fronts. the issue is, number one, it's probably, a tactic to know more to see here, regarding all the sleaze that's been surrounded by starmer, it's moved the story onto something else because it was going to it was carrying on another day, wasn't it. so i think there's the timing of it, i'm quite suspicious of personally. and the second thing is , look for the second thing is, look for years, we know that the left are being put in trigger notices on our literature, the empire, has been a thing, to not be proud of where the left are concerned. it's a thing to be ashamed of. they want us to pay money to our, to these former countries, of ours in our empire. our, to these former countries, of ours in our empire . so of ours in our empire. so i think this is a next step for them. i'm afraid , martin, and them. i'm afraid, martin, and it's deeply concerning . it's deeply concerning. especially what chris has said as well as we all know, china will be desperate to get their

teeth into this. so the strategic, elements is a concern, but it also shows you , concern, but it also shows you, how starmer's got zero judgement not only on international affairs, but on domestic as well. >> okay. dame andrew, i'm joined in the studio by that man chris hope. he's got a question for you , andrew. you, andrew. >> i know it's under labour's watch. this has happened. but to what extent are you to blame your party under james cleverly? he started the talks and this is where they've got to. >> i mean, i wasn't even aware , >> i mean, i wasn't even aware, so i don't know if that was kept hush hush at the time from when i was an mp, but had i known that at the time, i would have spoke out about it, >> chris, to be honest with you, i think how stupid of james to have even started those talks as well. i especially if you look at at the moment, what's going on globally , these strategic on globally, these strategic locations, these allies, you know, we need to be working together, not handing it back and leaving them open to the likes of china jumping in there. it's so i'd say whether it's

james or labour, it is a ridiculous thing to do. >> andrew, you called james cleverly stupid there. he says it's a ridiculous choice. this isn't really why we thought brexit britain was going to behave post that vote. we thought we'd be striding out into the world, confident in our newfound independence. but we're surrendering territory thousands of miles away. what on earth is going on? and why can't our political class get a grip ? political class get a grip? >> and so, out of touch as well with the, with the british public? i mean, look at harking back to thatcher's times. you know, i was only a child then , know, i was only a child then, and defending the falkland islands, you know, we've still got that spirit in britain. and i'm deeply concerned what is going to do next. you mentioned gibraltar as well. the falkland islands. what are they going to do next, chris and dame andrea, thatis do next, chris and dame andrea, that is the question. >> do you think that there is this feeling that the direction of travel under the labour party, we here before they got into power, so many

conversations about the guilt of empire, of the colonial times, of slavery, there's been talk of reparations in the past from backbenchers who have been shackled, been silenced in recent years, but now they're in power. do you think this is a taste of things to come ? taste of things to come? >> completely. and we've got a taste with our universities as i said earlier, martin, this is a taste of things to come. and this is why we need a strong leader. we need both conservatives and reform to, you know, somehow unite over this issue and fight this together because the lib dems are not going to fight it. you know, the both parties need to be standing up for the british public on this. now >> and dame and dame andrea, do you think this might impact james cleverly's leadership contest? if it was something that happened on his watch? it's an embarrassing last minute revelation to have dropped out at this key moment as the as the as the members start to weigh up who could be the next leader if james cleverly was happy with the great british giveaway like this, maybe my impact, his

chances ? chances? >> it's possible. i mean, i haven't got a crystal ball, but, i don't agree with the decision. if there's truth behind that. but let's not forget next week it's the mps is narrowing the two down. so, you know, the power lies with them at the moment. >> and chris, got a question for you. >> i just wondered, andrea, if you were declaring yet who are you were declaring yet who are you backing , you backing, >> well, i've sort of been thinking of robert. >> so i'm just sort of really deciding what to do at the moment , and i deciding what to do at the moment, and i think, look, i'm not an mp, so i don't get to vote for those, those final two. >> but dame andrea , do you think >> but dame andrea, do you think that it's, it's possible for the conservatives to turn it around? nigel farage is saying the brand is broken, they very much were trying to position themselves, certainly mrjenrick, as almost the mini nigel this week is that enough or actually was there ample opportunity of 14 years in

