gb news. >> good morning. it's 930 on friday, the 4th of october. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> good morning. now a new clean era. chancellor rachel reeves pledges £22 billion. i've heard that figure before in the government's biggest green spend of this parliament. it will fund carbon capture projects. we'll explain what they are and debate it. is it a waste of money or essential to meet our climate targets.7 >> and britain gets smaller. argentina's promise to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. that's after we surrendered control of the chagos islands to mauritius. bofis chagos islands to mauritius. boris johnson, remember him.7 he boris johnson, remember him? he gave this reaction to gb news.

>> it's nonsense . it's total >> it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness. desire to look like the good guys. the desire to look as though we're unbundling the last relics of our empire . relics of our empire. >> now harry is riding solo. prince harry was reunited with his close friend prince si on his close friend prince si on his trip to south africa. but meghan is nowhere to be seen. >> and here's a debate the covid kids children apparently, are arriving at reception school, unable to talk wearing nappies and still using buggies. that's the shocking warning from a former children's tsar. >> and this sunday, it's national grandparents day and the soap actress sherrie houston joins us shortly to tell us what it's like to become a nana. i know all about that. that's what her grandchildren call her. oh,

what it's like to be a nana. >> oh, it's what is it like to be a nana? >> well, i mean, look, it's good. it's strong, empowering in ghana. actually, nana means chief boss. that's what it means. >> well, that certainly lives up to your name. ba ba ba ba ba ba. >> boss lady. that's what it's like. >> action packed shows today. £22 billion. where have we heard that figure before? the carbon capture project? over five years. essentially, if you don't know what it is, they will be capturing carbon emissions from power plants and so on and then burying it under the sea. >> i mean, look, i'm sorry, does that sound a bit odd to you? it's carbon dioxide. carbon. it's carbon dioxide. carbon. it's carbon dioxide. carbon. it's carbon . it's the planet is it's carbon. it's the planet is built up with carbon. i'm not convinced that carbon is the enemy, but we have some experts to give their view as well and send us your thoughts as well. post your comments, gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get your latest news with sam francis .

sam francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom just after 9:30 and we start this hour in the middle east. >> massive blasts have rocked beirut overnight as israel launched its most intense airstrikes so far on the lebanese capital. this was the moment a giant explosion was seen near beirut's airport. moment a giant explosion was seen near beirut's airport . as seen near beirut's airport. as well, in the past 24 hours, 46 people are known to have died across lebanon as israeli forces escalate their ground operations in the south of the country, clashing there with hezbollah fighters. meanwhile, israel is also preparing for what it calls also preparing for what it calls a significant response to iran's recent missile attacks as tensions rise across the region and in gaza , airstrikes there and in gaza, airstrikes there have pushed the death toll to now over 41,000. since the conflict began . and we're just conflict began. and we're just hearing, in fact, from the reuters news agency that the uk

government has committed to increase humanitarian support for lebanon, with an additional £10 million to respond to the displacement of people there. >> so we'll keep across that for you. that latest line just into us here, though, another flight carrying britons fleeing lebanon, spiralling conflict has landed in birmingham today. it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive with more flights planned as israel's attacks on hezbollah and iranian backed forces continue. the government's deployed troops to cyprus for a potential military led evacuation. if beirut's airport does close . and that comes as g7 does close. and that comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint , leaders are urging restraint, condemning iran for destabilising the region . in destabilising the region. in other news, the government's being warned its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius puts more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands. however, britain insists that its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. while former prime minister

bofis while former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks that chagos deal is crazy, chagos islands being given back to mauritius. >> your reaction? >> your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases , your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> sir keir starmer says the government's new £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. is he says, a game changen emissions. is he says, a game changer. labour says the two projects in merseyside and teesside, known as carbon capture clusters, will create thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet climate goals. however, climate campaigners are warning the move could prolong oil and gas production with those two projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. the health secretary is calling on

gps to help make the nhs fit for the future, urging an end to their collective strike action, something he says is only punishing patients. well. wes streeting is currently speaking in liverpool at the royal college of gps conference, highlighting there the government's commitment to hire 1000 new gps and pushing for a collaboration to rebuild the health service. it comes as new figures today, from august have revealed that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. young voices must be heard. that's the message from prince harry during a trip to south africa representing his youth hiv charity. on that solo visit to johannesburg, the duke of sussex called on global leaders to close the digital divide and provide safer internet access for the global south. his visit followed a stop to lesotho,

where he reunited with his charity's co—founder , prince charity's co—founder, prince seeiso, and met with the nations leaders there . those are the leaders there. those are the latest headlines for now. a full round up just after 10:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well at home. congratulations. it's friday. you've made it nearly the weekend. nearly there. have you had a good week? >> i have actually i've not done too much this week. i've been very relaxed, same as me. >> and i was just telling ellie costello off air. i've had 3 or 4 days not working and i feel a bit. the first day is fine, but then the second and third days i feel a bit redundant and lost. it's been nice spending time with the kids, but i've realised i like being at work. >> yeah, i bet you do. well,

hello to you and welcome. this is britain's newsroom. we're live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben, leo and me. nana akua. >> so the big story of the day, of course, is this £22 billion figure, not the black hole . no. figure, not the black hole. no. >> another 22 billion. that's just their favourite number. >> another 22 billion. so this carbon capture project, the government's pledged £22 billion of your money to fund projects as it races to reach its climate targets. >> now the huge sum of money, which is the same as the other black hole, will be used to fund carbon capture projects in merseyside and teesside. the prime minister says the move is reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the industry of the future. >> but what exactly are these carbon capture clusters and are they a waste of money? well, we're joined now by former chief executive at energy uk, angela knight, who hopefully will explain more and enlighten us. good morning angela. good morning. first of all, what is what is carbon capture? how does it work practically . it work practically. >> okay. can i just say first that this is the second time

this has been announced? it was also announced maybe 2 or 3 years, maybe four years ago. >> i remember. yes, yes. >> i remember. yes, yes. >> and by the way, the last time ed miliband was energy secretary, which i think was 2009, something like that , he 2009, something like that, he announced carbon capture and storage then. so you could argue it's the third time. right. and it's the third time. right. and it and it also tells you that rachel reeves is going to bend the rules or change the rules on borrowing, because otherwise you can't go and borrow this money if you've got a black hole which you're trying to fill with cutting off winter fuel allowance and few other things , allowance and few other things, right? that's my preliminaries. now, what is carbon capture and storage? well, what it is, is when the fumes, if you like, come off a plant where there has been some form of combustion usually, and there's carbon dioxide as a gas now , if you dioxide as a gas now, if you collect that carbon dioxide in, in a place and then you pressurise it and you pump it away and pump it down

underground, which is where it normally goes, then that is actually the physical way in which you do carbon capture and storage, because you've taken the carbon away in the form of the carbon away in the form of the gas. you pressurised it to concentrate it into a sort of small amount , and they it down small amount, and they it down into the ground. often where there's an oil well, because that gets more oil, it provides the pressure to get more oil out of the ground . the reason of the ground. the reason they've chosen these two places is that if this is going to be anything like a commercial proposition, you don't just need sort of one plant, you need a whole load of plants, industrial plants, which for various reasons have got emissions in which carbon dioxide is part and of course, our two great chemical areas in the country, ones around merseyside and the others around teesside. so from a logical perspective , it makes a logical perspective, it makes sense from a engineering perspective, it can be done . perspective, it can be done. yes, it does take co2 away. i have not seen the economics

there. >> do you support the idea and nofion >> do you support the idea and notion of carbon capture ? notion of carbon capture? >> yes, i do support the idea. it is there's a lot of ideas around this area which are completely barking mad or hugely , completely barking mad or hugely, ridiculously expensive. this isn't one of them. this does have some feasibility about it, but it isn't cheap. there's nothing in this area at all that is cheap, but there are others around the world who are, who have got or are putting in place carbon capture projects because realistically, we will still have to be burning natural gas and oil. you know, we are reducing our reliance on the hydrocarbons . we can't remove hydrocarbons. we can't remove them unless you want to be a country which goes back into agesin country which goes back into ages in which you don't have power, you don't have warmth. and so on, or you only have it intermittently because renewables only last for a certain period of time. if i may just add to that, though , if we

just add to that, though, if we are going to or rachel reeves is going to bend or change the rules about borrowing, for heaven's sake, get on with reliable backup. get on with the small scale nuclear power, because that's what we're going to be relying on. and we cannot excuse me, we cannot be relying on our power to import it from continental europe, because that will just put us back into a market where the cost will be huge. yeah. >> i mean, it seems we fumbled the ball when it comes to nuclear power. i remember 20 years ago there was talks of building all these swathes of nuclear power stations, and we didn't do it. i think, correct me if i'm wrong, ed davey had a part to play in that during the coalition, perhaps. but look, this, this one of the, the projects of this carbon capture in teesside. so apparently up to 2 million tons of co2 emissions will be captured each year, and it's enough to generate 860mw of electricity that's powering 1.3 million homes. excuse me for being maybe a bit ignorant on the topic, but why don't we just

plant trees? >> well, you can do. and you know, every time you book your flight, you can tick the box for some tree planting somewhere. we should do. actually, a lot of things. this is no magic bullet. and i'll be surprised, actually, if you do get some of those end results, which says it's x number of jobs and y number of gigawatts or whatever of power, you know, that's like a lot of these calculations. they take them, they take them down a down a line to try and prove a point to an extent that can be absolutely ridiculous or never proved, or a mixture of both of them. so don't believe that end game. believe the start though, that there is a practical project here. the cost a bit unknown, except that there's going to be some public money borrowed, which means we're going to be paying for it, and we'll probably end up with it on a bill as well. is it is it feasible ? yes, it is feasible, feasible? yes, it is feasible, but it's only a small part of all this whole green agenda. and

i come back to exactly what i say time and time and time again. there is no reason why we cannot proceed with small scale nuclear power . there isn't. it's nuclear power. there isn't. it's happening in other countries. >> okay, i just want politicians have ducked it. i want to get your view on shutting down of coal mines and now importing. so we have no ability to make virgin steel in this country and then kind of importing it from another country, because we're planning a pylon program and solar panel program, which will require quite a lot of steel, i should imagine. >> yes , it will require steel. >> yes, it will require steel. and you're quite right that it will also require some what you call virgin steel. steel that is produced predominantly in blast furnaces, because if you have electric arc furnaces, which is what the replacement is that uses steel scrap and you can't necessarily produce every quality of steel that you need out of it. and anyway, we're going to have a gap of a few years where we're not producing our own steel . the reality in our own steel. the reality in every proposition that is being put forward now , and indeed by

put forward now, and indeed by other governments, is one which seems to look only at what is within our own country, and we need to look down the food chain, the supply chain, because the more and more we rely on imports and those imports are often from quite tricky countries. look at the position of qatar for gas, for example. you've got to get through what is increasingly becoming something of a war zone. look at where we're getting a lot of that which we which we're using for our renewables , which is for our renewables, which is china. and we've got difficult relationships with china , and relationships with china, and thatis relationships with china, and that is likely to get even more difficult. and what you see is that we cannot say it's just that we cannot say it's just that which is within our boundaries, and we should think about it from that perspective. reliance on imports is going to cause us a problem. and here as well, in other areas. >> got it. angela knight, you are the former chief exec at energy uk. thank you for your expertise this morning and for

joining us. >> right. well up next, big smiles from prince harry and on his trip to south africa. is that because he's meeting old friends or the fact meghan's not on the trip with him? we'll let you decide. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> join me camilla tominey this sunday when i interview one of the most significant political figures of our era, boris johnson. nothing will be off limits as we discuss his autobiography, unleashed and everything in it. >> i failed to avert megxit, but i did deliver brexit and i'm very, very happy to be on camilla tominey show. boris johnson on gb news. the people's channel johnson on gb news. the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> that's the camilla tominey on sunday at 9:30 am. and

