well . well. >> hello and good afternoon. it's 3:00 and welcome to the martin daubney show with me dawn neesom yet another lanky blonde. just a slightly different sex. this is gb news, broadcasting live from westminster and all across the uk. now the prime minister has refused to say whether he would sign away other british overseas territories after the hanging of the chagos islands over to mauritius. could the falklands or gibraltar be next? not even making this up now? and will boris johnson make a comeback? well, he has been speaking to broadcasters including our very own camilla tominey on gb news, where he's slammed sir keir starmer's decision to hand over those chagos islands and will give you a sneak peek of this very soon. and to former met police

officers have been handed their jobs back after winning an appeal against a ruling that they lied following a stop and search ordeal in 2020. we'll be speaking with former met officers about that story. it's all coming up in the next hour. don't go too far. yeah, the sharper ones admit you will have noficed sharper ones admit you will have noticed that i am not actually martin daubney. he is off doing something i don't know. he normally goes fishing when i'm here, doesn't he? it's worrying slightly. but this show isn't about martin or me. it's all about martin or me. it's all about you and your views. so this is how you get involved in the show your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. so, but before we get started, let's go to tatiana sanchez, who has all your news headlines for you . your news headlines for you. >> dawna, thank you very much and good afternoon. the top story, 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 thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. while following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the costs with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few months 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 , is independent. and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . generation of jobs. >> in other news, the foreign secretary has confirmed a third government chartered flight for british evacuees has now left lebanon. it follows a night of huge, further huge blasts in beirut , and huge, further huge blasts in beirut, and this is the moment giant explosions were seen near the airport . giant explosions were seen near the airport. in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense air strikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south, targeting hezbollah militants. meanwhile, we're heanng militants. meanwhile, we're 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. they say. in gaza, airstrikes have pushed the death toll to

over 41,000 since the conflict began. over 41,000 since the conflict began . now, downing street began. now, 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 gb news he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands , check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense . it's total it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness. >> two former metropolitan 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 athlete bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos in 2020. the police appeals tribunal overturned their dismissal, calling the original ruling irrational and inconsistent. williams and dos santos say the decision is disappointing and they plan to challenge it in court. the officers will return to the force with back pay . gb to the force with back pay. gb news has won permission to bring a legal challenge against ofcom's decision to fine the show. people's forum the prime minister, in breach of their impartiality rules. a judge at london's high court today also made clear the broadcasting regulator should amend language used in the statements about their decision. following an investigation into the show shown in february featuring the then prime minister, rishi sunak.the then prime minister, rishi sunak. the legal challenge to the ruling, in the form of a judicial review will now go to a full hearing. ofcom were told that they could now reach a decision on whether to impose a sanction on gb news. however,

they were told any sanction would be subject to the eventual outcome of the judicial review . outcome of the judicial review. and the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future , calling nhs fit for the future, calling for an end to the ongoing protests, which he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from last month reveal that in august revealed that 1 in 20 gp reveal that in august revealed that1 in 20 gp appointments that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. while speaking in liverpool, wes streeting told the royal college of gp conference that collaboration and a collective ethos are vital to rebuilding the health service. >> the three shifts that underpin this government's reform agenda, from hospital to community, analogue to digital sickness to prevention , those sickness to prevention, those shifts are not new ideas and they are not radical. but delivering them really would be. i can't do it on my own. i need every part of the nhs to pull

together as one team, with one purpose, to be the generation that took the nhs from the worst crisis in its history got it's got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future . it fit for the future. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana, and welcome back now. shocking development for you. yes. another one. the prime minister has refused to say whether he would sign away other british overseas territories, such as the falklands and gibraltar. and this is coming just a day after handing the chagos islands back to mauritius , following 200 to mauritius, following 200 years of british rule. the prime

minister was asked to guarantee that under labour, no other british overseas territories would be just signed away without parliament even knowing about it . and he told reporters about it. and he told reporters the single most important thing was ensuring that we had a secure base. the joint us—uk base, hugely important to the us, hugely important to us. we've now secured that and that is why you saw such warm words from the us yesterday. well, this is what former prime minister boris johnson made of starmer's decision to hand back the chagos islands when speaking to camilla tominey chagos islands being given back to mauritius. >> your reaction? >> your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are , and see 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. >> yeah, i'm kind of singing from the same hymn sheet here. i

don't and that interview, by the way, is a cracker will be a cracker . and it's on way, is a cracker will be a cracker. and it's on gb news this sunday at 9:30 am. you don't want to miss it. camilla is absolutely brilliant. best in the business and boris just does not hold back. so any case, back to me . now we're not hold back. so any case, back to me. now we're going to not hold back. so any case, back to me . now we're going to speak to me. now we're going to speak to me. now we're going to speak to political commentator peter spencer about what he's heard. hello, peter. what he's heard on this. just handing over bits of territory to anyone that wants them, basically. peter, good to see you. now, what worried me this morning and the chagos thing it developed yesterday. obviously, we're all aware that boris, quite rightly has blown his top as boris does. but what worried me this morning is that argentina promised to gain full sovereignty of the falklands again, and keir starmer, our prime minister, is not saying no. you can't have them. he's saying, well, what do you make of all this? >> well , i reckon that what the >> well, i reckon that what the prime minister is doing is simply treating as somewhat irrelevant the harrumphing that we're getting from the argentinians, to not mention the

spanish. >> i look back on the falklands conflict. did the argentinians get a bloody new bloody nose? they most certainly did. so are they really going to give it another go? no, they most certainly aren't . i mean, i certainly aren't. i mean, i think more importantly, when we come on to boris johnson's take on all this saying, well, it's actually ridiculous. i think it's a little bit rich considering the fact that the negotiations to, to to, start this process actually began under the last conservative government . and it's all very government. and it's all very well for james cleverly , now the well for james cleverly, now the former foreign secretary, to say , former foreign secretary, to say, oh, well, this is disgraceful. but the fact is he was the prime he was the foreign secretary who set the ball rolling in the first place. and when you think about it, i mean, we nicked this place. all those years back and booted up the locals in much the same way as we did with the with many of the catholics in the north of ireland back all those centuries ago. and so there is a strong argument that says we stop ignoring international court rulings that this is a bad

thing to do and just get on with giving it back, remembering that the bit that really matters is which is the british and american military base, will remain intact for the next hundred years. and okay, so hong kong, 100 years down the line, went a little bit on the fluffy side, but i don't think i shall be covering that story any more than you with your youth and beauty. dear stowlawn will be covering either. >> how very dare you! i intend to go on forever. yeah. a couple of things here, though. i mean, all right. yeah. the tories set it up in the first place. but it was lord cameron when he came in and realised how powerful china were getting, particularly their influence over mauritius, that he put a stop to it. so i mean going back and saying, yeah, but it was the tories who set this in motion. it was also the tories that stopped it. and things have changed a lot with the influence china had over mauritius. so that had changed that situation, hadn't it? >> yes, it has , it certainly >> yes, it has, it certainly has. and indeed there has been a bit of flip flopping on the tory

side over the years in regard to this . but i do side over the years in regard to this. but i do come back to the vitally important thing, the thing that really matters to western interests is the us and uk military base there, and that does remain intact. and there's no question of getting rid of that. so when it comes to the other aspects of all this, like whether we're giving a fair deal to the locals whom we booted out all those years back, or indeed their descendants. of course, there are two schools of thought on that. some say we're being we're being too nice and others say we're frankly not being nice enough. >> yeah, i'm still confused on this one, peter. it's basically we signed. we signed it back over right to mauritius, which never owned it in the first place. by the way . but that's place. by the way. but that's a moot point. who are now pretty much under the thumb of the chinese. and it's now safer and it's more secure than it was when we were in charge of it, that i mean, so we're basically

saying we trust the chinese basically. do we should we? >> well, that is the point about how some of the descendants of those who are booted out aren't all that sure about it. there's no question. there's no question that they're not necessarily desperately happy with this , desperately happy with this, this, this, this new lot taking over. this, this, this new lot taking over . but i this, this, this new lot taking over. but i but i think, on balance, that the need was felt to get rid of this anachronism of us owning somewhere in the indian ocean that that we stole in the first place. and just getting on with giving it back to them. >> but they weren't . even >> but they weren't. even islanders weren't even asked about what they wanted. >> very true. and that's a point that's made by by both their descendants and indeed by human rights watch. they say, look , rights watch. they say, look, you know, they should have had more of a say in it. and there is an argument that says that the vast, the vast bulk of all these negotiations, most of which, of course, took place under the last government, were a little bit on the heavy handed

and clumsy side. so no one saying this is perfect, but i do come back to it. the bit that really matters in geopolitical terms is our base on the biggest atoll remains secure. >> okay, peter, i think we're losing your connection a bit. there are so many questions on this one. that's peter spencer. thank you very much. political commentator telling us what he makes of keir starmer, saying, well, basically argentina going well, basically argentina going well we might have the falklands back now. what do you reckon. spanish we haven't heard from on gibraltar yet, but we know what they feel about that one. and keir starmer not ruling any of it out. you know i remember he handed the chagos islands over when parliament wasn't even around to debate it. it was just around to debate it. it was just a done thing. we were all told by an email , a done thing. we were all told by an email, great. okay. i hope you're happy with that one because i'm a bit confused by the whole thing. any case, should we move on? well, not that far actually, because it involves boris johnson again. he's also said that britain should hold a referendum on its membership of the european convention of human rights,

which critics say is preventing the uk from having full control of its immigration policy. you know, our borders , etc. it's an know, our borders, etc. it's an issue which has become centre stage of the tory leadership race. they've all had a go on this one, haven't they? well, let's get the view of human rights lawyer shabir khan . mr rights lawyer shabir khan. mr khan, thank you very much for joining us today. to good see you. now, can you . right. boris you. now, can you. right. boris johnson suggested we need a referendum on whether we are we remain in the european court of human rights. do you think it would be a good idea to ask the great british public what they think of this situation? >> yeah, i mean , firstly, don't >> yeah, i mean, firstly, don't we all think that, you know, at least for a few decades, we've had enough of european referendum, referendum. so i think that's the first thing i think, you know, probably this isn't really the best time anyway. but also, i mean, i don't think so necessarily when it comes to basic constitutional principles. of course, you know, our constitution is quite unique in the sense we don't have a

written constitution. it's sort of more or less based on lots of statutes going back centuries. but i think when it comes to bafic but i think when it comes to basic constitutional principles, i don't think necessarily we need to be asking the public for their views on each specific point. but i think the main issue that people seem to have with the echr, the main dispute, the main, you know, objection to it . i mean, i the main, you know, objection to it. i mean, i think it's a bit confusing. anyway, on the one handifs confusing. anyway, on the one hand it's like, well, it's 70 years old, so maybe we need to do away with it and find something better suited to modern life. and then you say, okay, well, what do we do without the echr and say, well, we have the magna carta. that's only 800 years old, or we have the our of rights, which is from the our of rights, which is from the 1600s. so then you think, okay, is it really 70 years old, you know, does it make it that ancient? but on the other hand, it's like, well, the problem is, 70 years ago, what we wrote in the echr and obviously the british churchill, everyone, you know, we had a leading role in it. but what we wrote but with time the court keeps changing what the echr actually means. and then you say, well, is the issue, it's not changing with