power to get all those promises done that they were delivering these past few days? none of them actually materialised when they had the chance. >> i mean, look, we've seen lots of issues in government. let's not forget brexit, those turbulent years which actually took our energies away from other things, you know, trying to stop brexit out. we saw, you know, i was a big proponent of brexit, we saw also the issues with covid, and the war in ukraine, the energy crisis . so ukraine, the energy crisis. so unfortunately it's not exactly been peace time for the conservative government these last few years. now, can they come back? well, as i said, you know, quite openly, even before the election, i labour's got a big majority now, a massive majority. and i said before the election, somehow both parties need to work together in some loose arrangement as we get closer to an election. otherwise how are we going to get rid of this disastrous labour government? who i'm quite

ashamed of? britain with them at the helm. >> so de—man just to kind of press you on that point, jacob rees—mogg talks about those 98 seats where the reform party came second. would you like to see that kind of almost non—aggression pact, let reform have a run at labour in those areas, and perhaps reform let the conservative party have a room where they can't win a kind of behind the scenes deal to ensure that there's an alliance. >> i mean , look, i sort of met >> i mean, look, i sort of met with reform, and i also met with, rishi, prior to the election about april time. and i said, red wall seats like mine. i was willing to do this. said, red wall seats like mine. i was willing to do this . why i was willing to do this. why can't i stand as a conservative and reform candidate and let mps have that option? and that way it's uniting the right against laboun it's uniting the right against labour. i said we should be taking the fight to labour, not to each other. and i floated that as an idea. so i think there's so many different opfions there's so many different options that we could look at. i know at the moment reforms, you know, they're on the crest of a wave. they've got all these

increase in membership, etc, so they won't consider that at the moment. but let's see, near an election where both parties are what state our wonderful country is in by then under labour. and let's see whether we can bang heads together and de—man, may i ask you, when you put that idea to rishi sunak, the former prime minister, what was his response? >> rishi wasn't against it initially. >> i mean, he kept his cards close to his chest, but my understanding because i had a 1 to 1 meeting with him, my understanding is, he got talked out of it, quite easily. >> so there we go. there could be a future direction of travel for a conversation like that. thank you for sharing that with us exclusively. marvellous. thank you. former conservative mp and great friend of the show, dame andrea jenkyns. my there you go. thank you very much. and thank you to you, chris hope. time now for the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. we're not giving away chris hope. don't get your thoughts too excited. £36,000 could be yours. that's like having an extra £3,000 tax free in your

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news, the people's channel. britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 5:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. yet again more concerning news for our armed forces as defence experts, including former defence secretary ben wallace , defence secretary ben wallace, have warned that our armed forces are unable to protect israel from iranian ballistic missile attacks. raf typhoon jets are believed to lack the weapons needed to repel such an attack, including the one launched by iran on tuesday when it fired almost 200 long—range missiles in its biggest assault yet on israel, where the uk was relegated quite simply to a supporting role. let's speak now to the defence analyst chris newton. chris, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. embarrassing, is it to not find out that our our typhoons aren't really capable of protecting

israel and our type 45 anti—missile destroyers likewise anti —missile destroyers likewise would anti—missile destroyers likewise would struggle to respond hardly projects power on the world stage . stage. >> good afternoon. yeah, i mean, it's you know, it's really frustrating from from my perspective. >> and the key reason why we were unable to contribute in the interception of, of the missiles is that iran fired ballistic missiles and our typhoons, and, and our other air defence systems are just not designed to, to tackle those types of , of missiles. >> so it does expose a capability gap there. >> and, and ultimately it just shows a complete lack of foresight from the, the establishment and from people who have been in charge of around our armed forces and defence over the past ten, 20 years to leave this capability

