or belfast.so we were won out. and so we were incorporated as belfast in june 21, 1773. >> belfast man isn't just another twin city. it can trace its dna to the 1700s. the ulster men and women that came here were determined to build a town that would not only last, but flourish . flourish. >> they are still here. you walk around town and i know gilmore's, i know durham's, i know stephenson's, i know brown's that that they are many, many generations of early belfast that are still here in such a heavily wooded area trying to get access for trade would be a problem. >> while clearing the land, they used all their skills to recycle and start an industry that would not only grow, but become a major employer. >> i think the skills come from the old country. i think they come from belfast, northern ireland. you know, when they're when you're busy cutting down the forest to build your homesteads, you suddenly have to do something with the wood and you know, you, you use it for yourself, for cordwood. bu

peace remains. joining us tonight's show we have journal. other activist fraw hughes joining us from belfast and we also have international coordinator of the samadun palestinian prisoner solidarity network charlotte kates joining us from vancouver. welcome to our guests uh let's off with mr. hughes in belfast more palestinian civilians are being slaughtered as israely attacks across gaza continue almost 39 people mostly women and children have been killed. in cold blood since last october, and what's really horrendous is that there's still not been any intervention to prevent more innocent deaths, all the condemnations have fallen short of any action. yes, it's obvious that the west doesn't cur, it's obvious that the west is following the united states foreign policy, which is in full approval and walking tandem with the israeli tena sale onslot on gaza. now the lance of magazine in britain which represents medical association of doctors has cleaned that they're made up to 186, i believe deaths in gaza, so i don't that's deaths and injuries uh believes that these are men, women and children

journalist, author and activist frows joining us from belfast. "and we also have international coordinator of the samadun palestinian prisoner solidary network, charlotte cats joining us from vancouver. welcome to our guests, uh, let's start off with mr. hughes and belfast, more palestinian civilians are being slaughtered as the israeli attacks across gaza continue almost 39,000 people, mostly women and children have been killed in cold blood since last october, and what's really her?" this is that there's still not been any global intervention to prevent more innocent deaths, all condemnations have fallen short of any action. yes, it's obvious that the west doesn't cur, it's obvious that the wast is following the united states foreign policy, which is in full approval and walking tandem with the israeli gasale on sort on gaza. now the magazine in britain which. represents the british medical association of doctors uh has claimed that there may be up to 186 version i believe deaths in gaza, so i don't deaths and injuries uh believe that these men

sabshath, arthur and west asia expert out of belfast, and rick sterling, investigative journalists out of berkeley. well, thank you both for being with. starting it off in belfast and sub on saturday another school was bombed and we know that schools uh there are serving as living quarters for displaced civilians, at least 30 more palestinians have been killed, at least hundred more injured at the khadijah school in dara balah. why does the regime continue to target schools? let's start from there. the uh the regime that targets any school, especially if it's the united nations. school honora school and in a challenge to the international community that they are carrying their own criminal acts while they are immune and nobody can't touch them since the united states of america chiel them diplomatically and shield them from the international communities that this is why you notice any any location would there is a united nation feeding. center, united nation hospital, united nation schools always been targeting, since the united nation honora, the agency looking after the palestinians

this deal, and we are here to remind him that, seal that deal right now, and now joining us from belfast is fra, journalist, author and activist for more on the story, hello from, good evening there to you and belfast, hope you're doing well for your initial thoughts on these protests. seeing the us capital and they've been mimicked in london and tel aviv fraud against netanyahu's policy and his failure to end the gaza genocide. yes, well you're witnessing two uh completely different uh protests. you have a protest calling for an end to the genocide, you're having a protest calling on an end to america and biden's bombs which are dropping on the people of gaza. we have people calling for an end to starvation being used. a weapon against the people in gaza uh on the west bank, i'm sure anyone on social media who's following the events daily, the daily murders, the daily massacers uh and the the harrowing photographs that are being shown now of the starvasion in northern gaza are are are unbelievable and unimaginable in a state where uh this does not need to happen or food and medicine and

harland wolff in belfast. this meant, of course, a lot to the people there and a lot of pride, of course, went into building these ships. they were extremely proud of it. the photo of the propellers this is actually not the titanic. no, but it's the same the same type of propellers. so therefore, it really shows vividly what the what they were like. they weighed about a hundred tonnes together. and one can actually see the rather that weighed 101 tons as well. these were very, very big. and the ship itself was very big. the engines weighed about. 1000 tonnes each. and they had two engines and a turbine when combined with these two engines. so all in all, it was massive. it was very big. the engines were four floors high. for example. so she was as tall as the skyscraper, 11 decks, 46,000 tonnes. of course, today we have much, much larger ships, but in those days, in 1912, she was at the center at the top of everything. she was the largest manmade object ever made in the world. here you can see a life size repl

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belfast�*s most famous export, the rms titanic.uxurious ship in the world and built by one of the world's most important shipyards. harland & wolff was the engine room of ulster�*s economy. this shipyard launched 1,600 ships between the middle of the 19th century and the present day. despite its rich history, this company's sailing through choppy waters. until last year, it hadn't built a new ship in over 20 yea rs. its focus instead, maintenance and refits. the company was bought out of administration in 2019. its holding company has since acquired three other british shipyards. two years ago, it won a contract to build three fleet solid support ships in belfast for the royal fleet auxiliary, but the cost of meeting that contract is mounting. it's been seeking £200 million of new borrowing, partly to invest, and also refinance a high—interest £90 million loan. but the government's concluded it would be irresponsible to provide a loan guarantee to a heavily loss—making firm. it's unclear what happens now. last week, the northern ir

prime minister — sir keir starmer — has been in wales — as he tours the uk — following his visit to belfast despite more senior democrats urging him to drop out, president biden insists in a letter that he'll stay in the us presidential race "to the end". and the historic theatre in greater manchester that was closed last year — but has just been saved by campaigners. hello i'm kasia madera. welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major nato summit begins in washington. according to reports, at least 36 people were killed across the country — and dozens more wounded. in the latest development ukraine's prosecutor general says he has discussed russia's actions with with the international criminal court. russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major nato summit begins in washington. according to reports, at least 36 people were killed across the country — and dozens more wounded. child patients were moved outside, some even still rigged u

peace remains. joining us tonight's show, we have journalist, author and activist joining us from belfastwomen and children have been killed in cold blood since last october, and what's really horrendous is that there's still not been any global intervention to prevent more innocent debts, all the condemnations have fallen short of any action. yes, it's obvious that the west doesn't occur, it's obvious that the west is following the united states. foreign policy which is in full approval and walking tandem with the israeli genocal onslot on gaza. now the lance magazine in britain which represents uh the british medical association uh of doctors uh has claimed that there may be up to 186, i believe deaths in gaza, so i don't that steps and injuries uh believe that these are men, women and children. uh nearly all innocent non combatant uh civilians and you mentioned whether or not there is hope for peace, you can only have peace when you have two sages who want to sit down and come to some form of negotiated settlement, the israel is with the backing of the eu, britain, france, germany, ame

fra, journalist or an activist from belfast, northern ireland and also mr. john bosnich, journalist, activist and political analyst from fredericton, canada. gentlemen, welcome to the news review session. mr. hugs, beginning with you, your thoughts on israel, the latest ruling by the international court of justice against israel, and what do they mean by the right to self-determination? how have the palestinians been deprive? and firstly it's very important at this particular time in the middle of this genocide that is being visited upon the people of gaza, the americans are pretty. in this war and this genocide and the americans have for 75 years been involved in uh using their freedom uh to protect israel uh whenever the un was created in 1948 or 1950 uh i think what they're actually saying is what we all know that the settlements are illegal under the uh fourth geneva convention that an occupying body cannot move its citizens into the occupied territories and i think what we're talking about we need to talk about self-determination for the palestinian peo

today, its iconic cranes samson and goliath dominate the belfast skyline. last year, the belfast shipyard hadn't produced a new vessel in over 20 years. its focus instead — maintenance and refits. in 2019, it was rescued from administration. its holding company has acquired three other shipyards since then — two in scotland, one in england. in 2022, it won a defence contract to build three ships for the royal fleet auxiliary. but the cost of meeting that contract is mounting. it needs to refinance a £90 million high—interest loan and borrow a further £200 million to scale up its operations. the government has declined a 100% loan guarantee. the ft reports the new government regards it as irresponsible to make such an offer to such a guarantee to the heavily loss making firm. the company is now asking for an 80% guarantee which it says has been awarded to hundreds of other companies. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. all 11 water and waste water companies in england and wales are now under scrutiny over sewage spills after the regulator s

palestinian abducties by the israeli regime. fry is a journalist author and activist joining us from belfast and we also have alisk, writer and political analyst joining us from beirot. welcome to you both fra let me first start with you. so uh just to get the story straight uh "we have uh the detention um palestinians who were mistreated by some of the i guess guards or what have you or this regime forces um and then you have the uh supporters or ones affiliated with some of the far right members of the israeli cabinet who are protesting why uh they have been detained and they're showing their anger and then you have the israeli regime um..." commander who is uh saying that that has affected the morale of the israeli regime? is that is my? i reading this correctly? well, i think what we're witnessing is war crime after war crime after war crime. first we have the ruling from the acga, we also have the arrest warrants issued by the acc, the international criminal court for netanyahu and for gallant and we are what we are witnessing the war. times, destruction, the death, the use of starvatio

a £310 million stadium in belfast that that is thatis stadium in belfast that that is that is sue grayfter her. some have been quick to point out the connections to sinn fein, including dup mp sammy wilson, and he's live with us shortly. but next reforms red wall rottweiler lee anderson is live to talk about labour's flimsy immigration and who reform would fear as the tory leader. if welcome back to patrick christys. tonight on gb news. now i am joined by the reform uk mp, lee anderson. sir keir starmer has shown the first signs of action. if you want to call it that. on his small boats plan, we can take a little listen now to the moment that it was mentioned and the king's speech. >> my government will seek to strengthen the border and make streets safer . a bill will be streets safer. a bill will be introduced to modernise the asylum and immigration system, establishing a new border security command and delivering enhanced counter—terror powers to tackle organised immigration, crime . crime. >> okay, so starmer's border security command will treat smuggling gangs like terrorists and

political analyst and thank you for his political commentator there from belfast. thank you to you both. with that we come to an end for this news review. the venezuelan president has slimed the extreme right for violent protests that broke out after he secured another victory in the election to remain in power. nicholas maderoh is short. "we have been following all of the acts of violence promoted by the extreme right. i can tell the people of venezuela that if they have done harm, we are acting. we already know these moves, so once more, along with the civil, military and police union, we are acting. we already know how they operate. my obligation is to tell you the truth. we are all under the obligation to listen to the truth, to gear up with patience, calmness and strength, because we are familiar with this move. rest from the president of palace, violence erupted across the country day after maduro, security is third term in office by winning 51% of the vote in the election held on sunday. the opposition has accused mader's declaration of victory as fragilent.

for many spots, pretty warm, 21—22 from belfast and glasgow. 30 degrees in london.t is bringing some outbreaks of rain. if that front moves slowly enough, it may bring eastern parts of england warm air. another pretty warm one across eastern parts where we see sunshine, although some showers and thunderstorms could erupt. further west, a band of heavy rain moving slowly and cooling things off. 16 for belfast, 18 for plymouth, still the mid—high 20s across parts of central and eastern england. however, through saturday and into sunday, that rain will slide northwards and eastwards, sweeping the heat and humidity away. a cooler day for all of us on sunday, not a bad day weather wise, spells of sunshine, one or two showers, top temperatures north—south15—22 . live from london. this is bbc news. king charles arrives at a major european summit in the uk, where the new prime minister keir starmer will soon make remarks. he has come of the last couple of hours have seen 50 european leaders talking about things like the war in ukraine. we will get a sense of what has happen

out of damascus. well, welcome both of you to the program. i like to start this off with the sab in belfast. "if we could rewind to last summer, do you think anyone would have imagined tel aviv targeted by yemens and the regime being hit by iran earlier or being hit on an almost daily basis by hezbullah? uh, the hello everyone, the uh targeting of tel aviv was all java uh by the yemani forces, this is such a game. changer since the area called unknown within the zinis entity as dan this is the golden cow and this is the which is include all gava which today they call it tel aviv the the holy grail of security in there this is the most protected area worldwide even in the united states of america you can't find area that's protected and you have all the anti-aircraft system. from patriot sad to all of that even the the the doom the doom all of that and it comes a yemany drone a large drone not small drone large drone and hit a building and next to the building to the american embassy this is major this is something which is made the whole zinus entity and the west especially the bent shakes

frah huse, journalist, author and activist from belfast, northern ireland. gentlemen, thank you for your time sir. and with that we come to the end of this news review section. thank you for being with us. the lebanese. says it has hit israely military positions in northern occupied territories with scores of rockets. our correspondent in beirot, mariam sal says hezbollah forces have also talked several israeli settlements for the first time in response to the regime strikes on civilians in lebanon. the resistance launched more than 16 operations today and many of them were targeting uh settlements that have not been targeted before. by the libanese resistance and this is also due to the fact and it seems that it is orders from secretary generallah clearly said on ashhura day that the resistance will be targeting set new settlements or settlements that have not been targeted before by the resistance if the israelis continue to target civilians. now last night was night of heavy shelling from the israelis, they targeted several towns like as well as managemen

i'd like to start this off with the sab in belfast. i mean, if we could rewind to last summer, do you think anyone would have imagined tel aviv being targeted by yemens and sort of law, are the regime being hit by iran earlier are being hit on an almost daily basis by hazbullah? the hello everyone, the targeting of tel aviv was all java by the yemani forces, this is such a game changer since the area called known within the zinis entity as dan, this is the golden call and this is the which is include all java which today they call it tel aviv, the the whole grail of security in there, this is the most protected area worldwide, even the united states of america, you cannot find area that's protected, and you have all the anti-aircraft system from patriot, sad to arrow to all of that, even the the the the the doom, the r& doom, all of that, and it comes a yemany a drone a large drone, not small drone. large drone and hit a building and next to the building to the american embassy, this is major, this is something which is made the whole

frah huse, journalist, author and activist from belfast, northern ireland. gentlemen, thank you for this time. and with that, we come to the end of this news review section. thank you for being with us. yemen has carried out drom strike on tel avive as part of this. going retalatory operations against israel over the war in gaza. the strike left one person dead and several others injured. it happened in area near the us consulate office causing damage to it. the israeli regime, the israeli regime has promised to respond to the attack that involved using a drone capable of evading radar systems. press tv's abdul latif abhali reports from sar. forces have conducted notable drone attack targeting the yava region, also known as tel aviv. the strike was launched using a newly developed drone named yaffa. according to germany military sources, the d is capable of evading the enemies interception systems and is undetectable by radars. the uav force of the yemani armed forces with the help of allah almighty carried out a specific military operation which consisted o

frah huws, journalist, author and activist from belfast northern ireland. gentlemen, thank you for your time. and with that, we come to the end of this news review section. thank you for being with us. how designists come from across the world to palestine to occupy land belonging to another nation, how do they form their secret army, hagana? how do they grab land belonging to palestinians? how did they build and span their illegal settlements? israel's former prime minister gold answers these and more questions. this documentary and welcome back everyone you're watching press tv world news since october the 7th yemenes have taken the streets every single week to declare their unwavering support for palestinians and reaffirm their stance against israeli occupation. our son correspondent has your story. yemeni demonstrators rallyed. provinces across the country to observe yet another friday of protests in support of palestine, since the 7th of october, yemenis have expressed their anger towards the israeli genocide and the silence of the arab governments. th

frah huws, journalist, author and activist from belfast, northern ireland. gentlemen, thank you for your time, sir. and with that, we come to the end of this news review section. thank you for being with us. islamic resistance in iraq says it has carried out new retalitory operation against an israeli target in the occupied palestinian territories. the umbrella group said it used al-arkab cruise missile to hit a military target inifa. the iraqi resistant says the attack was a response to the israeli massacker of palestinian civilians in gaza including women, children and the elderly. it vowed to continue with this retalatory operations against the regime. the song resistance in iraq has been conducting operations in support of. palestinians since israel began its genocide in gaza last october. south africans have marked international nelson mandela day to remember their iconic anti-apartide leader. during his life, mandela worked to strengthen freedom and equality at home and abroad. this year's celebrations coincide with the 30th anniversary of the birth of