the times or is the problem. it's changing with the times. so it's changing with the times. so i think there is a lot of confusion in terms of what people's objection to the echr really is. >> do you actually think people, most people in this country understand exactly what it does for us? i mean, we know what it doesn't do. we know that it blocks flights taking off to rwanda for example. but what do we actually need it? >> and of course we do, because i think if you know, it's accountability, it's, you know, any time a public authority, the government, the state makes a decision that affects common people, they have to keep in mind. yes, we have to also consider human rights. and i think that's the thing. i mean, i know lots of people say, well, do you not trust our democratically elected government? so to be honest, for me, no i don't. are we actually going to say yes just because somehow, by a fluke of fate, you know, liz truss became our prime minister, then let's let her just get on with doing whatever she wants. no. same with keir starmer. same with tony blair, same with boris johnson. are we really saying, you know, and especially, you know, in desperate times when there are actually problems, you know,

nationally , internationally we nationally, internationally we say, you know, this person somehow he's ended up, you know, ruling over us and no one needs to worry about it five years. just let him get on with it. and i don't agree with that. i think we need courts. and that's the whole point. and indeed, as we can see, middle east now, so many other countries, don't you think, you know, having actually functional , powerful functional, powerful international courts would be a good thing. whichever side of that dispute you might be on, whether it's, you know, israel, palestine, lebanon , iran, now palestine, lebanon, iran, now for the past few days, don't you think, you know, if there was a judge, some international court somewhere would say all of you or one of you just stop it and what you're doing goes against humanitarian law and international human rights law. so no , i don't think that so no, i don't think that domestic or national governments are the correct places to be making all sorts of decisions. >> i mean, borisjohnson said he >> i mean, boris johnson said he agreed with the assessment of lord sumption, the former supreme court judge who wrote a magazine article last year arguing that human rights are well protected by domestic laws and said the convention makes

except rights, which we may not want, for which there may be no democratic mandate. i mean, he has a point, doesn't he ? has a point, doesn't he? >> no you don't. no, he doesn't. and so i mean, i don't think what you mean by again, i mean talking about democracy as democracy is probably, you know, the best of the systems we have at the moment. but it's not perfect. it's not infallible , perfect. it's not infallible, like i said, you know, is that really what we're saying, that, you know, again, without naming all the names of the prime ministers, you know, the many prime ministers we've had over the past few years, are we saying all of their decisions were perfect just because somehow they ended up becoming prime minister? being our prime minister? no, of course not. so we need courts. so i don't think it's undemocratic. is that what we're basically saying is undemocratic? to have a court? i mean, high court just today just, you know, the previous the news report just now, which spoke about, you know, judicial review brought by gb news against ofcom. so if ofcom, a pubuc against ofcom. so if ofcom, a public authority, is being heavy handed of course gb news should be allowed to go to court. i we think that's undemocratic. well you know keir starmer is in charge. let's ask him what he says. of course not. and that's all part of the point about the

court. so whether the national courts, local courts, our local magistrates courts or international courts, of course we need judges. i don't think that's undemocratic at all. >> okay. brilliant. thank you very much for explaining that to us at zebby . very much for explaining that to us at zebby. human rights lawyer, thank you very much for joining us. this afternoon. what do you think out there? it's all about you. gbnews.com forward slash your say do you think bofis slash your say do you think boris has got a right a point. we should have a referendum on getting out of the european court of human rights or do you know you know do you honestly know you know do you honestly know enough about what it does and what it doesn't do to actually have a say on it? i'm not sure i do entirely, but let me know what you think. right. okay , now it's time for our okay, now it's time for our great british giveaway. and it's the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. and that is £36,000. and that could all be yours as having an extra £3,000 tax free in your bank account each and every month for an entire year. tax man can't get it either. here's all the details you need to make it yours. >> there's an incredible £36,000 to be won in the great british giveaway. >> that's like having an extra

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coming in. gbnews.com/yoursay, i love talking to you now. coming up, more than 300 illegal migrants have crossed into dover today. on the same day that home secretary yvette cooper is in italy meeting with g7 counterparts where they have just agreed on a new plan aimed at dismantling migrant smuggling gangs. smash the gangs. we all remember, don't they? we get the latest with our homeland security editor, mark white, in just a moment. i'm dawn neesom in for martin daubney. this is gb news. and you don't want to go too far because there's some

>> join me. camilla tominey this sunday when i interview one of the most significant political figures of our era , boris figures of our era, boris johnson. nothing will be off limits as we discuss his autobiography, unleashed and everything in it. >> i failed to avert megxit, but i did deliver brexit and i'm very, very happy to be on camilla tominey show. boris johnson on gb news. the people's

channel johnson on gb news. the people's channel, britain's news channel that's the camilla tominey show on sunday at 9:30 am. and again at 6 pm. >> that's going to be such a cracker, isn't it? i'm going to be glued to that one. lots of bofis be glued to that one. lots of boris fans out there as well. good on boris. this is talking about the echr and should we get rid of it? or should we at least have a referendum on whether we want to be part of it? this is grumpy brit. love that. good morning, good afternoon, good on boris. i know what i'll vote, get our rights back, get rid of refugees. we are an island and should rule great britain, not some european court. go, boris. go! thumbs up from him. not me, by the way. i'm impartial, obviously. and from jasper. bofisis obviously. and from jasper. boris is so right about having a referendum about the echr. it will be an overwhelming leave. we need a british bill of rights. then watch other countries around europe follow suit. yeah, i'm not going to read that bit out because that was a bit mean. the human rights laws are not all bad, honestly. in any case, i'm dawn neesom i'm here standing for martin

daubney. you might have spotted the difference. he normally doesn't wear as much lipstick. not quite as much. now gb news can reveal. great news this one folks that more than 300 small boat migrants have crossed the illegally into the uk so far today. the crossings are the first since sunday because of bad weather in the channel. it comes as the home secretary and other g7 interior ministers have agreed to a new anti—smuggling action plan. yay ! smashing the action plan. yay! smashing the gangs! or are they our homes? curator at mark white joins us now . mark. hello. where are you? now. mark. hello. where are you? yes, you are there. mark. lovely to see you. right. okay. we're smashing the gangs. they've agreed to smash the gangs. what are they doing exactly ? are they doing exactly? >> well, this is a meeting of the g7 interior ministers, which home secretary yvette cooper was among those ministers who have agreed on this action plan, which effectively , according to which effectively, according to the british government, will increase international

cooperation in going after these criminal gangs in pursuing transnational criminality in terms of going after the smuggling routes involved greater cooperation between law enforcement agencies to help in that effort. this is what yvette cooper said after the conclusion of that meeting of the g7 interior minister. she said. today's newly agreed g7 action plan provides an important focus on international law enforcement and reflects our determination to work with global partners on these shared challenges. new international joint investigative teams will help coordinate cross—border action and supplement the measures we have already taken to set up the uk border security command and backit uk border security command and back it with new funding. so listen, a lot of complex wordage there, but really it's about

trying to cooperate in a greater way with our international partners. i mean, something to be fair to the previous government, they were already doing , but a government, they were already doing, but a new government, they were already doing , but a new government government, they were already doing, but a new government is in place. they have restructured the way in which our border security works with this new border security command. they believe they can get greater cooperation from international partners in trying to smash the gangs. but it's a mammoth effort as we're reporting there on 330 odd who have arrived so far. as we're reporting there on 330 odd who have arrived so far . and odd who have arrived so far. and as we speak, another boat, a seventh small boat out in the waters trying to make it to the uk side of the english channel. and if it does, we'll be pushing nearly 400 today. >> hold on a minute , mark. >> hold on a minute, mark. everything i've heard. bit of a word soup coming from yvette coopen word soup coming from yvette cooper. they're working closely together, blah blah blah. we've heard it all before. we've been working closely together for a

while. in fact, we've handed france £500 million to work closer together. doesn't actually seem to have worked, doesit actually seem to have worked, does it ? does it? >> you're very cynical, don, but i think there's an absolute truth in the point. you're making there. for years, under theresa may , you remember? and theresa may, you remember? and then, of course, when we got to bofis then, of course, when we got to boris johnson and liz truss and rishi sunak, we had all kinds of agreements renewed with our partners in france and of course, international cooperation. we were told elsewhere in europe, as well, where the national crime agency had an international presence in many countries dealing and investigating with international people smuggling. look, it's a tough ask . and much of this is tough ask. and much of this is out of the control of either the uk government or any particular western government. and it's dnven western government. and it's driven by issues such as we are seeing in the middle east at the

moment with a flare up there, a new war that's brewing that could really turn out to be another humanitarian disaster with already hundreds of thousands of people fleeing over the border from lebanon into syria, of all places, and then trying to make their way up to turkey. we know because we've seen it before . every time you seen it before. every time you have these international crises , have these international crises, you get a surge in the number of people coming to europe and a portion a proportion of those, of course, ending up on the shores of northern france. >> mark, just very quickly before we go running out of time. just recently, sir keir starmer was in italy speaking to giorgia meloni . and italy, as we giorgia meloni. and italy, as we know, have seen their migrant numbers fall because they are turning boats back and they're doing a deal with albania to process offshore. there's a thought and do we know if any of that was discussed at this meeting ? meeting? >> well, i think so. i mean, we're sort of if you like, we

had the sort of opening bat from keir starmer and now, of course, yvette cooper doing some of the finer detail on that with the other meetings that she's been taking part in with these interior ministers. i mean, as far as italy is concerned, of course, one of the big things they've been doing is cooperation with countries in nonh cooperation with countries in north africa to ensure that they can make sure that they do their part in policing their shores and trying to return any migrant boats that get out into the mediterranean back to the likes of morocco and algeria and the like . like. >> indeed. yeah. when we try anything like that, we're racist, aren't we, though? that is mark white. thank you very much for joining is mark white. thank you very much forjoining us and bringing us up to date on smashing the gangs. good t shirt for christmas presents. that one, isn't it? right. okay. there's loads more coming up between now and 4:00, including the news that two metropolitan police officers have been given back theirjobs officers have been given back their jobs following a officers have been given back theirjobs following a stop and search ordeal. we'll have all

the reaction to that breaking story. but first, it's time for the latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories 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 today, he said the investment in so—called carbon capture clusters will create thousands of jobs, bring in investments and help meet climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production , prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. following his speech. our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the costs with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few months 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 . generation of jobs. >> in other news, the foreign secretary has confirmed a third government chartered flight for british evacuees has left lebanon. it follows a night of further blasts in beirut. this is the moment giant explosions were seen near the airport . were seen near the airport. in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south,

targeting hezbollah militants. meanwhile, we're also hearing reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas suppues target israeli energy and gas supplies if israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks in gaza. airstrikes have pushed the death toll to over 41,000 since the conflict began . and downing the conflict began. and 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 gb news he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? crazy. >> i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer

political correctness. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. now it's back to dawn for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana and remember to keep your comments coming in. i'm loving them. bit cynical paul, i thought i did cynicism, but you beat me . this is paul. stop the beat me. this is paul. stop the benefits for the invaders of our country. or why don't we stick them in the £22 billion mysterious black hole? very funny. okay, keep those messages coming in. i love talking to you. go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out as many as i can throughout the show. i'm dawn neesom in for martin gb news, britain's news channel. don't go too