gap in place. >> and chris, could i also ask you about the chagos islands? we've seen today that sovereign control of them has been surrendered by the labour government. and undoubtedly as sure as night follows day, in 100 years time, the chinese must be licking their lips at the prospect. they're already politically and philosophically augned politically and philosophically aligned with mauritius. surely they'll be swooping in, don't you think? this is another strategic blunder ? strategic blunder? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> just when you think this, this government couldn't get any worse and couldn't make any sort of poor strategic decisions , of poor strategic decisions, they've made another one and it just highlights my concern about this government that they seem to think that foreign policy only resides in on the european continent and with the eu and despite all of the rhetoric about aukus, a few weeks ago or even last week , the and the even last week, the and the government's, you know, saying that it stands by aukus and it's

committed to the indo—pacific region, then it does something like this. you know, it doesn't match up. there's no alignment and there's no understanding that as a maritime island, as a maritime nation, you know, our ability to influence, the, region's, oceans and our, our, our ability to station our ships and our facilities is absolutely crucial for our security . our crucial for our security. our security is global. it is not just continental. just to link it to what you were discussing earlier in the programme. >> and, chris, do you think this may embolden, for example, the president of argentina to start rattling his chainsaw to make a play rattling his chainsaw to make a play for the falkland islands and perhaps even nearer to home gibraltar? once we start, once it looks like the mood is that we're in the mood for a great british giveaway. surely other foreign leaders will come knocking on our door. >> well, it does. i mean, it

doesn't send a great message. it doesn't send a great message. it does send a message that, you know , that we're open for know, that we're open for negotiation on on these things. and, and it does send a message about our resolve and our, you know, our, our resolve to, to engage with the world. and as i say, broader than the than the european union. and these things send messages not just to argentina and spain, but but they also send a message wider to russia and iran about again , to russia and iran about again, our our ability, our our commitment to , to global commitment to, to global security and, and our commitments to the world. >> makes you wonder, chris newton, if the mindset now isn't one of projecting global british power , but actually of saying power, but actually of saying sorry for the past and all of the great giveaway that that could entail. chris newton defence analyst always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you for your time here today on gb news lots more still to come between now and

6:00, including after years of complaints from unions over pay and working conditions. we now have a new excuse from train drivers who won't drive a £1 billion new fleet of trains because they don't like the windscreen wipers. you couldn't make it up. that's coming next. but first, here's your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, to according lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon. meanwhile, hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces infiltrating a southern lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to

launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. >> and again today in the south of lebanon, residents have been told not to return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be the sort of limited operation. and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war, and, and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period . for, for an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country . yesterday, of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as

help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatile situation . downing street says situation. downing street says the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister, following a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to. sir keir starmer has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. lord alli faces a probe over what is being called the alleged non—registration of interests. he's one of the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister and a woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young boys in a fire after she left them home alone to go to sainsbury's. devika rose had left her two sets of twins in the locked terrace house when the fatal blaze broke out in the evening of the 16th of december 2021. sentencing will take place next month . and those are the latest

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>> welcome back your time is 537. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. you cannot believe this next story. let's get things back on track and ask all britain's trade unions completely off the rails. it's been revealed that a £1 billion fleet of brand new passenger trains has been sitting in storage for years. wait for it because the train drivers trade union aslef objects to the size of their windscreen wipers. well, to discuss this further, i can give you, i give the

platform now to the editor of greater london transport newsletter, richard town. richard, thank you for joining us on the show. now we've heard about the wrong kind of leaves. we've heard about the wrong kind of ice. but seriously, the wrong kind of windscreen wipers. what on earth's going on? >> well, i only came across this late yesterday evening myself, >> and, passed it on, and then , >> and, passed it on, and then, had to call the calls back . had to call the calls back. apparently these, 90 trains, nine zero trains have been sitting at eastleigh sidings down near southampton since 2017, would you believe? and it is because they are, not agreed to by the rail unions that they've been sitting there. well, you can ask the question, railway carriages and rolling stock are the subject of the

