baroness hallett is not the kind of woman you mess with, to be honest, is she?kind of woman you mess with, to be honest, is she?— be honest, is she? no, she has a statutory underpinning _ be honest, is she? no, she has a statutory underpinning to - be honest, is she? no, she has a statutory underpinning to this - statutory underpinning to this public inquiry. set statutory underpinning to this public inquiry-— public inquiry. set by the government. _ public inquiry. set by the government. set - public inquiry. set by the government. set by - public inquiry. set by the government. set by the l public inquiry. set by the _ government. set by the government and boris johnson _ government. set by the government and boris johnson when _ government. set by the government and boris johnson when he - government. set by the government and boris johnson when he set - government. set by the government and boris johnson when he set up i government. set by the government. and boris johnson when he set up the and borisjohnson when he set up the inquiry. we must wait to see wh

the inquiry chair baroness hallett agreeing to extemt— baroness hallett agreeing to extemt the— baronessknow, whenever you put his name in a sentence, yeure— put his name in a sentence, yeue utmest— put his name in a sentence, you're almost bound to find ehues— you're almost bound to find chaos following— you're almost bound to find chaos following it along. now it reutty— chaos following it along. now it reutty ts— chaos following it along. now it reutty ts u— chaos following it along. now it really is a terrible— chaos following it along. now it really is a terrible story in the— really is a terrible story in the semse— really is a terrible story in the sense that— really is a terrible story in the sense that we have really tmeertumt— the sense that we have really important matters to decide. tee-ve— important matters to decide. tte-ve uet— important matters to decide. tee-ye eet um— important matters to decide. we've got an inquiry which has hurety— we've got an inquiry which has hurety eet— we've got an inquiry which has barely got started— we've got an inquiry which has barely got s

baroness hallett, the over. baroness hallett, the enen— over. baroness hallett, the enen en— over.s hallett, the chair of the inquiry , has given chair of the inquiry, has given enen — chair of the inquiry, has given enen unen— chair of the inquiry, has given enen nnm 4— chair of the inquiry, has given them until 4 p.m._ chair of the inquiry, has given them until 4 pm. on thursday to them until 4 p.m. on thursday to nann— them until 4 p.m. on thursday to nene even— them until 4 pm. on thursday to nene ene— them until 4 pm. on thursday to hand over the documents or face enninn— hand over the documents or face criminal prosecution. a spokesperson- criminal prosecution. a spokesperson for boris johnson says— spokesperson for boris johnson says nee— spokesperson for boris johnson eeye ne-e gen— spokesperson for boris johnson eeye ne-e gen ne— spokesperson for boris johnson says he's got no objection to enclosing— says he's got no objection to disclosing the _ says he's got no objection to disclosing the evidence. the nine— disclosing the evidence. the prime minister— disclosing the evi

, as you say— led by baroness hallett, as you say .— led by baroness hallett, as you say , antomain. now, the cabinet office i think it— public domain. now, the cabinet office i think it is— public domain. now, the cabinet office i think it is their season— office i think it is their decision to— office i think it is their decision to make whether they thtnt— decision to make whether they thtnt h— decision to make whether they thtnt h ts— decision to make whether they think it is relevant or not to the— think it is relevant or not to the tneutry. — think it is relevant or not to the inquiry. that's where they-re— the inquiry. that's wherei they're-moment. the inquiry. that's where- they're-moment. also, they're at at the moment. also, mtntsters— they're at at the moment. also, ministers behind— they're at at the moment. also, ministers behind scenes are ministers behind the scenes are pretty— ministers behind the scenes are pretty wary— ministers behind the scenes are pretty wary ahout— ministers behind the scenes are pretty wary about setting a presetent— pretty wary about set