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949. you're with ben and nana on britain's newsroom, only on gb news now. >> prince harry has made another solo trip, this time to johannesburg in south africa. >> he's called for world leaders, to quote , create leaders, to quote, create a platform for young voices, as the duke is there to represent charity sentebale, a youth hiv charity sentebale, a youth hiv charity he co—founded. >> well, we're joined now by charles rea, former editor of the sun. charles, thank you very much for joining the sun. charles, thank you very much forjoining us. you know, when i see these things with prince harry, i think to myself, this is what you would have been doing as a working royal. i don't get it, really. and he actually seems a lot happier, a lot of people suggesting that it's because meghan's not there. what's your take on it? >> i agree with that. the fact that meghan is not there, i think is a big plus for harry, andifs think is a big plus for harry, and it's really nice to see harry again. back to being the smiley guy that he always was, doing what he does best of all, helping his various charities, promoting those charities, helping to raise money for those charities . and it's just really charities. and it's just really great to see, instead of the whinging harry, that we have

seen over the last few years, mainly with his, mainly with his wife. so it's fantastic . he's wife. so it's fantastic. he's now gone to south africa now . i now gone to south africa now. i actually don't think he's been in montecito now for about two weeks because he went to new york, first of all, to do a few things with the bill clinton charity. he then did a tattoo parlour. jemmy fallon show, then flew to the uk straight away to do the wellchild award. big hit there, very big hit there. and then went to lesotho to visit his charity sentebale, the one he started in memory of diana. and i don't think he's been there for 2 or 3 years, maybe a bit longer. and then i think from there is where he's gone to johannesburg to continue this charity, to help raise funds and speak about a passion of his, which i have to say, i agree with the dangers of the internet for children.

>> yeah. charles, who's got the kids then? are you suggesting maybe harry's not seeing the kids in two weeks? because as a father, that's a bit of a stretch for, i don't know, normal people, normal parents. who's got the kids ? who's got the kids? >> well, i'm not sure whether he's actually jetted back to montecito. if he has, he's only been there for about two, two days.i been there for about two, two days. i mean, look, ben , we live days. i mean, look, ben, we live in an age where you've got facetime and everything else, so it's much easier to see your kids as well. i mean , you know, kids as well. i mean, you know, when i was a working journalist and away for a long time, i didn't see my kids for a, you know, a couple of weeks or three weeks. but all i had were then was the phone. we didn't have this sort of great new technology, facetime and all that sort of stuff. but i can't see where he went back to montecito. he may well have done, but i can't see where he did. now meghan's got the children. she's back in montecito. she's obviously looking after them as, as as most mothers do, in any case. and i think she's carrying on with her work for this stupidly titled american riviera orchard,

which is all about jams and gardening and a new netflix programme next, next year. and all. i just hope and keep my fingers crossed, is harry stays away from it. >> and so finally, how is all that going for her? because i heard the last thing was that the trademark was denied. because yeah, because you can't trademark a place. >> no, no, you can't . so those >> no, no, you can't. so those things are this is a meghan. this is meghan doing all this. and she's she's fallen foul of all this. i mean she's spending her time. if you if you know that that that we've had these various warring magazines coming out with the allegations of her bullying again in this other magazine interviewing former people who've worked for her archewell saying glowing things about how she sits on the floor and prepares little baskets of goodies for them to take away. so i think she's been involved in in all that sort of stuff. but in terms of actually doing, you know, any what you would

call old fashioned royal jobs, she hasn't been doing any of that. which is which is great. to be fair. i don't think we need to see meghan anymore. >> no , i kind of agree with you >> no, i kind of agree with you there. charles rae always a pleasure. thank you so much. that is. thank you. take care. charles rae. now, boris johnson has told gb news the public need another referendum. >> another referendum, another one know as brenda from bristol would say, another one? no. >> but can you guess what the subject is this time? could it be the channel islands? yeah, it could be. what do you think he'd be? >> what about veganism ? should >> what about veganism? should we all go vegan? >> he's not into that, is he? listen, stay with us. aidan has your weather. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. keep your thoughts coming. gbnews.com forward. slash your stay . forward. slash your stay. >> even though we'll see a cloudy start, it'll be a bright outlook for the rest of the day . outlook for the rest of the day. boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there. good morning .

>> hi there. good morning. welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. it's a fine start today for most of us. sunny spells continuing into the afternoon, but it will turn increasingly cloudy and damp as the day progresses in the far northwest. in fact, already some light outbreaks of rain are pushing into the western isles. they'll reach parts of the far north of scotland at times as well. northern ireland likewise seeing a thicker cloud and some light rain at times with a freshening breeze. but for eastern and southern scotland, england and wales plenty of sunny spells. highs of 16 to 17 celsius, so feeling pleasant enough but perhaps a bit more cloud cover compared with thursday. we see those clouds persisting into the evening for much of scotland and northern ireland. some persistent damp weather for western scotland, but eastern areas well, some late sunshine just before it goes down. northern and central england. plenty of sunshine . northern plenty of sunshine. northern ireland though, a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of mostly

light rain . now for the southern light rain. now for the southern half of the uk, where we'll see the cloud melting away into the evening and under clear skies overnight, temperatures will fall away . another chilly nights fall away. another chilly nights expected through the midlands , expected through the midlands, eastern and southern and southeast england , but southeast england, but elsewhere, with thickening cloud and a strengthening breeze and some outbreaks of rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland, it's a milder night with temperatures staying in the double figures, so it's really only the east of england and some central parts where we'll see single figures first thing saturday and perhaps mid single figures in some spots. then we'll see a lot of fine weather once again across england and wales, but with a bit more of a breeze and some cloud coming and going through the day, there's still scope for some sunshine at times, and mostly the more unsettled weather stays at bay until after dark . unsettled weather stays at bay until after dark. but it will reach cornwall and it will affect parts of scotland and northern ireland through the day. feeling cooler here as a result, we can expect clear

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the last relics of our empire. >> elsewhere. israel targets hezbollah's next leader in a huge blast in beirut overnight, as more planes are expected to evacuate brits from the middle east. mark white has more . east. mark white has more. >> well, the international >> another referendum echr. i mean, dother fully >> another referendum echr. i mean, dothe international >> well, the international airport in beirut remains open airport in beirut remains open for the moment, but with for the moment, but with explosions in the hezbollah explosions in the hezbollah stronghold near the airport, stronghold near the airport, that window is rapidly closing. that window is rapidly closing. >> leave or remain. boris >> leave or remain. boris johnson wants another referendum johnson wants another referendum and this time it's on the echr. and this time it's on the echr. how would you vote? how would you vote? >> and this sunday, it's >> and this sunday, it's national grandparents day and national grandparents day and the soap actress sherrie hewson the soap actress sherrie hewson from corrie joins us shortly to from corrie joins us shortly to tell us what it was like to tell us what it was like to become a nana. that's what her become a nana. that's what her grandchildren call her. grandchildren call her. >> another referendum echr. i >> another referendum echr. i mean, do you fully mean, do you fully understand

the implications? do you think that can be put across to the viewers and people in this country? what the implications of it are? >> well, some would argue that was the same situation with the brexit vote. they accused leavers of not knowing what they were voting for and what the implications would be. >> i don't think it's the same . >> i don't think it's the same. no, because you can actually see what the echr does and you've already got it in action. whereas brexit, nobody knew what exact shape it would take. but we know what this one is. >> yeah. and the argument is that there's already existing british laws that would replace the echr. it's just completely redundant in terms of what it protects. the only thing it does, according to people like robert jenrick, is put obstacles in our way for protecting our own borders, although there are some protections in it as well. >> so we'd make sure that we'd have to cover those protections in terms of women's rights and trans rights and all these sort of things that are within that legislation as well. >> could we deal with another referendum, though? do you remember 2016? oh my gosh. >> well, the problem is they don't even want to go with the thing. so if it did end up that we are leaving,

thing. so if it did end up that we are leaving , then we'd have we are leaving, then we'd have the whole narrative. oh, they don't know what they're voting for and all that. so you're uneducated, thick anyway. >> someone who's not thick is sam harris, who's got your news headunes. sam harris, who's got your news headlines . francis. a very good headlines. francis. a very good morning to you. it could be sam harris this time, though, you've got sam francis. i'll be with you for the next few minutes , you for the next few minutes, taking a look at the top stories. and we start in the middle east, where massive blasts have rocked beirut overnight as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the lebanese capital. so far, this is the moment giant explosions were seen near beirut airport. well, in the past 24 hours, 46 people are known to have died across lebanon as israeli forces escalate their ground operations in the south, clashing there with hezbollah fighters. we've also heard a major road out of the country has also been hit, leaving a large crater near the border crossing into syria, where thousands of people have been fleeing in recent days.

meanwhile , israel is preparing meanwhile, israel is preparing for what it calls a significant response to iran's recent missile attacks as tensions rise across the region and in gaza, air strikes have now pushed the death toll to over 41,000. since that conflict began . here, that conflict began. here, another flight carrying britons fleeing lebanon's spiralling conflict has landed in birmingham. it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive, with more flights planned as israel's attacks on hezbollah and iranian backed forces continue. the government has also deployed troops to cyprus for a potential military led evacuation if the airport in beirut closes. it comes as g7 leaders have urged restraint, condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government is being

falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos dealis told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy . deal is crazy. >> the chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness. >> sir keir starmer says the government's new £22 billion funding package for projects that store and capture carbon emissions is a game changer. labour says two projects in merseyside and teesside, known as carbon capture clusters, will create thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with those projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. inquests into the deaths of four

british victims, including the tech tycoon mike lynch, are set to begin today after the bayesian superyacht sank in august off the coast of sicily. lynch, his daughter hannah and jonathan and judy bloomer were among the seven people who died when the vessel went down in a storm. the group on board were celebrating the billionaire's acquittal in a us fraud case involving the sale of his software company. suffolk's senior coroner will open the inquests in ipswich today and 15 people, including lynch's wife , people, including lynch's wife, survived that tragedy . the survived that tragedy. the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future, urging an end to their collective protest action, something he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from august reveal that 1 in 20 gp new figures from august reveal that1 in 20 gp appointments that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or could compromise patient care. well, speaking in liverpool moments ago , wes streeting told the

ago, wes streeting told the royal college of gps conference the collaboration is vital to rebuild the health service. >> the three shifts that underpin this government's reform agenda from hospital to community, analogue to digital sickness to prevention. those shifts are not new ideas and they are not radical. but delivering them really would be. i can't do it on my own. i need every part of the nhs to pull together as one team, with one purpose, to be the generation that took the nhs from the worst crisis in its history, got it's got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future. >> the world's first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed here in the uk could wipe out the disease, according to oxford scientists. ovarian vaccine trains the immune system to detect and then attack the earliest signs of the disease. cancer research uk is backing that project, calling it an exciting step forward in cancer prevention. and although full approval is still years away,

clinical trials could begin in the next 4 to 5 years. and finally, young voices must be heard. that's the message from prince harry during a trip to south africa representing his youth hiv charity. on that solo visit to johannesburg, the duke of sussex called on global leaders to close the digital divide and provide safer internet access for the global south. his visit followed a stop in lesotho, where he reunited with his charity co—founder, prince seeiso and met with the nation's leaders. prince seeiso and met with the nation's leaders . those are the nation's leaders. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in half an houn be back with you in half an hour. now, though, it's over to ben harris for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> one all.

>> one all. >> sorry, sam , i apologise. >> sorry, sam, i apologise. sorry, sam. francis. not sam harris. he got me back, though, didn't he? he did, didn't he? >> miaow, miaow. he's been thinking about that throughout the whole bulletin. he was reading those bulletins thinking i'm going to get him that little sir. >> and so a few emails come in with britain's newsroom on gb news with ben laila rouass and nana akua just talking about prince harry. i mentioned to charles rae, the former royal editor at the sun. i asked, he suggested prince harry hadn't been home to montecito for two weeks, perhaps with all his recent work abroad and i said, oh, has he not seen the kids for two weeks? i was a little surprised because it seems like quite a long time to go without seeing your kids, but a few of you have been in touch mode. you said two weeks a long time, ben. good job you weren't a child of a forces person. my dad was gone for years. and jane, you said something similar. come on, ben, i like you, but lots of fathers don't see their kids. my hubby was in the army and did tours of four, even six months. that's life for some. don't make it an issue.i life for some. don't make it an issue. i agree, but harry's not in the force . he's private jet

millionaire. >> well, joan jones says i'm no supporter of harry for trying to trash our beloved royal family, but i have to say he looks naturally happy on his own. in africa. no longer the underdog, isuppose africa. no longer the underdog, i suppose so, because in a way, he's not in the shadow of william in his head. so now he's doing his own thing. he's breaking out on his own and doing stuff. robin on the whole chagos islands. chagos islands. sorry. he says that now argentina vows to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands after starmer's surrender of chagos islands to mauritius. well, i'm sure it was starmer, but he's obviously got david lammy as the foreign secretary there. >> so, you know, and the argument is it was james cleverly who kicked off the negotiations and cleverly coming out yesterday saying this is an absolute disgrace . and labour absolute disgrace. and labour were quick to rebut him, saying, well, hang on a minute. it was you that kicked off the negotiations. david cameron put the handbrake on it and said, absolutely no way. and labour have just continued. apparently what cleverly kicked off, well, i just, i what cleverly kicked off, well, ijust, i don't what cleverly kicked off, well, i just, i don't you what cleverly kicked off, well, ijust, i don't you know, what cleverly kicked off, well, i just, i don't you know, what what cleverly kicked off, well, ijust, i don't you know, what i i just, i don't you know, what i think is with these things this is not it's our island sort of in terms of sovereignty. >> but there are people on the island. and i do believe that if you're going to allow the island

to change hands, you should give the people on the island the final say, see what they think. do they want to be part of another country rather than the united kingdom? and then they make the decision. not david lammy, a passing politician or, you know, any of the others. let the people decide. and i suspect they probably would have wanted to stay within the united kingdom. >> that was the complaint from the locals. they were saying it was in the falklands. in gibraltar they had a vote, they had a referendum and or referenda is the plural, i think, but no one asked them in the chagos islands. >> i just think it's disgraceful. someone like david lammy, keir starmer and all the others coming along trying to change the lives of people who live in this environment without actually asking them what they would like. but what do you think ? think? >> gbnews.com/yoursay right, well, something else that labour has caused controversy over is this new announcement, this morning that the government is spending £22 billion to fund projects as it races to reach its climate targets? >> now the huge sum of money which it mirrors, the black hole is used to fund carbon capture projects in merseyside and teesside. the prime minister

says the move is reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the industry of the future. >> so the big question is are these carbon capture clusters money well spent or just a load of hot air? well, we'll hear from sir keir starmer trying to justify that later this morning. but before we hear from him, let's speak to the director of the climate media coalition, danica mccarthy. good morning. danica. why don't we just plant trees? danica , what's the trees? danica, what's the difference? >> well, actually, i think unusually, ben and nana, we actually might be on the same page on this one. it is very unusual for climate sceptics and climate scientists to be on the same page. they both think this is a total waste of money. it's a massive subsidy for the oil industry. basically, bp and equinor will get this money to allow them to continue burning fossil fuels in a power plant. so what we're doing and that means we have to burn15% more carbon, sorry, fossil fuels to produce the carbon capture. it's not a good idea. we should spend the money instead on two things.

one is reversing the tory cuts and insulation for people's homes to bring down pensioners bills, and secondly, to invest in green hydrogen, not dirty hydrogen, which will enable the virgin steel jobs to be protected. and we can then continue producing green virgin steel in this country. and reduce bills for homeowners. this idea is not good. >> when you say green virgin steel, what are you? a lot of people don't know what that means. what does that mean? >> the problem with steel is for virgin steel is you need to use very high temperature coke. but you can if you actually use hydrogen, that can replace the coal. now to produce green hydrogen, you can reduce it by using renewable energy. at the moment the britain dumps £1 billion worth of green energy from scotland because it produces too much at times that could be used to produce hydrogen that then produces green steel. >> has that ever been done before, though? >> because it's been done. it's been it's been done in sweden. >> green steel from sweden with that that you can't do it at a at great quantities. so right now a little bit here, a little

bit there, but a great quantities of what would be required. >> we don't we don't, we don't need great quantities of virgin steel. we do need great quantities of steel. now, the exciting thing about what it got lost in the debate about the electric arcs is the united kingdom currently exports nearly all of our reclaimed steel to turkey, which is really dirty. the electric arc will actually enable to us recycle all our steel and produce british steel in the uk, rather than importing it back from turkey. so that's that's a really exciting project. >> isn't virgin steel though, because. yes, but over 90% of our steel requirement is for not virgin steel at the moment. >> we're importing billions , >> we're importing billions, sorry, millions of tons of non virgin steel which is ability to do to create your own virgin. >> yes, i agree. and so this, this closing coal mines, unless you've actually got an alternative seems a bit silly. get the alternative then close them if you're going to. >> well i'm actually what i'm arguing today is the government today could have announced a green hydrogen project that will produce green steel. >> all right, let's let's get back to the conversation though. so in your view , why is why are

so in your view, why is why are these people obsessed with carbon capture? is there not another use for the carbon that's been released ? surely that's been released? surely instead of storing it, there must be some other way of using it rather than the problem there are uses for carbon dioxide as is in greenhouses, etc. however, the problem with this issue is to capture carbon dioxide out of a gas is really expensive. >> so what you have to do is you have to actually all of the emissions that come out of the power station have to go through a liquid, which then absorbs the carbon dioxide. you then boil the liquid to release the carbon dioxide to put it into container. then you have to compress it and super compress it back into a liquid. and then you store it under the ocean. now, 75% of carbon capture storage projects around the world. what are they doing? they're actually pumping them into the ocean, under the seas to push out more fossil fuels. it's a subsidy for the oil industry. it's mad. >> what is what is the target ? >> what is what is the target? ppi parts, sorry, ppm parts per million of carbon for green zealots . what are we aiming for

here? >> it's not for green zealots, for green science , for climate for green science, for climate scientists. they believe that all the safe , historic level was all the safe, historic level was 280 parts per million. the safe, the safe, the safe level for us not to go over with 350 that was passed in the 90s, and we're now at around 420. it's terrifying. >> so and we're still here. the planet is still here. >> no, we're actually what we're seeing. yes, the planet is still here. but what we're seeing is, for example, british farmers are being repeatedly hammered by extreme weather last autumn. last spring, the crops were destroyed. so now this autumn, they're being destroyed. >> can't blame that on. >> can't blame that on. >> so what are we aiming for? we're aiming to stop the increase first. and then? then we may very, very slowly bring it back down to safe levels. yeah, but can i just ask which is 350? we don't want to get. we're not saying get back to the original to 80. >> don't stop you there. >> don't stop you there. >> because i'm trying to ask. >> because i'm trying to ask. >> i know the technicalities of it. it's all getting a bit detailed and people want to heat detailed and people want to heanl detailed and people want to hear. i think people want to heat hear. i think people want to hear. surely the actual carbon capture process gives off quite

a lot of carbon in its in its entirety. so just like the making of an electric car uses a lot of carbon to make this use a huge amount of energy, you cannot do carbon capture storage without investing extra energy. >> it's around 15%. extra oil and gas will be burnt for these. for this power station, it's mad. look, the government mentioned the articles. they mentioned the articles. they mentioned two companies that are actually in line to get this bomb. one is statoil, the norwegian oil company. state oil company, and the second one is bp. now what will happen there is we're subsidising them to continue their old business as usual with what we should be doing. like other countries are doing, investing in the industries of the future. i want to bring down bills for homeowners, and i want jobs for british steelworkers. we could do that by spending this money on. >> the reason i was asking about target pm is what will that what would reducing parts per million to 350 do to plant life and forestry on earth and vegetables and growing plants is not conducive to a thriving ecosystem, is it? >> the original parts per million is 280. well, not. we're not saying bring it back to 280,

which is what all our ancestors lived in and life was , was lived in and life was, was absolutely perfect in terms of the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide. >> do you understand the arguments and the concerns from, say, the farming industry, people who grow their own vegetables? >> i think you're misunderstanding the role of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. what we're saying is what we need is a safe level of carbon to produce food and for human life, if we have no carbon on this planet, then and nana we would freeze. we need carbon dioxide. however, if we've got too much, we overheat. if we've got too little, it damages plant life and the damage and freezes us. >> us. >> that's my point. and the point 350 is too little. >> no, no it's not. it's 280. it's the historic level. we're not saying take it back to historic level. >> the historic levels were also up to 2000 ppm. >> yes. historic level under the stable climate that we've had, that's allowed human civilisation to thrive has been in existence for 10,000 years. that existed at 280 parts per million. if you're right, if we go down to 200 and 150, that would be disaster. but that's

not what we're asking. we're not going back to even to what historic, safe levels are. >> all right. listen, listen, i think that i don't think that we take into account things like homeostasis , where the planet homeostasis, where the planet itself decides to balance itself out in its own way. and i'm not so sure that this carbon capture is a very good plan. but what do you think? gbnews.com/yoursay up next? the bbc insists they have nothing to announce about gary lineker's future on match of the day, despite claims that he could soon be leaving. let's hope so. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news

>> hello. welcome back. 1022. ben and anna with you on britain's newsroom, only on gb news. and we're delighted to be joined also by esther krakue and former labour adviser james schneider in the studio. good morning to you both. >> morning. good morning. right. let's start with our first story, the chagos islands. i'm going to start with you, james, on this because you used to live

on this because you used to live on a nice . well, where did you on a nice. well, where did you used to live? >> saint vincent, in the eastern caribbean. >> i know they're nowhere near each other, but. no, but they actually shared. >> they actually share a. no, they share a history because about 200, 200 a bit years ago when britain put down the resistance to its colonisation in saint vincent, and it gathered up the remaining indigenous people that it hadn't killed, and it forcibly displaced them first to an uninhabited island with no fresh water, where most of the people died. and it then forcibly displaced them another time to another island half the canbbean another island half the caribbean away roatan, off the coast of honduras , and the coast of honduras, and the chagos islanders suffered a similar fate in the late 60s and early 70s , where they were early 70s, where they were displaced en masse from where they lived from their homeland in order to make way for a us military base. now, what has happened or what is happening now is the right of return for

the people who were expelled from their homeland through no fault of their own whatsoever, in what is under international law, a crime against humanity. following an international ruling by the world's highest court that the decolonisation process was was incomplete. clearly it's incomplete because they were not allowed to return. this land was kept and it's been used as a military outpost by the us. >> so your view then , it's right >> so your view then, it's right for the. >> it doesn't go far enough. of course. of course, of course it is. right that people who were expelled from their homeland can return . of course it is right return. of course it is right that sovereignty is returned to mauritius. however, the us military base, which is the reason why these people were were expelled from their homeland in the first place. will continue to be there. it is reported that the agreement between britain and mauritius extends the lease on that for

