january. i'm tom harwood. >> and i'm emily carver. >> and i'm emily carver. >> it's been described as the worst storm of the century. storm ewan battles britain with hurricane force winds expected to reach up to 100 miles an hour in some parts of the country. we have reporters everywhere. >> northern ireland saw the worst of the storm in the early hours of the morning. by 9:00, those gusts had gone. but the clean up operation and damage control now begins. >> well, scotland is only a couple of hours into its red weather warning, but already 2500 homes across scotland are without power and damage. like this community centre behind me. already a part of the story of this storm. >> okay, and a life behind bars for the southport killer. axel rudakubana will likely die in prison after he received a 52 year sentence for the murder of three little girls. but a question to you are you

satisfied? we know enough about his motivation. >> elsewhere. is faith in the high street dying supermarket giant sainsbury's announces over 3000 job cuts, while primarks owners have reported rare plunge in retail sales during this crucial christmas quarter. >> and over in the states, donald trump has ordered officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most consequential and consequential assassinations in us history the killings of j.f. kennedy, robert f kennedy and martin luther king jr. it was a very difficult day yesterday for the country, i think, and also people in all different countries around the world were watching that sentencing, waiting to find out what would happen to the

southport killer. but i do wonder i do wonder whether we understand enough whether we've been told enough, whether it's been told enough, whether it's been investigated even enough as to why this monster decided to target that particular taylor swift workshop, and why he particularly went after little girls as opposed to boys. i think that is crucial information that we deserve to know. >> we heard from the judge that he believed rudakubana attacked the most vulnerable in society, those who would be the easiest target to some, to some extent. and i think that is part of the story here. but there are difficult questions to ask about the obsession that rudakubana clearly had with racial conflict, with genocide, and with some of the most violent assassinations in history. there are some questions to be asked

here about a wider motivation and whether this was indeed motivated not just for lust, for violence, but out of hate. >> yeah, yeah. because just being told that he was obsessed with violence. okay. yes, that is a motivation to be violent. but the specific targeting of this dance class have we got to the bottom of that? let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's your headlines with tatiana. >> and emily. thank you very much. and good afternoon. the top stories. millions of people have been urged to stay at home as 100 mile per hour winds pose as 100 mile per hour winds pose a danger to life and cause travel disruption across the uk. schools, rail services and hospitals are all set to be affected today when storm ian slams the country. forecasters

have flagged a rare threat to life. red weather warning over 4 million people across northern ireland and scotland received emergency alerts from the met office last night, with guidance on how to stay safe. more than 715,000 homes, farms and businesses are without power across the republic of ireland today. a wind speed of 114mph brought by the storm has been recorded in ireland, the fastest since records began. local authorities have warned commuters to avoid travel at all costs. the southport child killer will likely die behind bars after murdering three little girls at a dance class, but his 52 year sentence has sparked calls for law changes. axel rudakubana received one of the highest minimum custody terms on record for the attack in southport in july last year, when he was 17 years old. alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe were killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard in court

yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage. defence secretary john healey told gb news rudakubana did not get a whole life sentence because international law has prevented it. >> the technicality of the whole life sentences. i think it's important to know that the last government did reduce it to 18, in line with international law. after the manchester arena bombings, and that still stands. there are a range of other aspects of law of agencies who have failed in this case to step in. they knew about this man's extreme violence, but they failed to take any steps that might have prevented it. and there may be changes also in the

programs that are designed to deal with this sort of extremism. that's what the inquiry now, the court case has finished, which was launched this week, will do. wigan council has voted for a national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal, breaking with the labour government's position. the local authority, which is labour led, unanimously voted through a motion requesting that a full national inquiry is undertaken. that motion said the abuse had destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of teenage girls, adding that an inquiry would provide justice for the young girls who have suffered and identify preventative measures moving forward. in other news, hamas is expected to hand over to israel the names of four hostages to be released tomorrow under the gaza ceasefire deal. it's thought they'll be soldiers and civilians, all female. the terror group says it will be in exchange for 180 palestinian prisoners and detainees who were held by israel. it will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last

sunday. three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in that first swap. the court of appeal has ruled that the three judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to the care of sarah sharif, can be named next week. a judge had earlier ruled they couldn't be named due to a real risk of harm to them from a virtual lynch mob. the media were previously allowed to report that surrey county council had concerns about sarah's father, irfan sharif, as early as 2010, and that sarah was involved in three sets of family court proceedings before she was murdered by sharif and her stepmother batoul, at their home in surrey. sharif and batoul were jailed for life for the ten year old's murder in december, with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 years , and 40 years and 33 years, and a record number of children are living in b&bs beyond the legal limit as england's homelessness crisis pushes councils to breaking point, mps said there's a dire need for housing reform, with the lack of affordable

homes forcing cash strapped local authorities to haemorrhage their funds on temporary accommodation. the rising number of homeless households in england is making this situation anything but temporary. length of stays has increased significantly in many areas since 2021, with particularly long stays in london and the south—east. the data shows. 6000 of these households included children, of which 2 in 3 had been living there for longer than the six week legal limit. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> good afternoon britain. it's now eight minutes past midday and people across the uk. well, many are being urged to stay indoors and avoid travel at all costs after storm ewen rolls into town. >> yes, forecasters have issued a rare threat to life. red weather warning across scotland and northern ireland as wind speeds hit over 100mph.

>> joining us now is our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie and our scotland reporter, tony mcguire dougie. we're going to start with you. of course, the storm hit northern ireland first. what happened? >> well, about 2:00 this morning, it hit cork in the repubuc morning, it hit cork in the republic of ireland, travelling northwards. winds of over 114 miles an hour recorded. that is the highest in ireland's history. it did substantial damage, taking out much power lines etc. on the way to northern ireland. about 6:00 this morning we came on breakfast. the storm was really just hitting us. it followed a heavy shower of rain that was on from about 3:00 in the morning. so the rain really stopped and what really happened was massive gusts came in off the sea and those gusts did substantial damage to buildings, power lines. 93,000 people without power in northern ireland. you 1513 00:09:57,744 --> 00: