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.7 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.7 >> 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 bofis 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 recent ballistic missile onslaught on israel the minimum punishment for what he calls its bloodthirsty, vampiric regime . bloodthirsty, vampiric regime. three pretty meaty stories there to go at. i'm interested to know i wasn't here yesterday, and of course, you were covering this news about the chagos islands huge amount of anger at this decision that appeared to come out of nowhere. >> yeah , the strange thing is , >> yeah, the strange thing is, this was a process that was started in 2022 under the last government. but when david cameron became foreign secretary, he spoke to people in the ministry of defence. he put a stop to the deal. he put a stop to all of those negotiations. it was not the policy of the last government. by policy of the last government. by the time they went to the election to give up this territory. and then we get a new government coming in, we get a new foreign secretary and suddenly this territory is ceded

for nothing in return, literally nothing. >> i don't get it. they've been in power for, what, three months now? about three months, thereabouts. and this is seemingly quite close to the top of the agenda. the top of the priority list . and what does priority list. and what does this mean for the future? we've obviously got calls from argentina now to hand back the falklands in their words, a renewed vows to get it back . renewed vows to get it back. what else are the government going to give back? >> and this is the thing. well, exactly. that's the distinction because it's not giving back. i mean, the falklands were not inhabhed mean, the falklands were not inhabited by the argentinian spanish before the british. there wasn't a native population on the falklands is what i'm trying to say, just as there wasn't a native population on the chagos islands, the first people to get there were the french . then we defeated french. then we defeated napoleon and we got them fair and square in war. i mean, how, why, why is it that now suddenly islands that are thousands of miles away are getting a greater claim over these islands than we do when we won them completely,

fairly, completely legally as a result of the congress of vienna in 1814. >> i mean, is it not the government's job to act in our best interests as british? i mean, you know, are we allowed to act in our national interest? >> i don't think we are. i mean, one of the most extraordinary things is this was announced when parliament was not sitting because of the timing of the mauritian elections . we are mauritian elections. we are prioritising elections in mauritius over our own parliament. and more than that, i mean, this is this is giving a free hand to the government of mauritius. why are we, if anything, that sounds like election interference to me. >> well, is this a sign of our decline? gbnews.com/yoursay, please do get in touch, but let's get the headlines with sam francis . francis. >> very good afternoon to you . >> very good afternoon to you. it's just gone. 12:00. the top story from the newsroom this hour. story from the newsroom this hour . sir story from the newsroom this hour. sir keir starmer has announced a £22 billion funding

package for so—called carbon capture clusters and storage projects . speaking to workers in projects. speaking to workers in liverpool earlier, he called the investment a moment of partnership, promising 4000 new jobs. but following his speech , jobs. but following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the cost of the transition to that so—called green and clean energy . green and clean energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few 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 and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . the next generation of jobs. >> the prime minister there ,

>> the prime minister there, speaking earlier to our political correspondent , well, political correspondent, well, turning to the middle east, the uk is sending another £10 million in life saving aid to lebanon and is urging britons to leave immediately as the conflict there continues to escalate. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, and this was the moment giant explosions were 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 caphal intense air strikes on the capital. so far, israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south of the strip, targeting hezbollah militants. you can see there live pictures of the skyline , live pictures of the skyline, with clouds hanging and smoke hanging in the air over beirut. meanwhile, tensions are rising with iran following missile attacks on israel and in gaza, airstrikes have pushed the death

toll to now almost 42,000 since the conflict began here. meanwhile, another flight carrying britons fleeing that spiralling conflict in lebanon has landed in birmingham is the second uk chartered plane to arrive. so far, more than 150 uk nationals have already left beirut and troops are on standby in cyprus for a potential military led emergency evacuation if the city's airport closes . it comes evacuation if the city's airport closes. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint and condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government 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 the chagos dealis told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy, but 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, 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 it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> a quick bit of breaking news for you this lunchtime from the metropolitan police. two former officers have been handed their jobs back and they'll receive back pay after winning an appeal in a high profile stop and search case of two black athletes more than four years ago, bianca williams and her partner ricardo ricardo dos santos were stopped by jonathan clapham and sam franks in 2020. those two officers were then dismissed for allegedly lying about smelling cannabis when they confronted the two athletes. however, a tribunal has ruled that the decision to fire them was irrational and clearing both officers of any wrongdoing . and it's been wrongdoing. and it's been confirmed british tech tycoon mike lynch drowned when his

superyacht sank off the coast of sicily in august. an inquest opened this morning confirmed the 59 year old's cause of death, but postmortems for his daughter hannah and others remain inconclusive. they were among seven killed when the vessel was caught in a storm, including morgan stanley chairman jonathan bloomer and his wife judy. the investigation will continue with the next heanng will continue with the next hearing scheduled for april 2025. the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future, urging for an end to their collective protest action, something he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from august have revealed 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. well, speaking in liverpool this morning , wes streeting told the morning, wes streeting told the royal college of gps conference that collaboration is vital to rebuild the health service . 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, got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future. >> and finally, 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 the project and calls it an exciting step forward in cancer prevention. although full approval is still years away, clinical trials could begin as soon as 4 to 5 years time. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for

another round up at 12:30 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. >> well good afternoon britain. it is now 12:10 and the labour government's £22 billion investment in carbon capture and storage technology is the politics of national renewal , politics of national renewal, according to sir keir starmer. >> today, speaking at a glass making factory in cheshire, the prime minister stated the move is reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the energy of the future and that the necessary mission of decarbonisation does not mean de—industrialisation. >> it's a bold claim, it's a bold claim. joining us now is the co—founder of the climate majority project, rupert read. rupert. sir keir starmer insisting, insisting today that

essentially we won't lose any great british industry as a result of our net zero drive. how can he promise that ? how can he promise that? >> well, i think the key thing here is the choices that are being made by this policy decision. so starmer is saying they're going to invest £22 billion in carbon capture technology, but 22 billion when i last looked. that's a lot of money. imagine what you could do with that if you were to put it instead into something else, like insulating all our homes. i think what a lot of viewers of your programme will be thinking is, why are we heating the sky? why are we wasting energy right, left and centre? there are ways of decarbonising which are good for jobs and good for reducing waste and don't require such vast speculative investments as this one. >> well, of course he's talking about industry. now we do need energy to produce glass to produce steel, to really have any sort of heavy industry in

this country at all. insulating homes is a very good thing and a noble cause. but that's not an industrial strategy. i mean, doesit industrial strategy. i mean, does it matter to you, rupert, that the industrial price of energy in this country is now the highest in the g20? it's twice more than twice as expensive as it is in the us. and this is eroding our industrial base. >> well, in terms of the industrial price of energy, maybe we should look at having more renewable energy, which is becoming the cheapest energy thatis becoming the cheapest energy that is available, and less nuclear energy, which is becoming the most expensive. and in terms of the point about i'm just going to interrupt you on that point, rupert, because we do know that yes , wind and solar do know that yes, wind and solar energy are very cheap to produce. >> when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing . but we also the wind is blowing. but we also know because of their intermittency, intermittency, you need backup. you need very

expensive batteries, climate damaging gas fired power stations, baseload nuclear. you need to double up your energy supply for every renewable, intermittent source of energy you have. is it not a falsehood to suggest that this is cheap energy when that doesn't include all of the costs for the extra grid balancing paraphernalia that has to go along with it? >> when you have a mixed basket of renewables , you actually of renewables, you actually don't need nearly such backup and battery technology and other storage technologies are becoming cheaper. all the time. and also, by the way, it's now becoming possible to use renewable energy directly for some of these heavy industrial usages. i'm working with, with people , for example, who are people, for example, who are looking to decarbonise the production of steel and make steel production possible with renewable energy. now, if we have if we have if i can just finish this point, if we had a lot more energy to play with and a lot less energy being wasted, we'd need a lot less energy from

any dodgy sources. in the first place. so that's the reason why i mentioned the importance of insulation. i would say for £22 billion, putting that into insulation, we could insulate. do you know that a third of the homes in this country have no insulation in their roof? i think most of your viewers would just think that's crazy. isn't that a better use of money than this? completely speculative 22 billion carbon capture technology? we don't even know that it's going to work at scale. >> i mean, i think a lot of people are looking at these types of announcements and they're thinking, hang on, a minute. we have decarbonised quicker than the vast, vast majority of countries, if not all of them. and at the same time, our energy bills are now the highest, one of the highest in the entire world. so our decarbonisation efforts don't seem to be reaping rewards. and then we hear keir starmer talking about how he's not going to sacrifice great british industry. well, what about north sea oil and gas? what about all those thousands of jobs, very good, well—paid jobs that have just that are just going to go ? just that are just going to go? >> well, it's good that you

mentioned north sea oil and gas. if you had a spokesperson on here from a fossil fuel company, i can tell you what they'd say about this 22 billion announcement. they'd say, this is a great idea. this is really good. this is just what we want. and if we're doing just what the fossil fuel companies want at this moment in history, then i think we're not doing the right thing. i think that's everybody knows that they're not out for our public benefit. they're not out for a future. they're out for a quick buck. i think that it's a serious mistake for the government to have put this money into something which the fossil fuel companies are going to love, when they could have put it into stuff like insulation, like renewables, like putting these kinds of sources of energy for the future into into industry, which would have actually been for the pubuc have actually been for the public benefit and for future benefit. >> of course, what ed miliband is saying today is that he is doing that, that it's an all in strategy, that we can't just put all of our eggs in the wind basket or the solar basket or the insulation basket or the carbon capture storage basket together. there has to be an all in policy together. >> that's when you but you disagree with partners together.

that's when you actually have a strategy that makes sense. and i think it's incredible that they're putting 22 billion into this when they've been saying , this when they've been saying, we can't afford to find the 28 billion for the changes that we wanted to bring to industry, to make them more decarbonised. you know, there was such a fuss made about, oh, yeah, we're actually not going to spend that 28 billion. but now they found this 22 billion, rupert. >> the 28 billion was an annual figure we really need. the 28 billion was an annual figure. and this 22 billion is a figure over the course of the next 15 to 20 years. >> yeah, i understand that. but that would be pretty much one year of that entire amount of money. i mean, like i say, 22 billion is a lot of money. imagine what you could do with it. that's what i keep coming back to. i think the majority of people would think there are far, far better ways of spending this money than doing exactly what the fossil fuel companies want. >> i mean, is insulation of homes the top, top priority ? i homes the top, top priority? i mean, that's reducing our energy consumption, which is fantastic. but we have an increasing no brainer, right? we're going to be building more homes. so

people are going to use more energy . surely the money, if the energy. surely the money, if the money is going to go somewhere, should be in the production of energy. >> emily, look, we're heating the sky, right? who wants to do that ? it's a the sky, right? who wants to do that? it's a no brainer. insulation is an absolute no brainer. it should be the first thing that any government does. so that's why i say, why are we not doing that? why are we spending 22 billion on a punt, which we've no idea? frankly , which we've no idea? frankly, whether it's even going to work or not? >> of course, i'm looking at a list of g20 countries here. the uk has dropped its energy production by more than any other country, 35%, in the last ten years. the only other country to have had a similar drop in energy production, although only —22% rather than 35 like us is south africa, south africa has blackouts. i mean, can we really go on with this, with this pretence that we can keep reducing the amount of energy we produce and have the same quality of life? >> but tom, it's not a pretence. if we stop heating the sky,

we'll be able to reduce the amount of energy we produce and use, and maintain the same quality of life. in fact, a better quality of life. right? so i would say, i would say we should be proud of the fact that we're able to reduce our energy consumption, but we should be reducing our energy consumption much more, reducing reduction of waste is just a no brainer, rupert. >> i mean, you'd make a it makes sense. you'd make a fantastic point if everyone else was on board, wouldn't you? but at the moment it seems as though we're just exporting our carbon emissions elsewhere. other countries are doubling up with all of their coal and fossil fuel use . meanwhile, our fuel use. meanwhile, our electricity bills, our energy bills are going sky high. we're going to have to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed. rupert read. really fantastic to have you on. co—founder of the climate majority project . climate majority project. >> as bill's as someone who lives now in a in a leaky victorian home, i do get his point. i think insulation is very important , but that's very important, but that's that's entirely aside from the issue of industrial energy prices. i mean, household

consumption is very important and we all want lower bills , but and we all want lower bills, but actually household energy bills have gone up by less than industry energy bills have done. industrial energy is what the government wants to talk about today. and i don't think rupert read had an answer there. >> so i'm not really sure this is going to make up for all of the job losses related to the nonh the job losses related to the north sea at all gb energy . it's north sea at all gb energy. it's going to be a few office jobs up in aberdeen, right? a few office jobs, not real, you know, not proper good jobs, not not not the ones that the trade unions want to protect. >> no, i mean, there are some jobs that sort of, you know, direct people move money around and others that produce things. this isn't going to be a producing set of jobs. this isn't going to be a producing set of jobs . well, producing set of jobs. well, well, i mean, we've been told now that gb energy won't produce any energy. yeah. >> i just think it's a bit tone deaf to say i will not sacrifice british industry to eco zealots when that's exactly what we've been doing for , well, several been doing for, well, several years. well that's it. we're going to take a quick break because we've got lots more coming up. the sun appears to be setting on the british empire, doesn't it, as the chagos

islands are given to mauritius, could the falklands be next? >> well, that is our point of discussion. in three short minutes time