100 years, with a top a potential top up of 40 years. in reality, what would have been the fullest justice would be the dismantling of that military base , the paying of large base, the paying of large amounts of compensation to the people, to reconstruct their homeland and chagos or perhaps even asking the people whether they want it to be. >> i mean, yeah, this is the thing the idea that the rightful thing the idea that the rightful thing to do is to hand them back to the, to mauritius is one deeply flawed because you have to ask the people that live there, first of all, and many, many people who actually live on that island would prefer to have access to britain to and be to be governed by britain. >> yes, terrible things happen in the past, but this idea of constantly self—flagellating to make up for a history that we really can't control. i'm sorry. hold on. let me finish. can't control interrupted against our own national interests and against actually the interests of the people that live there. for me, i don't see really the sense there. mauritius is a basically an ally of beijing, and this giving up a strategic post in the in the indian ocean to a country that is having

elections next month, oddly enough, and is going to use this as some sort of win. i don't really see the benefit of that. and if we're going to give up the chagos islands, what happens to the to the falklands or gibraltar or the other overseas territories that are contested by other countries? this icj ruling that you refer to was non—binding. and this process was started by the conservatives. we must acknowledge that. but when david cameron was foreign secretary for the short time that he was, he completely , completely put he completely, completely put a stop to it. the idea that when we try to speak to the foreign, commonwealth office, they kept going back and saying, oh, it's too soon to speculate. and then a week later they come out with a week later they come out with a decision, shows that they were willing to do this from day one. i don't know which student activists are actually running our government, but these kinds of decisions really undermines the government because. because if you're going to make the case that the right foot should be rightfully given back to the mauritians, then how can you then make the case that what happens to the people that actually live there? so you're saying you're right, this is who you rightfully belong to, but you rightfully belong to, but you get no autonomy. but again, this is supposed to right a wrong. and also, james, that they supposedly are grieved

oven they supposedly are grieved over. that doesn't make sense. >> the chagossians unfortunately don't live there because they were expelled. and they do want to go home. they want to be able to. >> have you asked them? >> have you asked them? >> i have met many people from the chagos islands. >> you know how many people live there at the moment? >> about 4312. according to the last the last figures that i saw and but but here's the thing. >> but this is the thing. it's quite naive of you to assume that they want to be handed back to the mauritians. and by extension, the chinese instead of the british, that have a much stronger human rights record. and they would much prefer having access to britain. this is not the thing. >> it'sjust is not the thing. >> it's just pure nonsense. >> it's just pure nonsense. >> you have to be extremely naive to think that people in other parts of the world would much prefer to to be be basically an associate of beijing and their own human rights record than britain. >> the chagossians have been campaigning for decades to for the right of return in order to go home, to return to mauritius. no. to return so that they can return to the chagos islands. they can return to the land from which they were taken. >> i want to get another debate in, but i would say that with all of this, the bottom line is that perhaps referendum asking the people on the island whether they want it to go which way

they want it to go which way they want, it would probably be they want, it would probably be the answer for that one. what about private schools now? esther krakauer, i want to come to you on this one. the vat rate that the labour party thought would keep people in these schools. it turns out that lots of pupils are leaving. >> well, i mean, this was expected. and the government did say that they were expecting the public. well, the state's education sector to absorb students coming in from the pubuc students coming in from the public education sector. the question is, at what point does it actually be detrimental to kids educated in the state sector? if you have between 5 and 10% of privately educated kids moving into state education, actually it's going to cost the government more to accommodate these students coming into the state section. not not not not even scratching the surface over the fact that 4000 teachers are leaving the profession every year. so we'll have a backlog of teachers that we need to replace. and then you're also putting more pressure on the state, state education by having these students flood in. the idea that to do this, because the government has come up with its own figures, that it's hoping maximum to get 1.5 or £16 billion in revenue from this

scheme. well, all you have to do is have enough students move from private education to state education to completely negate that and actually put extra costs on the taxpayer. i don't really understand the logic of that. who is it supposed to benefit? >> we are absolutely nowhere near those levels whatsoever. the figures that have been put out by the independent schools, i.e. their own lobby group who are lobbying against this policy, so we should treat it with a degree of scepticism. their own figure is 13 in the papers today is 13,000. students might move from the private sector to the state sector. do you know what percentage that is? >> that's a guesstimate though. but that's a guess. >> you mentioned 5 or 10%. that is 1.5%. okay. >> but that's a guess. >> but that's a guess. >> that's one. yeah. hold on. >> that's one. yeah. hold on. >> let him finish. let him finish. >> that is one. and a half percent of those who go to private school. there are something like 10.7 million students at school in this in this country, the policy to remove the private school subsidy to have vat on this good

will pay for more teachers . will pay for more teachers. >> nonsense disproportionately affect it will disproportionately affect those with special educational needs . with special educational needs. >> james, that is nonsense. let me tell you why. i'm not going to name the local authority. i know for a fact one local authority near me is now having to pay for home schooling for ex private school kids because there is no space in state schools, state schools have class sizes now up to 30, 40, even 50 kids. there is no room like with everything else in britain. >> do you know how you would? do you know how you reduce class sizes? go on, tell us. you have more teachers. >> well, it depends if you've got enough classrooms. >> part of the well, yes, that's another problem. >> well, that's the point, isn't it? it's all very well saying that. but if you do it at the back end, so you've started backwards rather than going forwards, you should start at the top, make sure you've got enough rooms, make sure you've got enough teachers. then you could put in a policy like this, but it doesn't really are 13,000. >> if they're really 13,000, thatis >> if they're really 13,000, that is a vanishingly tiny percentage. unless you're one the of the 10.7 million students. so this whole idea

that the state sector is going to be overwhelmed, the only thing that is no, it's just nonsense, james. >> it really is mathematically nonsense. >> no, the only thing that's going to happen is, is this small policy is going to create a small number more teachers. and that is woefully not enough to deal with the education. it's not a gamble. >> it's a gamble. it is a gamble. every decision. it's a gamble. every decision. it's a gamble. because here's the thing. it's about the amount of revenue that the government is expecting from this policy, which is 1.6 billion maximum. they're not going to get that. they're not going to get that. they're not going to get they're not even if they get half of that, that's not going to be enough to offset how much they're going to have to pay to educate these kids in the state sector. and that's that's the question. there's no other socialist government in europe that even taxes education. so how can how can this government, a socialist government? it's not a socialist government? it's not a socialist government? it's not a socialist government. >> it's not. >> it's not. >> james schneider, thank you very much. what do you think? at home? gbnews.com/yoursay but first, it's time for your news headunes first, it's time for your news headlines with sam francis .

headlines with sam francis. >> 1032 the top story from the newsroom this morning . massive newsroom this morning. massive blasts have rocked beirut overnight as israel launched its most intense airstrike so far on the lebanese capital. this was the lebanese capital. this was the moment giant explosions were seen near the airport . well, in seen near the airport. well, in the past 24 hours, almost 50 people have now died across lebanon as israeli forces escalate their ground operations in the south, clashing with hezbollah fighters. we've also heard this morning that the uk is sending £10 million more in life saving aid to lebanon, and is urging britons to leave immediately as that conflict escalates . meanwhile, israel is escalates. meanwhile, israel is preparing for what it calls a significant response to iran's recent missile attacks as tensions rise across the region and in gaza , airstrikes have now

and in gaza, airstrikes have now pushed the death toll there to over 41,000 people since the conflict began. and here another flight carrying britons fleeing from that conflict in lebanon has landed in birmingham today, it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive with more flights planned as israel's attacks on hezbollah and iranian backed forces continue. the government's also deployed troops to cyprus for a potential military led evacuation. if beirut's airport does close. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint, condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government here is being warned that its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius could put more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands. however, britain insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks that chagos deal is crazy. >> the chagos islands being

given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands , check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> sir keir starmer says the government's new £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions is a game changer. labour says two projects in merseyside and teesside, known as carbon capture clusters, will create thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet climate goals. but green campaigners are warning the move could prolong oil and gas production , with those two production, with those two projects not set to begin storing carbon until at least 2028. the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future, urging an end to their collective protest action, something he

says is only pushing patients. punishing patients rather, wes streeting has been speaking this morning at the royal college of gp's conference in liverpool, where he highlighted the government's commitment to hire 1000 new gps and pushed for collaboration to rebuild the health service. and it comes as new figures from august have revealed that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. and finally, young voices must be heard. that's the message from prince harry during a trip he took to south africa, representing his youth hiv charity. on that solo visit to johannesburg, the duke of sussex called on global leaders to close the digital divide and to provide safer internet access for the global south. his visit there followed a stop in lesotho, where he reunited with his charity's co—founder, prince seeiso, and met with the nation's leaders. seeiso, and met with the nation's leaders . that's the nation's leaders. that's the latest from the newsroom for

now. i'll be back with you for a full round up at the top of the hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> right. well. up next, the actress sherrie hewson will join us on the show to discuss how she'll be celebrating national grandparents day on sunday. apparently, her grandchildren call her nana. that's perfectly normal. this town is only big enough for one of us. with britain's newsroom gb news.

>> hello. welcome back. 1039 ben and nana with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news now. >> this sunday marks national

grandparents day, a day for grandparents day, a day for grandparents to be recognised for what they do and how they're the backbone of many families across britain. >> yes. hear, hear. >> yes. hear, hear. >> our next guest is actress sherrie hewson, who starred in coronation street. of course, emmerdale and hollyoaks, and amongst other tv appearances will be celebrating national grandparents day as a nana herself. and she joins us now. good morning. thank you for joining us. good morning. >> first of all, yes, i am a nana, so am i. oh, there you go. i've got a five year old, a 13 year old and an 18 year old. so it's a busy life. >> sherrie, first of all, how is it? how is it being a grandparent compared to, say, a parent? what's it like when you get your first grandchild? is it kind of like a new lease of parenthood, i suspect? >> well, the thing is , what you >> well, the thing is, what you realise is, is that when you're a parent, you have no time. there is no time. you know , there is no time. you know, you're working. it's like my dad always said, you know , he he was always said, you know, he he was always said, you know, he he was always very sorry that he didn't . always very sorry that he didn't. he didn't look after my brother and myself that well because he

was never there. but when i had my daughter, he was devoted to my daughter, he was devoted to my daughter, he was devoted to my daughter, to the day he died. and i think you have it's a different kind of love. it's a sort of all encompassing because you look at them and think , you look at them and think, that's what i should have been. that's who i could have been if you hadn't got time to be at home. now. there are a lot of grandparents live away from their grandchildren. i'm lucky. i live five minutes away, but and so they don't see them, they only see them so many times a yeah only see them so many times a year. and i feel sad about that because i see my grandchildren every day. there isn't a day that i'm not with them trampolining or skateboarding or whatever we do together. skateboarding . i'm lucky i do skateboarding. i'm lucky i do everything with them, whatever they want me to do. and believe me, i do it all and i love it and i wouldn't have it any other way. but this grandparents day, which is the first week of october, every year there is

there is a grandparents day, but it's not recognised, you know, and i think it should be recognised. and this ambassador cruise line , they are trying to cruise line, they are trying to pushit cruise line, they are trying to push it forward so that people take on board and realise that we, your grandchildren, can give back to you know, your grandparents for their love. i mean , you know what it's like mean, you know what it's like when you've got a grandparent, how much you need them and how much you love them and what they mean to you. and they if you nominate your grandparent or somebody, a grandchild, you know, you can go to ambassador cruise line website and you can nominate them and they will win a seven day cruise for two people. isn't that lovely? yeah. >> i've always wanted to go on a cruise, to be honest with you. >> you should. and it's fantastic. and it gives back to the grandparent, doesn't it? you know, it's fabulous because you can sit about other people, do stuff for you . stuff for you. >> everything's in close proximity and you can just chill out. you can just chill out. that's that's my sort of holiday. have you ever been on a cruise?

