judge ikram had charges. judge ikram had recently liked a social media post branding israel a terrorist. there are calls now for a retrial . for a retrial. >> britain in recession the uk has joined the ranks of ireland, denmark, the netherlands , denmark, the netherlands, austria, sweden and norway as one of the many european countries to have entered a technical recession this morning. but with growth so close to zero either side of the line, has anything really changed? >> and sadiq khan has announced a £63 million rebrand of overground train lines in london. new line names include the suffragette line, the windrush line and, of course, the lyonesse line. money. well spent. >> well, that's what sadiq khan varne wants us to talk about. all those new line names. but let's take a listen to this. >> i'm only going upon what i've read in the media, so i've not seen the transcripts, but as far as of as i'm concerned, that sort of language is unacceptable, and it certainly shouldn't be acceptable like mine. accept

ruling made by judge ikram.ures and deals directly with judges . directly with judges. >> and now downing street waded in. yeah, absolutely. >> downing street has referred this, they say, to the attorney general, they've described the sentencing according to reports, as deeply troubling . and we've as deeply troubling. and we've also heard from other senior politicians such as suella braverman, as well . she said it braverman, as well. she said it was utterly shocking and that the sentence needed to be reviewed. >> and you've had a little look back into tan ikram past, as it were . and it seems there's a bit were. and it seems there's a bit more to him than meets the eye. >> yeah, he's had a long career. he's a he's a british muslim. he was in slough. his mum's was raised in slough. his mum's a factory worker . was raised in slough. his mum's a factory worker. his dad's a postman. >> i'm afraid we have to interrupt you, ray, and let's cross now york city, cross now to new york city, where donald back where donal

it's been revealed that tan ikram is on the judiciary appointments commission.ent body that selects candidates for the judicial office in courts and tribunals in england and wales. now a cursory glance through the other members of that commission reveal it also includes the right reverend doctor barry morgan, been incredibly morgan, who has been incredibly vocal how country vocal about how this country should more to take in should be doing more to take in refugees . one of welby's finest refugees. one of welby's finest there, right at heart of our there, right at the heart of our judiciary, he . there are judiciary, is he. there are serious questions about bias right the heart of our right at the heart of our judiciary, and they need to be answered. but let's get the thoughts now of my top panel . i thoughts now of my top panel. i have star daily telegraph columnist allison pearson. i do have tory peer lord bailey and of course, the former labour adviser , matthew laza allison , adviser, matthew laza allison, i'll start with you. serious questions need to be an

judge ikram had charges.ands, austria, sweden and norway as one of the many european countries to have entered a technical recession this morning. but with growth so close to zero either side of the line, has anything really changed? >> and sadiq khan has announced a

now finding the defendants guilty, judge tan ikram , uh, concluded that the ikram, uh, concluded thatobserver would have associated the images with hamas rather than freedom . um, and then than freedom. um, and then despite, he said , convicting the despite, he said, convicting the women to of a terrorist offence, mr ikram said he decided not to punish the defendants. he gave them no prison time. instead, he handed them a 12 month conditional discharge , saying conditional discharge, saying that you have crossed the line in. but emotions ran high on this issue. he also said he did not find that they were seeking to show any support for hamas, which, um, viewers and listeners may find slightly confusing given the verdict that came down. we also heard from the defence barrister . of heba defence barrister. of heba el—hayek. she revealed that, or he rather revealed that el—hayek um was an asylum seeker who had travelled to britain because she was being persecuted. we heard by hamas and the defence barrister explained that she is now concerned that this conviction will affect her refugee

this guy tan ikram, and he basically ikram, and he and he basically let them off. >> no. jail no >> nod basically let off. and been let them off. and he'd been revealed to have liked, uh, social media posts that were that were anti—israel , all the that were anti—israel, all the branded israel, a terrorist state. >> yes. he had all these all these priors of clearly showing his bias and yet he's been let off as and he's not been off as well. and he's not been punished. thing is punished. so the whole thing is pathetic. should be pathetic. the judge should be punished. women should be punished. the women should be deported. punished. the women should be deportealmost if punished. the women should be deporte almost if suella punished. the women should be deportealmost if suella is >> it's almost as if suella is right she says right when she says the islamists britain. islamists controlled britain. anyway, monday's mail anyway, we've got monday's mail next google's ai doesn't next where google's ai doesn't just were white and just say vikings were white and hitler indian. it also says hitl

the judge is tan ikram and he liked he liked a linkedin post that said this free free palestine to thek, the us and of course, israel. you can run, you can bomb, but you cannot hide justice. yes, now it seems to me pretty extraordinary on the face of it, that somebody who was sitting in a judge, sitting as a judge and in particular sitting as a judge in this particular case, if he's liked that , that case, if he's liked that, that sort of comment on linkedin , i sort of comment on linkedin, i think this raises very , very think this raises very, very serious questions about his impartiality. serious questions about his impartiality . we now we have impartiality. we now we have beenin impartiality. we now we have been in contact with him . we are been in contact with him. we are hoping and waiting that we might get a comment from the judiciary on this. we've even invited him onto our programme to explain these comments. you know, did he mistake only like the post or does liking the post and the words that he used in court send you a very different message ? you a very different message?

