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well. >> it's 10 pm. on patrick christys tonight , i'm afraid, as christys tonight, i'm afraid, as canbbean christys tonight, i'm afraid, as caribbean people, we are not going to forget our history. >> we don't just want to hear an apology, we want reparations . apology, we want reparations. >> what? david lammy demanded reparations . and now 15 reparations. and now 15 commonwealth nations want you to pay commonwealth nations want you to pay at least £200 billion. will you pay at least £200 billion. will you pay pay at least £200 billion. will you pay more tax to say sorry for slavery and bop bop bop? >> mother bab al—mandab. you know that is the illegal migrant who made threats to kill and has reportedly now come across the channel and entered britain. >> plus swastikas carved into bunkers at a golf club in a big jewish area . how have police jewish area. how have police still not caught the culprit ?
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still not caught the culprit? the monarchy, the farewell tour. see the hyper woke australian snub king charles? should he just tell them to get stuffed ? just tell them to get stuffed? >> shortly after our final couple has performed, i want to say sorry. it was a silly joke. yeah, sorry , a bit weird. yeah, sorry, a bit weird. >> another strictly come dancing scandal. what was that grope all about on my panel tonight ? it's about on my panel tonight? it's gb news star nana akua. we've got political commentator andy williams and political editor at the daily express , sam lister. the daily express, sam lister. oh, and i will reveal where in the country i'm going to be doing my freezing cold swim to help raise money for friends of the elderly. we've raised more than a quarter of £1 million so far. you have. thank you very much. it's a shame i have to do this, but i do. why? well, because pensioners are going to freeze to death in their own homes. this winter. and we can do something to stop that. get ready. britain. here we go. if
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david lammy asked for reparations, i'd tell him to get lost next. >> good evening. i'm mark white, the main news from the gb news centre. the us music mogul sean diddy combs is facing fresh allegations of sexual assault, including an offence against a 16 year old boy. a warning now of some flashing images. the new wave of allegations filed on monday accused him of raping women , sexually assaulting men women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the teenage boy. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of launching lawsuits against the musician . the against the musician. the israeli prime minister has accused the terror group hezbollah of using un peacekeeping positions in lebanon for cover to launch
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deadly attacks against israel. benjamin netanyahu said the drone attack that killed four idf soldiers and wounded dozens of others on sunday was launched from the cover of a un position after several peacekeepers were injured in recent days. prime minister netanyahu said israel had repeatedly warned the un to move the troops out of harm's way in the north of lebanon. at least 21 people have been killed in an airstrike in the town of ba.2. lebanese officials have blamed israel for the attack, which would signal the first major strike into the christian majority northern region since the current conflict began . the the current conflict began. the chancellor has defended labour's decision to wait three months before delivering the new government's budget. rachel reeves spoke to gb news at the launch of labour's international investment summit in london,
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where promises were made by a number of us companies of billions of pounds of extra investment. the chancellor said the government has been busy laying the ground for the first budget. >> my first week i called in a number of planning decisions. i ended the moratorium on onshore wind. we set up the process of creating a national wealth fund, and we announcing that that is now up and running. today. but it's important that we get our budget right, and that means taking time to go through the proper processes. >> meanwhile, the summit brought confirmation that stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the redevelopment will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site,
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which will help power the airport's infrastructure . and airport's infrastructure. and finally, nasa has successfully launched a probe to for search life on one of jupiter's moons. the europa clipper, launched from florida's kennedy space centre after a delay of several days because of hurricane milton. following the five year journey to europa, it will begin scanning deep below the moon's icy crust , scanning deep below the moon's icy crust, looking for any signs of organic compounds in the moon's deep subsurface ocean. and you're right up to date with the headlines. we're back in an houn the headlines. we're back in an hour. now it's back to patrick christys for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts .
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alerts. >> welcome along. would you be willing to pay more tax to fund at least £200 billion worth of reparations to caribbean nations? well, that's what they're demanding. and david lammy is on record saying that he wants britain to pay up. >> i'm afraid as caribbean people we are not going to forget our history. we don't just want to hear an apology, we want reparation . want reparation. >> we want reparations. of course, he is now the foreign secretary of this country. but anyway, that was in 2018. but just earlier this month, lammy sent a note to foreign office staff, reportedly saying black history month is a chance to celebrate the enormous contribution of black people in britain and also to acknowledge some of our country's most painful history. this is important to all of us in the cho. first, because of this department's role in that history. from king charles street, british officials administered colonies in which
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millions were enslaved. my ancestors were among them, taken from africa across the atlantic to labour in the caribbean. well, and now the caribbean leaders have come knocking with their begging bowls out. the chairman of the caribbean reparations commission has said that david lammy himself should be in charge of deciding what britain pays. i'm not surprised, he said. are you academics and lawyers have claimed that the reparations bill owed by britain for its part in the slave trade, could be worth anything. hold on to your hats here. from £206 billion to £19 trillion. yep. if labour had put paying reparations in their manifesto, would they have won the election ? would they have won the election? no. we have the highest tax burden in modern history. no. we have the highest tax burden in modern history . we're burden in modern history. we're already paying for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants . thousands of illegal immigrants. we are a hotspot for legal immigration. i think we've paid our dues to the world several times over. don't you? do you want to be part of any more cash giveaways? nobody alive today is
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responsible for the wrongs of the past. britain is, however, responsible for stopping the wrongs of slavery as well. and this is the vital point. it is not about britain paying reparations. it would mean that current british taxpayers fork out . and why should we? will we out. and why should we? will we have to go to scandinavian countries asking for reparations for viking invasions? no. barbados is a key ally of china. the chinese commit genocide against uyghur muslims and it's against uyghur muslims and it's a hotspot for modern slavery. why don't barbados care about that? it's almost like they just want our money, isn't it? now, handing the chagos islands over to mauritius again, a chinese ally was apparently partly to right the wrongs of the past. well, that sounds a lot like reparations to me. and lammy and starmer did that, which means i am now massively sceptical when keir starmer comes out today and says we will not pay reparations at all. however, there is a commonwealth summit later this month. starmer will be going and
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we know what they're going to ask for . we know what they're going to ask for. presumably starmer is now at war with david lammy over this. has the foreign secretary changed his views? i highly doubt it. surely he must be considering sacking lammy. surely lammy must resign over this deep seated matter of principle. no , britain under principle. no, britain under starmer cannot take the knee. the message needs to be loud and clear. no reparations, not now, not ever. let's go to my panel. this evening. we've got the political editor at the daily express, sam lester, political commentator andy williams. and of course, we are joined by gb news presenter nana akua nana. i'll start with you on this. i mean , do you think that we are mean, do you think that we are going to end up paying some sort of reparations? what do you reckon? no, no. >> and you know why. i mean, look, and you know, i don't mean to pardon the pun here, but it's not black and white. it's not that straightforward, is it? i am a descendant from africans, but i was 1501 00:09:55,648 -->
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