>> best type of holiday? >> best type of holiday? >> i've been on loads of cruises. have you? yeah. have you? lots and i'm. i'm only, you know, mid 30s. so i'm not your typical cruiser. but my wife and i were even before we got married. we loved cruises. we took the kids on their first cruise last year, and it wasn't quite the same having kids. oh, it was . it was okay. it was. it it was. it was okay. it was. it was just hard work. it's kind of a holiday. any parent will know when you go on holiday with the kids. it's kind of looking after them in a slightly different location, but you've got sometimes you've got your work. >> it's great for children, though. cruising is great for children. i mean, they that's it. they're on that ship. yeah. nowhere to go. >> i'd be scared. i might have to put little ropes on them so they can't get off the ship. or at least i'll know if they go. i'll go. so then we're all together. no, but i was going to ask what's the best bit? a lot of people say the best bit about being a grandparent is that you can be like my mum. she is like my son and daughter. all these sweets and little things that she would never have given me. and you know, i have a son i know is the best bit actually being able to give them back at

the end in a way that you can spoil them. >> well, the thing is, my grandchildren say that they love me very much because i never say no, which is kind of a, you know, but i don't care. i never do say no. i say yes to everything. so if they want, i mean, they do. my daughter's always saying, just don't give them too many sweets because they're bouncing off the walls. they'll go, oh, well, night then. see you tomorrow . yeah. then. see you tomorrow. yeah. bounce off her walls . bounce off her walls. >> and sherry as well. today. in this day and age , it's with it this day and age, it's with it used to be one partner. one parent rather would go out and work the other would stay home with the kids and one income would be enough. but now we rely on grandparents so much for childcare and so on. and doing errands. so yeah, very much valued. >> that's what grandparents are for. i mean, i do all the running around, you know, the school runs the, the after school runs the, the after school stuff. you know, with all the acro as my granddaughter is an acrobat and, and all of that, and i do all of that. so but i love it. oh, good for you.

winning a cruise would give it all back. i'll be nominated. >> i'll be nominate me. even though i'm just nana by name, but not by actual nature . but not by actual nature. sherrie hewson, thank you so much. lovely to talk to you. thatis much. lovely to talk to you. that is sherrie hewson. sherrie, sir, national grandparents day or week on sunday starts on sunday. >> sherrie of benidorm fame of course as well. one reader said her best part. apparently according to some of you guys watching at home. anyway, up next, israel targets hezbollah's next, israel targets hezbollah's next leader in a huge blast in beirut overnight as more planes are expected to evacuate brits from the middle east will have the latest in just a tick here with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> good morning. 48 minutes after 10:00, this is britain's newsroom with ben , leo and me. newsroom with ben, leo and me. nana akua. >> all right. overnight. middle eastern tensions have intensified as massive blasts were reported in lebanon's

southern beirut. >> one israeli airstrike hit close to the city's international airport, close to a hezbollah stronghold. we're joined now by gb news home and security editor, mark white. mark, so talk to us about what's happening there. >> well, of course , there's the >> well, of course, there's the immediate war that we're seeing now raging between israel and hezbollah in lebanon, but it's being felt wider afield. and it has been for some significant time. we've got some incredible footage actually showing a british oil tanker that was struck earlier in the week by a houthi unmanned surface drone. now, look at that explosion. we're told that the crew were not seriously injured, and the tanker , incredibly, has been tanker, incredibly, has been able to make its way onwards to its next port. but that is an unmanned surface drone of the type that we've seen. of course, ukraine use against russian

ships in that conflict. and the houthis have been using that as well as aerial drones and missiles to target shipping. two ships were struck earlier in the week . and there's some real week. and there's some real concern about this and this directly affects people in the uk and other western nations because these ships, instead of going up through the suez canal, the shortest route into europe, are having to reroute all the way around africa, adding thousands of miles to the journey and many thousands of pounds to the cost. so there's some other footage that will hopefully bring you a little later that actually shows the crew on board this oil tanker, private security crew with guns shooting at this surface drone as it comes towards them. because a lot of these merchant ships now they go through sort of pirate infested waters around somalia and the like, and they have their own private security

crews. a lot of these vessels and we have that now. we can actually show you these images, which are again, just like the other images we showed you of the explosion. this is from the point of view of the crew as they are, as this drone is coming towards them on the water. hopefully we can see that imagery now , what? imagery now, what? arade dam any second now that the explosion , huge explosion , the explosion, huge explosion, which of course we saw from the other shot. but absolutely terrifying for those crews on board who yes, some of these vessels have got, you know, the ability to fire at threats , but ability to fire at threats, but against a sort of an unmanned

surface threat like this. it's very difficult when you say surface, was it skimming on the surface? it was . yeah. you could surface? it was. yeah. you could see it coming towards the oil tanker. >> it's worth remembering, isn't it, that you're talking about unmanned drones and the armoury of the houthis. they're not just some ragtag militia with acas running along the coast. these with acas some ragtag militia with acas running along the coast. these are properly funded , iranian are properly funded , iranian are properly funded, iranian funded groups. look at that. and are properly funded, iranian funded groups. look at that. and also oil surging after this also oil surging after this attack. and of course, joe attack. and of course, joe biden's comments about israel's biden's comments about israel's possible retaliation on iran up possible retaliation on iran up 5%. that's going to bump up 5%. that's going to bump up petrol prices, energy bills. petrol prices, energy bills. >> yeah. the more that this >> yeah. the more that this conflict escalates and widens, conflict escalates and widens, then of course, the impact on then of course, the impact on then of course, the impact on then of course, the impact on the oil price is likely to the oil price is likely to increase. but it's also everyday increase. but it's also everyday consumer goods of having to consumer goods of having to divert these ships at huge extra divert these ships at huge extra cost all the way around africa cost all the way around africa to get to europe. that is then to get to europe. that is then being felt in not just the being felt in not just the direct sort of shipping costs , direct sort of shipping costs , direct sort of shipping costs, but also, you know, when you're direct sort of shipping costs, but also, you know, when you're

talking about oil, it's not talking about oil, it's not again, just fuel, it's petroleum products that are all reliant on that interests to perpetuate this. >> so the houthis and iran, because then it bumps up the price of oil and makes the resource that they have more scarce and more valuable. is

resource that they have more scarce and more vrally»le. is resource that they have more scarce and more vrally against muslim groups to rally against israel . israel. >> all right. mark white, thank you very much. >> such an important route that suez canal. it's such a tight i've done a cruise down it before. talking of cruises again. but yeah, such an important route. otherwise, as mark said, you have to go all the way around africa. we sail past somalia. we had ex—sas private security on board all the lights off because of somali pirates at night. wow. quite an experience. >> well, listen, still to come, we will hear the prime minister explaining that keir starmer why he's spending 22 billion on carbon capture clusters. you won't want to miss that. good luck with that. care. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. we are britain's news channel. stay tuned. let's get an update now with your weather with aidan. >> we'll see a cold snap which will quickly develop into a warm front. boxt boiler repairs. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there. good morning.

welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. it's a fine start today for most of us. sunny spells continuing into the afternoon but it will turn increasingly cloudy and damp as the day progresses in the far northwest. in fact, already some light outbreaks of rain are pushing into the western isles. they will reach parts of the far north of scotland at times as well. northern ireland likewise seeing a thicker cloud and some light rain at times with a freshening breeze. but for eastern and southern scotland , england and southern scotland, england and wales plenty of sunny spells, highs of 16 to 17 celsius, so feeling pleasant enough but perhaps a bit more cloud cover compared with thursday. we see those clouds persisting into the evening for much of scotland and northern ireland. some persistent damp weather for western scotland, but eastern areas well, some late sunshine just before it goes down. northern and central england. plenty of sunshine. northern ireland, though a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of mostly

light rain . now for the southern light rain. now for the southern half of the uk, where we'll see the cloud melting away into the evening and under clear skies overnight temperatures will fall away . another chilly nights away. another chilly nights expected through the midlands , expected through the midlands, eastern and southern and southeast england , but southeast england, but elsewhere, with thickening cloud and a strengthening breeze and some outbreaks of rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland, it's a milder night with temperatures staying in the double figures, so it's really only the east of england and some central parts where we'll see single figures first thing saturday and perhaps mid single figures in some spots. then we'll see a lot of fine weather once again across england and wales, but with a bit more of a breeze and some cloud coming and going through the day, there's still scope for some sunshine at times and mostly the more unsettled weather stays at bay until after dark. but it will reach cornwall and it will affect parts of scotland and northern ireland through the day. feeling cooler here as a result, heavy showers first

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well . well. >> good morning. it's 11:00 well. >> good morning. it's11:00 on friday october the 4th. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben leo and nana akua. >> now any moment now sir keir starmer will set out his plan to spend £22 billion to fund carbon capture projects in merseyside and teesside. ed miliband is taking centre stage right now . taking centre stage right now. >> elsewhere, leave or remain bons >> elsewhere, leave or remain boris johnson wants another referendum, this time on the echr . how referendum, this time on the echr. how would you vote? >> the covid kids children are arriving at reception , arriving at reception, unavailable or unable to talk to talk. wearing nappies and some of them using buggies. that's a shocking warning from a former children's star. >> and britain gets smaller.

argentina has promised to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands after britain surrendered control of the chagos islands to mauritius. bons chagos islands to mauritius. boris johnson gave this reaction to gb news. >> it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness, desire to look like the good guys, the desire to look as though we're unbundling the last relics of our empire . relics of our empire. >> in every 20 doctors appointments in england are carried out online. when did you last see your gp to face face? >> i hope you're well. thanks for joining us again for this forjoining us again for this second. our big show coming up. we're going to be going live to sir keir starmer announcing that carbon capture project. but first your news headlines with sam francis .