a judge is facing criticism after, like a pro—palestine social media post, judge tan ikram spared jailmen who displayed images of paragliders at a protest eight weeks after hamas used paraglide to enter and attack israel . in october, and attack israel. in october, he was found to have liked a post which said free palestine and that branded israel a terrorist. the crown prosecution service now says it's carefully considering any future actions in relation to the case. health news and clusters of measles cases are emerging across the uk outside the original outbreak area in the west midlands , the area in the west midlands, the uk's health agency has reported cases in london, the north west, yorkshire and the humber and east midlands. it's warning hundreds of thousands of children in england are unvaccinated against the disease and remain at risk of serious complications or even lifelong disabilities, figures show . the disabilities, figures show. the total number of cases since october has now risen to more than 500. in the united states, donald trump will become the first ever former

i'm patrick christys tonight, but i'm tan ikram. >> i'm the deputy senior district judge for englandlestine paragliderjudge plus a big grooming gang's exclusive that you do not want to miss. also a economy has officially entered into recession . i reveal the thing recession. i reveal the thing that nobody wants to tell you about our recession, and the polls close at 10 pm. in two by elections. we will be at the counts as britain votes plus, so it shouldn't be acceptable in a party like mine that is proud to be both anti—racist but also anti—semitic . oh, an honest slip anti—semitic. oh, an honest slip up there from sadiq. but we discussed these shocking rise in anti—semitism,

continues, and a judge is facing criticism after liking a pro palestine social media post, judge tan ikramred jail for three women who displayed images of paragliders at a protest just a week after hamas used paragliders to enter an attack . israel in october, he an attack. israel in october, he was found to have liked a post which said free palestine and that branded israel a terrorist. the crown prosecution service says it's carefully considering any future actions in relation to the case in the united states. donald trump will become the first ever former president to stand trial on criminal charges next month, a new york judge denied his request today to throw out a so—called hush money case, setting a trial date for the 25th of march. the case alleges he falsified business records related to a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 us election . mr before the 2016 us election. mr trump says he hasn't committed a crime and here in the uk, voters are casting their ballots in the final hours of two by elections taking place in wellingborough in northamptonshire and kingswood

judge one tanweer ikram cbe, commander of most cbe, commander of the most excellent order of the britishthat read free, free palestine to the israel terrorist , both in the israel terrorist, both in the uk, the us and of course, israel. you can run , you can israel. you can run, you can bomb, but you cannot hide justice. well, gb news asked the judge in question. he's not really a judge . he's a district really a judge. he's a district judge, which used to be called a stipendiary magistrate . and stipendiary magistrate. and judge is an overpromoted title of a blairite kind. came in in 2000. so we reached out to the stipendiary magistrate in question and a press officer of the courts and tribunals judiciary has spoken to the judge said it was a genuine judge and said it was a genuine mistake and he did not know he had the well with me had liked the post. well with me now is my panel, former editor of , kelvin mackenzie, of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and veteran human rights campaigner so campaigner peter tatchell. so kelvin put yourself in the position of a magistrate beyond shocking and

now that was rejected by judge tan ikram.s of hamas . supporters, fighters of hamas. now, the prosecution then made a short statement where they submitted that they believed that the defendants had worn the images or displayed the images deliberately and they said, possibly maliciously , to have an possibly maliciously, to have an impact on the jewish community. it being just seven days since that horrific terror attack in israel . well, now that was israel. well, now that was rejected by by the judge, by judge tan . and he then went to judge tan. and he then went to on give further details of the case. but yes, this, this, this case. but yes, this, this, this case obviously come to a conclusion today . women found conclusion today. women found guilty and sentencing to continue . continue. >> all from you in the coming hours because what an extraordinary story that's it from us. and thank you to our panel for joining from us. and thank you to our panel forjoining us as from us. and thank you to our panel for joining us as wel

guilty after a two day trial at westminster magistrates court but deputy senior district judge tan ikramclear, there's no evidence that any defendants are any of these defendants are supporters were supporters of hamas or were seeking to show support for them , which is quite a bold claim, really, considering how many people the evidence people would regard the evidence suggesting literally the opposite now the opposite of that. well, now the judge is leniency might shock you , and the plot thickens you, and the plot thickens because mr akram caught because mr akram has been caught out liking linkedin that out liking a linkedin post that read free, free palestine to the israeli terrorists in both the united kingdom, the united states and of course, israel, you can run , you can bomb, but you can run, you can bomb, but you can run, you can bomb, but you cannot hide. now that , in my you cannot hide. now that, in my opinion, brings his impartiality into serious question . he's let into serious question. he's let them off lightly for political reasons. has he has he ? we don't reasons. has