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that breaking story we covered yesterday. there's been a huge amount of reaction to it over the past 24 hours that the sun is setting on the british empire. yes, the chagos islands are set to be handed back to mauritius. >> but the question today is will other territories follow suit? >> sorry, i said back . they were >> sorry, i said back. they were never controlled by a sovereign mauritius mistake. no, not handed back handed over to mauritius. of course, they had been british and before that they were french and chagos islanders who are living here in the uk, they don't seem too impressed by this all. >> they hate mauritius. >> they hate mauritius. >> mauritius was horrible to them . them. >> yeah, they're furious actually, but yes, argentina now have promised to reclaim the falklands islands. apparently they have concrete action to do so. that's according to their foreign minister. so where is this all going? where is this all going? >> well, we're delighted to be joined now by the senior fellow at the new culture forum, doctor philip kingsley . philip, there philip kingsley. philip, there is a concern now about a domino effect on british territory that

is overseas, british, overseas territories. is that something we should be concerned about ? we should be concerned about? >> oh yes. i think very much so. first of all, it's great to speak to you, tom, and emily again. i think let's just look at what's happening. the this move, the chagos move has been framed in decolonisation language. but also military strategy. and what have we actually done? we've handed over actually done? we've handed over a strategic position to china via mauritius, you know, so as far as, as far as those two agendas are concerned, this is this is a complete catastrophe. but who would have thought there would be a domino effect? answer. absolutely. everybody apart from it seems the british government . so this was always government. so this was always going to happen. the language that the argentinians are using is extremely alarming . and this

is extremely alarming. and this is extremely alarming. and this is this is just the first day falkland islanders are waking up this morning and wondering, you know what? on earth their future is going to be. i mean, but we've got this, this achilles heel and it's and it's and it's our history. and let's let's be clear about this. britain has been a great force for good in the world. yes. we've not been perfect, but we have been a great force for good in the world. if anybody mentions colonialism, we just seem to kind of fall like a house of cards . but the language that cards. but the language that argentina are using, they're saying essentially that this was gifted to them by spain. the colonial power spain , in the colonial power spain, in the 18005. colonial power spain, in the 1800s. and so, of course, it's perfectly legitimate that they should own the falkland islands. so it's totally hypocritical. it's very, very frightening. and it's just indicative of the geopolitical posturing that's happening. and we just with this government, we don't seem up to

be able to deal with posturing. >> it seems as though our governments perhaps successive governments perhaps successive governments as well as this one, are sort of ashamed to act in the british national interest that the wants of other people, for various reasons and seem to trump our own. do you see it that way? >> yeah, i think that's precisely right, emily, and i think that it just goes back to what i just said. it's about this achilles heel, about our own identity and our own history. we seem to not only loathe ourselves, we seem to be out to self—harm. this is playing out on the national stage, but you only have to look domestically to see exactly the same thing happening in all our institutions, in our education. and it comes back to this idea of we're educating people to hate themselves . so you can't hate themselves. so you can't expect all of that stuff to happen at home and then expect

us to look after our own interests. and this is the really, really frightening. expect us to look after our own interests abroad. >> but philip, why is this all in the language of colonialism? when the chagos islands were uninhabited before being discovered by europeans , the discovered by europeans, the french then took control of them and then napoleon was defeated and then napoleon was defeated and we took control of them. that's the history of the chagos islands. there wasn't a native population there before europeans came along. the europeans came along. the europeans were the first there. similarly with the falkland islands. i mean, it's the same story. the argentine claim, as you mentioned, relies on spanish colonialism. it relies on a papal bull from 1493, when the p0pe papal bull from 1493, when the pope said this half of the world belongs to spain and that half of the world belongs to portugal. i mean, it's a fantastical nonsense. and yet what what seems to be the most cunous what what seems to be the most curious thing here, philip, is that the language of anti—colonialism is being used to defend colonialist claims.

>> yeah. i mean, for me, it sums up the whole woke mind virus. and there's something at the heart of it. and again , i've heart of it. and again, i've talked about the alarming language, but there's something really insidious about the whole thing. and, and this is that we don't understand one our own history, but we don't understand the history of the world. okay. so if you're out to completely defeat yourself and you can only think in broad terms of gender, race, sexuality and that's the only thing you can think of, you kind of go back to the most obvious broad brush stroke ideology positions, and they don't stand up, you know , don't stand up, you know, because ideology really has nothing to do with the minutiae of everyday development of political and cultural history and social history. okay. it's like it's like painting the mona

lisa with a crayon. okay? it's so stupid . but we don't have. so stupid. but we don't have. and it comes back to education. we don't have the ability to stand up to this kind of kind of thing, because people just tend to assume that people in power are right. and let's bear in mind who we're talking about here. we're talking about david lammy, for god's sake, and we're talking about keir starmer. so i think it's time that that we really understood ourselves , really understood ourselves, understood our position in the world and stood up for ourselves. but i can't see that happening at any time soon. >> well, there you go, doctor philip kingsley, thank you very much indeed for taking the time out of your afternoon to speak to us. you're from the new culture forum ? yes. i mean, culture forum? yes. i mean, using the language around decolonisation and imperialism to try and justify moves like this doesn't stack up , does it? this doesn't stack up, does it? it's more just about anti—british sentiment, isn't it? we're the worst people in the world. therefore, any claim for something that we have

control of must be legitimate. >> i wouldn't be surprised if we think that sort of, you know, all these, i suppose, weird, dreadful anglo—saxons, aren't we? so we should probably wind back. we should probably hand back. we should probably hand back northumbria . definitely back northumbria. definitely cornwall, i think. i mean , how cornwall, i think. i mean, how far back do we want to go in terms of land previously invaded? or maybe it works the other way round. maybe. maybe we need compensation from denmark for danelaw, where they raided the entire east coast of england for . for a the entire east coast of england for. for a good hundred years or so. 50. >> so. >> oh, it doesn't work that way, though, does it ? we'll never get compensation. >> no, no, i mean, we were we were brutally, brutally invaded by the vikings, by the normans, by the vikings, by the normans, by the vikings, by the normans, by the romans. but i mean , we by the romans. but i mean, we have no reason. we can't say that we were. i mean, why why is it why is it so different? yes. >> and we're far too sensible to launch some kind of campaign for recuperation or or reparations or or whatever it is anyway, let us know what you make of it all.

yeah, it's pretty predictable, isn't it, that argentina would decide to get in on the action anyway, this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. some breaking news actually, in the last hour. now, two former met police officers have been handed back their jobs have been handed back theirjobs after winning an appeal. this surrounds the stop and search of british athlete bianca williams . british athlete bianca williams. this is very interesting indeed. we'll have more details after your headlines with sam. >> very good afternoon to you. 1232 exactly the top story from the newsroom this lunchtime. sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool earlier, he said the investment in so—called 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 the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. well following that speech in liverpool, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the cost of the transition to that so—called clean and green energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not for just one winter, not, you know, capping for a few months if 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 supply, which is independent. and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . the next generation of jobs. >> the uk is sending another £10 million in life saving aid to lebanon and urging britons to

leave immediately. lebanon and urging britons to leave immediately . as the leave immediately. as the conflict in the region continues. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, the lebanese capital, and this was the moment giant explosions were seen near the city's airport . seen near the city's airport. well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have now died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrike so far on the capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south of lebanon, targeting hezbollah militants. you can see there on the screen live pictures of the skyline above beirut with clouds of smoke hanging in the air. meanwhile , hanging in the air. meanwhile, tensions are also rising with iran following missile attacks on israel in gaza, airstrikes have now pushed the death toll to almost 42,000 since that conflict began . and staying in conflict began. and staying in fact, with that latest line from the middle east, we're just heanng the middle east, we're just hearing from the reuters news

agency that sirens are now sounding in southern israel, bordering gaza. that's the first time, they say, in nearly two months. and in a statement just released on social media, the idf have said, quote, almost a year after the october 7 attacks. hamas, they say, is still threatening israeli civilians with their terrorism . civilians with their terrorism. so we're just hearing that southern israel is now experiencing some form of attack from hamas with sirens sounding in the region in other news, downing street insists its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius does not change the approach to other overseas territories. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. however, the government insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks that chagos deal is crazy . 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. >> and finally, two former met police officers are getting their jobs back after winning police officers are getting theirjobs back after winning an their jobs back after winning an appealin their jobs back after winning an appeal in a high profile stop and search case of two black athletes. bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos were stopped by jonathan clapham and sam franks in 2020. the pair were then dismissed for allegedly lying about smelling cannabis when they confronted the two athletes. however, a tribunal has today ruled the decision to fire them was irrational and cleared both officers of wrongdoing. they will now return to duty with the metropolitan force . those are metropolitan force. those are the latest headlines for now, a full roundup coming up at 1:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com forward slash

>> good afternoon britain. it is 39 minutes past midday now. two met police officers sacked over a stop and search involving british athlete bianca williams have been handed their jobs back. >> yes, the officers appealed the decision against a ruling that they lied. they said they could smell cannabis during a stop and search of miss williams and her partner, pc jonathan clapham and sam franks will also now receive back pay after winning their appeal. it's been about four years, hasn't it, since four long years, since the episode. shall we speak with former scotland yard detective peter bleksley about this one? peter bleksley about this one? peter , remind us of how this all peter, remind us of how this all came about. these two police officers were sacked because bianca williams and her partner claimed that they were unfairly stopped and searched. the police said they could smell cannabis,

but then it was ruled that that was a lie. now things have changed. >> yes they have and i welcome today's ruling, which means that these two police officers will finally get their jobs back, having suffered the ignominy of trial by social media soon after this case started. then a police misconduct panel, which sacked them. and then finally today, them. and then finally today, the police appeals tribunal, which ruled that original decision irrational, inconsistent . and so the inconsistent. and so the officers have got their jobs back now , these officers were back now, these officers were part of the territorial support group in the metropolitan police. they are very much front line cops. they go where they're most needed. generally speaking, they are proactive. they make many, many arrests, seize weapons, drugs, guns, all manner of stuff . they're pretty hard of stuff. they're pretty hard working police officers and consequently, because they're at the front line, they deal with a

lot of the messy side of policing. they end up rolling around on the pavements with robbers , burglars, thieves and robbers, burglars, thieves and such like. and we as the public owe them a great debt . this is owe them a great debt. this is this, this whole event stemmed from when the police officers said they tried to stop a car in which these two athletes were travelling, and the vehicle failed to stop. there was then a chase with some pretty appalling driving before they were eventually taken from the car, searched . nothing was found, but searched. nothing was found, but then this whole very sorry long saga began . saga began. >> of course, the reason why this saga began is it does tug on the heartstrings. it's the stereotype of the police. see two black people in a nice car and want to stop them because they must be up to no good. that's sort of the impression that was first given off with regard to this story. it's sort

of easy to see how this escalated. >> well, your words , not mine. >> well, your words, not mine. and that's a perception by people who have no grasp whatsoever of the challenges and the mindset of front line policing in 2024. that kind of thinking would have applied in 1978, when i was a uniformed cop and the police was absolutely riddled with some hugely abominable and unacceptable racism. and whilst policing is far from perfect these days, it fortunately has been reduced dramatically. there is some way to go, i will accept that. but this story highlights many issues. but predominantly with our streets becoming increasingly lawless. don't wear a watch out for a night out in london. you're you're quite possibly be robbed for it. don't take your mobile phone out on the streets of london. somebody will snatch it. your handbag, your purse and the list goes on and on and on and on. if the

public, the politicians and the media want something done about this , then they must support our this, then they must support our front line cops , not give them front line cops, not give them carte blanche to behave appallingly of course not. but they need to be supported when they need to be supported when they police robustly and properly , because i, for one, properly, because i, for one, would rather have the police control in the streets than the current situation where criminals run rampant. >> yeah, i mean, peter, what do you make of their their response? they've given a statement. they say the appeal decision is disappointing . they decision is disappointing. they say our drive home from training in 2020 with our baby should never have turned into a violent incident where we were wrongly accused of smelling of drugs. they go on to say we're professional athletes. we pride ourselves on not doing drugs, actions and allegations of the officers were completely unacceptable. the iopc were clear that all four officers lied. how come the iopc came to the conclusion that the four officers lied and then that seems to have been completely u—turned here. >> there has been a full,

thorough hearing and a testing of all the evidence in a police appeals tribunal who have come to their decision , which i to their decision, which i welcome. let me just say this. it's friday night. at the end of a long week, i should be going for a drink tonight and when i need a lift home, if you look up miss williams driving record, it is appalling. i know that i would rather be driven home by one of those police officers that miss williams. >> right. okay. well, peter bexley , thank you very much bexley, thank you very much indeed for your time. former scotland yard detective. thank you. yes, i do remember that blowing up massively in the media. >> but of course, we didn't get all the context about how the they didn't stop the car immediately and one would have thought that they wouldn't have been arrested and the car might not have been searched had. if, if a police car tells you to stop, you stop, why wouldn't you stop? >> yeah, that would have been the simple decision to make at that time. at that point. anyway, let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com forward

slash your say do we back police officers enough in their difficult job that they do? this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show including of course, the unfolding conflict in the middle east is causing severe international travel disruption. how could you be affected? we're also going to be reflecting on the ayatollah in iran. the supreme leader's rant. iran. the supreme leader's rant. i would say warmongering, warmongering rants. >> that's really concerning

good afternoon britain . it is 49 good afternoon britain. it is 49 minutes past midday. now. the unfolding conflict in the middle east is causing severe international travel disruption, with connecting flights at dubal with connecting flights at dubai, doha and abu dhabi all under severe strain. >> yes, since the iranian missile attack on israel on tuesday, airspaces have been closed. airlines are taking much longer routings and dozens of

flights have been diverted. >> well, passengers can expect to wait several days now for their onward flights. >> okay , well, for more on this, >> okay, well, for more on this, we're joined by travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder. in the studio. in the studio. how lucky are we? yeah. >> delight to see you here rather than in some far flung airport or train station, as is normally the case. >> very nice to be here and see you both. and but yeah, a lot of people travelling. a lot of people travelling. a lot of people will be watching this. they've got trips booked. they're wondering what's going to happen now. absolutely. as you say tuesday night, going into wednesday, when we saw that missile attack from iran over iraqi airspace into israel , iraqi airspace into israel, immediately the airspace got shut down for both iran and iraq. previous to that, airlines were flying typically over northern turkey. they'd avoid syria . but then as soon as they syria. but then as soon as they got to iraq or iran, they would track over those countries. either eastern iraq or western iran. and get to the gulf, to

doha for qatar airways, to abu dhabion doha for qatar airways, to abu dhabi on etihad and for, of course, dubai on emirates. and that's the way they've been working pretty much since the russian invasion of ukraine, which forced them to go a little bit further south. now we are seeing a lot of airlines just saying, okay, we're going to avoid that area completely, as a result of which they are now typically going from the uk. and we're talking here about dozens of planes carrying thousands of people every day . they're going people every day. they're going south over egypt. they're then going over central saudi arabia. that adds 30, 40 minutes to the typical flight time. you've got that on the way there and on the way back. you're talking about a lot of missed connections. >> you are simon. we're just looking on our screens or we have been looking on our screens of those missiles raining down on israel. i mean, i know everyone hates the delay, but if it avoids you flying through this, i suppose. >> i suppose it makes a lot of sense. >> well, of course. and look, we

have seen in the past ten years a couple of terrible tragedies. the first one, of course, was mh17 flying over eastern ukraine. it was downed by a russian missile fired. we think, by separatists. and then there was another flight going from from tehran, which took off and was shot down mistakenly by the revolutionary guard, who thought it was an american missile. so there is yeah, absolutely. everybody wants to avoid these possible risks. and so they're taking these longer tracks. there's also a lot of concern. people have been in touch with me about egypt, about jordan, about cyprus. i'm saying, please go there . there's no reason to go there. there's no reason to cancel your trip. but there is widening concern and added to which, and you've been reporting this, the possibility of oil pnces this, the possibility of oil prices spiking, that is going to have a very serious effect on international aviation as well. and of course, with the terrible unfolding humanitarian disaster in lebanon and elsewhere in the

middle east, you might think flights are very, very much down the pecking order in terms of importance. absolutely right. but a lot of people are being affected and a lot of people are concerned. >> well, they are very important, aren't they? they keep things going. it's not all just holidays, is it? well frivolous trips. i'm just reading here. can this be true? that 1,245,000 brits visit dubai every year? yes. >> extremely popular place. yes. and i've been checking out what the warnings are from the uk government, the foreign office. they're basically just saying anywhere in the gulf region be aware of the heightened risk of terrorist attacks. these could target westerners in particular, but they're stopping well short of saying don't go to those places. and the same applies to jordan and to egypt. of course, most of the countries involved, so particularly lebanon, israel , so particularly lebanon, israel, and of course, syria, where terrible civil war has been dragging on. there's a no go warning from the foreign office.

and of course, many people still trying to get out of lebanon, british citizens. we had another flight coming in yesterday. i don't think there's one today into birmingham. some people leaving the country, going through syria against government advice, trying to get into turkey to get a flight back from there. >> goodness me, it does. it does feel like in some ways that global interconnectivity is going backwards now longer to get to dubai, longer therefore to get to japan or australia or or anywhere else. >> simon, we're going to have to leave it there. but thank you so much for talking through the knock on effects that you don't immediately think about when you see that missile barrage. but of course, of course there are global. knock on effects, but bear arms, warmongering supreme leader is calling on muslim nafions leader is calling on muslim nations to prepare against their common enemy. more on that. after this . after this. >> ooh, a chilly start will give way to a lovely warm afternoon. boxed heat pumps, sponsors of

weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, there's going to be plenty of fine and dry weather across the country and feeling warm where you do catch the sunshine away from the north—west though, where we do have some wet and windy weather. and this is where low pressure is taking hold. moving into the north—west of the country, but still high pressure remaining dominant across much of england and wales, bringing us that fine to weather end the working week. so plenty of sunny spells across england, wales, northern parts of england and just through the scottish borders. but across ireland, western parts of scotland cloudier here with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle and turning quite blustery under those cloudier skies too. so feeling cooler here. but where you do catch the sunshine across the south and southeast, that's where we'll see highs of 1617. and that's where it's going to be feeling warm in those lighter winds, too. so as we head into the evening, those outbreaks of rain will continue to push their way into parts of western scotland. so quite a damp end to

the day and similar across the rest of northern ireland. fairly cloudy with those outbreaks of rain and drizzle across parts of wales. southern parts of england and across eastern parts too, is generally going to be remaining dry but feeling quite cold as soon as that sun goes down, so likely we could see a spot of frost once again. perhaps even some mist and fog patches under the clearer skies, mainly in the far southeast, but across northern areas once again scotland, northern ireland, just through across the scottish borders. another cloudy night with those outbreaks of rain and they may just start to turn quite heavy in western parts by the time we reach saturday morning, and once again fairly blustery under those cloudier skies too . so for the first part skies too. so for the first part of the weekend, a little bit of a split, that wet weather continuing in northern areas but still plenty of fine and dry weather on offer to start the weekend though. we will start to see a bit of a change though, from the southwest later on. nofice from the southwest later on. notice these brighter spells so some heavy rain on its way across the southwest later into saturday, but once again we

catch the sunshine. it will feel warm. >> we can expect clear skies

gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on friday the 4th of october. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. well, decarbonisation or de—industrialisation. sir keir starmer insists he will not sacrifice british industry to eco zealots. this as he pledges a whopping £22 billion for green technologies. its carbon capture enough to keep british industry alive while the falklands next renews fears over the future of the falklands today and gibraltar for that matter. >> after the government's decision to surrender control of the chagos islands. this as bofis the chagos islands. this as boris johnson slams the move as crazy and a raging ayatollah . crazy and a raging ayatollah. >> iran's warmongering supreme leader calls on muslim nations

to prepare against their common enemy, labelling the recent ballistic missile onslaught on israel the minimum punishment for what he calls its bloodthirsty vampire regime . bloodthirsty vampire regime. >> it's strange that the government's big move today is to talk about carbon capture and storage, which seems to be the one issue that people who are anti net zero and those most fervently in favour of net zero both seem to hate. >> so why don't the eco zealots like it then ? it's capturing like it then? it's capturing carbon. isn't that a good thing? >> they think that this is what the big oil and gas companies want, because then they can go ahead and drill the oil and pump the gas, and we can use it. and it's fine because we'll capture the storage. they don't believe that it's possible or indeed capture the carbon that's in the

storage. >> that's exactly. and keep it in storage. but i heard that actually it loses a lot of the energy. for example, if you have an industrial process and you get x amount of energy out of it by capturing the carbon, you lose quite a lot of that energy. so actually you end up producing less energy, which obviously is not a good thing considering we don't produce much. >> this is why the people on the sort of anti net zero side don't like it, because it's a less efficient way to produce energy of course, if it works at all. and those on the pro net zero side of things, well they're not really pro net zero are they. they're just pro zero zero. they just don't want any carbon producing energy at all. but i suppose the whole point of net zero is that there's a net there. so you can still you can still have oil and gas and you can still power things that way as long as you capture it. that's what the government's arguing today. but they seem to have annoyed two sides of the spectrum. >> yeah. and with, you know, port talbot, scunthorpe, north sea oil and gas losing jobs up there, can he really stand there and say, you know what, i'm not

going to be sacrificing any more british industry on the altar of net zero. well, hang on a minute . net zero. well, hang on a minute. it's already happening. ed miliband has already said absolutely no more oil and gas licences in the north sea. okay, we'll just export our carbon emissions. we'll just import our oil and gas. great. brilliant. yeah. >> that's a really. how do we. how does this. surely we should know if we're having all of this carbon capture and storage, surely we can drill, baby, drill now. well apparently not. >> can't have anything nice. anyway. get in touch . anyway. get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do so. but let's get the headunes do so. but let's get the headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it is exactly 103. the top stories from the newsroom this lunchtime. sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool earlier, he said that investment in so—called carbon capture clusters will

create thousands of jobs, bring investment and help meet climate goals. but green campaigners are warning the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until at least 2028. well following his speech in liverpool, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the cost of that transition to so—called clean and green energy . energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few 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 were 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 and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs

turning to the middle east now and the uk is sending another £10 million in aid to lebanon and urging britons to leave immediately as the conflict there escalates, it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, the lebanese capital, and this was the moment giant explosions were seen near the city's airport . city's airport. >> well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the capital. so far, israeli forces are also escalating their ground operations in the south, targeting hezbollah militants. you can see there live pictures of the skyline above beirut , of the skyline above beirut, with clouds of smoke hanging in the air. meanwhile, we're also heanng the air. meanwhile, we're also hearing reports this afternoon that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas supplies if israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks in gaza.

