he's you on justin welby. the woke left, not a religious leader. and in my view, should not be an archbishop if he really thinks that god , says mark. he has that he's god, says mark. he has in my view, failed the job. putting his politics first. okay brilliant stuff. by the way. we did have a debate earlier in the show . the wonderful, ingenious show. the wonderful, ingenious and hilarious peter kay has been critical of political correctness . he said it's correctness. he said it's a minefield . and there are many minefield. and there are many classic comedies like little britain that you couldn't make now . well, a really enlightening now. well, a really enlightening email from michael who says , hi, email from michael who says, hi, mark. mel brooks, in the history of the world, part two had a skit in which jewish people were singing whilst being tortured in the spanish inquisition . monty the spanish inquisition. monty python did parody of the python did a parody of the crucifixion with a song and dance rou

and we heard just a few moments ago from justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury.a senior rabbi in masorti judaism, uk. they spoke of their shared concern for the situation in israel and in gaza, and they spoke also for their communities here. and they said they stand together against any form of hatred or violence againstjewish people or any other community here. rabbi jonathan wittenberg and sheikh ibrahim mogra spoke of their personal friendship and spoke of their many connections between the muslim and thejewish communities here in the uk. they did acknowledge that they sometimes stand on opposite sides and they sometimes disagree with each other. but they called for an end to any kind of hatred or violence against their communities here in the uk. the context, of course, of all this, ben, and the reason these faith leaders felt they needed to come out and make this statement is there has been a significant rise, in anti—semitic incidents in particular, since those attacks by hamas the weekend before last. the metropolitan police telling us that in the week sin

and we heard just a few moments ago from justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury. an imam from leicester. and rabbi jonathan wittenberg, who's a senior rabbi in masorti judaism, uk. they spoke of their shared concern for the situation in israel and in gaza, and they spoke also for their communities here. and they said they stand together against any form of hatred or violence againstjewish people or any other community here. rabbi jonathan wittenberg and sheikh ibrahim mogra spoke of their personal friendship and spoke of their many connections between the muslim and thejewish communities here in the uk. they did acknowledge that they sometimes stand on opposite sides and they sometimes disagree with each other. but they called for an end to any kind of hatred or violence against their communities here in the uk. the context, of course, of all this, ben, and the reason these faith leaders felt they needed to come out and make this statement is there has been a significant rise, in anti—semitic incidents in particular, since those attacks by hamas the weekend before

statement we were expecting to see there, the archbishopjustin expecting to see there, the archbishop justin welbyg about the ongoing conflict in gaza alongside leaders from the muslim and jewish faiths. i alongside leaders from the muslim and jewish faiths.— and jewish faiths. i know all of us are profoundly — and jewish faiths. i know all of us are profoundly concerned - and jewish faiths. i know all of us are profoundly concerned by - and jewish faiths. i know all of usj are profoundly concerned by what and jewish faiths. i know all of us i are profoundly concerned by what is happening in israel and gaza. and here at lambeth palace we are praying constantly for all of those caught up in this war that has already brought so much suffering to so many people. but today we have come together out of shared concern for our communities and neighbourhoods here in the uk. and to stand together against any form of hatred or violence, against jewish people or any other community. i want to introduce to you, two religious leaders and i welcome their solidarity on this matter. a scholar and imam from leices

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has met refugees from nagorno—karabakh on his official visitmfort to ethnic armenians who fled their homes following azerbaijan's military operation in last month. if there's one thing in 20 years of meeting refugees and those who've had to flee violence, it's that awful sense that they are powerless, they couldn't do anything. and that's so hard for them. i was also struck by the number of young women i was talking to who are widows from the 2020 war. and it's a reminder that wars hit the news for a day or two, but the impact of them lasts a lifetime for those involved. for more, i spoke to rayhan demytrie in yerevan. the archbishop of canterbury, he visited a hotel in the northern region in armenia where 120 refugees from nagorno—karabakh have received accommodation. this hotel is run by the armenian church. and i think maybe not that many people knew who the archbishop is, but they were so grateful for his empathy, which was clear even if they didn't speak the language. of course there was a translation, but they could really feel his empath