>> why go out on a friday night when friday night comes straight to your home? talking about. talking about. >> join me and my a team of top pundits. chemistry tonight is electric as we tackle the big stories of the day with wit, insight and fearless energy. man of the people. >> it's all vibe. >> it's all vibe. >> just a filing cabinet on wheels with a tie on. >> so order in friday night live with me, mark dolan every friday at eight only on gb. news , the at eight only on gb. news, the people's channel. britain's news channel. >> hello. welcome back. i'm not martin daubney. i'm dawn neesom. and this is gb news. and you're you. and thank you for joining us. hope you're having a lovely day out there. it's friday well done. you made it. now two met police officers sacked over a stop and search involving british athlete bianca williams have been handed their jobs have been handed theirjobs back. the officers appealed the original decision against ruling

that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis. that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis . during could smell cannabis. during a stop and search of miss williams and her partner , masca. pcs and her partner, masca. pcs jonathan clapham and sam franks will also receive back pay after winning the appeal. okay , i'm winning the appeal. okay, i'm now joined in the studio by retired scotland yard detective mike neville. mike, thank you very much for joining mike neville. mike, thank you very much forjoining me in the studio. i really appreciate your time this afternoon. now, this in theory, is very, very good news, isn't it? >> it's very good news for those two officers. pc clapham, pc franks, who i read about who are good officers, good and honest and decent officers. and i just feel that a bit like pc leathwood who was convicted of the assault on a bus recently, and then he's got he's been found to be not guilty. i think they've been thrown to the wolves by senior officers who just can't help themselves. they see everything through the prism of race to and appease the people who shout the loudest. these these officers have been sacrificed. and i wish them

well. they must have gone through a terrible time and it's to good see that the frontline officers have been, you know, back and reinstated . back and reinstated. >> so this is i mean, the basic backstory is they, they, they stopped and searched the car with bianca williams and her partner in it. they said they could smell cannabis and they were accused by bianca and her boyfriend, ricardo dos santos , boyfriend, ricardo dos santos, of being racist. >> yes, that's right . and what >> yes, that's right. and what we have here, you know, you have police officers who are driving around. there is a mercedes, as i understand it. it's got tinted windows so you can't see who's driving anyway , if santos is the driving anyway, if santos is the registered keeper, if they did a pnc check and the owner comes back as ricardo dos santos, well, i would, i personally would maybe wrongly assume it was a portuguese or spanish person, which he actually is. >> but yeah. >> but yeah. >> and then i would they stop stop the vehicle . well how can stop the vehicle. well how can you say in london you can't smell cannabis? i was driving round through croydon. i could actually smell the waft of it in my own car. so. and what's the

behaviour of the man santos, who's said to the officers to be vile and he was rude and disrespectful . and if i think we disrespectful. and if i think we should see, i don't know if we've got the whole footage available, but the police should now release that footage to show what the officers have to deal with, because if he'd have simply got out of the car and said, officers, i'm really sorry, is there a problem ? none sorry, is there a problem? none of this. that's the reality . of this. that's the reality. none of this would have. just like pc lafford on the bus, if the woman had shown her ticket and said, here we are, sorry, it none of it would have happened. but this whole affair and then these officers have to go through this absolute nightmare where their reputation is, is destroyed, where they have no money. they've got to wonder where they're going to feed their children or family or whoever they look after. and it's just not good enough. >> and the police appeals tribunal, who found the original decision was irrational and inconsistent. what does that even mean? >> well, exactly what does it mean? and what is going to happen to the chairman or the chair of that? it was a woman, a

kc, qc , who met a barrister who kc, qc, who met a barrister who made that decision. so what is going to be dished out now? what how are they going to be dealt with. because what we often hear is, oh, lessons will be learned. and then they do. they sit in on a panel next week. so the trouble is i see all the time here is all this makes london unsafe because officers know they're absolutely in fear of stopping anybody who's black. that's what. that's the elephant in the room. because if you can stop white or asian people, nothing often happens. but if they stop black people , somebody they stop black people, somebody accuses them of racism. they're likely to lose their jobs. now, with stop and search, it's often about knives and young black men for whatever reason, they're 2% of london's population. they commit 60% of knife murders. the police can't help that. they simply got to deal with that. but if they stop doing it, simply got to deal with that. but if they stop doing it , the but if they stop doing it, the victims of these murders are often young black men . so more often young black men. so more young black men get murdered, and then the police get accused of racism because they're not

doing something. so it's a vicious cycle. and somehow we can't confront things unless we're honest. so the metropolitan police can release a 50 race action plans, which never mentioned the crime levels until we're honest, until we say this is a real issue, until senior members of the black community come forward and say, look, how are we going to stop this happening? these tragedies of people's lives are going to carry on because these two officers have families , so it's officers have families, so it's affected them. >> they were suspended in october, weren't they? i mean, the thing is, so we've talked about two tier policing a lot recently. we've seen it with the palestinian marches. et cetera. et cetera. but you are saying that police officers on the beat, the men and women on the front line, are scared of being accused of racist, and that's why they try to not stop black people. >> exactly. and it's not just me saying this. the police federation have said the same , federation have said the same, and they're looking after their officers. what we have we have lots of hard working, decent, brave officers, men and women on

the street. and as i say, the senior officers, everything is seen through this prism of race. and if anybody makes an accusation, they're almost immediately thought to be guilty. and it's just unfair. and it's making london unsafe for everybody. black, white, asian , whoever you are. asian, whoever you are. >> indeed. mike neville, thank you very much for coming in and talking about that story, which only broke today. by the way, what do you think gbnews.com/yoursay do you have sympathy for these two police, these two officers? i mean, they've been suspended and had to go through all this stress, as have their family. to go through all this stress, as have their family . then as have their family. then again, bianca and her partner, you know, if you watch the footage, it was very stressful for them as well. gbnews.com forward slash your site. let me know what you think about that one. coming up next, we'll be discussing warnings from the uk car industry, the electric car sales targets are becoming unsustainable. us sales are stalling. motoring motoring journalist danny kelly will give us his thoughts on that one in just a moment. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news, britain's news

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now. i mean, we also have ed miliband today talking about capturing carbon. i have no idea what he's talking about, to be honest with you, but i don't think he does either, because all of this is a bit like the icloud, isn't it? none of us understand what's going on really. we're just talking a lot about it. so we are hopefully being joined by danny kelly, who's he's not ready yet in any case. so basically sales of diesel cars are now actually no, danny kelly is messing me around. all the blooming men. danny kelly, are you ready for me? brace yourself. yes. there you are, danny . lovely. thank you are, danny. lovely. thank you.thank you are, danny. lovely. thank you. thank you for honouring us with your presence. this afternoon. danny. sales of diesel cars are growing faster than those of electric vehicles. despite the fact that we're all being encouraged to go and buy electric. what's going on there?

>> simply, i'm going to speak with broad strokes. >> i'm going to speak generally, but there's very little demand for electric cars. >> dawn, you mentioned in the intro about almost a punitive government mandated target that manufacturers must sell 22% of all of their cars. they've got to be pure electric. so that leaves 78% for petrol and diesel and because 22% of the motoring market, generally speaking, don't want to buy a electric car. >> car manufacturers are having to discount them heavily in order to meet this target. september is when the new registrations come out, and it's been a record bumper month for electric cars. but don't be fooled by that because it's only because of massive discounts and the majority of those cars are fleet operated cars and lots of companies. lots of national companies. lots of national companies want to flex their green muscles and let people know that they're behind the environment by buying these electric cars. so as far as retail punters are concerned, dawn, it's one of the greatest

tenets of democracy, not democracy of capitalism. forgive me . supply and demand. quite me. supply and demand. quite simply demand is outstripping supply. >> i got that one the wrong way round. >> supply is not outstripping demand. and that's where the big discount is coming. >> yeah, i know exactly what you meant, which is a bit weird to be honest with you, but i mean, it seems like bmw , ford, jaguar, it seems like bmw, ford, jaguar, land rover, mercedes—benz , kia, land rover, mercedes—benz, kia, honda, nissan. they've all written to rachel reeves saying , written to rachel reeves saying, you've got to sort this out, love. i mean, because basically you are going to fine us if we don't hit your quotas for selling electric cars or they can they can do exchange credits . can they can do exchange credits. i mean, i don't even understand what's going on here. okay. >> well, in a nutshell, let's just say let's pick a manufacturer like fiat. let's say they sell 10,000 cars in the united kingdom annually . 2200 of united kingdom annually. 2200 of them must be electric, 7800 can be petrol or diesel. >> if they sell 8000 instead of 7800, they miss that 22% target and they get fined. >> dawn, you're going to fall

off your chair. they get fined £15,000 per car . £15,000 per car. >> okay, so if there are 1000 cars per car, if there are a thousand cars over, that is £15 million. >> so rather than pay the £15,000 per car, what they are trying to do is trying to address this unfortunate balance by heavily reducing the electric cars. so people are buying electric cars on price, and that's why they're buying them and they're having to heavily discount them because of this. 15 grand per car punishment and second—hand prices go through the floor. honestly, you can more or less get one for nothing. >> we have to leave it and you can't charge them up in any case. but we're running out of time, unfortunately. but don't go too far. we've got a boris johnson story coming up and you don't want to miss it, but here's the weather first. oh got that. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the house. boxt boilers 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 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 . 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 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 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. >> a nice bright morning will

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winning an appeal against a ruling that they lied following a stop and search ordeal in 2020. we'll be speaking with former met police officers about that. that's all coming up in the next hour . yes, well, you the next hour. yes, well, you made it to friday at least. congratulations. it's nearly the weekend and the smarter ones amongst you will have spotted that i'm not actually martin daubney. he's having a well—deserved afternoon off. but this show isn't about martin or even about me . it's about you even about me. it's about you and your views. and my favourite part is talking to you out there and finding out what you are thinking. and it's very, very easy to get involved in the show. all you do is you send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say and i will read out as many as i can. loads coming in and a really really good ones too. so keep them coming. but first let's get them coming. but first let's get the news headlines with tatiana sanchez.

>> dawn, thank you very much . >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories. 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 climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production , prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. well, following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister on the costs 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 ,

doing renewables here in britain, you're not relying on the international market and therefore , even if there are 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 , is independent. and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . generation of jobs. >> the foreign secretary's confirmed a third government chartered flight for british evacuees has left lebanon. it follows a night of massive blasts in beirut. this is the moment that giant explosions were seen near the airport . moment that giant explosions were seen near the airport. in the past 24 hours. at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense air strikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south, targeting hezbollah militants. meanwhile, we're hearing reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas supplies. they say if israel conducts

retaliatory missile attacks in gaza. airstrikes 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 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 gb news he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of to gb news 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. >> in other news, two former metropolitan 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 athlete bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos in 2020. the police appeals tribunal overturned their dismissal, calling the original ruling irrational and inconsistent. williams and dos santos say the decision is disappointing and they plan to challenge it in court. the officers will return to the force with back pay and gb news has won permission to bnng gb news has won permission to bring a legal challenge against ofcom's decision to find the show. people's forum. the prime minister, in breach of their impartiality rules. a judge at the london's high court today also made clear the broadcasting regulator should amend language used in statements about their decision , following an decision, following an investigation into the show that was shown in february featuring the then prime minister, rishi sunak.the the then prime minister, rishi sunak. the legal challenge to the ruling, in the form of a judicial review, will now go to a full hearing. ofcom were told that they could now reach a

decision on whether to impose a sanction on gb news. however, they were told any sanction would be subject to the eventual outcome of the judicial review and the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for the future, calling for an end to the ongoing protests which he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from august reveal that 1 in 20 gp new figures from august reveal that1 in 20 gp appointments that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. speaking in liverpool, wes streeting told the royal college of gp conference that collaboration is vital to rebuilding the health service. >> 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 its, got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future . future. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana. now, the prime minister has refused to say whether he would sign away other british overseas territories, such as well checking the falklands or gibraltar. coming just a day after the chagos islands were given back to mauritius following 200 years of british rule , and despite the fact rule, and despite the fact mauritius never had them in the first place. but that's neither here nor there. this is what former minister boris johnson, a

prime minister even boris johnson made of starmer's decision when speaking to our wonderful camilla tominey chagos islands being given back to mauritius. >> your reaction? >> your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps , get out your atlases, your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> i'm agreeing with my fellow messy blonde haired person. there . but is he set for there. but is he set for a comeback? the conservative party chair, richard fuller, told gb news chopper's political podcast also brilliant that ditching bofis also brilliant that ditching boris johnson as tory leader was a huge mistake. >> i think there are a couple of things. first of all, at the time and still i think removing bofis time and still i think removing boris johnson, whatever one might have thought about what went on or didn't go on at the time was a mistake and it was a mistake because that wasn't the question to be answered. if you

wanted to change, you had to agree who the next leader was going to be. my personal view was also getting rid of someone who had just won a general election was probably not going to end well. whatever happened . to end well. whatever happened. >> there's a lot of boris around at the moment. he might think he might have a book to publish. he might have a book to publish. he might not have noticed it. not a lot of publicity. in any case, i'm now joined by lord jonathan marland, former adviser to boris johnson. thank you very much for joining me. this afternoon. now, boris, you can't stop talking about the man, can you? which makes me wonder, would he actually do a betterjob than actually do a better job than any of the current tory party leader wannabes ? leader wannabes? >> well, i think that's a that's a separate question, isn't it? >> he you can never tell how good anyone is until they get into the job. >> so when we've selected a leader , let's hope that they can leader, let's hope that they can achieve what we hope them to achieve. >> and of course, if they don't, there's inevitably the threat of someone else replacing him. and

who's to say that boris might not make a comeback? i gave him a boomerang for his 60th birthday, so that gives you a clue . clue. >> would you, as an advisor, would you advise him to make a comeback? >> not now. i'd wait and see. i think hopefully one of the candidates that we choose will make an excellent leader, and this won't be necessary . but if this won't be necessary. but if they don't , then there will be they don't, then there will be an opportunity for someone to return. >> interesting. now he is always incredibly popular and never goes.i incredibly popular and never goes. i mean , lots of our goes. i mean, lots of our viewers at the moment are saying bnng viewers at the moment are saying bring back boris. already before we even spoke to you and boris in his book, which is out on october the 10th, in case you're really, is it? i've never heard . really, is it? i've never heard. >> i didn't know he had a book coming out. >> i know he's kept it very quiet. i don't know how he's done that, but he opens the book by saying, hasta la vista. see you later, alligator. so he's also hinting, don't you think that he is willing to get back in there? >> well, look, it's very difficult for someone to give up being a politician. it gets in

your blood. he's been a politician for a long time. he's likes the limelight. he's got great charisma . and get up and great charisma. and get up and go. he's not everyone's cup of tea. of course, and a lot of the time isn't mine. but he's he's no doubt about it. got a big personality. he does attract attention. you in the media to love talk about him so that that doesn't help the issue of him being in the press all the time. and he's a very big, charismatic figure, so there's nothing to say that he won't come back. but it won't be easy. i mean , you it won't be easy. i mean, you know, he has to find a seat for a start. so a seat has to become available and there's going to have to be a lot of hatchets buried, aren't there? >> whose back are they going to be buried in? that's the question. >> it's a very good question . >> it's a very good question. >> it's a very good question. >> and you're not going to answer it, are you ? answer it, are you? >> well, i don't know the answer, to be honest, but there's no point. but i'm happy to take your advice on the

subject. >> okay. so i mean, there is also i mean, this has been done before. we've seen it with lee anderson, people crossing the floor. now, a lot of people are saying, well, my perfect combination would be boris johnson and the reform party. can you ever see that happening? >> no i can't. i think he is a tory to the core . it's a very tory to the core. it's a very big party. it's a very big organisation. we have a lot of seats in parliament. reform only have a few . it's they're going have a few. it's they're going to find it's not going to be easy the next few years because no one's going to listen to them because they don't really have a platform for five years until we come back to an election again. so it's a great opportunity for the conservatives. and i very much hope that whoever we choose turns out to be a cracking good leader , and this conversation leader, and this conversation becomes irrelevant. >> well, indeed. i mean, the one thing i think you can probably say that if boris johnson did come back or whoever takes over the conservative party, they're not going to start giving chunks of land away. are they? what do

you make of, you know , keir you make of, you know, keir starmer, while parliament isn't sitting, giving away the chagos islands back to mauritius, who never had them in the first place. but that's neither here nor there. and now the falklands and keir starmer not actually dismissing the idea of just handing them back to argentina . handing them back to argentina. >> well, that would be a big mistake , wouldn't it? and the mistake, wouldn't it? and the very interesting one you've got up on your screen is gibraltar, where i was recently on their national day. they're so proud to be british and would do anything they could to remain british. there's a very interesting conversation between spain and europe over the relationship between europe and gibraltar happening in november, which will be critical. and let's hope the current government is sensible in supporting the gibraltar for their independence from europe and being a british, a british dependency. >> do you think i mean , the >> do you think i mean, the people are so proud. >> they are so proud to be

british as indeed our falklands , british as indeed our falklands, that this would be just an enormous kick in the teeth, wouldn't it? >> it would be. but i mean, the people of the chagos islands weren't asked what they wanted, weren't asked what they wanted, were they? so, i mean, the way things are going, starmer could say, right, okay, well, it doesn't matter what you want. this is what we're going to do. >> well, there is a sector of the population of the chagos islands who do want to be independent from the uk. i suppose there always are. it's slightly well, it's more similar to falklands than it's very remote from the uk. of course gibraltar is, you know, a couple of hours flight. i've not been to the chagos islands so i don't know it as well. well, i don't know it as well. well, i don't know it as well. well, i don't know it at all. should we put it that way? but it is a long way away. it's a very strategic position. i'm not sure why mauritius, where? which is quite a long way from the chagos islands, should want to or feel that they can manage it as well as we do. so i just don't understand the logic on it. >> do you have faith in the what

keir starmer is saying about the falkland islands and gibraltar that, you know, we have no plans to change our policy. and that was what was said earlier on this morning. we're not actually quite sure what the policy is. do you have faith that those two places will remain under british sovereignty? >> well , i sovereignty? >> well, i find it very difficult to understand what this government's doing at all. i think it's the shortest honeymoon period i've ever known for a government. so to ask whether i have faith in what they're going to do, i'm afraid i'm. it's a slight blur to me at the moment, and i can only hope that they they bring themselves to their senses and start making some decisions that are in the best interest of the country. and we've just seen one which probably isn't necessarily in the best interests of the country. and doubtless we're about to see a few more in the next few months, particularly with the budget. so i don't have faith in anything at the moment. i'm sorry to say, but let's hope our faith can be restored because it's very important for

this country. it's a very critical time . and this, this, critical time. and this, this, this approach they're having on being vindictive to certain sections of britain is a serious mistake. in a time where we really do need to be bound together . you know, we have so together. you know, we have so many difficult issues to cope with and i'm afraid they started very badly. >> yeah, that's lord jonathan marland, former adviser to boris johnson. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon . joining us this afternoon. appreciate your time. and some fairly words about the current government, isn't it? talking of which, the labour government's £22 billion investment into carbon capture and storage technology is the politics of national renewal, according to sir keir starmer. speaking speaking at a glass making factory. they do like a factory, don't they? in cheshire , the don't they? 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. there's a lot of long words there, isn't there? joining us now is climate activist and barrister paul powlesland. paul, thank you very much for joining powlesland. paul, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. do you understand what i've just said? >> some of it. >> some of it. >> good. excellent. >> good. excellent. >> good. excellent. >> go on, explain it to the rest of us then. >> quite simply. so carbon capture effectively means when you burn fossil fuels, obviously, they release carbon into the atmosphere . and there into the atmosphere. and there are certain processes you can use instead to capture the carbon that would go into the atmosphere. and then you can do various things with it. i think what's being proposed a lot of the time here is to pipe it and store it in underground caverns under the sea, to stop it going into the atmosphere. >> right . do into the atmosphere. >> right. do we into the atmosphere. >> right . do we have these >> right. do we have these underground caverns under the sea? >> well, a lot of the time they use places that oil and gas have previously come from and where they've been exhausted. but most climate activists would argue that this is not the right solution, because, well, you maybe wanted to ask me about that. i. >> so do you think this is the right solution?

>> thank you for taking me up there. a lot of climate activists are saying no, and i agree. far from being the industry of the future. what it's effectively doing is continuing the industry of the past. so what it's doing is giving a new lifeline to the fossil fuel industry, and one that probably doesn't work is incredibly expensive and the wrong direction to be going. and instead, as an example, if you had a bathtub that was overflowing, what do you do? do you buy a really new fancy, expensive mop to try and mop up the stuff that's going on your floor? no, you turn the tap off and that is what we need to be doing to fossil fuels. you need to turn off the carbon tap, not find ways to mop up the excesses. >> excesses. >> so. so why is ed miliband and keir starmer so keen on going down this route? >> because it's kind of like a magical carbon unicorn that allows you to have your cake and eat it. so instead of having to take the tough decisions to actually decarbonise our society, it allows them to think they're doing the right thing for the climate. but actually continue business as usual. and that's very attractive to a politician because there is going to be some there will have to be some hard decisions when

it comes to the climate crisis. and decarbonisation, and this just allows them to punt it off into the future. >> it's a very expensive punt off into the future. £22 billion worth it is. >> and just to think, is that black hole? isn't it the mysterious black hole, but also to think of all the things we could do with that money. for instance, we already have these magical carbon sucking machines called trees. and actually, if we just plant the way you were going with that one. well, we just plant the way you were going with that one. well , i going with that one. well, i know it sounds kind of crazy, doesn't it? but trees , they're doesn't it? but trees, they're already invented, and they actually they have a host of other benefits. even if you don't believe in the climate crisis and carbon. i'm sure many of your viewers have issues with it. but even if you don't believe in that, everyone loves trees. we could do with more trees. we could do with more trees and they'll do the job. restore our peat bogs. massive carbon sink has host of other benefits around flooding as well. there are so many things well. there are so many things we could do with that money that would that would be so much more useful. >> the problem is, paul, we need to build more homes as well. and labour are also committed to building so many more homes on green belt, brown belt, whatever colour belt they can get hold of by the sounds of it.