sam francis. >> very good morning to you. it's just after 11:00. the top story today from the newsroom. the uk is set to send another £10 million in life saving aid to lebanon and urging britons to leave now , that's as the leave now, that's as the conflict there escalates. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, and this was the moment giant explosions were seen near the beirut airport. well, as you can see there, those massive explosions leading to in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people dead across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the caphal most intense airstrikes on the capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south of the country, targeting hezbollah militants, while tensions rise with iran following missile attacks on israel in gaza, airstrikes there have pushed the death toll to now over 41,000 since the conflict began . here, another

conflict began. here, another flight carrying britons fleeing that conflict in lebanon has landed in birmingham. today, it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive more than 150 uk nationals have now already left beirut and troops are on standby in cyprus for a potential military led evacuation. if the beirut airport closes. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint, condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government's being warned its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius puts more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands. however, britain insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering and former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases,

check out the chagos islands , check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> sir keir starmer is set to announce a game. changing his words. £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions in the last few minutes, we've heard from the energy secretary, ed miliband, and you can see there the chancellor, rachel reeves, currently giving her speech before sir keir starmer steps up to the lectern. the prime minister is due to speak there at that manufacturing site in northwest england. we will of course, head straight back there as soon as sir keir starmer appears. labour says two projects in merseyside and teesside, known as carbon capture clusters, will create thousands of jobs, bring investment and help meet climate goals. however, green campaigners are warning the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon

until 2028. and we can now head straight back , in fact, to sir straight back, in fact, to sir keir starmer as he speaks. >> thank you, rachel, and thank you to all of you for coming and being here. i think you may have thought you were going to see kylie , but you've got keir kylie, but you've got keir instead, i'm afraid. but i do want to say a big thank you to you, because we've come here to get a proper sense of the work that you do. we've come here to hear about how successful you are . this is an incredible place are. this is an incredible place to work . the amount of work that to work. the amount of work that you do from here is phenomenal. this company has grown and grown and that's down to you and the skills that you bring to what you do day in, day out . and for you do day in, day out. and for me, there's no substitute for coming to places where you and others work and getting a sense for myself of what you do , how for myself of what you do, how skilled it is and how important it is to our country. i've said

many times my dad was a toolmaker. he worked in a factory, but that matters to me because until i went to off college, i didn't even know any working environment other than a factory. so it is really , really factory. so it is really, really important for me to be here today to and say thank you for being here. thank you for listening to us. but thank you hugely for what you do because it's really, really important. thank you for hosting us here today. really to good see representatives from bp here, equinor and eni who have all worked so hard on this moment of partnership. and that's what it is because this investment in our future, we make together. and that is back to you in other words, this investment. yes, it's a technical question of facing the future. yes. it's about how we ensure that we get what we need as we go forward, the investment into our country.

but above all else, it's about making sure that there were thousands of people like you with skilled, good, secure jobs that give you the security and the dignity and the pride in the work that you do. so yes, there's a lot of technicality in all of this. yes, there's some numbers flying around hugely important. but in the end, what matters to me and to us as a government is what a difference it makes to your lives and the lives of other people who are doing jobs like you, not just now and next year, but into the future and making sure that we have you and them in our mind's eye when we make our decisions. because politics is about who are you thinking about when you're making your decisions? and that's why this is such a hugely exciting moment in the future of british industry . future of british industry. because, as ed has already pointed out, it is a landmark week in our national story. because this week we saw the end of coal, the end of coal, the

power that built this country for many years. and now, as we see the end of coal, we see the new future on our horizon with carbon capture and storage, the largest programme in this new and vital industry anywhere in the world. that is incredible. right here in liverpool bay and on the east coast in teesside, 4000 skilled jobs for working people. jobs similar to the jobs you're doing. skills and because we're stabilising our economy and because we do this in partnership with the private sector and because we're fixing the foundations and providing a long term industrial strategy, a new direction , certainty and new direction, certainty and stability. and the promise of so much more. because tied up in this in the future is 50,000 jobs across the country in the wider supply chain. that's what's at stake with this investment today. billions of

long term private investment unlocked investment in hydrogen. the first industrial scale plant in the country. and for our energy intensive industries like glass making here or cement or steel or ceramics, you're familiar with these. the security that the future belongs to them, that the necessary mission of decarbonisation does not mean de—industrialisation now look, this, if you like, is the politics of national renewal in action. we have been talking about national renewal. what does that look like? how do we face the future and when? before i was a politician, i was a lawyer, as you may know, and one of the first cases i did was a challenge to the then tory government's programme to close the coal mines , and that meant the coal mines, and that meant that i worked with families and communities who were going to lose their jobs in a really lose theirjobs in a really important industry for them. and

i therefore know first hand what this country lost when we ended coalin this country lost when we ended coal in that way, because we lost jobs, we lost communities, we lost a way of life . i think we lost a way of life. i think we lost a way of life. i think we lost a way of life. i think we lost dignity. we lost a way of life. i think we lost dignity . and we also, we lost dignity. and we also, i think, lost identity because we are the first industrial nation. that's who we are as a country. it's our story, a source of pride that this country, our country , communities like here country, communities like here in runcorn, changed the world and that what is made here matters. now you can you can take that away from people without a plan to replace it. and it's like losing a part of yourself, a missing limb, an open wound , a heart ripped out open wound, a heart ripped out of the nation. so yes, i know what we lost when we lost coal all those years ago. but i also know how we can rewrite our story in the ink of the future.

that same identity , that pride that same identity, that pride unlocked for new times. now, you don't do that with a shrug of the shoulder , or by telling an the shoulder, or by telling an onrushing tide to stop. we saw plenty of that in birmingham. this week, and nor do you do it with false hope. sentiment by treating industrial communities as some sort of charity case rather than a source of growth and dynamism to be unlocked . and dynamism to be unlocked. know what you need is a serious, unsentimental plan, a hard headed assessment of where this country can win, what is our comparative advantage and then the determination to roll up your sleeves and invest in the future. and that's what today is all about with our partners in business. because as both ed said and rachel said, carbon capture is a race that we can win . we have the financial know

win. we have the financial know how in london and edinburgh, world leaders in green finance, we have the geology . the uk we have the geology. the uk continental shelf holds a third of the exploitable carbon storage space in all of europe. just think about that. our geology, a third of everything that we have in europe. huge potential for our country, for the jobs of the future. and we have the heritage in this room, the skills and expertise that have moved and exploited gas at for sea decades. so i am absolutely confident. mark my words, we can do this and the timing is right. this is a technology that is now arrived but is ready with this investment to scale . but it is investment to scale. but it is just the start . i've always just the start. i've always believed that clean energy is a golden opportunity for our country , a chance to bring country, a chance to bring security and hope to working people, relight the fires of renewal in those areas that got

hit so hard by deindustrialisation. but i am not alone in that. and this is important because politicians around the world are saying the same thing in northern france , same thing in northern france, in eastern germany, in the rust belt of america , their belt of america, their aspirations are the same as ours. this is a race, a global race to get ahead. and i'm really pleased that we are putting ourselves in a position not just to be in that global race, but to win that global race, but to win that global race, and that will be measured in thousands of jobs for literally decades to come. one of the problems we've got is we've been too slow so far. the previous government stopped and started and started and stopped, and not just on clean energy across the piece, life sciences . across the piece, life sciences. >> okay, that was sir keir starmer. there . we got him back. starmer. there. we got him back. >> here we go. industrial strategy on a stable long term footing . and as you all know ,

footing. and as you all know, there's nothing worse for investors than chaos and uncertainty. so today is not just a moment of industrial renewal. it's also a line in the sand. we're going to do things differently in just under two weeks time, the world's most important companies will arrive here in britain for our first international investment summit. all these companies, global companies coming here to britain, and i hope to see some of you there to have a summit on investment into britain, into our future, into jobs like yours. but more importantly, i hope we can deepen our partnership, because investment is how we will change the country. we have to be smart. we have to be pragmatic . we have to have to be pragmatic. we have to invest only where we've got a clear and undeniable potential and make sure , like today, and make sure, like today, that's a clear case for long

term growth. but above all, we have to invest together because you can't bury your head and hide from the future . that's how hide from the future. that's how you go backwards. but what you can do is use the power of government , the strength and government, the strength and skills of a nation to reshape that future in your interests . that future in your interests. and that's what we're doing today with carbon capture and storage. that is the country's heritage. the politics of serious, stable government, the business of change in action. thank you so much for listening. thank you so much for listening. thank you so much for what you do. and i want to have the opportunity, if i can, before we leave, to just have a chat with you about the work that you do and understand. for myself , how and understand. for myself, how you do what you do. but i really appreciate you being here. i really appreciate you listening. thank you very much indeed .

thank you very much indeed. i'm just going to take some questions from the media. first, i've got justin from the bbc. first. i think justin , prime first. i think justin, prime minister, you talk about igniting a new industrial revolution here in the north of england . england. >> but this money and this project isn't new, is it? the tories announced 20 billion for a scheme that was almost exactly the same as this. just a year ago. >> well, the tories spoke about doing this, but they didn't actually do any of the agreements and they didn't put the money aside. so that is the big change. and this is the big political divide now between invest or decline. we've had the decline bit for 14 years. we were elected for in change. and the change is investment . so if the change is investment. so if you look at only the last 2 or 3 weeks, we've had £8 billion of investment in amazon that rachel announced just 2 or 3 weeks ago. we've had £10 billion from blackstone, which i announced last week from the us. and then this big investment today, which

will unlock 50,000 jobs. so it's the difference between the decline that we've had and the investment that we need. that is the new political divide. it's how we take our country forward. and that is why this is so important. you don't get investment just by talking about investment. you get investment by partnering with business, by stabilising the economy, by showing you've got a long term strategy and having the ambition to take the plan forward, put the money down and invest in the future. and that's why i'm so pleased that we're making this announcement today. it isn't in isolation. those three i've just listed and i'm confident that in coming days and weeks we'll have more investment decisions like this. and it should be seen as a piece. in other words, these are not one offs. they're all part of the strategy of this government to invest. thank you so much, tamara sky , tamara so much, tamara sky, tamara cohen, sky news prime minister, you're announcing a big investment today , £22 billion. investment today, £22 billion. >> but for many weeks you've been telling us that there is a

£22 billion black hole requiring very painful decisions, some of which we haven't even heard about yet. do you accept that that gloomy message risked putting off investors? and if i may, the stories about freebies are not going away. is it time for you to look again at how we fund politics? >> look, on the question of investors. it is absolutely clear that by taking the approach we've taken, which is to stabilise the economy that is attractive to investors, anybody who's spoken to an investor in the last five. that's the same answer as i've had repeatedly until the election, which is it's the instability. it's the chaos. it's the ever changing minister behind the desk. there's no long term strategy. we're not putting our money in. so yes, we've got to take difficult decisions in the budget in relation to the missing money from the last government. really tough decisions like for example, the

winter fuel payment, that is to stabilise the economy because i am absolutely convinced that only by stabilising the economy can we attract the investment that we need in relation to your challenge, as it were, that aren't we putting off investment quite the opposite. there's amazon putting down 8 billion. there's blackstone putting down 10 billion. there's the 22 billion going in today which will unlock billions of private investment as well. and i am confident that in the coming weeks and months i'll be announcing or rachel or ed will be announcing to you other investments that are coming in. so the proof is in the pudding here. it's coming in in relation to donations. i'm not sure there's anything i can add to there's anything i can add to the very many answers i've given in the last week or two. thank you. tamara catherine from gb news katherine forster gb news, prime minister. >> labour pledged to bring people's energy bills down by £300, but you've taken the winter fuel payment off lots of pensioners. the energy price cap has gone up. the green transition is going to be very