emily that's the most reverend and right honourable justin welby, archbishop of canterbury, primate ofes, i didn't mean to. you've been told. >> i didn't mean to be disrespectful. i just quite like the justin . george says, no the name justin. george says, no point in suella talking to welby. he's not interested in anything other than his own opinions, and i can't imagine even much common even his god having much common ground well, course ground with him. well, of course he that, i'm sure he would dispute that, i'm sure very thank you for very strongly. thank you for your them coming your emails. keep them coming in. a pleasure to read. >> are indeed. now, up next, it's lewis. and lewis is going to tell us why we still need a minister for men, the topic of much conversation in this week. i think it's safe to be said oakley is outraged . oakley is outraged. >> yes, there has been a lot of distraction this week from a very simple and important question do we need a minister for men now ? i passionately for men now? i passionately agree. we do . in fact, agree. yes, we do. in fact, i thi

mean, richard would just say, found it bewildering, but um, you know, the archbis of canterby, justin welby, spoken out in support of of is, hasn't he, and he's also a president isn't he, of the count of christians and jews, i mean, about that organization, well castle for christian to jews is a zionist organization set up by key zionist 2016 and it's it's there to propagandize uh the zionist message within christian community and indeed the muslim community they brought in one of the alleged co-founders but is run by was run by sturg and he also runs a number of other groups including one we've talked about this program before four for discussion of israel palestine which during the last ghaza uh um confrontation was sending the people into schools to lie to school children about what was happening in gaza and to pretend that there was a there was both sides here, there was a conflict, this wasn't just an occupation, a colonial occupation at that, this is a long-term science lobby group, we should remember that the science have trying to infiltrate whole range of of groups in the society,

in 2015, current archbishop justin welby said this...ators are alive or dead, survivors of abuse within the church must come first. the church has to get this right. there are no excuses for getting it wrong." and as a result, perhaps, of that feeling, in 2021, you were asked to join this independent safeguarding board. did you, at the time, feel absolutely convinced that the church was serious about truly coming to terms, confronting the abuses within? i think the first thing to say was i wasn't asked to go into that role of survivor advocate, i applied for the role. i left karma nirvana after 25 years and i thought, "now, what do i want to do? i want to put myself somewhere to make a difference." so, i watched the iicsa inquiry, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, and i watched for a whole year the testimonies of men and women who'd been abused by members of the church. and i could see the journey the church was on and i wanted to make a difference, so i applied for the role. and i felt they were serious about this because

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has visited jerusalem, showing solidarity with anglicanshundreds of people are thought to have died in an explosion on tuesday. archbishop welby knows the hospital well, having opened one of its wings. he's been talking to the bbc�*s clive myrie. it's just an oasis in the middle of eastjerusalem... we meet in the garden of st george's cathedral, an outpost of the anglican church here in the holy land. i come out here early in the morning to pray. there's been much to reflect on, following the bloody events of the last two weeks, beginning with the hamas attack that filled him with rage. when everyone sees something that is profoundly evil and horrific — the slaughter, the butchery, the cruelty to the bodies of infants up to elderly people — it is a horror that if you don't feel a sense of anger, i think you're missing something in your humanity. but when you do see the bombing campaign that is taking place in gaza, what are your thoughts on that? it breaks my heart to see that, because i know that if you bomb a city, innocent people die, ho