rail industry safety and standards boards . they pass out standards boards. they pass out the testing to the rail testing companies , and i would not think companies, and i would not think that it companies, and i would not think thatitis companies, and i would not think that it is any part of the union's job to turn round and say, our members are not going to run those trains . and it is to run those trains. and it is for the management and it is for the rail industry safety and standards board to say what trains are safe and what trains are not, but it gets worse. since 2017, when the trains were ordered and the first, turned up in 2020, southwest trains , in 2020, southwest trains, commuters from waterloo have been stuck , riding around in been stuck, riding around in rolling stock , which is up to 40 rolling stock, which is up to 40 years old and 40 years old in safety as well . so this is, safety as well. so this is, a situation which should not have

happened, has been happening and is being kept quiet and shovelled under the carpet by the department of transport under two previous tory transport secretaries . transport secretaries. >> and richard, what kind of signal , pun >> and richard, what kind of signal, pun intended, does this send out? it surely shows that the unions are the ones they're the unions are the ones they're the tail wagging the dog. these trains are operational in many countries. not a peep. no problem at all. and they're saying now that the wipers are too big on one side, so it prevents drivers from seeing signals. stop go signals on one side. they've got the biggest. they've got windscreens about as big as a jumbo jet. richard, i put it to you. this isn't actually a safety issue. it's a union issue. it's them downing tools because they're trying to negotiate more pay deals . negotiate more pay deals. >> oh, indeed. right. and louise hay, made it a condition of her

15.9% settlement, on average, with the train drivers that this objection to these, to these new rolling stock , was swept aside rolling stock, was swept aside suddenly they're safe. they're all safe. and, south west trains confirmed to me this afternoon that they would be rolling them out, as soon as , as soon as out, as soon as, as soon as possible. you can see one here on the left hand side. and now the situation goes to show you what we have. if you ever go back to having a command economy in this country , instead of in this country, instead of a demand economy , i say that, demand economy, i say that, grant shapps, a previous transport secretary and, and the last transport secretary were either not told of this situation or were told of this

situation or were told of this situation and kept shtoom about it. >> richard town absolutely. first class commentary. that's my final train of the day. magnificent. thank you. let's get those trains are rolling. thank you very much for joining us here on gb news now. emad kaki, 47, was jailed at nottingham crown court today for four and a half years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation and forced marriage. our east midlands reporter will hollis has this story. >> reporter here at nottingham crown court, emad kaki has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for conspiring to commit fgm after he made arrangements to send a young girl to iraq , where she would be girl to iraq, where she would be subjected to female genital mutilation and forced into an arranged marriage today. speaking in court , judge nirmal speaking in court, judge nirmal shant said that fgm is a barbaric practice, often

inflicted on young and vulnerable girls and that there would have been lasting effects if he had succeeded in his plans. the 47 year old was given what the judge described as a substantial sentence, to act as an appropriate deterrent. now he has been sentenced to four and a half years, a concurrent sentence for the crimes of conspiracy to commit fgm, but also to commit a forced marriage. but the judge conceded that he is unlikely to offend again. the crown prosecution service today said there is no place for this unacceptable and abhorrent practice in society. female genital mutilation is the act of changing or removing a woman's sexual organs, and is most prevalent in parts of the middle east, africa and asia . middle east, africa and asia. >> we need to have an entire national conversation about fgm in the united kingdom. the

figures are astonishing. the first serious prosecution today. and yet, can you believe there have been 37,615 cases of fgm reporting to nhs doctors since 2015, and there were 6655 last year alone. and that is up. these these numbers are going up every year. we've got a serious problem with female genital mutilation in britain happening either overseas and then the nhs has to deal with it. back on british soil or god forbid, its actually happening on british soil there. that man there , you soil there. that man there, you find it astonishing that the prosecutions for this are so few and far between. we need seriously to have a proper look at this, as we did with the grooming gangs. we cannot bury our head in the sand. this needs to be looked at pronto . now. now to be looked at pronto. now. now our next story is off the

scales. we'll be speaking to a chip shop owner who's gone viral over what to name batus scraps. i call them batter bits, but the answer he's been getting all over the place. who writes this rubbish? i martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

>> join me nana akua for an informative interactive news programme with a difference. it's fun . i don't know, he it's fun. i don't know, he didn't say that though , i said surprised. >> i think there's an element of truth to that . truth to that. >> joined me from 3 pm. every weekend, only on gb news. britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 548 now. i love this story. a southampton fish and chip shop manager has gone viral online after posting a video of the store's batter

scraps . scraps. >> these crispy little bits of batter sent from heaven, we call them. >> but what we want to know is what are you calling ? what are you calling? >> well, as far as i'm concerned, they're called batter bits. the post on tiktok has now amassed more than 2 million views, with users disagreeing vociferously over what to call the tiny bits of leftover batter. what do you call them? well joining me now is the now famous , globally famous manager famous, globally famous manager of jay henry's fish and chips, sunny lee. sunny. welcome to the shop. to the show. apart from the fact i'm drooling at teatime, here, i call them batter bits. i had them every day as a teenager for my school lunch because the chip shop owner in carlton, nottingham, the apollo chip shop my local, took pity on us poor kids and they gave us batter bits for free. so you put this video out, it's gone around the world and back. tell us you must have been blown away by the response to what you thought was a throwaway

video. >> yeah, it's gone crazy. yeah, just finishing lunchtime. chip one one day here. last last wednesday said to my niece, oh, i had the idea because i know they're called like loads of different names from around the country and, yeah , just country and, yeah, just literally scooped, you know, as you see in the video scoop to it. and, by the time i got home, i think it was 50,000 views, >> later that night was 100,000 views, >> woke up in the morning, i think it was on a million. >> and it's now over 3 million views. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and still, still going crazy. yeah. and it's just been obviously nice to see everyone's different names for them around the country from scribbles, scratches most popular griddle crumbs . crumbs. >> fish bits. bits. yeah. those are loads of different names. >> i'm crazy. so i call so. so i cau— >> i'm crazy. so i call so. so i call on batter bits. maybe that's like an east midlands thing. we have this conversation don't we, about what do you call bread rolls like in the east midlands. i call them cobs. a lot of people call them baps or rolls. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> chip chip chip chip cake

cake. >> obviously i call it a chip butty, >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so that's been quite an interesting one as well. >> yeah, yeah . it's amazing what >> yeah, yeah. it's amazing what part of the country you're from how called different things. >> different things. yeah. >> different things. yeah. >> and in terms of the kind of the league table, the pecking order of the names you've been getting, what do you think then? sunnyis getting, what do you think then? sunny is the nation's favourite name for your batter bits. >> i think it's scratch has definitely been most popular. >> yeah, definitely half the comments. >> have probably been scratched. yeah yeah. >> and do you give them. do you give them away for free? because i mean, i'm assuming now. give them away for free? because i mean, i'm assuming now . yeah. i mean, i'm assuming now. yeah. yeah. but how long how long are you going to keep doing that for though mate? because i'm assuming now that people are going to be no battering, pun intended, your door to down try and get a free portion of these scraps, mate. >> yeah, definitely. >> yeah, definitely. >> yeah, definitely gone a lot more popular. >> yeah, definitely. yeah. >> yeah, definitely. yeah. >> so i've noticed that everyone wants to come and see the scrap man some scrap ulez scrap. >> so how has business been

since you posted this video? is it going through the roof ? it going through the roof? >> pretty good. >> pretty good. >> yeah, pretty good on the whole. >> yeah, obviously, it's not been easy the last couple of years with the rising cost of everything, but, got to keep going and that's obviously why we sort of, you know , started a we sort of, you know, started a bit more on the social media side of it. >> the tiktok , facebook's, >> the tiktok, facebook's, you've got to do what you can to try and get every customer through the door that you possibly can. >> everyone, everyone counts and every customer values. >> well, yeah, i'll take my hat off to you because the main thing is, you know, you've got the whole world talking about your batter bits. you've got the whole world to buy your chip shop. you did it on your mobile phone, you whacked it on tiktok, it's gone viral. great bit of free marketing. maybe we can all learn a lesson from you. thank you very much for joining us, sunny lee. that's the gaffer of jay henry's fish and chip shops. and very good luck to you for out there. i love that sort of on your bike entrepreneurial spirit. now then throughout the show we've been asking you for your for your series, your views on the topics of the day, the number one thing that's really got you hot under the collar today is the chagos islands.