is it right that baroness nattett— is it right that baroness hallett is— is it right that baroness hallettic tenatn. — taken further into the public domain. that— taken further into the public domain. that is— taken further into the public domain. : domain. that is the fundamental question. i think that's where the challenge is for the cabinet office for and the government, because it does set a precedent that the incumbent prime that anybody the incumbent prime minister, a former prime minister, a former prime minister, and let's be honest, there's a question here about this platform, whatsapp, because it as a private chat . it was seen as a private chat. it it wasn't seen as a mechanism to do formal government conversation. now if conversations bled into whatsapp, which all of our lives is proliferated , hasn't it, is proliferated, hasn't it, this, this this thing that suddenly emerged we used to do sms does anybody do that old fashioned text message anymore? we do whatsapp. we do direct messaging. do actually , messaging. so do i actually, i've signal. we've got all i've got signal. we'

is it right that baroness hattett— is it right that baroness hallett is— is it right that baroness hallettss relevant to be taken further into the public tamah. — taken further into the public domain. that— taken further into the public domain. that is— taken further into the public domain. : domain. that is the fundamental question. i think that's where the challenge is for the cabinet office for and the government, because it does set a precedent that the incumbent prime that anybody the incumbent prime minister, a former prime minister, a former prime minister, and let's be honest, there's a question here about this platform, whatsapp, because it as a private chat . it was seen as a private chat. it it wasn't seen as a mechanism to do formal government conversation. now if conversations bled into whatsapp, which all of our lives is proliferated , hasn't it, is proliferated, hasn't it, this, this this thing that suddenly emerged we used to do sms does anybody do that old fashioned text message anymore? we do whatsapp. we do direct messaging. do actually , messaging. so do i actually, i'v

yes baroness hallett. the inquiry's chairwoman- pandemic. yes baroness hallett.— the government aren't digging in. this is completely unprecedented, isn't it? yeah it's unprecedented, isn't it? yeah it garte— unprecedented, isn't it? yeah it's quite something, isn't it, when— it's quite something, isn't it, when yea— it's quite something, isn't it, when you think— it's quite something, isn't it, when you think about how long ago when you think about how long age thts— when you think about how long age thts hgttry— when you think about how long ago this inquiry was set up, that— ago this inquiry was set up, that thts— ago this inquiry was set up, that this inquiry is barely got going,— that this inquiry is barely got gehg, tts— that this inquiry is barely got going, it's still— that this inquiry is barely got going, it's still fighting over what— going, it's still fighting over what-tt— going, it's still fighting over what-rt tah- going, it's still fighting over what-it can get. going, it's still fighting over what it can get to what evidence it can get to reatty—

baroness hallett, who leads the inquiry, has given the government until 4pm tomorrow to hand over thein full. the cabinet office has been arguing that some of the material is not relevant to the inquiry�*s work. mrjohnson says he will hand over the material directly if needed. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. what's this row about? what do they tell us about the state of the row? this what do they tell us about the state of the row? , , ., ., ., ., of the row? this is a row about what official records _ of the row? this is a row about what official records the _ of the row? this is a row about what official records the government - of the row? this is a row about what official records the government is i official records the government is going to hand over to the public inquiry about the handling of the covid pandemic. borisjohnson is out of government now, is a third character in this story. so the covid inquiry which has been doing a lot of work behind—the—scenes has asked the cabinet to provide it with boris johnson's whatsapp asked the cabinet to provid

, who's inquiry, baroness hallett, who's the chairwoman— inquiry, baroness hallett, who's the need all this stuff. and she's going,— you don't need all this stuff. and she's going, well, i'll aeewe— and she's going, well, i'll decide what— and she's going, well, i'll decide what we need. and i guess tney-ne— decide what we need. and i guess aney-ne eeaea— decide what we need. and i guess they're scared of— decide what we need. and i guess they're scared of this stuff coming— they're scared of this stuff caning ant. — they're scared of this stuff coming out. it's- they're scared of this stuff coming out. it's amazing me coming out. it's amazing to me after— coming out. it's amazing to me after-wan— coming out. it's amazing to me after- nixon that- coming out. it's amazing to me after nixon that people after even nixon that people enu— after even nixon that people still communicate freely through whatsapp— still communicate freely through whatsapp-and- still communicate freely through whatsapp and just whatsapp messages and just aen-t— whatsapp messages and just aren't aware tha