>> yeah, and that's where nature restoration comes in too. so you know where where are those homes going to get their water from? well, we have to we either to build new reservoirs or we have, again, these magical reservoirs that already exist, our peat bogs that if we just restored them, they would hold the water for us, you know, and that's why with nature restoration, we get cascading positive impacts, whereas this is just not going to provide that. okay. >> look, i'm going to ask this very quickly. and i know there's probably a very long, complicated answer, but i'll try and make it simple. if this isn't going to work. okay. what isn't going to work. okay. what is going to work and what is going to work quick enough to keep us all warm without relying on china and russia and all the usual suspects? >> the most obvious thing to do is, again, to go back to that bathtub analogy, is the most efficient energy, the energy saving we can have is the energy. you don't use at the moment. it's crazy that so much of our housing stock is really badly insulated and that leads to things like with the winter pension credit, which you saw the big scandal over the last few weeks. yeah . now that's few weeks. yeah. now that's a rather crazy government subsidy

because a lot of the time . because a lot of the time. what's that what that's doing. it's giving pensioners to money heat their homes that then goes straight out of the roof. wouldn't it be more sensible for the government to invest to help pensioners to be able to keep their homes warm by just insulating those homes? pensioners stay warmer. government saves money carbon reduction. there are so many things like that that have lots and lots of cascading benefits. that would be a lot better use of this money. >> well, that's pretty stuff there, ed miliband okay. you're done.thank there, ed miliband okay. you're done. thank you very much. that's paul poulson. thank you very much for explaining why carbon capture. none of us understand it, at least miliband, i suspect. and it's not going to work in any case. great. but okay. should we cheer ourselves up? shall we? it's time for the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. £36,000 and it could be yours. that's like having an extra three grand tax free in your bank account each month for an entire year . bank account each month for an entire year. here's all the details you need to make it yours . yours. >> you can be the next great british giveaway winner with a

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crossed illegally to the uk so far today. and th

the time and that's the time and that's because it is a multi—million running into now. the billion pounds in terms of a criminal enterprise , of a criminal enterprise, because it's not just the engush because it's not just the english channel. this is a transnational, organised criminal network responsible for smuggling many, many thousands of people from poorer nations towards rich industrialised nafionsin towards rich industrialised nations in the west. now , today, nations in the west. now, today, you are asking what the g7 have come up with. it is yet another promise to work more closely together, to have investigative teams working in each other's countries, to go after the people smugglers to, as sir keir starmer tells us, smash the gangs. we'll see in the fullness of time just how successful or otherwise that is. but it would be wrong to suggest that the previous government, and indeed

previous government, and indeed previous prime ministers before that were not fully focused on trying to take that fight to the people

trying to take that fight to the peowell,nj,igy;lers,,,,,, trying to take that fight to the peowell, because, i mean, we are >> well, because, i mean, we are pretty much at the end of the chain in terms of those migrants trying to get to the uk. of course, they need to cross from the likes of africa, the middle east or indeed asia to get to europe in the first place. and a renewed onus on them to try and ensure that eitplace. and that's why we really do rely and europe in the first place. and that's why we really do rely and need to rely more on these need to rely more on these border countries in the european border countries in the european union to try to ensure that union to try to ensure that their borders are secure enough their borders are secure enough to stop them crossing in italy. to stop them crossing in italy. they are taking the lead on this they are taking the lead on this as you said, we've got giorgia as you said, we've got giorgia meloni's government now doing meloni's government now doing deals with the likes of morocco deals with the likes of morocco and algeria, those north african and algeria, those north african countries where many of the countries where many of the migrants set off from in these migrants set off from in these boats into the mediterranean and boats into the mediterranean and what they are doing is clearly what they are doing is clearly ploughing money into these ploughing money into these countries. but giving a sort of countries. but giving a sort of a renewed onus on them to try a renewed onus on them to try

and ensure that either and ensure that either the boats don't leave in the first place, or if they do, they will, you know, do their best to turn them around back to north africa. and thatis around back to north africa. and that is paying dividends for the italian government. that, coupled with the fact that they have, of course, agreed this deal with albania to process some of their migrants offshore in albania as well. some of their migrants offshore in albania as well . so they are in albania as well. so they are kind of leading the way and it will be interesting to see what this government does, given that they have been so resistant to offshoring migrants in terms of the processing, the £700 invested in rwanda, they said, was just a gimmick, and they've ditched that on their first day in office. so we'll never know if rwanda could have proved to be the deterrent that rishi sunak and previous administrations within the conservative government believed it would be. >> well, let's hope yvette cooper has been learning some lessons and we do come back with

something more than just soundees something more than just soundbites about smashing gangs. mark white, thank you very much for explaining how many more migrants are coming across this afternoon, because the weather's nice, right? there's lots more to come between now and 5:00, including the news that two metropolitan police officers have been given their jobs back have been given theirjobs back following a stop and search ordeal. we'll have all the reaction to this breaking story, but first, let's get the news headunes but first, let's get the news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> dawna, thank you very much and good afternoon. the top stories 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, 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 warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028.

well, following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenge the prime minister over the costs with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few months know, capping for a few months if necessary. >> circumstances , but lower >> 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. >> now, the foreign secretary has confirmed a third government chartered flight for british evacuees has left lebanon. it follows a night of blasts in beirut. this is the moment giant explosion explosions were heard and seen near the airport. in

the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes

as israel launched its most intechagos;trikes on as israel launched its most intechagos islandsn as israel launched its most intechagos islands being given >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius . your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . political correctness. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana. now , dave, the rave says now, dave, the rave says completely useless and virtue signalling . politician alert signalling. politician alert yvette cooper that's on the back of mark white, explaining how we've got more migrants crossing

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0h oh there you are. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom in for the lovely martin daubney. there's a very slight difference. he wears slightly less lipstick. he wears less lipstick than i do. mostly at weekends right now. two met police officers sacked over a stop and search involving british athlete bianca williams have been handed the jobs back. the officers appealed the decision against a ruling that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis. they lied by saying they could smell cannabis . during a stop

smell cannabis. during a stop and search of miss williams and her partner's car, pcs jonathan clapham and sam franks will also receive payback after winning the appeal. former detective chief superintendent at the met police, kevin hurley joins me now. kevin, thank you very much for joining me. this afternoon. forjoining me. this afternoon. now, this is wonderful news for these two officers who have been let's be honest, they and their families must have been put through hell over this. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank goodness some common sense has prevailed here. this was the real example of the metropolitan police and political correctness led at the time by cressida dick rolling over backwards in the face of loud screaming from different activist groups. it goes on all the time, and the net result of that was a gross overreaction to a driver who failed to stop for police , drove off from a marked police, drove off from a marked vehicle, then refused to leave . vehicle, then refused to leave. >> the vehicle was eventually

removed and his his girlfriend who? bianca, whatever her name is, i forget it now. refusing to come out for what was quite rightly in the minds of the officers, a requirement now to search the vehicle they were on an anti—crime patrol in an area where lots of black kids stabbed black kids to death, or gangsters, black gangsters shoot each other. this car looked suspicious by the actions of the drivers. it increased the suspicion and then when police tried to stop them . what tried to stop them. what occurred is something that officers who work in london are in the cities get very used to which is a very hostile, unreasonable approach. when they deal with young people, particularly young black people had this this , this actually, had this this, this actually, i know has already had a significant impact on officers willingness to do stop and search generally where where across london, it's dropped by more than two thirds with the

consequence that the main cause of death for young black people in london is murder at the hands of other young black people . of other young black people. >> and obviously, i mean, knife crime is appalling . and we do crime is appalling. and we do know that sort of like, you know, black youngsters are more likely to be victims of knife crime. but kevin, i'm going to play crime. but kevin, i'm going to play devil's advocate here slightly. i mean, you know , slightly. i mean, you know, many, many black people do feel they are targeted unfairly by they are targeted unfairly by the police purely because of the colour of their skin. i mean, this is the accusation that bianca williams and her boyfriend, ricardo dos santos, did accuse. they said we would not have been stopped had we not been black. >> they're wrong. this was a specialist anti—crime patrol in an area where officers are expected, quite frankly, to be nosy . they saw a car go by with nosy. they saw a car go by with blacked out windows and thought, i wonder what's going on there . i wonder what's going on there. let's stop and have a chat. as they tried to stop the vehicle, it then drove off, having been

stopped . police then followed it stopped. police then followed it and thinking now what have we got here? blacked out windows. we don't know what's in there, but we need to take control. when they attempted to take the driver and then secondly, the rear seat passenger out, driver and then secondly, the rear seat passenger out , they rear seat passenger out, they were faced with a difficult, challenging situation when the officer's perception was these may be gangsters, that they're deaung may be gangsters, that they're dealing with. it's good luck. they happen to be black. the fact of the matter is, if they'd have stopped first off and complied immediately , this would complied immediately, this would not have happened. let's face the facts you are 30 times more likely to be stabbed to death or be wrong. 30 times more likely to be murdered in london. if you are a black youth than you are a white youth . it comes down to white youth. it comes down to this if black activists actually care about their brothers and sisters and want to stop them being stabbed , they should being stabbed, they should actively get behind the police. like black mothers do actually, and say stop and search more

young black youth. it's as simple as that. the police are backing off from stop and search and more and more black youths are getting stabbed. and it's a simple decision. but let me put it this way . there are 10 it this way. there are 10 million interactions between the police and the public each year in london. phone calls turning up for crimes, traffic incidents and so on. less than 1% of those are involved. stop and search. in fact, it's actually less than 2.02, sorry, oh point nought two of 1% are stop and search. most of 1% are stop and search. most of those go off very nicely, but because of complaints, principally from ethnic minority groups, that they think they're being stopped and searched too much. we have the police service at the very top, bending over backwards instead of dealing with the issues of the other 9.900 thousand million people in london, people get the police

that they deserve and what and i'll be absolutely blunt and i can say it because i'm not in black mothers are getting the police that they deserve, which is a force that now backs off from stopping and searching black youth . and it is their black youth. and it is their children that are either going to get murdered by other black children , or alternatively, it children, or alternatively, it is their children that will be arrested and charged for murder for murdering those black kids. so what i say to people generally, in particular the black mums who don't want their sons to die or be convicted of life imprisonment, stand up, shout down the activists and these kind of showman people and get behind the metropolitan city of london and transport police in london, or be fearful every time your kid goes out to school on a bus . on a bus. >> kevin, we have to leave it there. thank you very much . there. thank you very much. that's kevin hurley, former detective chief superintendent with the met police . very, very with the met police. very, very strong words indeed . obviously,

