we strike by border force staff.e want to wait to hear what heathrow, gatwick, birmingham , heathrow, gatwick, birmingham, glasgow and manchester airports are all affected. however heathrow claims it's operating as normal. military personnel and volunteers from the civil service have been trained to step in. rishi sunak insists pubuc step in. rishi sunak insists public sector pay must be controlled to keep down inflation. first of all, i'm saddened and disappointed about disruption that is being caused to so many people's lives, particularly at christmas time. what i'm trying to do is make the right long term decisions for the country, for everybody's benefit. and i think we all know that the major economic we all face now is inflation. it's inflation eating into inflation that's eating into everyone's packets rising everyone's pay packets is rising cost of living. and i want to make sure that we inflation. part of that is responsible when it comes to setting public sector pay . gb news on the sector pay. gb news on

several border force officials will walk out , which border force officials will walk out, which willor airports around the uk that days again december 23rd. so one would imagine obviously time to impact lot of people flying in or out for christmas. we'll bnng or out for christmas. we'll bring you more details on that a little bit later. that has just dropped in last few moments. dropped in the last few moments. we'll you back the we'll bring you back of the saying very, very saying on that very, very shortly. to linda now. sorry, linda. it's a cut across that i take on board. what saying before, is that before, which is that union leaders immense pressure leaders under immense pressure from workers from the from that their workers etc. all of that etc. don't get all of that stuff. but i stuff. absolutely but then i read things this when it read things like this when it comes the rmt, the group was comes to the rmt, the group was a key of alex gordon, a a key backer of alex gordon, a marxist an executive committee member of the communist party in britain who serves as the rmt presiden

the border force staff are civil servants.jority to go on strike. they are being offered a 2% pay rise even though they know it is the lowest in the economy and many of them are using food banks and claiming benefits. but the government, for six months, hasjust said there but the government, for six months, has just said there is no but the government, for six months, hasjust said there is no money, it is 2% and we are going to cut thousands ofjobs and slash your redundancy terms by 30%. it's a massive attack on people who were clapped by this government in the pandemic for delivering the furlough scheme, keeping ourjustice system running on our transport and borders open. so it's a terrible thing the government is doing to its own workforce and the strike is a last resort. unfortunately, it is likely to escalate injanuary if the government refused to talk. it government refused to talk. it sounds like you have a long way to 90, sounds like you have a long way to go, many more hours around the table. what if you don't get what

. managerialfigures from border force. seem to be smooth, we have had reports from manchester and heathrow where there are also no reports of any big issues or any kind of chaos so far. of course, the unions are saying that these people are not fully trained, these army, raf, navy people, they are not trained to look at things like forged documents, they are not trained to look out for things like people being trafficked are involved in modern day slavery. they say they could be a minor glitch that could really set the system back, a difficult person to deal with, some people might get through, they say, and that would expose the system and the weaknesses in the system. what they are saying is the border force, in the system. what they are saying is the borderforce, the government, should come forward and settle dispute, aim for more than 2% that is currently on offer, and that is the later resolve this dispute which will be lasting all the way through to the 31st of december, just one break on the 27th, which the leniency

channel it's a border force . travellers it's a border force.ld to expect disruption as border force workers begin . a border force workers begin. a very good morning at 7:00 on friday, the 23rd of december. this is breakfast on tv news this morning with martin daubney and me rosie bikes. here we are. top stories . and me rosie bikes. here we are. top stories. comedians are being warned of travel delays as border force begin. eight days of strike over with postal workers walking out today and more rail chaos on the way. gb news survey reveals more than . news survey reveals more than. half of us think nothing works in this country any more . also in this country any more. also today have threatened to veto nicola sturgeon's gender law after the snp passed a bill that trans people to self their genden trans people to self their gender. and now gb news people's poll we asked voters what they think about the plan to move asylum seekers to rwanda. the process with some surprising results . and it's traditionally results. and it's traditionally busie

the border force staff are civil servants.cs and they are part of our union where 100,000 civil servants voted by a record majority to go on strike. the government has offered a 2% pay rise even though they know it is the lowest in the economy and many of their own workforce are using food banks and claiming benefits. but the government, for six months, hasjust said, "there is no money, it's 2% and we're going to cut thousands ofjobs and slash your redundancy terms by 30%". it's a massive attack on people who were clapped by this government in the pandemic for delivering the furlough scheme, claims to universal credit, keeping ourjustice system running and our transport and borders open. so it's a terrible thing the government is doing to its own workforce and the strike is a last resort. but unfortunately, it's likely to escalate injanuary if the government still refuse to talk. there are concerns that if there are lots of parties on strike at the moment, and it does feel like the winter of strikes, but there are concerns tha