most of us probably hadn't really even heard of them before today. a strategic outpost in the indian ocean, formerly until today, british sovereign territory of key strategic importance because as a military base on it, used by both the uk and the usa, and that's been given away by the labour government. this leaves it open to mauritius, who's already very cosy with beijing in 99 years time when the lease expires on these islands, you can bet your bottom dollar that the dragon of china will be swooping in there to the to the islands, the british indian ocean territory to take over and on. on that point, peter says this. it is difficult to believe that this government could make such a strategically disastrous decision , quite apart from the decision, quite apart from the security and the sovereignty implications , we protect some of implications, we protect some of the most precious and pristine coral reefs and sea life in the world in that area. i don't think the chinese will be as

careful as we are. it's a great point, peter terry adds this quietly, giving away our sovereignty without any notice or debate . nothing at all, even or debate. nothing at all, even in parliament, let alone to the public. this is, quite frankly, appalling and julia finally adds this i think this could be a taste of things to come. it seems this government is always apologising for our past, feeling guilty and making us feeling guilty and making us feel ashamed. as a consequence, they're giving away our territory . superb! now, thank territory. superb! now, thank you for getting in touch with all your comments. up next, of course, is dewbs& co with michelle dewberry. i'll be back tonight. i'm covering for nigel farage seven till 8 pm. i've got a resident from the chagos islands . they're not remotely islands. they're not remotely happy with today's decision. make sure you tune in. i'm martin daubney now. here's your weather with honour. krizik . weather with honour. krizik. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm

front . front. >> boxed heat pumps, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good afternoon and welcome to your gb news weather update. brought to you by the met office. well, to end the week, we can expect a chilly start with some fog in places, but there will still be plenty of fine and dry weather away from the northwest to end today , from the northwest to end today, though, we still have high pressure dominating the weather across the country, bringing plenty of fine and settled weather to end the day today. a bit of a change from the northwest though, as we start to see this frontal system just clip parts of the northwest so turning cloudier here into the evening with some outbreaks of rain by the time we reach the morning. elsewhere, though, plenty of clear skies, so it is going to be feeling cold. colder than last night, in fact, and we can expect to see some mist and fog by the time we reach the morning too. and this might just be a little bit stubborn to clear, particularly across parts of yorkshire. by the time we reach tomorrow morning . so, as reach tomorrow morning. so, as i say, western parts of scotland, plenty of cloud here and quite a damp start to end the working

week with some outbreaks of rain just pushing into the west and a few drips and drabs of rain in the too. north similar across northern ireland. a fairly cloudy start with some drips and drabs of rain just moving into the west, but elsewhere should be fairly bright with those pockets of mist and fog, but that generally clearing through the morning and we still do have high pressure, generally dominating the weather across a lot of the country. so still plenty of dry weather, plenty of sunny spells too. but that cloud will continue to spill into the northwest. still, with those outbreaks of rain and turning quite blustery under those cloudier skies too. elsewhere, though, we do have lighter winds, and where you do catch the sunshine, it will generally be feeling rather pleasant. highs of 1617 across the south and southeast into the rest of the evening. then that cloud will continue to move into the northwest. those outbreaks of rain continuing and still rather blustery. but elsewhere, we'll see another night of those clear skies. so potentially further frost and some fog patches in places could be turning a little bit more unsettled by the

weekend, so stay tuned for all the details. bye for now . the details. bye for now. >> despite the morning rain , >> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day

to mauritius. when it comes to sovereignty, i can tell you now sovereignty, i can tell you now so many people are up in arms. they say it risks the uk and much broader security. does it or not? also, the uk is now spending money to develop albanians prisons. so many people say we don't want foreign criminals in our prison system, but is that the answer then, that we have to develop the prison systems of other countries? your thoughts also, civil servants are threatening to go on strike if they have to

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