now the woman who was sharing that is a former appeal courtjudge, baroness hallett, and a late aprilhat borisjohnson had sent to a whatsapp group and number of different senior members of the government, people like the chief medical officer chris woody and people like the now prime minister and then chancellor rishi sunak. she has written a letter because failure to comply will be a criminal offence and says that's because some of the evidence she had been sent by the cabinet office previously from other people and their messages have been redacted as in bits were blocked out. she sent this legal notice than to demand this and she also wants 24 notebooks worth of contemporaneous notes that borisjohnson was keeping over a two—year period between january 2020 and february 2022. this is what she asked for in the cabinet office though challenged that request saying that some of that material would be unambiguously irrelevant to the inquiry and so should therefore be blocked out and redacted. she did not accept that and rejected that argument say that it actually was her and her inquiry

requests— comply with baroness hallett reouests tor— comply with baroness hallett requests forghe— into the wrong hands. just trhoghelh— into the wrong hands. just imagine in nuclear bombs in imagine ai in nuclear bombs in north— imagine ai in nuclear bombs in north-veh— imagine ai in nuclear bombs in north-yeah, you're- imagine ai in nuclear bombs in north _yeah, you're noti north korea. yeah, you're not helping and plus we helping here. and plus. plus we go back to that schofield issue again. we do not going away senior executives of itv before a select committee of mps next week. hopefully the mps will ask gooe— week. hopefully the mps will ask goot ont— hopefully the mps will ask good and challenging questions, hopefully the mps will ask good annotiallenging questions, hopefully the mps will ask good annot so.enging questions, hopefully the mps will ask good annot so sure ng questions, hopefully the mps will ask good annot so sure i've uestions, hopefully the mps will ask good annot so sure i've got ions, but i'm not so sure i've got hush— but i'm not so sure i've got much

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting teetetone— baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made— baronessd exchanges between boris johnson eet eentot— exchanges between boris johnson and senior government ministers , otwt— and senior government ministers , otwt eewonte— and senior government ministers , civil servants and— and senior government ministers , civil servants and their otweete— , civil servants and their advisers during the pandemic. wett— advisers during the pandemic. wett, twmtng— advisers during the pandemic. well, turning our— advisers during the pandemic. well, turning our attention now to totteeot— well, turning our attention now to portugal, where gb news understands— to portugal, where gb news understands the authorities twettng— understands the authorities twettng tot— understands the authorities hunting for clues to the disappearance of madeleine woconw— disappearance of madeleine mccann, will— disappearance of madeleine mccann, will continue their eewet— mccann, will continue their eewet tot— mccann, will continue their eewet to o— mccann, will continue their search

, who's inquiry, baroness hallett, who's the chairwoman— inquiry, baroness hallett, who's the need all this stuff. and she's going,— you don't need all this stuff. and she's going, well, i'll aeewe— and she's going, well, i'll decide what— and she's going, well, i'll decide what we need. and i guess tney-ne— decide what we need. and i guess aney-ne eeaea— decide what we need. and i guess they're scared of— decide what we need. and i guess they're scared of this stuff coming— they're scared of this stuff caning ant. — they're scared of this stuff coming out. it's- they're scared of this stuff coming out. it's amazing me coming out. it's amazing to me after— coming out. it's amazing to me after-wan— coming out. it's amazing to me after- nixon that- coming out. it's amazing to me after nixon that people after even nixon that people enu— after even nixon that people still communicate freely through whatsapp— still communicate freely through whatsapp-and- still communicate freely through whatsapp and just whatsapp messages and just aen-t— whatsapp messages and just aren't aware tha