you, ellie was wide and political analyst and thank you for his political commentator there from belfast. thank you to you both. with that we come to an end for this news review. welcome back everyone, you're watching press tv, world news. leader of iran's islamic revolution. said ali khamenei has a met with several top resistance front figures in the capital tehran. ayat khamenei met with the deputy secretary uh general of hezbulah resistance movement during that meeting hell groups approach since operation al-ax of flood in last october and call for the continuation of that approach. he said support for hezbulah is a sign of success for. group in the country's political environment in a separate meeting with spokesman of the answer movement thanked the yemenese for the steadfastment and support for palestinians in gaza. earlier in the day leader. of iran's islamic revolution met with the political bureau chief of hamas ismal hannah and the secretary general of islamic jihad ziyad alakala. masian has officially been sworn in as the ninth iranian president. i as president swear in the pr

for many spots, pretty warm, 21—90 from belfast and 21—22 from belfast and glasgow. 30 degrees in london sunshine, although some showers and thunderstorms could erupt. further west, a band of heavy rain moving slowly and cooling things off. 16 for belfast, 18 for plymouth, still the mid—high 20s across parts of central and eastern england. however, through saturday and into sunday, that rain will slide northwards and eastwards, sweeping the heat and humidity away. a cooler day for all of us on sunday, not a bad day weather wise, spells of sunshine, one or two showers, top temperatures north—south15—22 . live from london. this is bbc news. the king has arrived at a major summit in blenheim palace, where uk“s new prime minister welcomes dozens of european leaders, and promises to reset relations with the eu. lam i am lewis vaughanjones live at that summit at blenheim palace. big issues being discussed, the war in ukraine and how to tackle illegal migration. it's day four of the republican national convention, where donald trump will formally accept his party's nomination. we are live in mi

he spent the morning in belfast with political leaders there, before going to cardiff to meet wales' started arriving in westminster, for the house of commons sitting on tuesday. our political editor chris mason reports. applause. however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren't applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it's all been a bit of a whirlwind and there's a lot to take in, but i'm really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was it walking into that chamber for the first time? really incredible. down the road, put your name on a sticky label and smile, there are 72 liberal democrat mps now. it was worth bungee jumping. laughter. he has tried to become an mp plenty of times before, now he has the envelope. refo

saib shot out of belfast and jim caven. out of new york and this extended coverage with respect to the martterdom of ismaal hany a chief of the political bureau of the hamas resistance movement to was assassinated in the iranian capital tehran on the morning of july 31st and that's just hours afterward shukur hizbullah top hisbolla commander for that matter was a martured in the uh lebanese capital beirot both by the israeli regime jim welcome to the conversation here um uh your initial thoughts on the shocking and bold assassination or assassinations of political figures on iran's and lebanese soil we witnessed by the israel regime over the past 24 hours. yeah, both cases, the assassination of the hesbollah commander in beirot, you know this is attack not only in hesbollah but on the capital city of another country, and now the assassination of hamas leader hania in tehran. is an he was invited guest of the iranian government to be there for the uh inauguration of the president and the israelis boldly just took him out. look, the israelis are saying to the world, we're going to keep d

he spent the morning in belfast with political leaders there, before going to cardiff to meet wales'is party's new mps, who've started arriving in westminster in preparation for the house of commons sitting tomorrow. our political editor, chris mason, reports. however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren't applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it's all been a bit of a whirlwind, and there's a lot to take in, but i'm really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was it walking into that chamber for the first time? really incredible. down the road, put your name on a sticky label and smile, there are 72 liberal democrat mps now. it was worth bungee jumping. laughter he has tried to become an mp plenty of times before,

belfast�*s most famous expert, the titanic.and built by one of the world's most important shipyards. harland & wolff was the engine room of the economy. it launched 1600 ships between the middle of the 19th century and the present day. despite its rich history, this company is sailing through choppy waters. until it had not built a new ship in over 20 years, focusing on maintenance and repairs. the company was bought out of administration in 2019 and its holding company has since acquired three other shipyards. a contract to build three ships but it is under scrutiny. the government has concluded it would be irresponsible to provide a loan guaranteed to a heavily loss—making firm. it is unclear what happens now. last week the northern island secretary said the government is committed to shipbuilding but there is a sense the shipbuilder is struggling to stay afloat. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you are welcome back. the company behind last week's global it outage, crowdstrike, says that a significant num