we've heard from the head to the anglican church, justin welby, who was talks about this being a devastating loss of life. and he's called for a bed to be some sort of ending to the seats. it's happening at the moment. volta heard from met since on frontier the charity, the saying enough is enough at the moment and nothing justifies what's happening at the moment in gaza. now, in regards to you were paying leaders, we heard from the head to do a pin council shells. michelle, who said that he's concerned that a space was carried out as a result of is really strikes it doesn't comply with international i would like to do is push my emotion, feeling distorted. we since information sort of reach for the reach and has to be done in does up this being the bunk was a lot of pleasure to see it is showing the drum active sheets ration to draw the draws are the people who are who are the that's a took the siege when you get to the basic and for us to show when each of you tried to access to water, when you try to electricity, we don't do and you don't insure don't allow the fluids to uh, to be differe

at a gathering of faith leaders in london, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, calls for israel's evacuation order for hospitals in northern gaza to be reversed. and police in belgium have shot and killed a man suspected of killing two swedish football fans in brussels on monday. india's supreme court has ruled against — india's supreme court has ruled against petitions seeking to legalise same—sex marriage. the us presidentjoe biden will visit israel on wednesday in a show of support after more than m00 people were killed by hamas gunmen last weekend. mr biden will be briefed on plans for war against hamas militants. the announcement about mr biden�*s visit was made by the us secretary of state antony blinken after late night talks in tel aviv. mr blinken also said the us and israel had agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. in gaza itself, un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis, and more than 2,800 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. meanwhile, hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by governments including the uk an

on a previous visit to the region, justin welby opened a wing of the al ahli hospital in gaza, whereday. lambeth palace in london says he will renew an appeal for the release of hostages, as well as offering sympathy for israeli victims of the hamas attacks. he has already called for aid to reach gaza's civilian population. the family of missing british teenager noiya sharabi has confirmed she was killed by hamas. 16—year—old noiya, her 13—year—old sister yahel, and her mother lianne — who you can see in this picture — are now all confirmed to have been killed in the attack on kibbutz be'eri. they are all british. lianne was born in the uk. now, the israeli military says it believes 212 people are being held hostage by hamas in gaza — up from saturday's estimate of 210. live now to paul martin — a journalist who, in 2010, was taken by hamas in gaza. paul is the editor—in—chief of the online publication correspondent.world. he's also interviewed senior members of hamas, so has a unique insight into the organisation. thank you very much forjoining us. first, tell us about the circumsta

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minister rishi sunak, former chancellor lord norman lamont, the archbishop of canterbury, of course, justin welbyl service and at the drinks aftennards, god, i wish nigel lawson was around now because we need some of his policies . of his policies. >> and in terms of the way ahead, of course, we've got some figures today in terms of the oil price , you know, the oil price, you know, the geopolitical situation is becoming well , pretty sort of becoming well, pretty sort of febrile , isn't it? febrile, isn't it? >> it certainly is . that's how >> it certainly is. that's how i got to know nigel lawson as a young journalist back in the 90s. we often talked about oil markets. he followed commodity pnces markets. he followed commodity prices very, very closely. what he was known for really mark and pip was tax cutting. he took the corporation tax rate in the uk from 52. and i watering 52% in 1983 when he entered office all the way down to 30. and he took the way down to 30. and he took the top rate of tax famously from 60 to 40, leading to that famous sun headline after that budget. nice one, nigel and

i think the role of the government is to bring communities together and recently justin welby held awith the jewish leaders , the muslim leaders and leaders, the muslim leaders and other of other faiths. and that's what the government should be doing . instead of should be doing. instead of ramping up the rhetoric divisive of comments of the home secretary , it's not helpful either. >> we obviously, when the ukraine invasion happened and the british people opened their doors to ukrainian refugees , it doors to ukrainian refugees, it was a very, very successful system. there are similar calls now to welcome refugees from gaza. do you think that would be a good idea ? yeah, i do. a good idea? yeah, i do. >> i do think it's a very good because it's a safe legal route that we've been calling for the last two years. so i mean, we should take our fair share of refugees when these conflicts occur around the world. >> ivan, sorry to interrupt, but the counter to that is that it is a terrorist hotspot , not in is a terrorist hotspot, not in gaza, and that there could be the potential for nati