, tenantet— chaired by baroness hallett, demanded the— chaired by baroness hallett, demanded theing the duration of the pandemic. the cabinet office neetetet— the pandemic. the cabinet office resisted these— the pandemic. the cabinet office resisted these demands and tnetetet— resisted these demands and insisted the— resisted these demands and insisted the inquiry did not have— insisted the inquiry did not have the— insisted the inquiry did not have the powers to request, ewete— have the powers to request, ewetelan— have the powers to request, quote an unambiguously quote, an unambiguously tnetewant— quote, an unambiguouslyi irrelevant—that quote, an unambiguously. irrelevant—that is irrelevant information that is hewent— irrelevant information that is hewent the— irrelevant information that is beyond the scope of this investigation— beyond the scope of this investigation .- beyond the scope of this investigation . ian meanwhile, investigation. ian meanwhile, nette— investigation. ian meanwhile, boris-insisted- investigation. ian meanwhile, boris-insisted he- investigation. ian m

, is saying, that is “p baroness hallett, is saying, that is up to me, it is not up to the governmentpast _ inquiry has even got going. thank you. ten past seven. _ inquiry has even got going. thank you. ten past seven. i _ inquiry has even got going. thank you. ten past seven. i said - inquiry has even got going. thank you. ten past seven. i said we - inquiry has even got going. thank i you. ten past seven. i said we would get the latest from moscow as well because there have been reports of explosions there this morning. we can speak now to our tsmyh editor steve rosenberg. i understand you heard some of these explosions from home? yes. understand you heard some of these explosions from home?— explosions from home? yes, that's riuht. this explosions from home? yes, that's right. this morning, _ explosions from home? yes, that's right. this morning, 6:24am, - explosions from home? yes, that's right. this morning, 6:24am, i- explosions from home? yes, that's i right. this morning, 6:24am, i noted the time, i heard an explosion and the time, i heard an explosion and the windows —— in t

agreeing to envene— baroness hallett agreeing to evieni ine— baroness hallett agreeing to extendatsapp messages from that period when he was chancellor. so it's not quite clear, but he could be mixed up in it too. olivia, thank you. olivia utley gb news, political repener— olivia utley gb news, political repener .— olivia utley gb news, political reporter . watch— olivia utley gb news, political reporter . watch this space. i'm reporter. watch this space. i'm going— reporter. watch this space. i'm geing eve— reporter. watch this space. i'm geing new— reporter. watch this space. i'm going over now though, to a man ene-s— going over now though, to a man vies-gei— going over now though, to a man wne-s-gei sireng- going over now though, to a man who's got strong views is who's always got strong views is ierner— who's always got strong views is ierner-eiviser- who's always got strong views is former adviser john former labour adviser john neiernen— former labour adviser john mcternan. john,- former labour adviser john mcternan. john, great to have you— mcternan. john, great to have yo

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting teetetere— baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made— baronessfabric and other items that are now being sent off for more detailed analysis at police laboratories. and i guess we werte— laboratories. and i guess we werte teet— laboratories. and i guess we would look at— laboratories. and i guess we would look at this- and i guess we would look at this added errterrert— would look at this added equipment, the brush cutters and excavators and _ equipment, the brush cutters and excavators and so— equipment, the brush cutters and excavators and so on, bearing in rrtrt— excavators and so on, bearing in rrtrt tre— excavators and so on, bearing in rrtrt tre tret— excavators and so on, bearing in mind the fact that— excavators and so on, bearing in mind the fact that she disappeared- mind the fact that she disappeared in two thousand and r tet— disappeared in two thousand and r tet et— disappeared in two thousand and seven, a lot of that— disappeared in two thousand and seven, a lot of that vegetation werte— seven, a lot of that vegetation werte rrwe— se

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made by the cabinet office to redact some of the materialver claims that she requested civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course. in a letter to the home secretary, rishi sunak said he'd been told by his independent ethics adviser that although her actions that her actions did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code, the home secretary has apologised for the distraction it caused to the government . you're up to date on government. you're up to date on tv online dab+ radio and the tune in app here with gb news the people's . the people's. channel in an extraordinary the people's. channel- . in an extraordinary row, in an extraordinary row, cabinet . in an extraordinary row, cabinet office— . in an extraordinary row, cabinet office civil- in an extraordinary row, cabinet office civil servants mave— cabinet office civil servants have passed— cabinet office civil servants have passed on— cabinet office civil servants have passed on concerns about ieckdewm— have passed on concerns about lockdown breaches at chequers darin

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made by the cabinet office to redact some of the materialndemic. and the prime minister has confirmed today suella braverman will not face a formal investigation over claims that she requested civil servants arrange a private speed awareness course. in a letter to the home secretary, rishi sunak said he'd been told by his independent ethics adviser that her actions did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code. the home secretary has apologised for the distraction it caused to the government . it caused to the government. arnie a gb news understands that the authorities in portugal hunting for clues to the disappearance of madeleine mccann will continue their search for a third day tomorrow. nato police have been using mechanical undergrowth , cutters, mechanical undergrowth, cutters, radar rakes and poles and were seen removing a number of sealed bags from the scene. today. investigators are looking for any sign that the three year old was at the arade dam and reservoir which was visited a number of times by prime suspect in the case,

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made by the cabinet office to redact some of the materialndemic. and the prime minister has confirmed today suella braverman will not face a formal investigation over claims that she requested civil servants arrange a private speed awareness course. in a letter to the home secretary, rishi sunak said he'd been told by his independent ethics adviser that her actions did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code. the home secretary has apologised for the distraction it caused to the government . it caused to the government. arnie a gb news understands that the authorities in portugal hunting for clues to the disappearance of madeleine mccann will continue their search for a third day tomorrow. nato police have been using mechanical undergrowth , cutters, mechanical undergrowth, cutters, radar rakes and poles and were seen removing a number of sealed bags from the scene. today. investigators are looking for any sign that the three year old was at the arade dam and reservoir which was visited a number of times by prime suspect in the case,

chairwoman baroness hallett is rejecting decisions made by the cabinet office to redact some of the material brush cutter to hunt for clues in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. earlier officers were using radars , officers were using radars, rakes and poles, and they were also seen removing a number of bags of potential evidence. gb news has been told that the investigators are looking for any sign that the three year old was taken to the reservoir, which was visited a number of times by prime suspect christian brueckner , the police watchdog brueckner, the police watchdog will investigate a road crash in cardiff after cctv footage has emerged from the day two teenagers were killed . south teenagers were killed. south wales police have received a received a video showing a police van following a bike minutes before the fatal incident. 16 year old kyrees sullivan and 15 year old harvey evans were killed in the ely area on monday. their deaths sparked riots , leaving 11 police sparked riots, leaving 11 police officers in hospital. hundreds officers in hospital. hundreds of bunches of flow

this day we must lviv ofsted baroness hallett . iuliia baroness hallett.f course, we've got mtttttrw— uniforms and of course, we've got military personnel from uk trmet— got military personnel from uk trmet tore— got military personnel from uk armed forces as— got military personnel from uk armed forces as well as the commonwealth— armed forces as well as the commonwealth as well , armed forces as well as the commonwealth as well, and a gutrt— commonwealth as well, and a gutrt ot— commonwealth as well, and a guard of honour— commonwealth as well, and a guard of honour of 100 standard tetrere— guard of honour of 100 standard tetrere to— guard of honour of 100 standard bearers to line _ guard of honour of 100 standard bearers to line the— guard of honour of 100 standard bearers to line the procession lots of people taking well. so lots of people taking ptrt— well. so lots of people taking ptrt. ot— well. so lots of people taking part. of course,— well. so lots of people taking part. of course, we saw the overnight rehearsals. this week. overnight rehearsals.