strong words indeed. obviously, bianca williams and her boyfriend , ricardo dos santos boyfriend, ricardo dos santos aren't here to talk about how they feel about this. this judgement at the moment would be interesting to hear what they say. but what do you say? i mean, do you think mike's right? what do you make of this judgement? i mean, how can they be found sort of like guilty and then not guilty over the same thing? what do you think? gbnews.com/yoursay? what do you make of this story now coming up, are parents simply being too soft on children? well, many are arriving at school still wearing nappies and using buggies after the pandemic delayed their school readiness. so says a former children's commissioner. more on this i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news and

hello. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom on gb news in for martin daubney . now this is a bit of a daubney. now this is a bit of a shocker, this story. children

are said to be arriving at school, still in nappies and unable to properly communicate with classmates. i talk this is according to former children's commissioner for england and longfield. she's warned that children are being held back and not receiving necessary support needed to be school ready now, she says it's all to do with lockdown and how much little kids didn't develop. they weren't communicating during lockdown. this is what's holding them back. but, but, but, but but what about mum and dad? joining us now is parenting expert liat hughes joshi to explain a little bit hopefully of what's going on here. lee, thank you very much for joining us now. fairly shocking story we've heard before , kids going we've heard before, kids going to school for the first time. and you know , wearing nappies, and you know, wearing nappies, not being able to sort of like feed themselves and basically needing teachers to be mum and dad at the same time. this has been blamed on lockdown, but i'm asking, where are the parents in this ? this? >> yeah, i agree. look, i've been writing and commentating on

parenting for nearly 20 years and this story is not new. it is not a post pandemic story. it may have been exacerbated by the pandemic as a problem , but pandemic as a problem, but actually this has been a longer term trend where children have been increasingly turning up to school . without those school school. without those school readiness skills in place. now , readiness skills in place. now, i agree with what you've just said. i think that it's about parents, not some too parents many parents not taking responsibility for teaching their child these basic skills. and frankly , in some cases, it's and frankly, in some cases, it's just laziness. >> so. so what is going on here? i mean, you know , i know i'm i mean, you know, i know i'm getting old now, but i, you know, i do remember vaguely going to school and we didn't have that problem back in the,

in the 60s and the 70s. it just didn't happen. kids went to school, you know, with parents, you know, having told them how to do the basics . what is wrong to do the basics. what is wrong with parents now? i mean , where with parents now? i mean, where where is society going wrong that we have parents who think it's acceptable, not even to talk to their own children dunng talk to their own children during lockdown, so they have no vocabulary skills. >> yeah. look, i think that there's a number of different factors here. i think one of them is around a lack of kind of communal thinking and responsibility. so , you know, responsibility. so, you know, not thinking if my child goes to school without these basic skills, it's going to impact on all the other kids there. i think that it's quite selfish to send a child who does not have special needs to school without these basic skills. it's a drain on resources and affects all the other kids. so there's a lack of appreciation of that that i think perhaps used to be there. i think there's also a reduction in the kind of fear , slight

in the kind of fear, slight fear, or at least respect that people had for school teachers and for health visitors. and a bit of a, oh, you know, what do they know? it's my kid. i'll do what i want attitude amongst a small minority of parents. the problem is that that small minority of parents, children are a big drain on resources. and if you end up with, instead of 1 or 2 children being in nappies , still not being able to nappies, still not being able to use a knife and fork, having five, six, seven children. >> unfortunately , unfortunately >> unfortunately, unfortunately we're running out of time. but thank you very much for joining us a very important story. okay, coming up, loads more really , coming up, loads more really, really good stuff. don't go too far. let's get the weather first before we get to see you soon. >> heavy showers first thing will be followed by a warm, cosy day. boxt boilers 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 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 north west, 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 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 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 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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well. well. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. welcome to the martin daubney welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news with me dawn show on gb news with me dawn neesom you might have spotted neesom you might have spotted the difference. we're the difference. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. the prime minister has the uk. the prime minister has refused to say whether he would refused to say whether he would sign away other british overseas sign away other british overseas territories after handing the territories after handing the chagos islands to mauritius. chagos islands to mauritius. could the falklands or gibraltar could the falklands or gibraltar be next? and will boris johnson be next? and will boris johnson make a comeback? well, he has make a comeback? well, he has been speaking to broadcasters been speaking to broadcasters including our very own brilliant including our very own brilliant camilla tominey on gb news, camilla tominey on gb news, where he slammed sir keir where he slammed sir keir starmer's decision to hand back starmer's decision to hand back those chagos islands will give those chagos islands will give you a sneak peek of very soon bad news for harry and meghan, as their global press secretary has announced that she will be

stepping down from her

>> dawn, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories, some breaking news that a metropolitan police officer has been charged over the death of a woman who was hit by a motorcycle escorting the duchess of edinburgh through london. the independent office for police conduct says it had authorised a charge of causing death by careless driving against 67 year old kristopher harrison. 81 year old kristopher harrison. 81 year old helen holland suffered serious injuries in that collision in earls court on the 10th of may, and she died in hospital two weeks later. in other news, 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 climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028,

well following his speech. our political correspondent katherine forster challenge the prime minister over the costs 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. >> now, the foreign secretary's confirmed a third government chartered flight for british evacuees has left lebanon. it follows a night of blasts in beirut. and this is the moment that giant explosions were seen near the airport. in . in

near the airport. in. in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have died across lebanon as israel launched its most intense airstrikes on the lebanese capital. israeli forces are also escalating ground operations in the south, targeting hezbollah militants. meanwhile, we're hearing reports that iran plans to target israeli energy and gas supplies if israel conducts retaliatory missile attacks in gaza. airstrikes have pushed the death toll to over 41,000 since the conflict began . in other news, conflict began. 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 . gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands. however, gain full sovereignty of the falkland islands . however, the falkland islands. however, the government insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering. former prime minister boris johnson told gb news he thinks the deal is crazy .

news he thinks the deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, 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 . 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 franks stopped athlete bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos in 2020. the police appeals tribunal overturned their dismissal, calling the original ruling irrational and inconsistent. williams and dos santos say the decision is disappointing and they plan to challenge it in court. the officers will return to the force with back pay . gb news has force with back pay. gb news has won permission to bring a legal challenge against ofcom's decision to find the show

people's forum. the prime minister, in breach of their impartiality rules. a judge at london's high court today also made clear the broadcasting regulator should amend language used in statements about their decision, following an investigation into the show that was shown in february featuring the then prime minister, rishi sunak.the the then prime minister, rishi sunak. the legal challenge to the ruling in the form of a judicial review, will now go to a full hearing. ofcom were told that they could now reach a decision on whether to impose a sanction on gb news. however, they were told any sanction would be subject to the eventual outcome of the judicial review and the health secretary is calling on gps to help make the nhs fit for purpose. calling for an end to the ongoing protests, which he says is only punishing patients. it comes as new figures from august reveal that 1 in 20 gp appointments were either online or via video, sparking debate over whether it increases access or compromises patient care. speaking in liverpool, wes streeting told the royal college of gps

conference that collaboration is vital to rebuilding the health service . service. >> 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 its, got it back on its feet and made it fit for the future . future. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> now thank you very much, tatyana. i just want to read this out because if you if you were listening in the last hour and what were you doing if you weren't? we had our a story on about kids going to school. not not being it's still in their nappies, basically blaming lockdown bag lady hello bag lady. she's a member on the gb news community and she says i was taught to read and write before i went to school. i did the same for my children and one of them was handicapped. the state has become the parent and parents have been absolved of their responsibilities. we've dumbed down parents bringing even more dumbed down children. well said. lots of people agreeing with that one, which is why i wanted to read it out. so keep your comments coming in gbnews.com/yoursay about anything we're talking about. the main thing we're talking aboutis the main thing we're talking about is boris johnson. obviously he's got a book out, might have noticed now. is he set for a political comeback though? well, he is back in that spotlight, isn't he? after giving interviews ahead of the release of that book. it's called boris johnson unleashed. you might have heard of it, and he is set to appear on camilla

tominey brilliant show on gb news this sunday at 930. here is a sneak peek of what he had to say on keir starmer's decision to hand back the chagos islands back to mauritius . back to mauritius. >> 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, 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. >> indeed. it's modelling my hair on boris johnson, sir. well, the conservative party chair, richard fuller, told gb news chopper's political podcast that ditching boris johnson as tory leader was a mistake. >> i think there are a couple of things. first of all, at the time and still i think removing bofis time and still i think removing boris johnson, whatever one might have thought about what went on or didn't go on at the time was a mistake and it was a mistake because that wasn't the question to be answered. if you

wanted to change, you had to agree who the next leader was going to be. my personal view was also getting rid of someone who had just won a general election was probably not going to end well. whatever happened . to end well. whatever happened. >> well, indeed. now i'm joined in the studio by political commentator andy williams. andy, thank you very much for coming in and joining me on a friday afternoon. very good to see you, boris. i mean , you know, we boris. i mean, you know, we don't stop talking about boris. and i can't wait for camilla's interview on sunday morning. it's going to be absolutely brilliant. but the question i want to ask, rather than the chagos islands, which we've done a lot. is he going to make a comeback now? the start of his book. he says, hasta la vista, baby. as in, see you later. >> well, i think in boris johnson's mind, and he is obviously always the legend of his own lifetime. >> i think boris johnson would love to make a comeback. >> you know, if you said to him tomorrow you can come back as prime minister straight away, of course he would do it. >> he loves it. >> he loves it. >> it was his ambition. >> it was his ambition. >> and let's be honest, he knows deep down that he screwed up

that opportunity. >> he screwed it up really, really badly. and he screwed it up because he was brought down by his lying and his incompetence. >> i'm afraid that is the reality of it. >> i think there are four very good reasons that boris johnson won't come back in terms of into frontline politics and shouldn't come back. the first is that he's actually not a unifier. >> so if you're the conservative party and you're looking to reunite and start again with a very small number of mps and rebuild towards the next general election, he's a very divisive person. >> even within the conservative party, he kicked a load of people out. >> the likes of ken clarke, some very experienced mps. i don't think that was very smart. number two, his record as prime minister was poor. he didn't actually say he got brexit. >> he was incredibly popular. >> he was incredibly popular. >> he was incredibly popular. >> he won a landslide. >> he won a landslide. >> he won a landslide against one of the most unsuitable people to be prime minister who's ever led a major political party in jeremy corbyn. i mean, that was that should have been a slam dunk. and actually people say, oh, well, keir starmer's lovelace landslide, but keir starmer won a bigger landslide than boris johnson by the way, with smaller turnout with a

smaller turnout. yeah, but boris johnson yes he won landslide. he was i, i absolutely accept he was i, i absolutely accept he was popular at the time. but that comes on to the third thing, which is i don't think he holds the appeal today that he held 4 or 5 years ago. why? because the truth is that his time as prime minister exposed all of his biggest flaws the consistent lying, the incompetence, the fact that he took the public for fools in a variety of ways. partygate. i mean, apparently he's saying to itv tonight that he regrets apologising for partygate and i think lots of people, whatever you think of the rules that are imposed during the pandemic, the point is that him and his team did not play by the rules that they set, and i think that's the problem. and the other thing apart from anything, before you move on, though, do you think that what we've seen from the current government are , are current government are, are demonstrating how little they're playing by the rules they've set as well? well, let's be clear , as well? well, let's be clear, they've actually not broken any rules. so all that has happened is that things that boris johnson was declared, yes, of

course , declared transparently course, declared transparently on registers that are, you know, published and conservative mp and liberal democrat mps take gifts and, you know, and all of these things as well. but i accept that it looks contrary to some of the moralising that keir starmer has, you know, perhaps been guilty of. but the thing about boris is, is would it be good for the country for him to come back? i really don't think so, because, like i say, i think he was a pretty poor prime minister. would it be good for the conservative party? no, because it suggests that there's no one else. i think it completely. i actually think i understand the timing of him releasing his book. now, of course, he's doing it in the midst of a conservative leadership contest. is that helpful for the people who are looking to be the next leader with the shadow of boris, you know, looming large and doing camilla's show on sunday morning, when that could be robert jenrick or it could be kemi badenoch, you know, it's not helpful. >> do you think he would actually be in with a chance of crossing the floor and joining reform ? >> reform? >> no, i mean, ijust don't i don't think that's really his

politics. actually, i think bofis politics. actually, i think boris johnson's true insofar as he believes anything. i don't really think he believes in a great deal, but i think he was at his most true to himself politically when he was mayor of london, actually quite liberal on immigration, quite sort of socially liberal, you know , socially liberal, you know, actually quite global in outlook. and i think he was sort of pretending to be somebody else in order to become a conservative prime minister. i don't think he's anywhere near reform. >> if you just very quickly , >> if you just very quickly, andy, we're running out of time. if someone put a gun to your head and said, who would you rather have running the country? keir starmer or boris johnson, what would your answer be? >> definitely keir starmer. >> definitely keir starmer. >> even after everything that's happenedin >> even after everything that's happened in the in the honeymoon period, it's early days, but i honestly think keir starmer is more competent. >> i think he has a clearer sense of where he's going. and i don't think you can compare the stuff around freebies in any way to some of the stuff that boris johnson was doing. and by the way, don't forget the wallpaper. don't forget the flat. don't forget his wedding was paid for by lord bamford. >> we couldn't forget it because keir starmer pointed out a lot

and then has done very similar. any case, that's andy williams , any case, that's andy williams, political commentator. thank you very much for coming in. what do you think of that, gbnews.com/yoursay? who would you rather have? would you rather boris johnson or keir starmer? i can't wait to hear the answer to this one. now, the prime minister has refused to say whether he would sign away other british overseas territories, such as the falklands or gibraltar coming just a day after handing the chagos islands back to mauritius following 200 years of british rule. the prime minister was asked to guarantee that under laboun asked to guarantee that under labour, no other british overseas territories would be signed away, and he told reporters the single most important thing was ensuring that we had a secure base at the joint us—uk base. hugely important to the us, hugely important to the us, hugely important to the us, hugely important to us. we've now secured that and that is why you saw such warm words from the us yesterday . okay. we can now yesterday. okay. we can now speak with a defence analysis and former british army officer stuart crawford. stuart, thank

you very much for joining me this afternoon. stuart, evidently handing the control of these the archipelago. archipelago over to mauritius and therefore potentially china makes them more secure for our air base out there. does that make sense to you ? make sense to you? >> well, not the way you've presented it. no. no , it presented it. no. no, it definitely doesn't. and i think that you have a very good point. there in that mauritius, which is going to get back , if you is going to get back, if you like. is going to get back, if you uke.the is going to get back, if you like. the chagos islands, is probably much closer to china than it is to the uk in many ways. >> i think that i'm caught in two minds about the whole thing. the most important thing strategically in terms of national security is that the diego garcia air base and port remains under uk and us control. and if we're honest, it's a us facility which britain has about 40 military personnel. there .

40 military personnel. there. most important, it's 3000 miles away from the nearest us base and about two 2100 miles away from the nearest uk base. and it's strategically important and it's strategically important and it's been used to launch bombing raids against afghanistan and iraq in the past. so i think that that's probably the most important thing. there is a moral argument that the island should be handed back to mauritius. they were part of that whole french colony. i think it was called ile de france, which was conceded to britain in 1814 and then separated . and i think that the separated. and i think that the chagos islanders do have, or those who still have that allegiance do have a point when they say that they're disappointed they weren't consulted on this latest move . consulted on this latest move. >> okay. the thing that worries me more about this, that today with moving the story on, is argentina have promised to gain full sovereignty of the falkland

islands with concrete action after britain surrendered. chagos island , with argentina's chagos island, with argentina's foreign minister, diana medina, saying she welcomed the step by sir keir starmer's government towards ending outdated practices. how hard are you by that? >> well, not really , because i >> well, not really, because i think the context is different. not least because the falkland islands are occupied. inhabited, if you like , by a population who if you like, by a population who by and large give their allegiance to the united kingdom and to the british crown. so it's a completely different context. i think that the falkland islands are always going to be a thorn in the side of various administrations in argentina because they feel, rightly or wrongly , that as rightly or wrongly, that as they're off the coast, that they belong to argentina . but the belong to argentina. but the population don't believe that at all. and britain has said that it will remain a british overseas territory until such

time as the falkland islanders vote otherwise. and i don't see that happening for a very long time. >> but the people of the chagos islands weren't asked who they wanted sovereignty to go to. were they? >> well, they weren't because they weren't. partly because they weren't. partly because they weren't. partly because they weren't there. i mean, they had all been removed to the seychelles and mauritius and beyond that, some settled in the uk . actually in the 1960s and uk. actually in the 1960s and 19705, uk. actually in the 1960s and 1970s, they were forcibly removed. and that's not something i think that we as a country should be particularly proud of. but that's where we country should be particularly proud of. but that's where we are. and there are none of them are. and there are none of them there. there are some sri lankan there. there are some sri lankan asylum seekers who actually are asylum seekers who actually are on the just outside the main air on the just outside the main air base at diego garcia, and that's base at diego garcia, and that's a long running programme for a long running programme for many years to see what's going many years to see what's going to happen to them. so it's not to happen to them. so it's not quite the same context. quite the same context. >> what about gibraltar? because >> what about gibraltar? because obviously, you know , if keir obviously, you know , if keir obviously, you know, if keir starmer is keen to work more obviously, you know, if keir starmer is keen to work more closely with europe, has he closely with europe, has he

constantly reminds us that constantly reminds us that he is . constantly reminds us that he is. and, you know, the debate over gibraltar has been going ongoing. what do you make of what could potentially happen with that situation ? with that situation? >> well, i think yet again , >> well, i think yet again, gibraltar is one of britain's 14 overseas protectorates and overseas protectorates and overseas territories and the same applies to the population there. the population doesn't want to be spanish , and it is want to be spanish, and it is a strategic location because it obviously guards the entrance to the mediterranean sea. so i don't think anything is going to

that. that's defence analysis and former british army officer stuart crawford, thank you very much for joining stuart crawford, thank you very much forjoining us. this afternoon stuart. really appreciate your time. okay. coming up , appreciate your time. okay. coming up, we'll be discussing new research that has found that the uk has more atheists than those who believe in god. but why is this happening? we're discussing this very soon. i'm neesom. this is gb

>> join me camilla tominey this sunday when i interview one of the most significant political figures of our era, boris johnson. nothing will be off limits as we discuss his autobiography, unleashed and everything in it. >> i failed to avert megxit, but i did deliver brexit and i'm very , very happy to be on very, very happy to be on camilla tominey show. boris johnson on gb news, the people's channel johnson on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> that's the camilla tominey show on sunday at 9:30 am. and again at 6 pm.

>> oh welcome back. i can't wait for boris johnson's interview with camilla on sunday morning. 9.30. you don't want to miss it. it's going to be a real cracker. camilla is just brilliant, isn't she? and i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news and this is a cunous this is gb news and this is a curious one. the uk now has more atheists than people who believe in god. new research has revealed. experts say that the country is entering its first ever atheist age, with parental upbringing and the expectations of society cited as reasons why. but does it really matter that our country doesn't believe like it used to? i'm joined by doctor gavin ashenden, former chaplain to queen elizabeth ii and doctor ashenden. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. forjoining us this afternoon. i really appreciate your time. what do you make of this story? >> hello, dawn. well, we've seen it coming for a long time. >> this isn't really i wouldn't call this a new atheist age. >> we're entering an age of paganism where people, after all, they mean to believe in god

is to believe in a higher value. >> the higher values we have today are essentially secular and pagan ones. >> and so if you like secular society has been waging a war against christianity over the last 150 years. we've just moved in the last ten years to a state of active persecution, so that if you are a christian and you believe christian things, your employment prospects, and even staying out of jail are threatened, you can't believe in marriages between a man and a woman . you can't be against woman. you can't be against abortion. you can't believe your conscience is higher than the state. so we've actually reached a moment of very serious conflict between between particularly between christians and the state. and of course, it's going to get worse. >> that's interesting. you said that. i hadn't thought of that. so you actually believe that christians are now being persecuted for having that faith? >> yes. there's not a single job i've had in my life i could be i could even apply for now, believing what i believe. >> can you elaborate a bit more on that? >> well, yes, i've been i spent ispent >> well, yes, i've been i spent i spent 25 years as a university lecturer . lecturer. >> i wouldn't i couldn't sign

any of the d small print. i wouldn't be shortlisted. i wouldn't be shortlisted. i wouldn't even be acceptable. i can't work for the government. i can't work for the government. i can't work for the government. i can't work in any public sphere because i. but mainly because i believe marriage is between a man and a woman for having children. the basic biological fact the. so we're in this we're in an end game at the moment. i think between die die paganism i would call it and i think what will come the catholic church because protestants have been giving way to secularism and in the end, i mean, if your question is all about why haven't parents been passing the faith on? the answer is the ones who believe, have and do, and they're mainly traditional catholics. and anyone with less than that kind of explicit, dedicated culture has simply evaporated in the face of the really unpleasant pressure pressure to conform, pressure to be accepted. and we saw what pressure to conform did during covid. human beings are not very resilient if they're threatened with being expelled or cast out. so we have a we have a struggle between two worldviews. they're

they're kind of pagan wokeism of a communist kind and, and catholicism and we're going to go to the wire with those two against each other. and what happenedin against each other. and what happened in the past when we saw it before the iron curtain came down in 1989, is the state will move to eradicate christianity as much as it can, because christianity threatens the unthinking authority of the state. and as you've probably noticed, gb news more than anybody else, the unthinking authority of the state has been ratcheting up month by month . ratcheting up month by month. >> gavin, i would kind of agree with you, but the religion that is growing quite rapidly in the country is the religion of islam, which also has similar views with with regards to sort of like our certainly to marriage that is between a man and a woman and more of the, you know, the hard edged views, if i can phrase it that way, that that catholicism preaches. so why is islam on the increase where christianity isn't? >> well, that's easy because the left have the left have entered

into a pact with islam. i mean, so as far as they are allies against the old order, which is christianity, what's going to the left ? think that they they the left? think that they they can defeat islam in the same way they've defeated christianity and they've seriously underestimated it. so in about 20 years time, there'll be more muslims in this country than anybody else. and the left will give way to them , because islam give way to them, because islam is more convicted , more powerful is more convicted, more powerful than the left. so essentially, if you don't like jesus, you're going to get mohammed. you have to choose, do you ? to choose, do you? >> do you sound worried by that situation ? situation? >> well, i will be dead. but but i'm sorry for my children. i don't want my children growing up in islamic. i don't want my. i don't want my daughters veiled. i don't want my children to be to be under the same kind of regime as we find in iran and saudi arabia. if you look around the world, i don't like the islamic regimes. they don't believe in free speech. they don't believe in the essential dignity of the human person. they don't believe in conscience. you say that islam

is quite like catholicism, but it isn't remotely like catholicism at all. it's a religion of power, not of compassionate love. am i worried and upset that europe, which has been under threat from islam for the last 1500 years, is going to become islamic? yes, i've done everything i can to speak out against it and to help people become christian, because only christianity has the conviction and the integrity to stand up against islam. but the silly secular left have destroyed christianity, and they have now no protection against islam. you'll soon see. i think our country partitioned in along those lines. >> okay , doctor gavin ashenden, >> okay, doctor gavin ashenden, thank you very much there for joining us. afternoon. well, a very, very strong opinion. there . very, very strong opinion. there. very, very strong views. what do you think? do you agree with him? gbnews.com/yoursay very cunous him? gbnews.com/yoursay very curious to get your opinion on that one. very strong opinions indeed. but that's what gb news is all about. strong opinions, including yours. so get in touch now. good news, it's time for the great british giveaway and the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've even the biggest cash prize we've ever, ever given away. it's