this piece on the front of the times is saying, as border force staff are _ the times is saying, as borderall sorts of different angles and happening at lots of— different angles and happening at lots of different airports. not just focus _ lots of different airports. not just focus on — lots of different airports. not just focus on one particular one, the action— focus on one particular one, the action will— focus on one particular one, the action will affect heathrow, gatwick, birmingham, manchester cardiff. _ gatwick, birmingham, manchester cardiff, glasgow, from the 27th, the 23rd. _ cardiff, glasgow, from the 27th, the 23rd. till— cardiff, glasgow, from the 27th, the 23rd, till boxing day, new year's eve _ 23rd, till boxing day, new year's eve many— 23rd, till boxing day, new year's eve. many flights are projected equating to 200 million airline seats — equating to 200 million airline seats. enormous amount of impact. i'm concerned ahead of this week. we will see _ i'm concerned ahead of this week. we will see how— i'm concerned ahead of this week. we will see how that goes. the i'm c

border force on strike. i'm the people's poll well which turns that 40% of you four turns out that 40% of you four 0% think those 5012 should take off asap . gb news gb news dot off asap. gb news gb news dot uk. we're going to give you your headunes uk. we're going to give you your headlines now. but yes, like i said when i come back, we have the very, very latest from. ongoing violent clashes in. paris, . patrick thank paris, stay tuned. patrick thank . good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm bethany l.s. the gb newsroom. violent clashes have broken out in central paris near to where a gunman opened fire, killing three people from the kurdish community and injuring several others others . members of the others others. members of the community gathered around the police cordon to express anger at the attack raising concerns it be racially motivated . but it be racially motivated. but demonstrations turned into police threw tear gas . police threw tear gas. protesters lit fires in the streets. a 69 year old has been d

border force staff and london.order force staff and driving examiners are the latest to stage industrial action . to stage industrial action. members of the pcc union working at multiple uk airports are continuing their strike over pay, continuing their strike over pay, jobs and conditions. driving examiners have begun five day walkout affecting more than 70 testing centres in. the east of england and the midlands . meanwhile, on the rail network, union members are on strike, causing disruption of . strike, causing disruption of. the great western railway and. west midlands trains. downing is urging unions and employers to reach an agreement. independent's travel correspondent calder told itv news public support is waning . news public support is waning. we got this awful message from the rmt union on christmas eve saying, where's the ministers we want to talk to them. i think there is sense that talking to individual men and women, those the frontline, doing fantastic work , they're exhausted. they work, they're e

and west says it's time to totally disband border force, use the money saved to expand the armed forcesour borders as michelle has said, maybe the right to strike shouldn't be fundamental. this chaos and disruption is outrageous and completely unacceptable. and duncan has said the solution to the strikes are to no longer use the strikes are to no longer use the royal mail, make the country car friendly again, offer an to nurses every to work or get sacked . let's outlaw trade sacked. let's outlaw trade unions that are not fit for purpose anymore . i can feel purpose anymore. i can feel nigel nelson beside me just shaking his head in disbelief. the days that the workers any power gone. nigel nelson and i'm going to come to you in just a moment . now, russia's foreign moment. now, russia's foreign minister , sergei lavrov, has minister, sergei lavrov, has issued a stark to ukraine, stating that either the country fulfils the kremlin's demands or the army decide the fate of the nafion the army decide the fate of the nation . this comes after russian nation. this comes after russian presiden

the border force staff members taking action now?— border force staff members taking action now?ousand civil servants of the union who voted to go on strike because we have been given the lowest pay rise anywhere across the economy, 2%. inflation is at ii%. the government knows the people it employs, 40,000 of them use food banks and thousands claim in work benefits including the people who administer the benefits injob administer the benefits in job centres. administer the benefits injob centres. they are the in work poor. the government has threatened to slash tens of thousands ofjobs in the civil service and we have members injob the civil service and we have members in job centres facing compulsory redundancy, for example in doncaster and liverpool. the government have known for months they have to do something about this crisis but have chosen to refuse to negotiate, refused to put a penny on the table and that has left us with no option other than industrial action. the action at the airports comes after two weeks of driving tests are being cancelled, rural payments agency

what most people watching won't know that border force are know is that border force are actually civily think probably as sort think of them probably as sort a form police officer on the form of police officer on the borders. they're not they civil servants. they part of the civil service structure. at service pay structure. and at various within the civil various ranks within the civil within force, civil , within border force, civil, who've never done a border force job posted in and job before, are posted in and out, back into the sort of what would consider them sort of mainstream service posts again. so that's one thing to consider and think border force itself and i think border force itself needs serious reform in that respect because also has an operational impact . that aside, operational impact. that aside, yes, as you correctly said , your yes, as you correctly said, your introduction to the programme, the army busy training at the moment has been for a few weeks now to step in at certain border posts, including it's great that we can rely on our armed forces, but a private

the striking border force. port of country, as well as the port of new haven . in the other new haven. in the other headunes new haven. in the other headlines coming up, counter—extremism reforms delayed due to a clash, we're told . michael gove and suella told. michael gove and suella brown, we're looking at that in more detail. he'll come out on top . the long awaited overhaul top. the long awaited overhaul of the government programme set back the home secretary back as the home secretary levelling up minister disagreeing over way the disagreeing over the way the review being presented. and disagreeing over the way the reycourse being presented. and disagreeing over the way the reycourse it'slg presented. and disagreeing over the way the reycourse it's the resented. and disagreeing over the way the reycourse it's the yearted. and disagreeing over the way the reycourse it's the year that and disagreeing over the way the reycourse it's the year that we of course it's the year that we lost her majesty queen, our

border force, a border forces at border force, a border force or a passport control?15. let's bring you up to date with the other stories making the headlines this morning. stories making the headlines this morning . four people have this morning. four people have been injured suspect gas been injured in a suspect gas explosion a house in explosion at a house in worcestershire. emergency services were called to the incident in evesham last night shortly after 5 pm. three of the injured were taken to hospital and ten neighbouring properties were evacuated . and properties were evacuated. and the labour party is warning families are losing millions of pounds due to unsolved crimes the party say is more than a million thefts worth all of last yean million thefts worth all of last year, with cases dropped because police failed to find a suspect .labour police failed to find a suspect . labour called the figures disgrace full while a home office spokesperson said the government is supporting the police for record investment and the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers

well tony smith is the former boss of a border force , an international force, an international consultant, consultant on borders. tony, we've heard a lot about nurses strikes and rail strikes . we strikes and rail strikes. we haven't heard much about border force strikes. are these at gatwick and heathrow or will this affect dover, too? so they've announced selective ports of entry. nigel where they're going to strike, they're not single not striking at every single port. think the objective of port. i think the objective of the unions is to cause maximum disruption to travelling public. long queues at passport controls . so one of the unions has actually announced a strike that's the public and commercial services union. there is another union, nigel called the immigration service union, and i was there when they set that up, actually, which has a rather different philosophy, which is they're prepared they're not prepared to walk away completely away from the border completely because there are checks that are done still now at our ports, even on the boats. are checks done because we to

that border force channel today.t word of a small migrant boat coming in to uk territorial waters . and we understand that waters. and we understand that five people were taken off, one small boat because of concerns about the health . it may well about the health. it may well have been weather related and given the very cold temperatures i made channel at the moment. so those five were brought here the last hour by the dover lifeboat and have been taken ashore for assessment and treatment just in the last minutes. the ramsgate lifeboat has also arrived in doven lifeboat has also arrived in dover. now, mark this lifeboat was involved in search and rescue operation has out there since the early . and we believe since the early. and we believe possible that one or more of the bodies may well be on particular lifeboat. we know that at least one body has been brought ashore so far but others i think still be brought ashore. they may well be brought ashore. they may well be on that ramsgate lifeboat thatis be on that rams

well tony smith is the former boss of a border force , an international force, an international consultantnsultant on borders. tony, we've heard a lot about nurses strikes and rail strikes . we strikes and rail strikes. we haven't heard much about border force strikes. are these at gatwick and heathrow or will this affect dover, too? so they've announced selective ports of entry. nigel where they're going to strike, they're not single not striking at every single port. think the objective of port. i think the objective of the unions is to cause maximum disruption to travelling public. long queues at passport controls . so one of the unions has actually announced a strike that's the public and commercial services union. there is another union, nigel called the immigration service union, and i was there when they set that up, actually, which has a rather different philosophy, which is they're prepared they're not prepared to walk away completely away from the border completely because there are checks that are done still now at our ports, even on the boats. are checks done because we to do d

passengers flying into the uk's biggest airports could face delays over christmas as border force staffl eight days of strikes. the us welcomes the removal of peru's left—wing president castilo. he's charged with rebellion, after trying to suspend peru's congress. translation: he has violated the constitution, you cannot go over the constitution and the law. come on england! it's coming home. is qatar ready to welcome gay fans to the world cup? one england supporter shares his experience with us. try to get the flag out and they said, no, no, this is not allowed. and did you find what you were looking for? we'll reveal google�*s most popular search of the year. hello and welcome to the programme. a new documentary promising to reveal the inside story of how the duke and duchess of sussex stepped down from royal duties is due to be released. the first three episodes of netflix's harry & meghan series will become available at 8am gmt. trailers suggest it will reveal more about their relationship with each other, as well as with the media, and the public. our royal correspondent sarah camp

border forces, our armed forces?aden from a village in pakistan. we can go and find saddam hussein holed up in his stronghold and destabilise an area we can't catch. a handful of gangs who are trafficking people over who are trafficking people over who are using the same method. it's like someone using the same bathroom. but the last 20 years with the same driver catching it every day and we're saying, sorry, mate, you all about sorry, mate, what you all about can't him. don't know who can't catch him. don't know who does it. and it's quite astound him for that fact. where are the resources out. but it resources going? out. but it does doesn't this was does seem, doesn't it? this was a omission from rishi a glaring omission from rishi sunak statement yesterday in his five point plan , most of which five point plan, most of which it seems we can already do anyway. it seems like lot of hot air. would you like to see him focus on on plans to crack focus more on on plans to crack down on the on the trafficking gangs ? i

the coast guard helicopters are searching along with documentation from border force . e locals include force. the locals include fishing boats. the royal navy . fishing boats. the royal navy. they're all involved in this active search and rescue operation. it's now more than 6 hours then it's operation unfolded . and the latest unfolded. and the latest information i'm being told is that helicopters have halted another two people in the water . but given the length of those individuals will been in the water. clearly getting to them as quickly as possible is a priority . and it's never, ever priority. and it's never, ever good to be in very, very cold weather conditions . water weather conditions. water conditions in the english channel this time of year or any other type of year. it doesn't take long. i told before , take long. i told before, quickly become hypothermic, as they say . the information that they say. the information that we've got is at least three fatalities teams at the moment told that the accident and emergency, the main trauma centre in the area in as

at six — border force staff at the uk's busiest airports announce eight days of strike action over christmasnd new year. from glasgow and cardiff to london's heathrow and gatwick airports — around 1,000 border staff will walk out from 23rd december until new year's eve — at the height of the christmas getaway. with paramedics and nurses among many others set to walk out, the prime minister has today refused to rule out banning the emergency services from going on strike. if union leaders are not going to be reasonable, then i need to do what i need to do in order to keep people safe and to ensure that people can go about their day—to—day lives free of the enormous disruption that these strikes are going to cause. we'll have the details about how the latest strikes at airports will affect you. also on the programme. 25 arrests in germany — including soldiers and a judge — over a right wing plot to topple the government. england gets its first cold weather warning of the winter, as the whole of the uk braces for an icy arctic blast. and harry and meghan accept an award for tackling racism, ahe

people though, should be prepared for disruption, is the warning from border force chiefs is going to last 8 days. and it's going to be quite significant. now tens of thousands of people have been displaced by flooding in malaysia after days of heavy monsoon. rain in northern that states of cannon tan and turn gonnu our worst hit. landslides and floods have submerged roads, bridges, houses, and cars. emergency services say at least 5 people have been killed for its no, he has more on how the floods are affecting people in the north. wherein a village in pursuit intern gone new state, one of the worst effected areas. nouns, the floods here, people say it was the worst in living memory. waters rose quickly. people barely had time to escape and get to relief centers that the river, not far from the village and heavy rains over the weekend, had caused the river to burst its banks. you can see the extent of the damage caused by flood waters. houses completely destroyed. zinc roofs lie on the ground. trees have been up rooted, water receded several days ago. so people have been able to retu

the public and commercial services union said about 1000 border force staff were expected to walk outly ferry services from france, are also taking part. the action by border force staff is part of a much wider dispute between the government and civil servants overpay in the pensions and possible job losses. —— over pay. they want a 10% wage rise was that they have been offered much less. the government has given its own workforce pay rise even though they know that it's the lowest anywhere in the economy and they know that 40,000 of their own workforce use food banks and 115,000 of them claim in—work benefits. but the government insists it needs to keep a lid on public sector pay as it struggles to curb inflation. when it comes to the difficult question of setting public sector pay, the government has acted fairly and reasonably in accepting all the recommendations of the public sector pay review bodies. that is an independent process the government has listened to. i would urge everybody who is travelling at the moment to please check before you make yourjourney so you know what is

well, joining us now is former border force chief kevin saunders . kevin, what do you saunders. these strikes by the border ? do you have sympathy for border? do you have sympathy for the people going out on strike ? the people going out on strike? i do have some sympathy. they've been offered the said sympathy is absolutely ridiculous . so is absolutely ridiculous. so there is some sympathy there. but i don't think striking the guy would create . the thing is, guy would create. the thing is, i think what a lot of people are saying, kevin, is how come the army can come in a moment's nofice army can come in a moment's notice and do a job that people who have been sort of experienced in the border force have been doing for years and highly trained and all the rest of it. isn't it a bit embarrassing for , the border embarrassing for, the border force that the army come in and seems to be running a lot more smoothly? it normally and the pubuc smoothly? it normally and the public are calling for the army to exactly. is it to remain. well, exactly. is it is embarrassing. no, not is tha

border force staff at airorts he was guilty. border force staff at airports are — he was guilty.over the christmas period. it comes as ministers say they are considering new laws to restrict strike action. nurses, paramedics and rail staff are also due to walk out over the coming weeks. with disruption expected to affect many thousands of passengers, flying into birmingham, cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester. for eight days from the 23rd of december throughout christmas until new year's eve. 1 december throughout christmas until new year's eve-— new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive _ new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season _ new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season that - new year's eve. i have never seen a builder to festive season that looks| builder to festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes and if you managed to get to an airport, where you could find that your flight is disrupted because o

travel is also set to be affected , with border force be affected, with border force staff walking off the job tomorrow striking every until january the first. except for next tuesday. travel simon calder says the situation won't improve any time soon. i'm afraid if on the rails possibly , even in the skies then you could face serious problems . could face serious problems. i've never seen the train as in such disarray . there is not such disarray. there is not going to be any can you believe until . the 9th of january? until. the 9th of january? meanwhile, health are warning of knock on effect following this week's nhs strike . the week's nhs strike. the government is reportedly looking fast track a pay rise next year to avert fresh action . to avert fresh action. scotland's shadow health minister , dr. sandesh geoghegan, minister, dr. sandesh geoghegan, says money isn't the only issue. patient safety also needs to be addressed . imagine if you guys addressed. imagine if you guys were to work or your viewers were to work or your viewers were going to work and not knowing if that day s

armed forces — and 1000 civil servants — will be drafted in to cover for striking ambulance and border force over christmas. and, ukraine's 2023 entry for eurovision — chosen in a live show from a kyiv bomb shelter. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the countdown is under way to the world cup final in qatar — with just four hours to go before argentina face france. both sides have won the trophy twice before — and both sides also lost a match, during the group stages, on their way to the final. this is the scene live in doha — it looks like it will be another warm, dry day. temperatures of around 25 celsius today, that's 77 farenheit. to paris and our correspondent there hugh schofield. how there hugh schofield. are people feeling over whei you how are people feeling over where you are? hat how are people feeling over where ou are? ., w , how are people feeling over where ou are? ., , . ., how are people feeling over where ouare? ., , . ., , you are? not exactly world cup weather here, _ you are? not exactly world cup weather here, i _ you are? not exactly w

border force staff have begun eight days of strikes.rs arriving at london gatwick today. they had been warned to expect delays in passport control, but this morning, there was no sign of that. it was really smooth and really nice. unexpected, because we'd received lots of warnings that there were going to be big queues. i was watching the news as i flew in and it said there were going to be two—hour delays and all that stuff, but there was nothing. it was super easy, super open, quick and efficient. it was really easy, so maybe it will get worse later or tomorrow. but so far, i had a chilled experience. the public and commercial services union said about 1000 border force staff were expected to walk out. six airports are affected. they include london heathrow and gatwick as well as manchester, glasgow, birmingham and cardiff. workers at the port of new haven, which has daily ferry services from france, are also taking part. the action by border force staff is part of a much wider dispute between the government and civil servants over pa

officials . for border force officials. unions claim the country's borders are less secure as . more borders are less secure as. more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay . a senior source has over pay. a senior source has told that passport control are running very smoothly at all six airports where those officials have walked out. meanwhile labour mp khalid mahmood told us he would support a general strike, but sport support the rights of the people to be able to stroke strike if they want to coordinate that their at will to do that. and if you call that a general strike, yes. because the people who work want to have the right sort of and conditions and they should be able to do that . they should be able to do that. a third man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23 year old cody fisher on boxing day. the non—league footballer was stabbed to death in the cray in birmingham, which now faces closure. west midlands police have said a 22 year old man has been detained in london. he's th

officials . for border force officials. unions claim the country's borders are less secure as . more borders are less secure as. more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay . a senior source has over pay. a senior source has told that passport control are running very smoothly at all six airports where those officials have walked out. meanwhile labour mp khalid mahmood told us he would support a general strike, but sport support the rights of the people to be able to stroke strike if they want to coordinate that their at will to do that. and if you call that a general strike, yes. because the people who work want to have the right sort of and conditions and they should be able to do that . they should be able to do that. a third man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23 year old cody fisher on boxing day. the non—league footballer was stabbed to death in the cray in birmingham, which now faces closure. west midlands police have said a 22 year old man has been detained in london. he's th

a strike action by border force staff disrupts . the border force staff disrupts.he plans of those hoping to travel by today. heathrow, gatwick birmingham, cardiff, glasgow and airports will all be . however airports will all be. however heathrow does say that it's operating as normal military personnel and volunteers from the civil service have been trained . step in. rishi says trained. step in. rishi says pubuc trained. step in. rishi says public sector pay must be controlled in order keep down inflation . first of all, i'm inflation. first of all, i'm really sad on disappointed about the disruption that has been caused to so many people whose lives, particularly at christmas time. what i'm trying to do is make the right term decisions for the country , everybody's for the country, everybody's benefit. and i think we all know that the major economic challenge we all face now is inflation. eating inflation. it's that's eating into package . into everyone's pay package. it's rising. the cost of living. and i want to make sure that we reduce inflation. part of that

from friday, several days of a border force strike will begin, with significant disruption expected att iain watson. with more strikes in the health service just days away, the government response is focused on how to lessen the impact. 60c! government response is focused on how to lessen the impact. 600 troops will be be -- — how to lessen the impact. 600 troops will be be -- be _ how to lessen the impact. 600 troops will be be -- be deployed _ how to lessen the impact. 600 troops will be be -- be deployed as - how to lessen the impact. 600 troops will be be -- be deployed as amulet l will be be —— be deployed as amulet drivers on wednesday in england if that strike goes ahead. —— ambulance drivers. unison leaders say their staff will return to the wards on tuesday but only if the government are ready to talk about pay. so are they? i are ready to talk about pay. so are the ? ., ., are ready to talk about pay. so are the? ., , they? i have to say, we will be resolute in _ they? i have to say, we will be resolute in response _ they? i have to say, we will be resolute in response to - t

the defence secretary also insisted uk borders safe as the military steps to cover for striking border forcefficials. unions the country's borders are less secure as more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay. a senior source has told gb news the passport control operations are running very smoothly at six airports where those officials have walked . meanwhile, labour have walked. meanwhile, labour mp khalid mahmood has told us he would support a general strike but sport supported the rights of the people to be able stroke strike if they want to coordinate that they are totally at will to do that. and if you want to call that a general strike. yes because the people who work want to have the right sort of pay and conditions and they should able to do that . they should be able to do that. tv online and radio, this gb news. now it's over deadline is . news. now it's over deadline is. hello and welcome to headliners your first look at friday's newspaper. i'm andrew doyle i'm joined tonight by our very own leo kearse and paul cox . so leo kearse and paul cox. so le

this in the border force and the government have got to do better on the offer, but the borderfor saleter on the offer, but the border for sale a top priority today is security, they do not went to risk the uk borders. there were a lot of contingency plans in place, and so far they say things are going smoothly.- plans in place, and so far they say things are going smoothly. thank you ve much things are going smoothly. thank you very much duncan _ things are going smoothly. thank you very much duncan kennedy— things are going smoothly. thank you very much duncan kennedy reporting| very much duncan kennedy reporting from gatwick airport. also taking action overwinter, royal mail staff, who are part of the communications workers union, are back on the picket line again today and tomorrow. it's over an ongoing dispute about pay and job conditions — but as many of these strikes have taken place in the run—up to the festive period, businesses relying on christmas sales say they've suffered as a result. joining me now is dave ward, general secretary of the communications workers union. thank

armed forces — and 1,000 civil servants — will be drafted in to cover for striking ambulance and border force over christmas. and, ukraine's 2023 entry for eurovision, chosen in a live show from a kyiv bomb shelter. hello and welcome to bbc news. the countdown is under way to the world cup final in qatar, with just five hours to go before argentina face france. both sides have won the trophy twice before, and both sides also lost a match during the group stages, on their way to the final. this is the scene live in doha. it looks like it will be another warm, dry day. temperatures of around 25 celsius today — 77 farenheit. we'll be speaking to an argentinian footballjournalist in buenos aires in a moment. but first, this report from our paris correspondent lucy williamson. for french footballers, team loyalty is a way to win matches. for french fans, it is a way of life. for guillaume, practising his game near paris this week, not even argentina can shake his faith in the national side. nothing. because i know that we have the best team in the world and that will never change. i am only 19 yea

the defence secretary also insisted uk borders safe as the military steps to cover for striking border forcefficials. unions the country's borders are less secure as more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay. a senior source has told gb news the passport control operations are running very smoothly at six airports where those officials have walked . meanwhile, labour have walked. meanwhile, labour mp khalid mahmood has told us he would support a general strike but sport supported the rights of the people to be able stroke strike if they want to coordinate that they are totally at will to do that. and if you want to call that a general strike. yes because the people who work want to have the right sort of pay and conditions and they should able to do that . they should be able to do that. tv online and radio, this gb news. now it's over deadline is . news. now it's over deadline is. hello and welcome to headliners your first look at friday's newspaper. i'm andrew doyle i'm joined tonight by our very own leo kearse and paul cox . so leo kearse and paul cox. so le

the stray particularly focusing on the uk border— particularly focusing on the uk border force strikess sony says, we don't know how impactful they are --oin we don't know how impactful they are going to _ we don't know how impactful they are going to he _ we don't know how impactful they are going to be at this stage, but they are certainly coming at a very difficult — are certainly coming at a very difficult time, notjust are certainly coming at a very difficult time, not just for the aviation— difficult time, not just for the aviation industry, but, of course, for the _ aviation industry, but, of course, for the british public who are desperate after a couple of years of very difficult christmases to return to something resembling normality, and they— to something resembling normality, and they may not get that. we talk a lot when_ and they may not get that. we talk a lot when we — and they may not get that. we talk a lot when we are commenting on the use strikes— lot when we are commenting on the use strikes about public opinion and when _ use strikes about public opinion and when

the armed forces were trained up as border forces prepared to walk out too.ut peace and harmony, there isn't quite. the whirlwind of 2022 has left the conservatives badly damaged, and labour sensing the possibility of power. attention is now turning to the next general election and who might end up in the building behind me after that. it's not expected until 2024, but the run—up starts now. today we are following a band of cloud and rain that is moving its way northwards into the uk and following that we have seen some clear skies in the south—west as the cloud moves northward. bringing some heavy rain this evening across much of northern england and across northern ireland heading at southern scotland. to the south of the air is milder, quite breezy in the south—west. things are colder in the north. as the lead with moved into the cold in scotland only will we see rain but we will see some sleet and some snow falling. mainly over the hills to the north of the central belt. things are a little bit colder in scotland, not desperately cold but further south it

members of the armed forces are being draughted in to drive ambulances and fill in for border force staffs warned the armed forces are not spare capacity for striking workers. there's political on ministers too, with a handful of conservative mps saying they should reconsider. i think there is a real merit in having another look at the negotiations and seeing where they can get to. if that doesn't happen, unions have warned they will hold more strikes in the new year. jonathan blake, bbc news. colonel richard kemp is a former british army commander, who served in the armed forces for more than 20 years. i asked him what he thought about the government calling in members of the military to cover for striking ambulance workers and border force staff this christmas it's definitely a role the armed forces should be playing if they have to, as a last resort if nothing else can be done. nevertheless, that is why they are there. ultimately, they are an extremely reliable organisation that can be depended upon to keep emergency services, whether it be borders or ambulances, running when everythin

these are border force workers. they're employed by the home office that public sector workers working at airports and the dates that we're talking about up essentially the peak times that people will be wanting to either get away for a bit of winter sun or perhaps return home to their home countries to see their families after having spent time working here in the u. k. the data from the december 23rd all the way through to new year's eve. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people who are going to be affected. border force are basically saying that they've met with the government, but they're rejecting a 2 percent pay rise, that the government had offered marks to walker the union boss saying they keep saying the door is open up. but there's a very strange door because there's nothing behind it, and it's simply that the government offer not enough for the union in response or he the heathrow airport. as spokesman said, we're working closely with airlines to try to mitigate the impact that passengers are a

there will be even more strikes, the pcs union who represent border force staff at six british airportsng christmas and after christmas and during new year and if you add that to the train strikes, you have a lot of travel disruption. so the person i call when i want to know if i can go on holiday is simon calder from the independent. hello. my goodness! merry christmas! i desperately want everybody to have a lovely holiday but i'm afraid, having four weeks, i thought, the train strikes will be settled and the pcs dispute will probably go away also and it will be fine, but i have to say it looks like everything is going ahead and i am very sorry to say that on the trains, millions will have theirjourney plans torn up. in the skies it remains to be seen. when i was looking at the newspapers on thursday morning after this news broke on wednesday night about border force, i was thinking it might not be that bad because lots of people will be leaving the country and you don't see a border force person when you leave. but i then thought, hang on, it is all a big conveyor belt and that is not

and he rejected any suggestion that borders were less secure when manned by the armed forces. elp out when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function, backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. the tuc boss said today he hoped compromise could be reached, but as things stand, the new year will bring further walkouts. katie austin, bbc news. now, sport time. holly hamilton has all the news. netherlands forward cody gakpo said he was persuaded to join liverpool by his international captain virgil van dijk, who also plays at the premier league club. gakpo, who scored three goals at the world cup, willjoin liverpool from psv eindhoven for a reported initialfee of around 45 million dollars. it's been reported that manchester united were also chasing the player before liverpool sealed the deal. gakpo told the club's website that van dijk said the club is like a �*realfamily�*. his new bossjurgen klopp admitted this signing could impact further new arrivals in this window. it's like this for all p

passengers arriving at britain's busiest airports — with warnings of delays at passport control as border forcefficials begin an eight day strike over pay and pensions. soldiers and civil servant volunteers have been trained to conduct checks to try to minimise disruption. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for review 2022. the death of her majesty the queen and accession of king charles created headlines around the world in september. just three months earlier the royal family had marked queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee. daniella relph reports on a year of upheaval and transition in the royal year. a year the world mourned queen elizabeth ii. # i am the resurrection. her funeral a show of pomp and precision like few had ever seen. # he that believeth in me. thousands joined the queue to see the queen lying—in—state. for the new king, his was a public grief. just three months earlier, the queen celebrated her platinum jubilee. with herfamily, the

add to the list of those already taking industrial action this month, a thousand borders border forcetion expected to affect many thousands of passengers flying into birmingham, just cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester, for eight days from the 23rd of december, throughout christmas, until new year's eve. i've never seen a build—up to the festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes. and if you manage to get it to an airport, well, you could find that your flight is disrupted because of the uk border force strike. all i can say is, good look everybody. good luck everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take longer on strike days, as around three in every four officials that check your passport are likely to strike. their union boss says the action is necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics and other people in the public sector, have no option other than to take industrial action, because our members currently are skipping meals, not being ab

meanwhile union chiefs say border force strikes could go on for six months unless the government joins. a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada — more than 200 million people are under weather warnings — with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. multiple arrests in afghanistan, after protesters marched in outrage at the taliban's latest prohibition on women attending universities. and the british husband and wife duo that have more singles at christmas than the beatles. meet ladbaby who bagged number one for the fifth time. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world — a gunman has shot and killed two men and a woman in central paris. all were of turkish—kurdish descent. police say the attacker, who was 69, was acting out of hatred of foreigners. he has been arrested. he had just been released from detention for targeting an african migrant camp in paris a yearago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters started a fire in the stre

and he rejected any suggestion that borders were less secure when manned by the armed forces. of the armed forces that have come to help out when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function, backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. the tuc boss said today he hoped compromise could be reached, but as things stand, the new year will bring further walkouts. katie austin, bbc news. holly hamilton has all the sport. australia's cricketers have sealed a series win over south africa with one match still left to play. the aussies bowled south africa out for 204 on day four in melbourne to win the second test by an innings and 182 runs. spinner nathan lyon took three wickets while temba bavuma's 65 proved to be in vain for south africa. the third and final test in sydney starts on the 3rd of january. meanwhile, in the first test in karachi, pakistan were 77 for 2 in their second innings at the close on day four — trailing by 97, after new zealand declared their first innings on 612 for 9. kane wil

same time we see a report in, the times estimates that 80% of flights could be cancelled over border forcee as well . so another force strike as well. so another sector striking or surely all of is going to undermine people's support for workers who are striking through unions. i just say again that i think it's really unhelpful to segment the workforce into know striking workers and rest of the at the country because you know those striking workers will be users of all the other services and i actually think that's that's a lot of populous also that the strike because i was on the streets of events and this talking to people in advance of the by—election there asking people how they felt about some of these actions that's actually i find quite a level of public support because i think many people think that you know they're next in firing line for having their living standards attacked . that's an interesting attacked. that's an interesting perspective. i agree. i think most people are actually against the strikes because it's implementing . it's impacting implementing. it's impacting the

that is passports rather than members of the uk border force.warnings by the biggest budget airline easyjet of two hour delays, it is the busiest day of the winter for many of these airports and they seem to be getting through it quite successfully. trio and they seem to be getting through it quite successfully.— it quite successfully. no impact on departures? _ it quite successfully. no impact on departures? obviously _ it quite successfully. no impact on departures? obviously a _ it quite successfully. no impact on departures? obviously a lot i it quite successfully. no impact on departures? obviously a lot of- departures? obviously a lot of people are hoping to escape after christmas. ., ., , , christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns, christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns. that _ christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns, that the _ christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns, that the effect _ christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns, that the effect of _ christmas. no, absolutely there were concerns, that the effect