and then baroness hallett said, well, decide. well, that's for me to decide.nt,- to have potentially the government, the government's is nai— government, the government's case is not non—existent. i shinn— case is not non—existent. i inink ias— case is not non—existent. i think it's important to say, sir james eadie, the treasury devil, who's of government's who's one of the government's most lawyers, he his most senior lawyers, he his argument is that because these whatsapp basically the whatsapp groups basically the what is asking for what the inquiry is asking for is all of boris johnson's whatsapp messages with 40 relevant figures. and relevant government figures. and that amount of that includes a huge amount of political discussion . and sir political discussion. and so sir james argument is that james eady's argument is that this would breach cabinet collective responsibility, which is right for is a constitutional right for ministers of the government to debate in private. now debate policy in private. now it's not clear, given how much british constit

baroness hallett, the independent chair, appointed by the government, by the way, is making the pointmisleading them _ transparent about. you are misleading them about - transparent about. you are misleading them about it, | transparent about. you are i misleading them about it, it's transparent about. you are - misleading them about it, it's about whether— misleading them about it, it's about whether it's unredacted. i think it's unfortunate you don't understand that.- it's unfortunate you don't understand that. �* , . , understand that. i'm sorry, that is comlete understand that. i'm sorry, that is complete nonsense. _ understand that. i'm sorry, that is complete nonsense. the - understand that. i'm sorry, that is complete nonsense. the question | understand that. i'm sorry, that is i complete nonsense. the question of not understanding, i'm reading from a document in front of me that is actually from heather hallett. to suggest that is either misunderstood or mis—just plain wrong. suggest that is either misunderstood or mis-just plain wrong.— or mis-just plain wrong. you're a docto

the thing is this cowrh hnnuhry— t the thing is this covid inquiry baroness hallett runnhne— runningro.— years ago the iraq war inquiry, zero—har- 2013, ten years after that hhhegah— 2013, ten years after that hhhegah — 2013, ten years after that illegal war. ten years. it took cowh— illegal war. ten years. it took covhh whhh— illegal war. ten years. it took covm will take— illegal war. ten years. it took covid will take even longer. wean.— covid will take even longer. yeah, absolutely. ' “r: covid will take even longer. yeah, absolutely. “r: yeah, absolutely. and then the other story we have today is obviously braverman other story we have today is obvirbeing braverman other story we have today is obvirbeing investigatedrraverman other story we have today is obvirbeing investigated forerman other story we have today is obvirbeing investigated for heran now being investigated for her link to rwanda. this is an appalling for a charity which she severed her connections with before she became an mp in 2015. so civil servants are now saying awh— so civil servants are now saying ehwhh een

and we've had fergal sharkey on a couple of times and fergal baroness hallett is a tireless campaignerpy ending? vie-ii— going to be a happy ending? wen-tint— going to be a happy ending? we'll that shortly . we'll reveal that shortly. notin— we'll reveal that shortly. motto. my— we'll reveal that shortly. hello, my name- we'll reveal that shortly. hello, my name is- we'll reveal that shortly. hello, my name is rachel ayres, and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast brought to you by the met office. so over the next few days, it'll be remaining dry and fine with some pretty pleasant sunshine in the west , though with cooler nights west, though with cooler nights too. this is all settled. too. and this is all settled. weather is all due to this high pressure that's not been moving very far from the uk in recent days. but it does also mean that we've northeasterly winds we've got northeasterly winds down so just down eastern coast. so just pushing in cloud from the pushing in some cloud from the nonh pushing in some cloud from the north sea and we'll see that through this evenin

an inquiry is taking place by baroness taking place led by baroness hallett and i think it's right asn, i think, to be that protection, i think, for of the for ministers, regardless of the party, of the party, regardless of the government, of the day. they need make decisions. they need to make decisions. they need to make decisions. they need that times to need that privacy at times to have those discussions, which sometimes context sometimes you miss the context if a whatsapp. well, if it's all in a whatsapp. well, exactly. yeah. well, charlie, do you— exactly. yeah. well, charlie, do wot-wheth— exactly. yeah. well, charlie, do wot-whet? tt— exactly. yeah. well, charlie, do you-what? ifiwas- exactly. yeah. well, charlie, do you-what? ifiwas an- you know what? if i was an emotowet— you know what? if i was an emhtowetletwe- you know what? if i was an employer, give you job, i employer, i'd give you a job, i wottt— employer, i'd give you a job, i wottt-e— employer, i'd give you a job, i wottt-e job- employer, i'd give you a job, i would a job because would give you a job because i thth