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thousands of jobs, bring in investment and help meet climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. well following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the costs with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one winter, not, you know , capping for a few months 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 , is independent. and of course, what you get is the next generation of jobs . generation of jobs. >> the foreign secretary's confirmed a third government

chartered flight for british evacuees has left lebanon. it follows a night of blasts in beirut. this is the moment giant explosions were seen near the airport . in explosions were seen near the airport. in the explosions were seen near the airport . in the past 24 hours, airport. in the past 24 hours, at least 45 people have 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. meanwhile, we're heanng militants. meanwhile, we're 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 in gaza. airstrikes have pushed the death toll to over 41,000 since the conflict began , and downing the conflict began, and downing street insists its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius does not change the approach to the other overseas territories. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty of the

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welcome back. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. i'm standing in for the lovely martin who's having a bit of a break. this afternoon. now, in another blow for prince harry and meghan, their public relations chief of more than two years has quit to start her own pr firm. ashley hanson is the 19th member of staff to leave the sussexes , following their

the sussexes, following their chief of staff, who quit after just three months. joining me now to discuss this is royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, thank you very much for joining fitzwilliams. richard, thank you very much forjoining me fitzwilliams. richard, thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. lovely to see you, richard. i mean, you know, one, two, three. but 19 i mean, what what what's going on with the sussexes and their employees. >> well, what's going on on the one hand is a real serious problem that they have because on the there's no doubt they do do a lot for charity. also, they have the deep rift between not only her family , except for her only her family, except for her mother and also them in the royal family. we all know about that now. allegations which have been surfacing in one way or another for years. these go back to 2018, in fact, when the sussexes were senior working royals , accusations of bullying, royals, accusations of bullying, which in fact surfaced in the times just before the interview on oprah, which was so notorious

the facts unquestionably are that though they vehemently and have consistently, vehemently denied this, there is no doubt that buckingham palace did not pubush that buckingham palace did not publish the report into the alleged bullying. and the facts are that people have been counting the numbers of employees who have left. as you say, it's now reached 19. just kettler, their chief of staff , kettler, their chief of staff, left just before their columbia visit. he was only there for some three months and there is had there been a toxic report in the hollywood reporter and the quotes there that meghan was like a dictator in high heels , like a dictator in high heels, that she barked at people, reduced grown men to tears was had the soubriquet duchess difficult all of this very unhelpful. they've strongly denied it. but nonetheless it's out in the open that a source backed by the co—editor of the hollywood reporter says that this is somebody who's working

for them , who's informed them of for them, who's informed them of these quotes. >> now, obviously, as you say, they have very, very strongly denied it. and this latest employee that's leaving, ashley hanson, they have given her their blessing. she is leaving to start her own business up. and they, you know, they say, you know, good luck. and she's still going to be working for them, but via her own company now. so it's a roundabout way, but a lot of people are asking there is no smoke without fire. and as you say, the hollywood reporter story is said to have come from a very high up source that's very close to the couple and admits they are terrified of meghan. >> it's quite extraordinary. i mean, there is no doubt, as you said, that they not only vehemently deny it, but also friends of theirs, supporters of theirs in us weekly attempted to rubbish the story in the hollywood reporter, hence the fact that the co—editor backed it up. so there isn't, i would have thought, any smoke without

fire. but the facts are that this is toxic for those who are in the charitable sector , and we in the charitable sector, and we know of the rifts in the royal family and to the rifts, the fact that there are these accusations and have been now for quite a long time, this dating back to 2018. i mean, there is no question that something is very wrong and it does also coincide. >> i mean, the hollywood reporter, the hollywood reporter story, it comes out just as we see harry doing more and more solo work , is just wrapping his solo work, is just wrapping his solo work, is just wrapping his solo trip to lesotho and south africa. normally you'd have meghan by his side, but we are seeing him do more and more on his own. what do you make of that? >> well, firstly, i think that the various engagements he's undertaken for a whole variety of charities on his own, i think they've all gone extremely well. and he came he interacted in britain in the wellchild awards

with the seriously ill children so beautifully as we remember the harry used to. and of course , the harry used to. and of course, we know his commitment in lesotho to sentebale in the southern africa tour. i mean, that's gone extremely well. what do i make of it? i'm watching with great interest to see whether this will mean that he branches out. it has been said in the hollywood reporter that he's well—meaning but doesn't . he's well—meaning but doesn't. that says that both of them, they don't make up their mind very clearly. well, let's see what mine they made up regarding future activities. we wait and see. will there be a 20th who leaves? >> indeed, in a very interesting time. very interesting story. richard fitzwilliams, thank you very much for joining richard fitzwilliams, thank you very much forjoining us richard fitzwilliams, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. really appreciate your time . okay. now coming up, your time. okay. now coming up, we'll be discussing whether calling women birds at work could be sexual harassment. a judge has ordered a £50,000 for an employee who complained about the overuse of the term . i the overuse of the term. i wonder what you make of this

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actually needed to read your views because they're very interesting. i'll get to as many as i can. i am indeed dawn neesom. and this is gb news. as i can. i am indeed dawn neesom. and this is gb news . and neesom. and this is gb news. and this is coming from an old bird , this is coming from an old bird, right? is calling women a bird sexual harassment? well, a whisky business has been ordered to pay out a £50,000 in compensation to a staff member who complained about colleagues using the term . this claim was using the term. this claim was made along with other allegations leading to the fine asking the victim if she was planning on getting pregnant and after locking her out of the office. so yeah, there is sexual harassment going on here. but the question is, is the term bird sexual harassment or is it just sexist? joining me now is dating coach and relationship expert jo barnett. to drill down into this one. joe good afternoon. thank you very much for joining me. now i've been forjoining me. now i've been called far worse than bird at work. yes. and i've coped. now, what do you make of this story ?

what do you make of this story? >> it's interesting. >> it's interesting. >> it's interesting. >> it comes up every now and then, and it's almost an unfortunate choice of language. >> i have to say, when i hear guys saying, i've met this bird, i do correct them and i say, we are not birds. >> you know , we're women. so >> you know, we're women. so i do hear it. and when i hear it, i correct it because personally, i correct it because personally, i don't like it. and is it sexual harassment? >> you know that is a that is a bigger question. >> and we're looking at it in the workplace where i would expect more professional language. so , you know, you've language. so, you know, you've got to look at it that way. and some people are going to be fine with it. and someone else is going to take big offence. same with lots of language and behaviour. so it's a lot about what is acceptable as an office culture. and if it's said once and someone doesn't like it, it should really get squashed, does it? >> i mean, obviously the context is everything here. i mean, i

joke about myself being an old bird because to be honest with you, i am. but if you could say you, i am. but if you could say you could use that language in one way and it can be endearing. i mean, i just used it to my younger colleague and she was fine, but it depends on how it's said. the context, especially in which a man says it to you . which a man says it to you. >> yes. and, you know, like you just said , it's okay to laugh at just said, it's okay to laugh at ourselves. there's a lot of things i could say about myself, but i wouldn't like someone else to say them to me. right? yeah. so it's fine if you're if you want to call yourself an old bird, you're using lovely, gentle humour. but for a man that you're working with to say it to you , it's. it does sound it to you, it's. it does sound derogatory. i've got to be honest. you know, i would not want to the same way. would would we say, you know, there's a bloke over there by the coffee machine? go and ask him. you'd probably say, see that man over

there? it's kind of the basics of what we would expect. you know , especially if you're in a know, especially if you're in a professional environment. >> oh, but by saying , i professional environment. >> oh, but by saying, i mean, there's much more to this particular case than just the term bird, but are we in danger here of saying this is sexual harassment? are we in danger of playing down proper sexual harassment? you know, the really nasty stuff and are we sometimes getting a little bit too offended by hurty words ? offended by hurty words? >> there's a yeah, there's a sensitivity where we're almost on alert for, you know, that wasn't the right thing to say and that wasn't the right touch and that wasn't the right touch and that wasn't the right look. and that he commented on my length of my skirt or whatever. and you know, that you can't be neurotic about everything because how how are men and women ever going to be able to to, work together? so yeah, there has to be some sensible guideline and to not squash what, unfortunately would be a

proper a larger sexual harassment issue, which is going to be more serious and, and then, you know, needs proper judge time and we can get too caught up in the little things . caught up in the little things. and definitely you've got to look at the whole picture and the background of the story and also who's saying it and where it's coming from, you know, are they joking? and if so, can they just be corrected or is it happening again and again? and are you really making someone feel uncomfortable because we should all feel comfortable in the workplace? >> well, absolutely. yes . thank >> well, absolutely. yes. thank you very much. that is jo barnett , dating coach and barnett, dating coach and relationship expert on whether the word bird is offensive . the word bird is offensive. let's i promised you. and there's so many of them coming in. this is from paul. good afternoon paul says i call girls birds. and if they try to get me, pay birds. and if they try to get me, pay them 50 grand to be waiting a long time. and maureen says

the amount of money being paid to mauritius for the transfer of the chagos islands has not been revealed by starmer yet. it is likely to be billions rather than millions more proof that he lied about that non—existent black hole. he does mention that quite a bit. and meanwhile, on the religious story, anne o'sullivan says, doctor gavin, that's the interview we had, is absolutely right. on his analysis , and so—called analysis, and so—called progressives will be in for a shockif progressives will be in for a shock if the country continues to bury its head in the sand on this issue. well, that's it for today. but not to worry, because the lovely michelle dewberry jubilee is up next with dewbs& co, and i'm back tomorrow 12, two and three. but first, the all important weather for your weekend. and here it is with honoun weekend. and here it is with honour. have a good evening. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front , boxed heat pumps, 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 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 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 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 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. >> despite the morning rain, it will be a nice, warm,

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