expensive, isn't it ? aren't expensive, isn't it? aren't energy bills going to go up? in fact, at least in the short term, and also just on the chagos islands , argentina now chagos islands, argentina now saying they want the falklands back , can you guarantee that back, can you guarantee that under labour, no other overseas territories of britain will be signed away? thank you. >> look on the question of bills. energy bills. that has been a major problem of the last few years. talk to any individual who's had their energy bills at home, and i'm sure you feel they've gone up very high. talk to any business, including the business here and they will know their energy bills have gone up too high. and yes, that is partly caused by international issues, but it was worse in this country because we didn't stabilise the economy. we didn't stabilise the economy. we didn't invest in renewables. years ago because with renewable energy you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping winter, not, you know, capping for a few months in necessary circumstances, but lower energy bills for good because renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels. that is really

important. you get independence and security by doing renewables here in britain. you're not relying on the international market. and therefore, even if there are international conflicts that affect the price of energy , we would have our own of energy, we would have our own supply, which is independent. and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs. and that's why this investment is so important. there is always the challenge of the short term versus the long term. but if you never do the long term decisions, you will always have the short term problems. and that's where we've been stuck for 14 years. this is about making sure we're taking the long term decisions to keep those energy bills down for good. for millions of people across the country. in relation to the chagos islands, look, the single most important thing was ensuring that we had a secure base that joined us. in particular, uk base, hugely important to us, hugely

important to us, hugely important to us, hugely important to us. we've now secured that and that is why you saw such warm words from the us yesterday . thank you catherine, yesterday. thank you catherine, i've got chloe from the i. >> thank you prime minister. chloe chaplin from the newspaper. i want to keir starmer talking today. >> he's live right now. i mean , >> he's live right now. i mean, he talked about stabilising our economy and doing it in partnership with the promise of so much more. and he said about 50,000 jobs, he quoted that billions would be unlocked. and he also talked about the security that the future belongs to us politics of natural renewal in action. he said that what we needed was serious, unsentimental plan , hard headed unsentimental plan, hard headed assessment where this country can win, investing in our future and carbon capture was the way to go. >> okey dokey. still to come, a nice little local win for reform. according to their members, they're celebrating onune members, they're celebrating online this morning. a council win overturning a massive labour majority will fill in on all the details in

gb news. >> good morning. just fast approaching 26 minutes after 11:00, this is britain's newsroom with ben , leo and me. newsroom with ben, leo and me. nana akua. right. it's time for the papers. and joining us now, we have james schneider and esther krakue. right. where should we go? should we start with ministers to invest in £22 billion in carbon capture? we've heard sir keir starmer speaking. >> yeah . so this is a bit you >> yeah. so this is a bit you had a very good guest on in the in the previous hour talking talking about this. this is a bit of a fossil fuel subsidy. we do need to have large scale investment in the country. full stop. we know that we also need to build a new energy system. we also know that some other news that we've got about the oil pnces that we've got about the oil prices going up 5% on fears of wider war in, in west asia. and we are whether we like it or not, we're going to have to transition to a new energy

system. and it was going to take some time, and it's going to take a lot of investment. and this basically doesn't start doing that. what we should be spending and this is a lot of money, what we should be spending the money in is building that new energy system, which means renewable energy, so that we're less reliant on fossil fuels for a whole range of reasons. because of the climate breakdown and also because of the security of supply. >> i mean, this, this government, i don't this government, i don't this government has actually, ironically, been quite consistent on this. and they said , you know, we will still said, you know, we will still need to rely on fossil fuels, which is the energy source for 80% of the energy source for most of the world for some considerable time. so it's not like they've backtracked or it's not like the sort of, you know, lying to the public. however, i do agree that we do need to sort out our energy mix. i am personally a fan of the energy sources that are the most plentiful, the cheapest and the most reliable . and as things most reliable. and as things stand, it doesn't look like that. renewable energy i actually favour nuclear energy more or stuff like tidal. but you know, that's that's a different conversation. but the reality is this is actually in line with what the government

has said, which is ironic because they've they've not been very consistent on other things . very consistent on other things. but in this case, they have been and i think we have to look at it as a sign of some sort of rational thinking. i'm not necessarily a fan of ed miliband. i don't think he i think he's more of an ideologue than actually a competent politician. but i'm happy that rachel reeves has taken this step, because the reality is we are going to still have to rely on fossil fuels for some considerable amount of time, and there's no point in destroying there's no point in destroying the economy to make some sort of statement when the rest of the world are still just going to do what works for them. >> james, our reporter on the ground, katherine forster, said to sir keir starmer in that briefing you promised prior to the election that energy bills would immediately go down by £300. he then backtracked on that live. just a minute ago. why is he making so many promises he can't keep? >> well , one promises he can't keep? >> well, one promise that you can't keep you might think, okay, we'll give a bit of leeway. a second one, it's a problem when you're keir starmer and now we're in the dozens of promises, solemn pledges and commitments that are rapidly

backtracked on. you get the position where you can't really trust what he says . the only trust what he says. the only things that you that you can trust it seems, are things where corporate lobbyists have got their or in in some particular policy area . and that seems to policy area. and that seems to be to have an oversized play in setting labour policy . so, you setting labour policy. so, you know, yes, he promised energy bills will come down, energy bills will come down, energy bills are going to go up. >> i mean, in his defence and i can't believe i'm saying this, i'm throwing up a little bit in my mouth for saying this. it's one it's never advisable to say to promise on energy prices, because there's so much about energy prices that are out of our control and unfortunately out of keir starmer's control. and i think on this particular point, the only thing that he can say is give some assurances about some sort of long term strategic thinking on our energy mix. that's not just going to be a five year, one party policy idea, but actually going to transcend multiple years and multiple parties. should governments should we change governments? >> i agree on the point of having strategic the government can control energy prices. we have an energy price cap. the

regulator can decide. yeah, but there's an opportunity cost there. of course. no, there's a trade off. right. of course there's a trade off. but if you are a politician you want people to trust you. and you say, we think that bills should go down and that means some there will be some other costs to do that. and we think that's the right decision. then people can can judge you on that and you can make a reasonable balancing. if you say bills are going to go oh down, no, they'll they're going up. oh, we just won't talk about how we said they'll go down again. people think you're you're you're slippery. >> is he trustworthy sir keir starmer i don't think you could think from anything that i've said that i would trust . said that i would trust. >> right. great. james schneider , >> right. great. james schneider, esther krakue, thank you very much. time for your latest news headunes much. time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good morning to you . >> very good morning to you. it's just gone 11:30. also known as 11:30. as we've been hearing, sir keir starmer has announced a £22 billion funding package for

so—called carbon capture clusters and storage projects. speaking to workers in liverpool in the last few minutes, the prime minister again highlighted his toolmaker father, stressing the importance of skilled jobs, and thanked the plant's staff there. he called today's investment a moment of partnership, promising 4000 new jobs and up to 50,000 jobs in the supply chain . the supply chain. >> we've got secure jobs and feel that they can go out and enjoy them. >> the uk is sending another £10 million in life saving aid to lebanon and urging britons to leave now, as the conflict there escalates. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, and this was the moment one giant explosion was seen near the city's airport . well, in the city's airport. well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense air strikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces

are also escalating ground operations in the south, with a hezbollah militants as the target. it comes while tensions are rising with iran following missile attacks on israel and in gaza. airstrikes have pushed the death toll to over 41,000 since the conflict began . here, the conflict began. here, another flight carrying britons fleeing lebanon's spiralling conflict has landed in birmingham. it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive . more chartered plane to arrive. more than 150 uk nationals have now already left beirut, and troops are on standby in cyprus for a potential military led emergency evacuation. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint and condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government is being warned its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius could put more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. however, britain insists its commitment to the

falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos dealis told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> the chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands , check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness and finally, it's been confirmed in the last hour or so that british tech tycoon mike lynch drowned when his superyacht sank off the coast of sicily in august. >> an inquest in ipswich opened this morning confirmed the 59 year old's cause of death, but post—mortems for his daughter hannah and other passengers on board that yacht remain inconclusive. mike lynch and his daughter were among seven killed when the vessel was caught in a storm, including morgan stanley chairman jonathan bloomer and his wife judy. the investigation is continuing, with the

his wife judy. the investigation is continuing , with the next is continuing, with the next heanng is continuing, with the next hearing scheduled for april next year. hearing scheduled for april next year . those are the latest year. those are the latest headunes year. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for a full round up at midday for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> up at noon is good afternoon britain with tom and emily. good morning to you both. what's in store for our lovely viewers today? well, it's a busy show. >> of course we're going to be touching on that big energy announcement from the government . announcement from the government. what does that actually mean for us? yeah. >> keir starmer in the sun today. i will not sacrifice british industry to drum banging, finger wagging, net zero extremists. do you believe him? i mean , how much british him? i mean, how much british industry have we already lost on the altar of net zero port talbot? you've got the north sea oil and gas industry. how many jobs have already been lost? is

£22 billion on carbon capture going to save the day and 22 billion. >> does that remind you of anything? the black hole. >> they're all falling in it aren't they? >> there you go. but also, of course, we're going to be looking at the chagos islands. interesting tidbit today. the phrase the sun will never set on the british empire . it phrase the sun will never set on the british empire. it is. it is still technically true for now. there is a bit of british territory, a bit of british overseas territory all around the world. these little islands that mean that technically for all of the day, they're. well , all of the day, they're. well, there's never a moment of darkness on british territory. the moment at which the chagos islands are surrendered and that sovereignty is ceded, that phrase will no longer be true. there'll be a time of day where british territory is all in darkness for the first time since the 1700s. >> well, katherine forster, they're asking keir starmer, what about the falklands live at that press conference? what's happening with the falklands? what about gibraltar? yeah, and of course , the falklands. of course, the falklands. >> foreign. i'm sorry, the argentine foreign minister has now been saying, well, this opens the door to the falklands

and i think it doesn't really matter what the government thinks on this stuff. we're just going to give up if all of if all of the adversaries of the united kingdom, anyone with a territorial claim on british territory, now feels emboldened thanks to this move? >> well, also, we're going to be touching on iran's ayatollah and his warmongering speech bonkers this morning. bonkers speech of course, calling israel all names under the sun, rallying muslim nafions under the sun, rallying muslim nations to essentially take things into their own hands. well , listen, this things into their own hands. well, listen, this sounds like a cracking show. >> all that and more coming up at midday. how do you fancy another referendum? boris johnson thinks that you would like one about leaving the echr. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1139 ben and nana, with you >>1139 ben and nana, with you on britain's newsroom, only on gb news now , former prime gb news now, former prime minister boris johnson has said that britain should hold a referendum on its membership of

the european convention of human rights. >> the echr another one. >> the echr another one. >> well, joining us now in the studio to discuss this is barrister sam fowles. good morning sam . do we want another morning sam. do we want another referendum on the echr and also people who say we need to get rid of the echr i.e. robert jenrick. they say there's existing legislation to protect everything that already is covered in the echr, so we wouldn't lose anything. >> well, two things for that. one, why are we listening to anything that boris johnson is saying? this guy is failed on everything he tried at prime minister and he's trying to flog a book. so he's just saying any sort of controversial thing to try and flog his book. so let's, you know, we're talking about trying to get rid of people's fundamental rights so boris johnson can make another couple of quid, which, you know, that's the context for this. >> that's not quite fair. you know, there's no real evidence that he's doing that to flog his book. >> he's got a book coming out next, next week. and suddenly he started saying every sort of controversial thing he can, he can think of including, we are going to invade the netherlands . going to invade the netherlands. so, you know, let's, let's, let's be realistic about what's,

