that sense, james >> and in that sense, james cameron, what you're saying to us and a very passionately and thank you. and it's so fascinating to get an insight into the theatre of war and the types of people on the ground who were not dealing with uniformity of thought. here we're dealing with people whose own lives were turned upside down by the taliban regime and have undergone great personal risk to fight against them. and presumably that means that they are in grave danger by even being in the country now at all. >> absolutely, martin. and what was so tragic is that is that many lost their lives through the afghan withdrawal and continue to live at great risk. many have had to relocate. some are in neighbouring countries to afghanistan and have had to flee altogether , having lost family altogether, having lost family members, lost all which they had and possessed. if we group people by religion and talk about people as islamists, we've just got to remember that we fought the second world war against a christian nation . it's

against a christian nation. it's it is wrong to tar all all those underneath, underneath the same thing. of course, whenever something is imported into this country, we have to ensure that the right security measures are followed. but goodness me , these followed. but goodness me, these are people who fought in the interests of the crown alongside our also our own soldiers. they depended on us for their lives just as we depended on them . just as we depended on them. >> absolutely fascinating. thank you so much for giving us your insight. and i always like to say thank you for your service and putting your neck on the line for the country. thank you very much. royal tank regiment veteran james cameron, an absolute pleasure to speak to you today on gb news. you take care, mate. best of british. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including health secretary wes streeting is proposing to give free fat jabs to get the obese back to work. but rather than rewarding poor choices with freebies, is a better solution to simply stop feeding them. benefits . but feeding them. benefits. but first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines with lewis mckenzie .

headlines with lewis mckenzie. >> thank you very much, martin. good afternoon . it's just after good afternoon. it's just after 5:30 i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. well as you've just been hearing the prime minister and the health secretary have said new weight loss jabs could help boost the economy in britain by getting people back to work. wes streeting suggested the latest general generation of medicines could be life changing for individuals and would ease pressure on the nhs, but experts are insisting that the drug is not a quick fix, nor is it a replacement for eating well and exercise, and should only be offered under medical supervision . a court has been supervision. a court has been told that a neighbour heard a single, high pitched scream of someone in pain, two days before sarah sharif was killed. the ten year old was beaten with objects , year old was beaten with objects, burnt with an iron and bitten.

in the weeks just before her death, her body was found in an upstairs bedroom at her home in surrey on the 10th of august last year, after her father , last year, after her father, irfan sharif, called police and confessed to killing her after fleeing to pakistan. the minicab driver is on trial, along with sarah's stepmother and uncle. they all deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child . or allowing the death of a child. the police officer who shot chris kaba has told the old bailey he did not intend to kill him when he opened fired martin. blake told jurors that he intended only to stop the car kaba was driving and aimed for the centre of his body. mr kaba was shot in the head while driving an audi in south—east london back in september of 2022. he died in hospital the next day. mr blake, a marksman for the metropolitan police, is accused of murder, which he denies . well, those are your denies. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mackenzie. more from me in

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channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's approaching 538 on martin daubney here on gb news now with just over two weeks to go until rachel reeves delivers that hugely anticipated and perhaps feared autumn budget. many small businesses in the uk will be waiting to find out what it means precisely for them and our nonh means precisely for them and our north west england reporter sophie reaper, sat down with one small business owner to find out how they're feeling ahead of the budget. will it be hard cheese .7 budget. will it be hard cheese? >> good morning. morning. >> good morning. morning. >> a bright lancashire morning and lauren mcguire is open for business. she owns a small cheese delicatessen on a bustling high street . and things bustling high street. and things are going well. but looking ahead to the budget come the end of this month, lauren says there's a lot for her to think about. >> we've got staff wages, we've got stock we've to pay for fuel , got stock we've to pay for fuel, the rent, the bills. you know, gas and electric keeps going sky

high. so there's a lot of factors that, you know, we need to take into consideration. we have to then start thinking about putting our prices up, which is something that i don't really want to do. but again, we still need to be able to make enough money to keep the business going. >> as part of their manifesto , >> as part of their manifesto, labour promised to outline a so—called business roadmap in their autumn budget. they say it will encourage investment and give businesses the confidence to grow. but after four years of owning her own, lauren is sceptical. >> i feel like they always say that just to get them on your side and then they don't follow through. people want to contribute, as in like open up their own business, but there's so many obstacles that they need to overcome and i just feel like the government sometimes doesn't help for small business owners up and down the country, this is a time of uncertainty as costs increase and disposable income continues to fall, many will look to labour to help them through this tricky time in

future. if there's any sort of changes, you know that is going to be hard to face. you know, we'd welcome any support from the government, i think because there's been that many different changes. i feel like i'm prepared for the worst . prepared for the worst. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> carefully does it with the budget now, overweight, jobless brits could be given free weight loss medicines to help them get back to work . obesity illness back to work. obesity illness costs the nhs an astounding £11 billion every single year. but the health secretary, wes streeting, now hopes the injections will reduce costs and perhaps even boost the economy. but is he right? well, we've spoken to the people of arnold, just down the road from where i was born and where my dad is shopping every saturday on the outskirts of nottingham . about outskirts of nottingham. about their views on the government's controversial plans. >> there's some exercise. what's your diet ? rather than have the your diet? rather than have the government fork out a load of

money again? well, i think they're being a bit rude, actually. i don't think it would be a total answer to get people working again. well, i'm sorry, but i think if you need to lose weight, go on a diet and do some exercise . no, that's an easy way exercise. no, that's an easy way out . out. >> and an extra dollop of common sense there from the good folk of arnold. well, now we can speak with the health and social affairs editor at the sunday express , lucy johnson. lucy, express, lucy johnson. lucy, welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. so our fat jabs, the answer. or instead of feeding people jabs, how about we stop feeding them their benefits? >> well, we do have a problem with obesity in this country. it's true. and it's costing the nhs as wes streeting has said, about £11 billion a year and by the time you get to about 45, two thirds of us is obese and it's always it's coming in on the children now.