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>> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday. the 23rd of october. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood . harwood. >> trump rages at labour the trump campaign accuses the far left labour party of interfering in the us election, but keir starmer insists he still has a good relationship with donald trump. >> this despite the former president filing an extraordinary legal complaint against the british governing party. >> it comes as lord waheed alli, the very generous labour party donon the very generous labour party donor, has been forced to apologise after he was found to have breached house of lords rules on four separate occasions. how will keir starmer react and sergeant martyn blake has been forced into hiding with a £10,000 bounty on his head. >> he was cleared of murder and gangster chris kaba on monday, the bbc reports. >> black communities in south london have been left traumatised by the incident , london have been left traumatised by the incident, and which english council is forcing
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all cabbies, including native engush all cabbies, including native english speakers, to take engush english speakers, to take english language tests or lose their licence. >> we'll speak to one taxi driver outraged by these new rules . rules. >> it's risky, isn't it, for the prime minister to really make an enemy of donald trump quite so early on, he was making overtures only a few weeks ago, and now there's a legal case. >> yeah. i mean, keir starmer would obviously say, well, he has said, you know, these people aren't representative of my position. >> they're just members of the labour party who want to do something in their spare time , something in their spare time, go off to the united states, facilitated by rac campaign party. >> i know it doesn't look good. it just looks rather silly as well, just rather silly. >> the labour have only just been elected. they are now the governing party of this country,
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seen to be interfering in a foreign election, just as president trump may well become the next president of the united states. >> i mean , it's not the smartest >> i mean, it's not the smartest thing to do, is it.7 >> do you think gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get involved on this and all the other stories we cover today .7 other stories we cover today? but before that, let's dive into your headlines with sam francis . your headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you . >> very good afternoon to you. it is just after 1:00. let's start this hour with some breaking news coming to us out of dorset this afternoon that a major incident has been declared in swanage , where a care home, in swanage, where a care home, we understand has been evacuated due to what is a suspected carbon monoxide leak that care home has reportedly 48 residents, all of them elderly, some with dementia. at this stage, there are some unconfirmed media reports that three people may have died in that incident. the exact nature, though of the incident remains
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at this stage unclear. we are keeping across any details coming into us. authorities, though, in swanage are urging the public to avoid the area as that situation develops. the details we do have are that the south western ambulance service responded at around 5:20 this morning. they dispatched hazard response teams, ten double crewed ambulances and later the fire service there also arrived with various crews from other locations across hampshire as well, so that latest detail coming in to us on that situation developing in dorset, we will keep across it for you and bring you any more details. turning now to the house of commons, where angela rayner has been filling in for sir keir starmer at prime minister's questions, the deputy prime minister came under pressure for more action against what labour mp mike tapp called evil smuggling gangs after the deadly sinking of a migrant boat in the engush sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel this morning. in response, mr rayner insisted the government is establishing a credible plan to protect uk
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borders . borders. >> these are people, women , >> these are people, women, children. we are putting in place a credible plan to protect our borders and remove those with no right to be here by setting up our border security command, backed by £75 million of investment. and we're working with our international partners to target and disrupt the criminal smuggling gangs. >> and some breaking news again, just on the topic of those migrants crossing the channel, we're hearing from our home and security editor, mark white, that a third body has now been recovered from the english channel after that migrant boat sinking. discussed there during deputy prime minister's questions, a passing ferry. we're understanding from the french coast guard say that the third victim was recovered after a body was spotted floating in the water this afternoon. we're also hearing a fourth migrant has been taken to hospital for treatment after being pulled from the water earlier this morning, that boat had around 50
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people on board when it went down, leaving many stranded in the water. there were also reports that two other migrant boats were making that journey across the channel. at the same time, rescue services, of course, remaining on high alert closely monitoring the situation . closely monitoring the situation. as we heard from tom and emily at the top of the hour. labour peer lord alli is facing fresh criticism after a report has revealed four minor breaches in the registration of his assets interests. rather, the house of lords commissioner for standards found that he failed to register himself as an unremunerated director of a foundation and neglected to maintain accurate records for a company he controlled. however, the commissioner deemed them minor , commissioner deemed them minor, requiring only a letter of apology, which lord alli has now provided. in that letter, he's acknowledged the breaches and said he regrets the oversight . said he regrets the oversight. two survivors of the manchester arena bombing have won their high court harassment case against a former tv producer who claims the attack was staged.
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martin hibbert and his daughter eve, who suffered life changing injuries , sued richard hall injuries, sued richard hall after he published videos and a book alleging the bombing was a hoax. mr hall claimed his actions, including filming eve outside her home, were in the pubuc outside her home, were in the public interest as a journalist and that, quote, millions of people have bought a lie about the attack. however, the court ruled in their favour, dismissing hall's claims as unfounded . keir starmer insists unfounded. keir starmer insists his relationship with donald trump is intact, despite claims that labour interfered in the us election. trump's campaign filed a complaint accusing labour of illegally supporting kamala harris, citing meetings between senior labour labour officials and the vice president's team. starmer, though, has dismissed the claims, stating that labour members are in the us voluntarily, as they have done in previous elections. he emphasised his personal rapport with trump and recalled their meeting in new york and said he will work with whoever becomes the next us president . in
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the next us president. in france, giselle pellico, the french woman at the centre of a landmark trial of 50 men who are accused of raping her, has taken to the stand today, sending a powerful message to survivors of sexual violence after being drugged and assaulted by her then husband. she's standing against the men accused of her abuse. in her testimony, the 72 year old urged other victims to shed their shame and said, quote, it's not for us to have shame, it's for them to have shame, it's for them to have shame . well, with an open trial shame. well, with an open trial and showing of evidence, giselle hopes that she can inspire other survivors . and before i go . the survivors. and before i go. the environment secretary has said today that he had no idea of football. tickets he accepted were linked to a polluting uk water firm. steve reid was questioned here on gb news this morning. over £2,000 worth of tickets from a firm with ties to northumbrian water. one of the three companies, the water regulator has ruled not fit for purpose. speaking on breakfast
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this morning, reid had this to say. >> those tickets were from a telecoms company, not a water company. so your facts, i'm afraid, are wrong. and your inference is wrong too , because inference is wrong too, because i would hardly i would hardly. i would hardly be taking the toughest action against water company and water company bosses of any secretary of state in history . if i of any secretary of state in history. if i had of any secretary of state in history . if i had been of any secretary of state in history. if i had been in any way influenced by a telecom company offering me a pair of football tickets, i wasn't. and you can judge me by what i'm doing in parliament and the reform i'm leading in the water sector. you've not seen that from any previous environment secretary ever . secretary ever. >> that's it from me for now. i'll be back with you in around half an hour. now, though, it's back to tom and emily. >> good afternoon. britain. >> good afternoon. britain. >> it is 1:08, and in the last hour a watchdog has found that labour donor lord alli breached four parliamentary rules over his registration of interests and has subsequently apologised,
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