what's going on here. >> that's why he was telling us about that. >> but anyway, the in terms of what robert jenrick saying, who's so committed to these , who's so committed to these, these freedoms that he thinks people should be arrested for saying god is great. obviously he he doesn't believe that, because if he if all of those laws were in place already, then he wouldn't be trying to get rid of the echr because there'd be nothing to gain from doing so. in fact, what the echr does is make these laws much more accessible and much more usable. so rather than going through 12 centuries of english common law as i might need to do for a client, which would cost them a large amount of money, i can defend my client's rights on the bafis defend my client's rights on the basis of a very simple, very easy to implement treaty i see. >> so what is the basis for these people talking about getting rid of it? why are people like robert jenrick so adamant about getting rid of it? if it's so, as you say, you know, helps us and is so useful

to us. >> well, i think fundamentally people like robert jenrick disagree with the very essence of the echr, which is the recognition in law that every person has fundamental equal value. and we know that we've seen in the conservative party conference, kemi badenoch saying that not all cultures have equal value. we've seen robert jenrick wanting to arrest people for simply expressing their religious faith. this is someone who wants a license to persecute. and that's what getting rid of people's rights. kenny was saying. >> kenny was talking about different cultures in the uk where, for example, they treat women differently to men . they women differently to men. they see women as, as, as a lower standard of a human being . so on standard of a human being. so on one hand, you're talking about the likes of robert jenrick viewing people as lesser human beings. but kemi badenoch was referring to the people who actually look at women as lesser human beings. >> so does that mean is that the conservative party that looks at women as lesser human beings, because this was a party that idle, this is a party that idolises donald trump, who's a fun to be a sexual offender. this is a party that oversaw the

largest, an absolute failure to address rape and oversaw calm down more. >> answer that question. you just said people like robert jenrick and kemi badenoch persecute people and see them as less as human beings. the kemi badenoch was referring to people in this country who actually do do that to women. for example. they see them as lesser, not worthy of even answering the door and speaking to people. >> yeah, and robert jenrick is trying to allow people to enshrine that sort of behaviour in law. that's what the echr that's what the echr prohibits, is that a government, a government with a british bill of rights, which would copy the same thing. >> the only difference is we wouldn't be at the behest of the european. why are british? >> why are british people different types of humans to europeans? why do we have different? why should we have different? why should we have different rights to europeans? we're all people. we're equal. equal human beings. >> what he's talking about is sovereignty, though. so that means that our country, our human rights, trumps any other convention of rights that comes up. so he can take the best bits from that. but what's the

problem with us owning it? why do we help to write it? why are we unable now to write our own specifically for us? >> because sovereignty is about, well, there's two sort of sovereignty he's talking about is about a government being able to do whatever it wants to its to do whatever it wants to its to its citizens, the sovereignty that i'm talking about, that the echr protects is sovereignty of the individual, which draws a line between where over which the government cannot cross, no matter how much it's got a majority, no matter how passionately it believes it, the individual is important and is valuable, and the individual isn't. >> a british bill of rights do that because the individual is equally valuable. >> whether you're british, whether you're french, whether you're from azerbaijan, whether you're from azerbaijan, whether you're from azerbaijan, whether you're from australia. >> we wrote it. why can't we? why would britain not be able to put that in our own bill of rights? why? i just wondering, why do we need a european convention and just not why can't we just have our own? what's wrong with, you know, meeting our own individual needs?i meeting our own individual needs? i mean, a lot of people are using this to get out of being sent back to where they've come from. if they've come from there illegally and so on and so forth. that's i think, the focus of the reason why a lot of us

are looking at this and saying it's not on, because when we wrote that bill, when winston churchill, one of the greatest conservative prime ministers, advocated for the european convention on human rights, he advocated for a european convention, not a british convention, because human rights transcend borders. >> we are equally human, whether we're an immigrant, whether we're an immigrant, whether we're an immigrant, whether we're an asylum seeker, whether we're an asylum seeker, whether we're born in london, whether we're born in london, whether we're born in australia. >> so what makes you think that a british bill of rights won't do that? it will. what's the problem? >> because we've already got something that does that. it's called the european convention on human rights. and most importantly, it's enforced by a court that transcends governments. so it is and it is enforced by a court where we can all go, what? whatever nationality we're from. and which will enforce regardless of what country the rights are being violated. >> well, it depends if the politics it depends whether there's not a political aspect to it as well, which is, i think, the problem with it. well, sam , thank you very much well, sam, thank you very much for joining us. really good to

forjoining us. really good to talk to you. >> thank you. all right. thanks , >> thank you. all right. thanks, sam. and of course, don't forget to tune in to the camilla tominey show this sunday at 930, where she will have her interview with boris johnson broadcast for the first time. and there are some bombshells in there. i promise you this. take a look. >> and i'm very, very happy to be on camilla tominey show boris johnson on gb news, the people's channel johnson on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> there he is with an extra long tie, donald trump style. you know how trump wears the long ties that pass his waist? looking forward to that. on sunday, 930 a special extended show. do not miss it right up next, we'll look at the reasons why some children are arriving at reception. >> that's the reception class. unable to talk , wearing nappies unable to talk, wearing nappies and still using buggies. don't miss that . that's next. this is miss that. that's next. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> welcome back. now , children >> welcome back. now, children are said to be arriving at

school, still in nappies and unable to properly communicate with classmates and i know this is true because i've got first hand experience of it. not with my son, but schools in my local area . area. >> well, the former children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, has warned that children are being held back and not receiving the necessary support needed to be school ready. joining us now , parenting ready. joining us now, parenting expert nicole ratcliffe and nicole. this is a bit of a worrying trend, but a lot of people are trying to blame this on covid. where do you stand? >> i wouldn't necessarily say it's a case of blaming it on covid. i would actually say we're probably in a situation where we're not empowering and educating new and expectant parents. so we've gone into covid and we've got new parents that didn't really know what it was. they were supposed to be doing. nobody told them what it was that they should be doing, or how they should be helping their child's brain development, what the milestones were, how to help those babies and those children reach those milestones .

children reach those milestones. and they've just been trying to wing it on their own . the first wing it on their own. the first thousand days are the most important days from conception for brain development. so we're talking about children now that are turning four years old that have missed out on those vital years of education and brain development at the beginning, because the parents haven't been educated and supported. so we can't blame the children . and i can't blame the children. and i don't think we can really blame the parents. we just haven't educated the parents to support the children right now. >> i mean, where does parental responsibility come into play? i mean, who's to blame then? someone's to blame. if kids are going into school with still wearing soiled nappies, someone's to blame. something's gone wrong somewhere . gone wrong somewhere. >> absolutely. okay, so if i say it like this, we are very good as a society for blaming what's gone on in the past, rather than kind of turning around and saying, do you know what? we've made a bit of a mistake here. our systems aren't set up to support and educate new parents, expectant for parents what's really going to happen. we're not telling them what milestones

are expected for them to be achieving , how to help those achieving, how to help those those children get to there . and those children get to there. and we're kind of going , well, think we're kind of going, well, think about it like this. these results that have just come out are showing that the people that are showing that the people that are in poverty are the people that are struggling the most . that are struggling the most. they've got the children that are least ready for starting school. these parents don't have the money to be going to these baby classes, those they probably don't have the money to be sending their children to nurseries, and they're probably just trying to wing it and they're not getting support. sorry. go on. >> well, i was going to say, nicole, we're running out of time. but it's interesting you say that. it's very interesting. listen, that's nicole radcliffe and her views are. i tend to blame the parents because i think the parents could actually do this, although it does sometimes, i think, cast negative aspersions on those with special educational needs. but lots of you have been emailing in with reform with regard to what's been happening. yeah. so local council election, there's been a reform by—election win in local council

in martin ward in blackpool. >> so reform have overturned a 40% swing to win a council seat in martin ward might not seem significant, just a, you know, a humble council seat up north. but lots of you saying this is a sign of things to come for perhaps a general election in the future. and of course, reform not shy about the fact nigel farage not shy about the fact that he has labour in his sights. he's saying, we are coming after you, labour. we don't care about the tories. it's labour we're coming after, and they've done exactly that in martin ward in blackpool , martin ward in blackpool, winning that by—election. council seat. jim o'neill was the winner of that . the winner of that. >> interesting isn't it? well, there's a shift afoot because actually i noticed some of the questions as well to keir starmer today were not as warm as often. they are a lot of us asking lots of questions and lots of you have been in touch with your thoughts. one of them is from penny said argentina's resurfaced with vowing to get the falklands exactly more nonsense, i think, from this labour government, which i think is a bit concerning. >> rule, britannia, no more. that's it from britain's

newsroom for today. thanks for joining us. have a pleasant weekend. nana's back tomorrow, 3:00. >> be there, be square. >> be there, be square. >> and i'm back in the morning. good afternoon. britain with tom and emily is up next. >> iran's ayatollah has given a rare public speech today where he calls israel vampires. and we'll explain exactly what that means for global security. >> yes, it's quite shocking. and also sir keir starmer here in the uk, up in liverpool, he insists that he will not sacrifice british industry to eco zealots. do you believe him? this £22 billion for carbon capture storage will that decarbonise and keep our industries alive or will it be an expensive flop? >> all that to come, of course, after your weather forecast. >> stay with us. >> stay with us. >> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day ahead. boxed heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news . of weather on gb news. >> hi there. good morning. welcome to the latest update

from the met office for gb news. it's a fine start today for most of us. sunny spells continuing into the afternoon, but it will turn increasingly cloudy and damp as the day progresses in the far northwest in fact, already some light outbreaks of rain are pushing into the western isles. they'll reach parts of the far north of scotland at times as well. northern ireland likewise seeing a thicker cloud and some light rain at times with a freshening breeze. but for eastern and southern scotland, england and wales, plenty of sunny spells . wales, plenty of sunny spells. highs of 16 to 17 celsius, so feeling pleasant enough but perhaps a bit more cloud cover compared with thursday. we see those clouds persisting into the evening for much of scotland and northern ireland. some persistent damp for weather western scotland, but eastern areas well, some late sunshine just before it goes down. northern and central england plenty of sunshine. northern ireland, though , a lot of cloud ireland, though, a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of mostly

light rain. now for the southern half of the uk, where we'll see the cloud melting away into the evening and under clear skies, overnight temperatures will fall away. another chilly nights expected through the midlands, eastern and southern and southeast england, but elsewhere, with thickening cloud and a strengthening breeze and some outbreaks of rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland, it's a milder night with temperatures staying in the double figures, so it's really only the east of england and some central parts where we'll see single figures first thing saturday and perhaps mid single figures in some spots. then we'll see a lot of fine weather once again across england and wales, but with a bit more of a breeze and some cloud coming and going through the day, there's still scope for some sunshine at times, and mostly the more unsettled weather stays at bay until after dark. but it will reach cornwall and it will affect parts of scotland and northern ireland through the day. feeling cooler here as a result, expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right

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well . well. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on friday the 4th of october. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver decarbonisation or deindustrialisation? sir keir starmer insists he will not sacrifice british industry to eco zealots. this as he pledges a whopping £22 billion for green technologies . is carbon capture technologies. is carbon capture enough to keep british industry alive? >> and could the falklands be next? renewed fears today over the future of the falklands and gibraltar after the government's decision to surrender control of the chagos islands. this as bons the chagos islands. this as boris johnson slams the move as crazy , raging ayatollah , iran's crazy, raging ayatollah, iran's warmongering supreme leader, calls on muslim nations to prepare against their common

enemy, labelling the