meanwhile, airstrikes have pushed the death toll to now almost 42,000 since the conflict began. almost 42,000 since the conflict began . in other news, the began. in other news, the government 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 of the falkland islands. however , britain 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 . deal is crazy. >> silence 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 it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> two former met police officers have been reinstated after being sacked for allegedly lying about smelling cannabis dunng

lying about smelling cannabis during a stop and search. jonathan clapham and sam frank stopped athletes bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos in 2020. the police appeals tribunal has overturned their dismissal, calling the original ruling irrational and inconsistent. while williams and dos santos have said in the last hour that the decision is disappointing and that they plan to challenge it in court. the officers will return to the metropolitan force with back pay . metropolitan force with back pay. it's been confirmed that british tech tycoon mike lynch drowned when his superyacht sank off the coast of sicily. an inquest opened this morning confirmed the 59 year old's cause of death, but post—mortem for his daughter hannah remains inconclusive. the two were among seven killed when the vessel was caughtin seven killed when the vessel was caught in a storm in august, including morgan stanley international chairman jonathan bloom and his wife judy. the investigation is continuing with the next hearing scheduled for april next year. the next hearing scheduled for april next year . the health

april next year. 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 have revealed that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either held onune appointments were either held online or via video, sparking debate over whether it's increasing access or compromising patient care. speaking in liverpool this morning , wes streeting told the morning, wes streeting told the royal college of gps conference that collaboration and collective ethos are both vital to rebuild the nhs. >> 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 back, got it

back on its feet and made it fit for the future. >> and finally, the world's first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed here in the uk could wipe out the disease, to according scientists in oxford. the ovarian vaccine trains the immune system to detect and then attack the earliest signs of the disease. cancer research uk is backing the project and calls it an exciting step forward in cancer prevention, although full approval is still years away. clinical trials could begin as soon as the next 4 to 5 years. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for now. i'll be back with you for another roundup in about half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> well good afternoon britain. it is now 1:09. now there's been a big net zero announcement today. the labour government is investing £22 billion in carbon capture and storage. this is the politics of national renewal. according to sir keir starmer. >> yes. speaking at a glass making factory in cheshire, the prime minister stated that the move is reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the industry of the future and that the necessary mission of decarbonisation does not mean deindustrialisation. >> okay, well let's get more with our political correspondent katherine forster, who was there to listen to keir starmers speech? catherine, is there an indication of how much, i guess, how much carbon is going to be reduced from this or how many jobs are going to come of this? because £22 billion is a lot of money to invest . money to invest. >> it is a lot of money. good

afternoon, tom and emily. it's a lot of money, £22 billion. but this is over a 25 year period. they're saying that it's going to bring 4000 direct jobs and support 50,000 jobs in the long term. they're also saying that it's going to help remove 8.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year from the atmosphere , every year from the atmosphere, from 2028. that's the year that they hope to get all of this going. now we're at this glass making factory not far from ellesmere port, on the south side of the mersey, and they've come here because industries like glass making, cement, steel, etc. and use a lot of energy and their argument is that in doing this, carbon capture and storage, it means that they can keep some of this sort of heavy industry, some of those industrial jobs that might otherwise have been lost , keep otherwise have been lost, keep them in the uk and basically

take the carbon dioxide and squirrel it away underground. they say this huge capacity to do that in the united kingdom, they're also saying that it's going to mean that skilled jobs that exist and are going to be able to stay in these areas . and able to stay in these areas. and sir keir starmer spoke about working as a lawyer. and when the coal mines were disappearing and talking about how miners were basically told to get on their bike to go and find other jobs, he said that they would never see that happen again. and i think a lot of questions, though, beyond the sort of rhetoric of how do you get private investment , really, and private investment, really, and who's going to pick up the tab for this? and also, of course, what people want to know is when their energy bills are going to start to fall because labour did pledge that they wanted their policies to bring them £300 a year off people's energy bills

and i said to the prime minister, given this is all going to be very expensive, given the cuts to the winter fuel allowance, the rise in the energy price cap, aren't our bills just going to go up in the short term? let's have a look at what he said 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 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 for a few months in necessary circumstances, but lower energy bills for good because renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels . that is really fossil fuels. that is really important. you get independence and security by doing renewables here in britain , you're not 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 supply , which is independent and 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 . term problems. >> it's interesting, to catherine, hear the prime minister talk to you about these jobs. you say 4000 direct jobs from this, from this investment. i've just done some. i've just done some quick back of back of a packet maths here. 22 billion divided by 4000. that's £5.5 million per job. i mean , i are million perjob. i mean, i are these i an expensive job creation? i'm in. i'm in the wrong industry. i need to get into glass making £5.5 million perjob. per job. >> well, they're saying it's going to support another 50,000. and of course it is a concern isn't it , because we've seen

isn't it, because we've seen a 2500 jobs go with the closure of port talbot. there's other jobs going to go in the north sea. many people very concerned that the green transition is going to lead to an awful lot of job losses . the government would losses. the government would have us believe that, in fact, it's going to create a lot of jobs. one thing i think worth mentioning, too i also asked him about the chagos islands , about the chagos islands, specifically argentina, are now saying they want the falklands back.i saying they want the falklands back. i asked him if he could guarantee that labour wouldn't be giving away any more of our overseas territories and he answered with a non—answer really about important to keep the military base . but i very the military base. but i very quickly had a clarification from number 10 after that, saying chagos does not change our policy or approach to other overseas territories. >> interesting stuff. do we have a clip of that by any chance? no. okay, we'll get to that later. catherine. we'll bring up that because i'm very interested to see the prime minister's

non—answer that he initially gave before that clarification. >> we'll be back with you later in the program. katherine forster, thank you so much for joining us. >> well, if it is a non—answer, then he's certainly leaving it open. you know, if you don't rule something out as a politician, it's a possibility, isn't it, that maybe it just speaks more to his mindset because obviously number 10 then clarified that he does rule it out. >> but if his immediate default is to do a non—answer, perhaps that sort of leads you to the sort of mindset that has led to this abandonment of these islands in the first place. >> oh, he's just being evasive. let's bring in senior research fellow at the centre for energy policy and technology at imperial college. malcolm grimston, thank you very much indeed, malcolm. this £22 billion. it will pay for five pay billion. it will pay for five pay for 4000 jobs. okay, good. we're losing a lot of jobs in the fossil fuel industries of course we are. is this the type of thing that we should be investing so much money in? >> i think carbon capture and storage is going to have to play an important part globally in this country. we've just stopped

using coal for electricity just last week. but reducing some of the emissions from gas would be a good thing. but of course, what we're doing in europe is dwarfed by the increase in emissions from the coal industries of china and india. and someone, i think has to seriously get into things saying , seriously get into things saying, we're not going to stop those countries using coal. but we may be able to work with them to reduce the most serious effects of coal, which are include the emissions of carbon. so i think globally, we need to be looking very seriously at carbon capture and storage. actually , my most and storage. actually, my most cited paper was 2001 was about carbon capture and storage , and carbon capture and storage, and i had a quick look back at it. now, actually, there's not all that much has changed over the last 20 odd years. this isn't an easy technology, but it could be an important one. >> well, this is the thing. have we not tried this technology before? i believe the previous government did try to get this going in aberdeenshire, and it didn't go ahead for various reasons. do you know why? was it the cost? was it the efficiency?

was it not for value money? >> i mean, like with many of these things, we've actually been doing it for decades. carbon capture and storage started off in the oil industry in the 70s, as a way of pumping carbon dioxide into oil reserves to squeeze more oil out of them, and the carbon then stayed put. so if it were very easy to do, we would have been doing this in a huge way in future. it is expensive. what's more, most technologies you've got the possibility of hitting the jackpot. you might just with a new nuclear technology or a new renewable technology, come up with something that's genuinely cheaper than what you're doing at the moment and gives you lower carbon at the same time, carbon capture and storage is always going to be an on cost. there's no product apart from removing the carbon , and that removing the carbon, and that will never be anything but an added cost . and i think all of added cost. and i think all of these matters and the fact, you know, in your introduction, you were saying it hasn't got terribly many friends on either side of the argument. and clearly, when that's the case, things tend not to proceed. you need real advocates for any new

technology and ccs hasn't really got that. >> malcolm , you're an expert in >> malcolm, you're an expert in these matters. does it work? and if so, how does it work? because i've heard voices on the left and on the right say it's a nonsense technology . it doesn't nonsense technology. it doesn't work. is that just partisanship? >> i mean, the main, the main research project so far actually was done by statoil in the north sea, where they sequestered carbon in its in one of its gas fields. there . it does work. fields. there. it does work. there's three stages to it. you've got to strip the carbon out of the waste stream that you're doing now. you might do that by freezing the carbon out or by getting it to stick to various things. that carbon is sticky or by dissolving it in what they call alkaline solutions, like amines. you've then got to reconstitute it and transport it to where you're taking it. that tends to be fairly cheap and straightforward, but then you've got to have a store for it where it's not going to bubble out in 100 years time. so you've got to have a very robust store. there are geological places like that. you add all of those processes together, and at the moment it

is still the separating out, the stripping out of the carbon that is the most expensive of those three processes. if we could find and part of the research that's going on here will be a matter of trying to find cheaper and more efficient ways of doing it. at the moment, though, it doesn't remove all the carbon, andindeedifs doesn't remove all the carbon, and indeed it's very difficult to imagine it ever will. a very good scheme might be removing somewhere between 80 and 90% of the carbon, which is worth doing, but we're never going to get to complete zero with carbon capture and storage. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed for your expertise. malcolm grimston there , a whole malcolm grimston there, a whole net zero policy relies on all the other countries in the world signing up to the same idea, right? carbon capture and storage in this country is not going to have an impact on the global temperature, is it? no. or on global carbon emissions. really? we account for so few . really? we account for so few. so much so, so little of those. so much so, so little of those. so i just don't see the point necessarily of spending so, so

much money on this type of technology that we don't even know if it's going to make that much of a difference. while other countries are pumping more and more and more into the atmosphere. >> i mean, here's the most positive thing i can think about it. if we are this sort of laboratory, the £5 million shops, if we're this laboratory, and actually the money goes into more research than building, if we find if we crack some way to do this very, very cheaply and then we and then we sell that around the world, you know, i'm trying to think of the most positive way because otherwise . positive way because otherwise. otherwise what malcolm grimston there? the expert was saying at best, carbon capture and storage gets 80% or maybe 90% of carbon. so do we need to rename the whole process? not net zero, but net 10%? >> but why do we always have to fund it? i mean, if there is this amazing technology of carbon capture and storage is so amazing and it's going to be transformative for our world and our country and everything, then why wouldn't private companies want a bit of the action? why

can't they, you know, stump up the 22 billion? i'm just thinking about all this money and all the tax we're already paying. well, i mean, i suppose they would. >> had we just put a price on if we had a proper carbon tax, then to avoid paying the tax, they might do the investment. but instead we've got these roundabout crazy schemes where we don't just put a simple price on carbon , we try to subsidise on carbon, we try to subsidise this, pick that winner. on carbon, we try to subsidise this, pick that winner . lots of this, pick that winner. lots of government involvement. >> i don't think they're going crazy with the old credit card. and it's my credit card in part. your credit card in part is everyone at home. >> don't worry, we're creating 4000 jobs. so that's that's all very well. how many have we lost in the north sea? many more. >> how many have we lost? tata steel. anyway, this is good afternoon. britain on gb news. perhaps you disagree. perhaps you think carbon capture and storage probably is a good use of our money. but let us know gbnews.com forward slash your say. we've got lots more coming up including a fascinating story of a fraud victim who's now voicing concerns that the labour government has failed to understand poor governance in mauritius. >> yes, this follows the decision to hand the chagos islands to the east african

island nation. we're going to get more on this governance story. it's fascinating. after this short

