well . well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday the 15th of october. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver jabs for jobs. new plans to inject out of work couch potatoes with fat jabs are being considered by the health secretary. all to get britain back to work . secretary. all to get britain back to work. is this the way to get people off the sofa and back to the grind? >> and a terrorist blind spot . >> and a terrorist blind spot. two police officers have been caught out refusing to accept hezbollah is a terrorist organisation, calling the law a matter of opinion. why aren't the police enforcing the law on our streets? >> eu's offer to lammy yes, the foreign secretary has returned from his trip to brussels with an offer that the uk signs up to eu, eu controlled military

peacekeeping missions, all in return for better relations. is this really a good deal for britain? >> and it's revealed taylor swift's mum negotiated her vip security directly with starmer's former chief of staff , sue gray. former chief of staff, sue gray. and, according to reports, even the attorney general was brought in to persuade the police to breach their usual protocols. why so much effort? for one billionaire pop star? this is very curious. just how many of the government were involved in this decision over taylor swift's security. okay, so the met police initially say, no, we don't need to have this extra security, this royal escort, this vip security for this woman. there's no credible threat in london, despite the fact that there was in austria. but then you have sadiq khan,

keir starmer, sue gray, the attorney general all brought in to persuade the met police that actually taylor swift, the billionaire pop star star, suddenly needs this royal escort. >> it's interesting on two levels. number one, a royal blue lights escort is for royals and visiting heads of state. i mean , visiting heads of state. i mean, there isn't an example in history i can think of where a p0p history i can think of where a pop star has been given this blue lights travel option , blue lights travel option, funded, of course, by the uk taxpayer. but of course, there's the deeper question about the operational independence of the police. the metropolitan police and all police services in the country were founded on the on, on, on the point that we don't live in a police state, we don't have politicians telling the police who to arrest, who to protect, how to do their job. that way lies tyranny . that way lies tyranny. >> also, as ever, is there much forward thinking? okay , so you forward thinking? okay, so you give this to taylor swift because her mum phoned you up and pleaded for it and you got a

few free tickets. okay , few free tickets. okay, fantastic. what about the next p0p fantastic. what about the next pop star that wants it? what if you know harry styles is in town and he wants a royal escort or a beyonce? does she fancy one? ariana grande, of course. see what happened at one of her concerts. i mean, should all pop stars be given this type of treatment? or is taylor swift just special? >> i'm just thinking about the economics here. i mean, how much money does it cost to do a blue lights escort with many, many police cars across the whole of london? i mean, i'll do the sums in the break. probably more than a few tickets to a concert. i mean, this is a really bad deal just on, just on numeric terms that the politicians have done. they get some free tickets, but how much taxpayers money have they spent getting those free tickets? >> i mean, they'd of course say this had nothing to do with the free tickets. that's just you know, a bonus of being in the job that they do. but it doesn't make sense at all. no forward thinking to this. what do you make of it? gb news .com forward slash your say. should the government really be doing deals with a pop star's mum? i don't think so. anyway, it's the

headunes think so. anyway, it's the headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> emily thank you and good afternoon. the top stories the prime minister and the health secretary have said new weight loss jabs could help boost the economy in britain by getting people back into work. wes streeting suggested the latest generation of medicines, including ozempic, could be life changing for individuals, and he said it would ease the pressure on the nhs. experts, though, have warned in the past that the drug is not a quick fix or a replacement for eating well and exercising, and should only be offered under medical supervision. exchequer secretary to the treasury james murray, though, told gb news it is good for the economy. >> we want to make sure that people who are not working at the moment for any reasons, but obviously obesity is one of them. we want to support them to get back into work, and these weight loss jabs are just one opfion weight loss jabs are just one option for helping people to lose weight . there will

lose weight. there will obviously be a discussion between a patient and their doctor to work out the best way for them to lose weight. these weight loss jabs play a role as part of the overall set of interventions that you can make to help people lose weight and to help people lose weight and to where they can work, get back into work, which is good for them and good for the economy . them and good for the economy. >> in other news, children who are doomscrolling for hours a day on smartphones are at risk of widespread harm, according to labour mp josh mcallister. the equivalent of seat belt legislation is needed to help them manage addictive content for children . tomorrow, for children. tomorrow, mcallister will introduce a private member's bill in parliament on protecting children from harms caused by excessive screen time. the bill will call for legal requirements to be introduced so all schools in england are mobile free zones and is also expected to call for the age at which companies can get data consent from children without parental permission to be raised from 13 to 16. now it was pure chance. dawn sturgess sprayed herself with novichok

before meeting up with her daughter, an inquiry has been told. dawn's mother, caroline sturgess, has said that dawn had plans to meet her daughter before she discovered the perfume bottle containing the substance, and said it was a solace to her family that dawn's daughter was not also killed in the incident . 44 year old dawn the incident. 44 year old dawn died after applying the nerve agent to her skin in july 2018. it came after the attempted murders of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia and then police officer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march that year. elsewhere, uk earnings growth has fallen to its lowest level for more than two years amid further signs of a weakening jobs market, according to official figures. the office for national statistics says average regular earnings growth eased back to 4.9% in the three months to july, down from 5.1% in the previous three months. this marked the lowest level since three the months to june 2022, but earnings growth continues to outstrip inflation as pay

increased by 2.6% in the three months to august, with consumer pfices months to august, with consumer prices index inflation taken into account . the un into account. the un secretary—general has condemned the large number of civilian casualties that have taken place in northern gaza. it comes as the un's palestinian refugee agency claimed ten people were killed after an israeli attack on a food supply centre. the un agency for palestinian refugees said shells hit inside and outside the centre yesterday morning as people tried to get food handouts. the idf has said it would review the incident. the un peacekeeping chief has said that the un peacekeepers will stay in all their positions in lebanon, despite the calls made by the israeli authorities to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the blue line between lebanon and israel. israel expanded its targets in its war with hezbollah militants in lebanon yesterday, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north. now sean diddy combs has been hit by a new batch of lawsuits accusing him

of sexual assault against six people, including a 16 year old boy. a new wave of lawsuits filed yesterday accuses combs, also known as p diddy, of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy. at least six lawsuits were filed against the hip hop mogul in a federal court in new york city. all were filed anonymously. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of taking legal action against combs in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month . sport now and arrest last month. sport now and manchester united have reportedly ended a multi—million pound agreement with their legendary manager, sir alex ferguson , as part of a cost ferguson, as part of a cost cutting drive. ferguson stepped down as manager in 2013. the scot won 38 trophies at united dunng scot won 38 trophies at united during a managerial reign 1503 00:08:49,432