>> 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 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 . channel, britain's news channel. >> that's the camilla tominey show on sunday at 9:30 am. and again at 6 pm. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:26 now. after the decision to hand back sovereignty . sorry to

hand back sovereignty. sorry to hand back sovereignty. sorry to hand over sovereignty of the chagos islands, we really need to change that. it's not. >> nothing's going back to anyone know. >> well, the chagos islands are being handed to mauritius and related to that story , david related to that story, david franklin, a fraud victim, is voicing concerns that the new government has failed to understand the poor governance issues in this country. >> yes, david's £3.3 million life savings were swindled by fraudsters in mauritius as he helped his wife battle cancer when he sought redress, he was told the fraud against him was calmer and has since launched a legal bid to recover his money. well, to explain this all in more detail, we're joined by david franklin himself. david, thank you very much indeed. tell us briefly what happened . us briefly what happened. >> briefly, we transferred our pension to mauritius by holding by a number of reputable management companies and my wife was had some cancer issues on

her spine , which we had to have her spine, which we had to have emergency operation , which was emergency operation, which was about six weeks of concern. and dunng about six weeks of concern. and during that six week period, our entire life savings were transferred to china . transferred to china. >> to china is the particularly fascinating issue here because we're told by the government, there's nothing to see here. >> british assets in the chagos islands will be secured. mauritius will control the islands. mauritius, of course, islands. mauritius, of course, is an ally of china. are you saying that the government might be naive in its dealings with mauritius here? >> i think that the government is extremely naive about dealing with mauritius. mauritius is smoke and mirrors. the financial institutes , which are meant to institutes, which are meant to be independent, are entirely controlled by the political government. the prime minister and the finance minister have

significant influence over the outcome and control, and the investigative powers that the institutes should have and must have. the grey list, which is the worldwide list on how companies are judged on their investment abilities and financial irregularities, came off the grey list about two years ago, and at the same time, all of the fraud issues that i am being faced with have been swept under the carpet . swept under the carpet. >> so essentially, we've ceded control of these islands to a corrupt nation. is that what you're saying? >> yes. i'm saying that the government itself is corrupt. the mauritius people are a lovely, lovely people, but they are controlled by and have in place a government which has been there for some period of time and have had a series of corruption and scandal issues

which have never really been investigated and have effectively been controlled and stopped. david, yours is a shocking story. >> £3.3 million invested in goodwill stolen , shipped off to goodwill stolen, shipped off to china, all while your wife has been battling cancer. i mean it, my heart goes out to you. david, what are you doing now ? what are you doing now? >> well, this occurred about five years ago. and then we've beenin five years ago. and then we've been in court battles and legal action for the last 4 to 5 years. the political system controls everything in mauritius. the legal system is, to be honest with you, a joke . to be honest with you, a joke. and some of our cases have been operating for four years. i'm told by my legal team that we may have another 3 to 4 years to go. may have another 3 to 4 years to 90- by may have another 3 to 4 years to go. by that time, i'll be well into my 70s. >> well, it must be extremely costly for you. david, thank you so much for sharing your story

with us, david, franklin, franklin, and a good luck to you. we must say , david you. we must say, david franklin, thank you very much indeed. well, there's another reason why it looks like a rather naive decision from our government. >> i think naivety is the biggest word here. this sort of idea that we've walked into a deal with a country that is clearly not a developed country, a country that is clearly very close to our strategic foe , close to our strategic foe, china. yeah. and what have we got back for it? we've handed over these islands to mauritius, a country that just steals money from brits , amongst other from brits, amongst other things. and what do we have in return? >> not a lot . we're paying them >> not a lot. we're paying them for the privilege. >> we're paying them to keep this us, uk military base on one of the islands. i mean i do not understand how anyone at the top of the foreign office could, could sign this off and think this is a good deal for britain .

this is a good deal for britain. it's not. >> well this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. some breaking news in the last couple of hours that two former met police officers have been handed back their jobs been handed back theirjobs after winning an appeal. this all surrounds the stop and search of british athlete bianca williams. roughly four years ago. we're going to have more details after the headlines . details after the headlines. >> very good afternoon from the newsroom. leading the news this lunchtime, sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool earlier, he said the investment in so—called 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 the projects not set to begin storing carbon until at least 2028. well,

following that speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenge the prime minister over the cost of the transition to so—called green and clean energy . green and clean energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few you know, capping for a few months if 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 and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . the next generation of jobs. >> the uk is sending another £10 million in aid to lebanon and is urging britons to leave now, as the conflict escalates, it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut. take a listen .

blasts in beirut. take a listen. well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people are now known to have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense air strikes on the lebanese caphal air strikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south of lebanon , targeting the south of lebanon, targeting hezbollah militants there. meanwhile, we've also heard in the last hour or so reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas supplies if, they say israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks. and in gaza , missile attacks. and in gaza, airstrikes there have pushed the death toll to over 41,000 since the conflict began . downing the conflict began. downing street insists its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius does not change its approach to other overseas territories. sir keir starmer has also defended giving up control of the chagos islands, as the decision prompted argentina to vow that it will gain full sovereignty of the

falkland islands. however, the government here insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> silence 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 . sheer political correctness. >> and finally, a reminder of that story emily mentioned just a few moments ago that two former met police officers have been reinstated after being sacked for allegedly lying about smelling cannabis during a stop and search. jonathan clapham and sam franks stopped athletes bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos in 2020. the police appeals tribunal overturned that dismissal, though, calling the original ruling irrational and inconsistent. williams and dos

santos have both said the decision is disappointing and that they plan to challenge it in court . that they plan to challenge it in court. that's the that they plan to challenge it in court . that's the latest from in court. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. i'll be back with you for a full round up at 2:00 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 . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> seven. $0 and ,1.1940. the price of gold £2,018.20 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 8242 points. >> cheers ! britannia wine proudly financial ! britannia wine proudly the gb news the gb news

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>> good afternoon britain. it is 1:39 now. two metropolitan police officers sacked over a stop and search involving british athlete bianca williams have been handed their jobs have been handed theirjobs back. >> yes. so the officers appealed the initial decision against a ruling that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis during a stop and search of miss williams and her partner. now the pcs jonathan clapham and sam franks will also receive back pay franks will also receive back pay after winning their appeal. >> well, we're joined now by the former police officer and director of the law and order foundation, norman brennan. now. norman played an active role in helping these officers secure financial support through this ordeal. norman, can you just tell us a little bit more about that? because this was this was four years ago. now . four years ago. now. >> well, the reason why i got

involved in supporting the initial gofundme appeal, i saw it reach about £5,000 on the first day. >> and in my 45 years of policing and law and order, it's one of the most perverse decisions as a discipline heanng decisions as a discipline hearing i've ever seen. and it looks as though the public certainly agreed, because within four days we took the appeal from 5000 to between 160 and 170,000, which was absolutely unbelievable. and many members of the public are the ones that contributed. even people in the black community contacted me and said, i can't believe those officers were sacked. now, it originally started when they stopped and searched. there were territorial support groups, so they're serious officers dealing with serious gun and knife crime and drugs . and they actually and drugs. and they actually tried to stop bianca williams, who was the passenger, and also don santos, her partner. but he refused to stop , and he drove in refused to stop, and he drove in such a way that he committed all

sorts of road traffic offences, driving in a 20 mile an hour at double the speed limit, driving without due care and attention, and also equivalent to dangerous driving. they were legally stopped and they were spoken to. they were unhelpful, obstructive and belligerent. the officers overlooked the driving offences and thank them for their help. when they finally did stop. and that was the end of the matter. but they actually weren't happy with that. so they complained. the commissioner at the time , the commissioner at the time, cressida dick, looked at all the evidence. the body worn cameras and exonerated the officers. but bianca williams wasn't happy with that, so she pushed it to the police. independent office of complaints and they initiated an investigation. so bringing us right up to date , you had a team right up to date, you had a team of outstanding police officers, two, one of whom is jonathan clapham, and also sam franks, that were put through the mill of hell. they were both sacked and i think to be quite honest,

to bring us right up to date . to bring us right up to date. i'll just tell you what the chairman of the appeals hearing said today. he said dedicated, hard working and much respected officers and the decision that the original panel made was irrational and inconsistent and ruined reputations. and these reputations were ruined by the original findings, where both officers did not lie. now, that just says it all doesn't it? >> i mean, norman, were these two officers accused at any point of being heavy handed in their response there? we just saw the footage back from the incident over four years ago, and the handcuffs were out. there was a lot of sort of pushing and that sort of thing is that, is that one of the things that they complained about? bianca williams and her partner. >> yes. it was . and also that >> yes. it was. and also that they were black. well , if you

they were black. well, if you actually saw the particular footage that i did, the windows were tinted. so the officers didn't even see how many people were in there, who was in there . were in there, who was in there. and the behaviour of santos, that was actually driving was such that would immediately raise suspicion. i mean, let's be honest about it. if a police officer asks you or me to stop, we stop . what's it all about, officer? >> well, what did they need to get the handcuffs out? >> well, i was getting to that point . they actually pursued point. they actually pursued these for about a quarter of a mile. now, when you pursue someone in a police vehicle, you blue lights and two turns on, you actually think that someone may have something to hide because they are trying to get away. so when you stop them, you immediately restrain them and ensure that they don't get rid of any drugs or any weapons or anything else that we may find on them that may put them before the courts. so that's what the police officers did. but they were handcuffed and everything was settled down within minutes. and to be quite honest with you, that was exceptional. well, well trained police officers doing

outstanding job. and they were two of them were punished for it by being dismissed. yeah. >> this is the crucial context, i suppose, because obviously this footage can go viral . this footage can go viral. people can see bianca williams just sort of got out of a car and immediately handcuffs put on her in isolation. that looks horrific. but with the context of that 20 minute chase with blue flashing lights in the car refusing to stop suddenly, that puts it in an entirely different context. >> well, it does. it's just like so many videos that we see just look, recently, the metropolitan police officer that stopped a belligerent black woman at croydon railway station two years ago, he, too, was sacked. but when you actually saw the video and you actually heard the evidence and i was being given the information from the court, i know the criminal justice system inside out. i'd actually, in my career done similar stops and arrested people, even though she actually had the ticket, she

refused to show it. but because she was black, she wasn't happy. and again, the deputy assistant commissioner cleared that officer. but the independent office of police complaints, i think, have got a vendetta against police officers. they destroy officers lives, they destroy officers lives, they destroy officers lives, they destroy officers careers, and it has a retrospective effect on tens of thousands of other officers that think, i'm not going to take the risk on stop and searching through fear of losing my job and when you think since 2009 till last year, stop and search went down from 1.5 million to 500,000. and i'm seeing cases every day of the week now. i even went to one last week where two officers lives have been destroyed, waiting two years under investigation by the office of independent police conduct. one of the officers actually resigned . and do you know what resigned. and do you know what they did nothing wrong. the gross misconduct was dropped, but they had to find them guilty of something. they had handcuffs

on a suspect for1 minute or 2 minutes longer than they should have done. it's madness. and i'm telling you now, the commissioner of the metropolitan police, chief constables are failing frontline police officers. they're throwing them under the bus. and i think all these recent decisions against these recent decisions against the independent office for police conduct that destroy officers lives and careers, i believe that that organisation has been brought into disrepute and it must be disbanded with one that the police and the pubuc one that the police and the public and victims have actually got faith in, because none of us have at the moment. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. norman brennan , much indeed. norman brennan, good to speak to you. thank you. right. this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show, including the former footballer and tv pundit. your favourite, gary lineker. his bbc future is very much up in the air. we'll be. would you be happy to see the of him at this stage, or would you

throughout this column. well, welcome back. it's now 115. you might have heard the voice of aidan magee just there, because former footballer and tv pundit gary lineker. well, his future seems to be up in the air with regards to his gig on match of the day on the bbc. could it be coming to an end? >> yeah, it's a very lucrative gig- >> yeah, it's a very lucrative gig. he earns more than £1 million every year at the bbc. well, it's been subject of speculation over his future with the broadcaster for months following controversy surrounding his social media posts. so could it all be over for gary? >> joining us now is sports broadcaster aidan magee. aidan. tell us, is his job on the line here? is he going to lose it? >> i think there's a reasonable chance he would use it. yeah, he's 63. he can't go on forever. he's been doing it for 25 years, which i believe is longer than anybody else. all his contemporaries that 25 years he's been doing it for. really? yeah.i he's been doing it for. really? yeah. i think he's the longest

serving match of the day. >> goodness me. look, it's time for a change. >> it's been successful. i mean, the ratings have been going upwards, which runs contrary to most of the other programmes on the bbc. i mean, terrestrial channels just get better, better ratings anyway. that's just how things work. because of the because of the reach they have. but they created a monster with gary lineker. and i think what will they probably do is they'll rotate it next season if they can't get if they do decide to replace him, as i say, his contract is out, but he has. he has a successful podcast he loves. i know the guy who trained him and gary loves live television . yes, it's live television. yes, it's live television. yes, it's live television match of the day, but it's not the same as having a live match there, so i could see him doing more of that. he's. yeah , he's 63, but he's a very yeah, he's 63, but he's a very young 63. but i think that the way that unwittingly he rubbed their noses , rubbed the noses of their noses, rubbed the noses of their noses, rubbed the noses of the top brass of the bbc in it last year, and it meant that their decision to suspend him couldn't be upheld because all the staff walked out. i don't think they would have liked that. i think that that i go back to that phrase again, creating a monster. i'm not saying i don't think gary lineker meant to meant to have

that have that effect, but gary lineker being we were just watching gary lineker being interviewed by mehdi hasan. >> yeah, yeah, he's a great political pundit now. >> he's got that rest. the rest is politics. talking about israel and all sorts. >> he's got all sorts. he does rest his football podcast but but gary lineker has. yes he's 63. but as you say he was a young 6360. the new 5050 is the new 40. yeah i mean he could go on for decades. >> look they may i don't know about decades but it depends what you're taking i suppose. but then look, the situation is this i think what they will do, i don't think they'll give him the chance to maybe stay on, possibly on a reduced, reduced contract terms salary, if you like . he has contract terms salary, if you like. he has to contract terms salary, if you like . he has to travel to like. he has to travel to manchester. so it's not an easy gig to fill because there's travel involved, but i think they'll probably rotate. they'll probably give him maybe a third of the shows or a quarter of the shows, and then rotate in the rest of the rest. >> final question here, though, will he be on the same amount of cash? >> no, i don't think he will. i think he'll probably take a

reduced fee, but then they'll use that, you know, that's commensurate to the amount of time he does. it will still probably be very good value and he has everything else. and he's made a load of money already. tom. he's got a big, big house in barns. there must be else you need. >> there must be so many people who would love that gig. so many former footballers. >> yeah, but i mean, the drift into politics was strategic. >> there is no question about that. i mean, i did i did this column at the news of the world, as viewers may have heard earlier on, just a couple of times, about ten, 12 years ago, and he never wanted to talk about politics back then, even though our reach was absolutely enormous. and so somebody told him, in common with people like carol vorderman, they would have said, listen, drift into this, drift into that. >> he suddenly branched out, hasn't he? >> yeah, he has run out of time, though to speak again on this. >> maybe gary lineker has run out of time. evergreen subject this is good afternoon britain on gb news. don't go anywhere. we'll be back in the middle east. is iran preparing for war? >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front. boxed heat pumps. sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> hello. good afternoon and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, we can still expect to see plenty of fine and dry weather across the country. feeling warm where you catch the sunshine too. that's away from the north—west though, where we have low pressure dominating swinging in some frontal systems. so some outbreaks of rain here, but high pressure still dominating across much of england and wales, bringing us those fine and settled conditions in the northwest. though cloud continuing to spill in here with some outbreaks of rain that's likely turning heavy by the time we reach tomorrow morning. moving into western parts of scotland, northern ireland, northwestern parts of england and perhaps western parts of wales too. but away from this , plenty of clear from this, plenty of clear skies, so feeling chilly and likely to see the odd spot of mist and fog by the time we reach tomorrow morning. so quite a different start to the weekend depending on where you are. these outbreaks of rain will continue to move into western parts of scotland, with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle elsewhere. and as i say, notice those brighter colours. so some

heavier downpours by the time we reach the morning. similar across northern ireland, a rather grey start with some outbreaks of rain, but elsewhere there should be plenty of bright sunshine and that mist and fog will gradually clear through the course of the morning as we continue into saturday, more and more of that cloud will spill into northwestern parts of the country. still, with those outbreaks of rain and fairly blustery under those cloudier skies too. but you can see elsewhere still plenty of sunny spells, so a fairly settled start to the weekend for most of us. but notice this heavy rain slowly edging in to the far southwest. so likely to see some heavy outbreaks by the time we reach later into the afternoon. but with highs of around 18 degrees and light winds, it should feel rather pleasant in the sunshine as we head into the evening that heavy out, those heavy outbreaks of rain will start to move into the southwest of the country. southern parts of the country. southern parts of wales too. and that's generally leading us into a fairly unsettled end to the weekend. but in those sunnier spells, it should still be feeling warm . feeling warm. >> we can expect clear skies

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 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 eco zealots. this as he pledges a whopping £22 billion for green tech, is carbon capture enough to keep british industry alive? >> and are the falklands next? renewed fears today over the future of the falklands and gibraltar too, after the government's decision to surrender control of the chagos islands. we're speaking to a falklands war veteran with strong views raging ayatollah iran's warmongering supreme leader calls on muslim nations to prepare against their common

enemy, labelling the recent ballistic missile onslaught on israel the minimum punishment for what he calls its bloodthirsty vampiric regime . bloodthirsty vampiric regime. yes, i do. i do wonder whether can you see a scenario in which the government decide that actually we should cede the falklands? can you imagine that scenario? i mean, it does seem that things are moving in that direction. >> do you know, i, i think it's so hard to imagine a counterfactual where there was never a falklands war. if there was never a falklands war. i can completely imagine this government giving up sovereignty over the falklands. i can completely imagine it. but because it holds such a such a weight in the sort of cultural imagination of the country, now

they! imagination of the country, now they i just can't see them doing it. but i mean, i can see them giving up the picton islands. we did see them giving up the chagos islands. all of these other of saint helena, all of these places that we own around these places that we own around the world that perhaps aren't at the world that perhaps aren't at the forefront of public consciousness. i think if it's not a household name, they'll they'll probably just think, yeah, why not? let's give it up. >> it's not a household name. yeah. no, but maybe there is a lot to that that actually they thought, you know, not that many people are going to kick off about this. most people don't know too much about the chagos islands. we'll get away with it. but i'm not sure what's in it for us. what is in it for us? nothing. well, we everyone sort of smiles at us, at the un for week. >> that's basically it, isn't it ? >> that's basically it, isn't it? we want to seem nicer on the world stage. why? the thing is that that evaporates in about three seconds. they think they're swapping hard power for soft power. but what is soft power ? what i mean is it's power? what i mean is it's completely aethereal . completely aethereal. >> well, gbnews.com/yoursay, please do get in touch. we're

going to be speaking to a falklands veteran in a little bit, but let's get the headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> tom. emily, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. 2:02, the top story this hour. sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool earlier, he said the investment in so—called carbon capture clusters will create thousands of jobs, bring in 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 at least 2028. well, following that speech, our political correspondent katherine forster was in liverpool and she challenged the prime minister over the cost of the transition to so—called green energy . green energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good,

not for just one 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 fossil fuels. that is really important. you get independence and security by doing renewables here in britain , you're not 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 supply , which is independent and supply, which is independent and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs. >> sir keir starmer, there speaking to our political correspondent. the uk is sending another £10 million in life saving aid to lebanon and urging britons to leave immediately as the conflict escalates, it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut, and this was the moment giant explosions were seen near the city's airport .

seen near the city's airport. well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the lebanese capital. so far, israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south of the country, targeting, they say, hezbollah militants . meanwhile, we're also militants. meanwhile, we're also heanng militants. meanwhile, we're also hearing reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas suppues to target israeli energy and gas supplies if israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks. and in gaza, airstrikes have pushed the death toll to now almost 42,000 people. since the conflict began here. meanwhile, another flight carrying britons fleeing that spiralling conflict in lebanon has landed in birmingham. it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive. more than 150 uk nationals have already left beirut, and troops are also on standby in cyprus for a potential military led emergency evacuation. it comes as g7 leaders are urging restraint and are also condemning iran for

destabilising the region . destabilising the region. downing street insists its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius doesn't change their approach to other overseas territories. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands . gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. but gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands . but the falkland islands. but the government here insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy . crazy. >> silence 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. >> boris johnson, the former prime minister, speaking to camilla tominey. well, a quick breaking line to bring you that we are hearing from reading crown court this afternoon that

a family doctor retired now has been described as a prolific and predatory sex offender after being convicted of multiple indecent assaults against patients in bracknell. doctor stephen cox was found guilty of 12 indecent assaults after a four week trial at that court. the 65 year old targeted seven women during a routine examinations during the 1980s and 1990s. he will, we understand, be sentenced on monday next week. and authorities are now urging any additional victims of doctor stephen cox to come forward. in other news, two former met police officers have been reinstated after being sacked for allegedly lying about smelling cannabis during a stop and search. jonathan clapham and sam franks stopped two athletes, bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos, four years ago.the ricardo dos santos, four years ago. the police appeals tribunal overturned that dismissal , overturned that dismissal, though, calling the original ruling irrational and

inconsistent. williams and dos santos have said the decision is disappointing and that they plan to challenge it in court. the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future , urging an end to the future, urging an end to their collective protest action, something he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from august to reveal that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either held onune appointments were either held online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. speaking in liverpool, this morning, wes streeting told the royal college of gps conference that collaboration is vital to rebuild the nhs. >> 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 history, got it's got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future . future. >> those are the latest headlines. for now, i'll be back with you for another roundup in just over half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. good afternoon britain. it's 2:09 now. the sun is seemingly setting on the british empire as the chagos islands are set to be handed to mauritius. >> yes . should we have a little >> yes. should we have a little look about at what the prime minister had to say to our political correspondent, katherine forster a little bit earlier? >> 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. we've now secured that . and that is now secured that. and that is why you saw such warm words from the us yesterday. >> what did you make of that? >> what did you make of that? >> well we spoke to catherine a little bit earlier and we will be speaking to her in just a moment, but i think she asked rather a different question, and he might have been somewhat avoiding it. but the big the big question, of course, is will other territories follow? >> yes, because argentina are now promising of course, to reclaim the falkland islands with concrete action. that's what they're saying. according to their foreign minister. so are we getting the ball rolling now on all of these claims to various territories? we're joined by falklands war veteran simon weston to discuss this. simon, it's hardly surprising now after we've ceded the sovereignty of these chagos islands, that argentina are piping islands, that argentina are piping up. >> no, i mean, once you allow

somebody to roll their sleeves up and think that they can get into a fight, but when you look at argentina, first and foremost, they don't have a military to concern anybody . military to concern anybody. they certainly don't have an air force or a navy to concern anybody. and because of underinvestment and the criminality and the filching of funds over there. but all of this nonsense is based on what geography . the geography of the geography. the geography of the falkland islands, then, would allow anybody to claim anything. but as we've seen that we've ceded ownership of the chagos islands and diego garcia in particular. but for what purpose? the geography of that is so far away from mauritius. it doesn't make any sense . but it doesn't make any sense. but then you can start saying almost any island that is claimed by anybody can be anybody's, because they've made some sort of spurious claim. but what people got to remember is, and

no facts are the most important here. the argentinians weren't even a country when we claimed the islands. they were called this the nation of states. they didn't have a colour. they didn't have a colour. they didn't have a flag. they didn't have a government. they had nothing. and for them to claim something when we'd already claimed it, the only other people who occupied those islands before we went there were the french and the french couldn't make it work. so 75% of the population of the falkland islands are from the same scottish hill farming communities that set the islands up, and they were the only people who could make it work. they've never had a claim on the islands . they've never had a claim on the islands. it's they've never had a claim on the islands . it's always been islands. it's always been british. and so where this claim comes from, we're over 600 miles from their coastline. that means anywhere can be claimed by anybody. and it's false. it's a false narrative. and anyway, why would we give a successful country that has a successful economy? it has almost no

unemployment. it has no real problems. why would we hand that to a country that's rife with corruption and with all sorts of policing and political corruption? you know, why would we hand them over to them? the islanders over 95% of the islanders, i think it was higher. 98, 99% of the islanders voted to remain under british sovereignty. now, surely their opinion counts more than any politician over here. i haven't heard mr starmer say that he was even considering the sovereignty of the falklands. he's not mr corbyn, for instance, who had all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas that were just foolish beyond. but i've not heard mr starmer say anything about that, and hopefully he never does . but and hopefully he never does. but then again, we didn't know there was a huge amount of negotiation going on about diego garcia, and if that's to make us safer, well ,

if that's to make us safer, well, if that's to make us safer, well, if we already owned it, how does it make us safer? it's like saying, this is my rifle, but i'll give it to you. you can own it , but i can i'll give it to you. you can own it, but i can have it every time i ask for it. so it's like, how does that make you safer? >> most people in this country will never set foot on the falkland islands , but i think falkland islands, but i think most people feel an emotional connection to a to a part of the world that is proudly british, that flies our flag, that is under threat from a neighbour. there's almost an emotional connection there to the falklands and to other british overseas territories as well . overseas territories as well. clearly you risked your life trying to keep that island free. do you think that politicians in whitehall and civil servants for that matter, really understand that matter, really understand that emotional connection that so many british people have with

our overseas territories ? our overseas territories? >> oh, i'm fairly certain they understand it, but i think they resent it as well, because as we saw with the removal of the painting at 10 downing street of baroness thatcher, this was britain's finest hour, and it was baroness thatcher's finest houn was baroness thatcher's finest hour. and that is resented without doubt, by so many people who who disliked her immensely. so i'm fairly certain there's a there's a smouldering of, of that type of resentment going on. and so they would love to remove that from her legacy. but at the end of the day, what we have to look at is the islanders want to remain british. they want to remain british. they want to remain under british sovereignty. now we gave them that option. they chose it. they had a referendum. we have to abide by the referendum . like abide by the referendum. like every referendum that takes

place, we should abide by it. we're told it's a once in a lifetime vote. you know, we've had them with scotland, with brexit and everything else. once you have a once in a lifetime vote, you can't keep going back to these things and renegotiating. we either stick by what we offer people or what are we doing. we're betraying people's votes. >> absolutely. and the key point about the people of the falkland islands wanting to stay under british rule is a key one. and also with the chagos islands, they didn't have a say. >> yeah, they don't like being handed over to mauritius. >> that's treated them horribly and they don't want it. simon weston, thank you very much indeed for speaking to us. a falklands war veteran, of course, now we should say a downing street spokesperson has told us that to be very clear on the falklands, chagos does not change our policy or approach to other overseas territories. >> well, there we go. they've said it. the politicians have said it. the politicians have said it. the politicians have said it must be true. the labour government's £22 billion investment into carbon capture and storage technology is the politics of national renewal. that's according to the prime

minister, speaking at a glassmaking factory in cheshire. >> the prime minister stated the move is reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the industry of the future and that the necessary mission of decarbonisation does not mean de—industrialisation. >> let's get more now with our political correspondent katherine forster, who of course, also asked keir starmer about his position on the falklands. so if you'll indulge us just firstly, what did you make of his answer to you ? make of his answer to you? >> well, his answer , i asked him >> well, his answer, i asked him specifically if he could guarantee that labour would not sign away the falklands or any other of our overseas territories , and he gave a territories, and he gave a different answer to the question. he ignored that question. he ignored that question and he basically said it was very important with the chagos islands that we continue to have that military base for the next 99 years, and that i think, is what prompted a very quick clarification to gb news from number 10 that their

position hasn't changed. but we're here at a glass making factory in just close to ellesmere port , south of the ellesmere port, south of the river mersey, and it's a factory that makes 3 billion glass bottles a year , 1 in 3 of all bottles a year, 1 in 3 of all the bottles made in the uk are made here. i think the reason this announcement about carbon capture and storage that the government has made today has been made here, is because industries like glass making, like cement making, like steel, use a lot of energy. now the government's argument is that drilling its way underground, getting rid of it that way , is getting rid of it that way, is going to mean that they can keep these industrial jobs that are so important to many parts of the uk that they can keep them here. sir keir starmer talked about being a lawyer and working with families, losing jobs from

the mines in the 90s under john the mines in the 90s underjohn major , and said about how people major, and said about how people have been told to sort of get on their bikes to find jobs, and said that he didn't want that to happen again. so they've got big plans. they say they're going to spend 22 billion. that's over 25 years, mind you, and that's going to bring in 4000 direct jobs, 50,000 in the long term. and they're going to attract £8 billion in private investment. now they're saying that all of this is going to help them remove 8.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from 2028. so not very long away at all. but i think there are real questions over how they make private business put huge amounts of money and energy into this, and about who ultimately is going to be picking up the bill because of course, labour did say before the general

election that they'd bring people's energy bills down by £300 a year. now, i asked the prime minister about that. let's have a look at what he had to say. >> 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 invest in renewables. years ago because with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not for just one 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 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 . the short term problems. >> interesting , interesting i >> interesting, interesting i think there how he said the challenge of the short term over the long term, because i suspect that we're not going to see our energy bills coming down any time soon. but a lot of words, you know , ed miliband saying, you know, ed miliband saying, this is the sound of the future arriving and they think there's lots of jobs coming with this. but of course, there's many people very concerned about how the move to net zero is going to also cost lots of jobs. we've seen that in port talbot. there's going to be lots of jobs going in the north sea. it's going in the north sea. it's going to be a very difficult transition and a very expensive transition. as well. >> no cheery words to leave us on. catherine. thank you so much for bringing us that live from the north—west of england. >> carbon capture is all well

and good, but what about production of energy? is that not our primary issue when our bills are sky high? because we're not making enough of it ourselves? >> we're closing down all but one of our nuclear reactors over the coming decade or two. >> where are we getting the energy from? and in, you know, the world seems to be getting less stable by the second, and yet we're not investing enough in our own production. the government, the government clearly needs to produce some more baseload, not intermittent. >> i mean, to be fairto more baseload, not intermittent. >> i mean, to be fair to the government, they've done they've done a lot on. i mean, they've approved more solar panels, solar fields than in the first three months than the government did in the last five years. i mean, that is energy generation. >> but it's a blast furnace, though, isn't it? >> it's intermittent. so they need to have baseload. >> yeah, we need a bit of baseload, don't we. are we going to get that from this government? >> south korea builds nuclear power stations for one sixth the cost. >> we do one sixth. everything's so expensive in this country. it's expensive to do anything. anyway, we've got lots more coming up on today's show. iran's supreme leader. this is a rather concerning watch. he's

called on muslim nations to prepare against their common enemy, saying the missile attack on israel was the minimum punishment they deserved. he also said the us was a rabid dog in the region. okay, we'll reveal more on this rant shortly

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>> good afternoon, britain, at 2:26. now to the middle east. iran will not back down on their fight against israel. that's according to the supreme leader , according to the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, who has called for muslim unity and branded the iranian ballistic missile strike earlier this week as a minimum punishment for israel. >> yes, there he is with a with a rifle to his side. this, of course, as tensions in the region continue to intensify with massive blasts reported in lebanon's capital, beirut, overnight. >> well, let's get some more now with military analyst sean bell, because, sean, how concerned should we should we be about what many people are describing was a warmongering speech this morning . morning. >> yeah. good. good afternoon tom. and emily. inevitably it's of concern, but i think we have to be quite careful. there's a lot of this rhetoric that's for a domestic audience, and it's better understanding what's actually going on on the ground

at the moment. you know, you look at israel, they were deaung look at israel, they were dealing with hamas for a year or nearly a year. the 7th of october is their one year anniversary. and what israel has now done is pivot up to the to north deal with hezbollah. that's been, you know, attacking them solidly for the last year. and that attack seems to be a two phase operation. one of the phases you commentat commented on that there are big explosions in beirut that seems to be precision strikes against hezbollah leadership, command and control bunkers and the like . and control bunkers and the like. and the second part of the operation, though , is in the operation, though, is in the buffer zone between israel and the lebanon. and i don't want to do a history lesson, but the 2006 war, the last time they had a major conflict, you know, the blue line was the point of withdrawal for the israeli forces. and of course , the forces. and of course, the hezbollah were meant to move north of the litani river, leaving a buffer. and the only people meant to be in there were the united nations and the lebanon armed forces . but the united nations and the lebanon armed forces. but as soon as the ink was dry on that in 2006, hezbollah has moved in and therefore israel has been

threatening their northern the population that live in the north of israel. so it's pretty clear that israel is doing trying to clear that area. but it's a very dangerous operation . it's a very dangerous operation. hezbollah has mined all sorts of buildings, and that's where the israelis are suffering the most casualties. but do we expect this to become a full invasion? no.and this to become a full invasion? no. and the lessons from 2006 would haunt israel. almost certainly. they're not. they don't have the appetite to do that. >> i take your point that there's a lot of rhetoric coming out of iran, of course there is. but was this speech just for a domestic audience? i mean, it was beamed out across western media. we don't we didn't show it. but other broadcasters in this country chose to. it's clearly trying to get people on board with their message across the muslim world, he's calling on muslim nations to essentially resist and resist against their common enemy. of course, that common enemy. of course, that common enemy. of course, that common enemy is israel, but also the united states and the west as a whole. i mean, watching that speech, watching the attempt to rally the troops,

potentially across western nafions potentially across western nations as well. it's very worrying. >> i absolutely agree with you, emily. it's very, very worrying. but you have to do again is look at this from a through the lens of history . at this from a through the lens of history. iran has been sabre rattling for some time , but it rattling for some time, but it may have misjudged the 180 ballistic missiles that were sent in, gave israel some excuse.in sent in, gave israel some excuse. in a way, it sounds flippant, but to actually open a third front and what you've got to remember is that iran is developing a nuclear weapon. and if it was to have a nuclear weapon and it's an existential threat to israel, that would be possibly a really major threat to israel. as a result, israel will want to actually take out that nuclear weapons capability and having had 180 missiles fly at them. iran will be deeply concerned now that israel, which is a very powerful nation, will be able to now seek a major retaliation. up until now, each side has largely been they use

this term measured. it's a horrible term because how can you say measured to those people who die as a result of it? but even the even the iranian attack the other night, the ayatollah said, that's it . we've made our said, that's it. we've made our point. we've struck at israel, we've punished them. we've got no further plans. so this rhetoric is all part of the game that they play to try to stop and dissuade israel from upping the ante and yet iran has internal problems. >> there have been protests on the streets of iran in recent years . the prime the streets of iran in recent years. the prime minister was recently killed in a helicopter crash. they've got a new prime minister in of course, the real power in the ayatollah remains the same . but very often in the same. but very often in these sorts of regimes, when you get a sense of instability, that is when they can be most unpredictable and most dangerous . unpredictable and most dangerous. up unpredictable and most dangerous. up until now, they've been funding their proxies to fight israel. but now we've seen, of course, those two strikes, the ballistic missile, the icbm strike. but of course, the drones and the cruise missiles

as well. just a few weeks ago , as well. just a few weeks ago, it's entirely possible that there will be some sort of state on state conflict . on state conflict. >> well, yes. i mean , again, >> well, yes. i mean, again, we've always got these grey hairs because i was first joined the military in the middle of the military in the middle of the cold war. we were worried about nuclear war, and we were worried about it almost every day. the last 30 years, we've largely lived in a sort of peace dividend, less worried about it. so when these sorts of things flare up, understandably, people get very worried about it. but in the big scheme of things, iran is not in a very strong position at the moment. that's why it's trying to develop its nuclear arsenal. as you suggested . the leadership there suggested. the leadership there is in a somewhat fractious state, if it can't demonstrate that it can protect its country, then its countrymen may well decide to up and oust it. and therefore, if you look at it purely from a military perspective, it i wouldn't i wouldn't be a betting and to suggest that they would prevail if they were to end up in a full scale war as a result. that's

something that iran will be really keen to avoid doing because it calls their bluff. >> thank you very much indeed. sean bell military analyst thank you very much for taking the time out of your afternoon. i do worry about, you know, this speech being beamed across, not only the muslim world but also in the west , that it you know, in the west, that it you know, it will rally the troops over here. who would listen to that if there are to take matters into their sympathetic to the iranian regime that they could and we know they're out on the streets. we know there are this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. now, gb news can reveal that more than 300 small boat migrants have crossed illegally to the uk so far just today. that's to come off your headunes today. that's to come off your headlines with sam . headlines with sam. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after 2:30, the top story from the newsroom this afternoon. sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that

capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool, he said the investment in so—called carbon capture clusters will create thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet the uk's climate goals. but green campaigners are warning the move could prolong oil and gas production, with those projects not set to begin storing carbon until at least 2028. well , until at least 2028. well, following that speech in liverpool, our political correspondent katherine forster was there and challenged the prime minister over the cost of the transition to so—called clean and green energy . clean and green energy. >> with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one 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 fossil fuels. that is really important. you get independence and security by doing renewables here in britain , you're not here in britain, you're not relying on the international market and therefore , even if market and therefore, even if there are international conflicts that affect the price

of energy, we would have our own supply, which is independent. and of course , what you get is and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . the next generation of jobs. >> well, next to the latest developments in the middle east, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has confirmed on social media that the government has chartered a third flight for british evacuees. that flight has now, we understand, left lebanon. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut and this was the moment a giant explosion was seen near that airport . well, in the past 24 airport. well, in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have now died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the lebanese caphal airstrikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south, targeting hezbollah militants. they have just said in the last few minutes that 250 hezbollah militants have so far

been killed in that ground operation . meanwhile, we're also operation. meanwhile, we're also heanng operation. meanwhile, we're also hearing reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas supplies. that's if israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks . and in gaza, airstrikes attacks. and in gaza, airstrikes there have pushed the death toll to now almost 42,000 since the conflict began . and downing conflict began. and downing street insists its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius doesn't change its approach to other overseas territories. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. however, the government here insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering and former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy . crazy. >> silence 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. >> well, that's it from me for now. tatiana sanchez will have your next update at 3:00. tom and emily, up next. first, though, a quick break 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 alerts

good afternoon britain. it is now 20 to 3 and gb news can reveal that more than 300 small boat migrants have illegally crossed to the uk so far today. yes. >> so the crossings are the first since sunday because of the bad weather in the channel, but 300 in just one day. >> it comes as the home secretary discusses how to best

tackle people smugglers with her fellow g7 interior ministers in italy today. >> okay, well, our home and security editor, mark white joins us now. mark, i guess the weather has been pretty appalling, but today it's calm . appalling, but today it's calm. >> yeah, it doesn't really too take too much in the way of calculation there to decide. you know what what it is. that's driving the number of migrants or reducing the number of migrants coming across the channel. we're told that actually there is another small boat en route. so six already have crossed illegally into uk waters today, about 330 migrants on board who made that crossing with that seventh boat. if it makes it, that will take us near 400, which is pushing more than 2600, close to 2000, 25,700 for the year. so far. so we're

really only a few thousand of beating the target for the whole of last year. and you're absolutely right, emily, about the situation in terms of the weather. the weather in the channel has been appalling, really for the last week. and that's why we've seen quite a dip. but every time that weather improves, more are coming across the channel. and yvette cooper is in italy at the moment. she's meeting her g7 colleagues, their fellow interior ministers, and says that they're speeding, speeding up international cooperation to deal with the migrant crisis, not just in this country , of course, but country, of course, but throughout europe. greater powers to allow joint investigations to take place between different nations. our eyes, understandably, have been focused on what is happening in the middle east. with that growing crisis. but we continue

to hear on this channel focus on the crisis, on our borders over the crisis, on our borders over the other side of the english channel the other side of the english channel, because the two issues really are linked in the sense that we see every time there is an international migrant, an international issue, a war or conflict in afghanistan or iraq or syria, the numbers heading to the northern coast of france, trying to get to the uk surge as well. >> mark, it is stunning to hear that number 25,700. it looks like we'll reach today for this year. like we'll reach today for this year . it looks like we are like we'll reach today for this year. it looks like we are ahead of where we were last year. this year the trend line is going in the wrong direction. and yet this government continues to say smash the gangs international cooperation, legal systems , take cooperation, legal systems, take people to court . cooperation, legal systems, take people to court. is that enough ?

people to court. is that enough? >> well, listen, it's going to require a very significant effort to try to do that. it is going to require international cooperation . it's going to cooperation. it's going to require the cooperation of specifically our partner on the other side of the english channelin other side of the english channel in france to try to deal with that. and it's going to rely to a large degree on things stabilising in other countries, which we know, of course, the way in which geopolitics is operating and the security situation in many countries around the globe , it seems to be around the globe, it seems to be worsening rather than easing in any way, shape or form, which means that more people are on the move trying to get to what they see are safer, more prosperous environs in the west . prosperous environs in the west. and that takes many of them up

to the uk. so many of these issues are outside the control of the uk government, or indeed any other government in the uk. they are trying to deal with it, but we got the news just the other day about the fact that although labour had promised to stop using asylum seeker hotels, they are now realising it's a more insurmountable problem than they first thought and suggesting that it might be up to three years before they end this practice of putting many thousands of people in hotels right across the country. >> well, thank you very much indeed for bringing us that exclusive. 300 people crossed already today, potentially more with these next boats. thank you. mark white. our home security editor there beaming in from westminster for us. >> and of course, we'll be keeping an eye on the channel throughout the day here on gb news. but lots more coming up on today's programme. children are said to be arriving at school,

still in nappies, unable to properly communicate with classmates as well. we'll a child behavioural expert

>> now this is rather concerning. it's 249, by the way. children, they're arriving at school , still in way. children, they're arriving at school, still in nappies, apparently unable to properly communicate with their classmates. this is according to the former children's commissioner for england , anne commissioner for england, anne longfield. so she should know what she's talking about. she's warned that children are being held back and not receiving the necessary support needed to be school ready. i guess the question is who's to blame for this? is it the parents? is it the parents? is it a knock on effect from covid? what is it really concerning infantilization of young children, but we're joined now by child behavioural expert amanda jenner. >> amanda, what could be causing this ? this? >> well, yeah, it's very concerning as a lot of people

will be feeling that today. this is not news to me because obviously i hear about it a lot. we have got the pandemic and you know, we can't ignore that. you know, we can't ignore that. you know, these children were not attending nursery school. they weren't mixing with their peers. parents were working from home. so obviously not necessarily having time to obviously hit these milestones with them . but, these milestones with them. but, you know, children attending school in nappies, there's two sides to this one. they are some of them are potty trained or toilet trained, but also children are going into schools when they're nervous. it's a new environment. so that is part of it as well. so that's you know, it's really important we actually do listen to that . and actually do listen to that. and you know, and they're saying children going into school in buggies, which doesn't concern me as much as children going into school not using the toilet. so i think, you know , toilet. so i think, you know, more needs to be done. you know, they need help. parents need help. we can say lazy parenting point the finger. but honestly, i work hands on with lots of

parents and that it really affects the whole family. it is affects the whole family. it is a big problem. >> is it not negligence though? if you haven't potty trained your your child that they're having to wear a nappy. of course it was special needs children obviously out of the equafion children obviously out of the equation here, but for normal for ordinary the ordinary child , for ordinary the ordinary child, it must be a bit of parental negligence. i mean , you know, a negligence. i mean, you know, a lot of people work a number of jobs, a lot of people are very busy indeed. a lot of people, single parent families, a huge amount to do. but surely that has to be a priority teaching your child to use the toilet? >> of course it is definitely a priority and obviously it's a life skill that we all have to learn and be taught. but it's not an easy one. i mean, here's a really tricky one. and what happens is i think i yeah, okay. there's a small percentage that maybe it is, you know, the parents because i've been doing this for 20 years, but the majority of the cases when people contact me , myself or i people contact me, myself or i go to visit schools or speak to families, is they've potty train them or the child just hasn't

got it, and they have no other choice to start school in september. so they send them in and pull ups underneath their uniform, which is awful for the child because it doesn't just affect, you know, obviously that it affects their behaviour, it affects them. you know, their appetite, it affects their demeanour. they become withdrawn and, you know, and also then they get bullied . so, you know, they get bullied. so, you know, i'm talking to the government myself at the moment. fingers crossed that we can try and get more support for these children. it's the children that i'm worried about . it's the worried about. it's the children, you know, of course. >> and i think it tugs on everyone's heartstrings when you hear stories of children who just aren't developing, aren't growing up in the normal way. >> amanda, i suppose the question then turns to what can be done here? >> well, when, you know, i had my children 28 years ago, you know, i could call on the health visitor whenever i wanted. i had my little red book , and i used my little red book, and i used to call the health visitor, and it was even about a silly little thing. because, you know, when you're a first time parent, you

don't know what's right or wrong, and you know, you just want to do the best you can. and most parents want to do that. and i think nowadays, because they're so stretched, you've got one health visitor to lots of different areas where we haven't got that, you know, that expertise on the end of the phone anymore and that reassurance that we're doing all right. but you can do it this way. so i think the government, you know, i read a report today, you know, i read a report today, you know, i read a report today, you know, the early years are going to look into supporting that a bit more and, and giving more help. let's hope they do. because this headline comes up so much. yeah, it does. and nothing's getting. it's not getting, nothing's getting done about it. i you know i'm trying to get the word out there but. >> well amanda, thank you very much indeed amanda jenner, child behaviour expert. thank you very much for talking to us about about this story. i must say , about this story. i must say, quite a few people who are getting in touch aren't particularly sympathetic. nicholas, you know, it's just lazy parents who have kids realise the hard work, get bore with them, pass their problems to somebody else. could they also be an issue that people

aren't living close by family anymore? not close to the grandparents? because if i had a problem, i'd call my mum , right? yeah. >> and ask what do i do? i think it is that it's those networks. we're talking about this on the show yesterday as well. actually not as many children are being born. so it might be that if you have a child, you can't talk to your best friend because they don't have a child. and because so many fewer people are now having children, you can't lean on those networks of perhaps people going through the same experience in the same way as was the case even 20 years ago. >> yeah, well, peter says it's nothing less than rubbish parenting. no excuses. well, there you go. anyway, we've come to the end of the show. you've been watching. good afternoon britain. don't go anywhere because it is the lovely dawn neesom who's up next standing in for martin daubney. neesom who's up next standing in for martin daubney . so stay for martin daubney. so stay tuned for that. >> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice warm, cosy day ahead. boxed heat pumps, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good afternoon and

welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, we can still expect to see plenty of fine and dry weather across across the country. feeling warm where you catch the sunshine too. that's away from the north—west though, where we have low pressure dominating swinging in some frontal systems . so some frontal systems. so some outbreaks of rain here but high pressure still dominating across much of england and wales, bringing us those fine and settled conditions in the northwest, though cloud continuing to spill in here with some outbreaks of rain. that's likely turning heavy by the time we reach tomorrow morning. moving into western parts of scotland, northern ireland, northwestern parts of england and perhaps western parts of wales too. but away from this, plenty of clear skies so feeling chilly and likely to see the odd spot of mist and fog by the time we reach tomorrow morning . so we reach tomorrow morning. so quite a different start to the weekend depending on where you are. these outbreaks of rain will continue to move into western parts of scotland, with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle elsewhere. and as i say, nofice drizzle elsewhere. and as i say, notice those brighter colours. so some heavier downpours. by the time we reach the morning.

similar across northern ireland, a rather grey start with some outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere there should be plenty of bright sunshine and that mist and fog will gradually clear through the course of the morning as we continue into saturday. more and more of that cloud will spill into northwestern parts of the country. still, with those outbreaks of rain and fairly blustery under those cloudier skies too. but you can see elsewhere still plenty of sunny spells. so a fairly settled start to the weekend for most of us. but notice this heavy rain slowly edging to in the far southwest, so likely to see some heavy outbreaks by the time we reach later into the afternoon. but with highs of around 18 degrees and light winds, it should feel rather pleasant in the sunshine as we head into the evening. that heavy out, those heavy outbreaks of rain will start to move into the southwest of the country. southern parts of the country. southern parts of wales too. and that's generally leading us into a fairly unsettled end to the weekend. but in those sunnier spells, it should still be feeling warm . feeling warm. >> so a chilly start will give

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