katherine forster, live from washington , forster, live from washington, dc.thank forster, live fromthat . joining us now is the of that. joining us now is the retired british army officer tim cross. tim, what's the what's the balance here. obviously this has been a decision that the united kingdom and united states hasn't taken until this point. what are they weighing up ? what are they weighing up? >> well, there's obviously the issue of the to politics this. and some of that has just been covered in your in your correspondent from from a military point of view. let's be clear, there are three areas of a battlefield in the context of ukraine. there's the close battle, which is what's going on at the front line. the fighting between individual soldiers, you know, fighting in places like the donbas and kursk and so on. and that that is a obviously a crucial part of the ability to win a campaign. behind that is the rear battle, and the rear battle is what's in place to enable those people in the close battle to conduct that fight. the logistics, the lines of communication, the industr

katherine forster there in much. katherine forster there in washington, dc.et me ask you both about this, daniel, just, just react to that because this this could be the moment at which history changes forever. it's no exaggeration to say that if we allow zelenskyy to use these missiles into russia, putin has been very, very clear. he said this the use of these strikes, these these long—range precision systems is only possible with the use of satellite intelligence that ukraine does not have. this data is only available from the eu and the united states, from nato satellites . he said. it will satellites. he said. it will mean nothing short of the direct participation of nato countries in war with, in a war with, in the war in ukraine, and it would mean that nato countries, the united states, are at war with russia. >> yeah. well the nato countries have been involved in the war in ukraine almost from the beginning . and he has , bullied beginning. and he has, bullied and blathered about that from the beginning. and there is a simple solution to it, which is t

we may hear a change in the coming days or weeks. >> katherine forster there.nst six british diplomats of espionage and sabotage in the last few minutes. a statement from the foreign office has been released saying those claims are completely baseless. the fsb security service had claimed the diplomats actions had prompted that response, amid what it called numerous unfriendly steps by the uk. however, it's understood russia revoked the diplomats accreditation last month that they've already left moscow and are now in the process of being replaced. so that latest update just in to us from the foreign office and in some other breaking news, what would have been the uk's first coal mine in 30 years is now in legal limbo as planning permission has been quashed by the high court. cat climate campaigners argued the decision to grant planning permission for the whitehaven coal mine in cumbria smacked of hypocrisy, and they said it contradicted the uk's climate commitments. the government had withdrawn its defence, but the developer , west defence, but the developer,

katherine forster there indeed. katherine forster there in a villa somewhere outside of rome.very much indeed. always great to get your analysis on this. but shall we speak to the rome correspondent at politico europe, hannah roberts? hannah, what do you suspect keir starmer is hoping for from this meeting? he seems to want to find some solutions, of course, to our migration crisis. what might giorgia meloni advise him ? meloni advise him? >> well, both meloni and starmer could benefit from this meeting. starmer can say can look like he's serious about getting tough on migration. and meloni can say, look, even leftist governments want to learn from us. starmer will be looking to italy's strategy. as your report said, it's been a kind of two pronged strategy with paying governments in tunisia and libya to block migration and bolstering their coast guard . bolstering their coast guard. and at the same time, meloni has been building migrant processing centres in albania, which she hopes are going to form a deterrent . but starmer is really deterrent. but starmer is really arrivin

we'll see katherine forster with the prime minister, even laughing at his jokes. well done. now is the defence analyst, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford. welcome to the show, stuart. always a pleasure. i want to talk to you specifically about putin's threats of nato waging war and specifically the united kingdom's involvement in that. it's been an open secret. of course. we've been supplying billions of pounds of aid and armaments to ukraine since the very beginning. but why is it now, specifically in your mind, that vladimir putin is intimating some kind of red line has been crossed ? has been crossed? >> good afternoon, martin, and always a pleasure to join you. and i just have to say in passing that i think your correspondent in washington, katherine forster, i think is has got a complete handle on all these topics. and i can only really sort of agree with everything that she said. as for why putin should react now to the developments, that which may or may not happen in washington dc today because we don't have any confirmation of that. i think he's finally beginning t

we do have our political correspondent, katherine forster, who is at the inquiry.ine, a failure across the board. it seems, in regard to this colossal tragedy . this colossal tragedy. >> yes, indeed . 54 adults and 18 >> yes, indeed. 54 adults and 18 children died that day. and they the families are still waiting for justice. but at least today, they have had some answers. now, ispent they have had some answers. now, i spent three hours wading through the report. some 1600 pages long before it was published at 11:00. but a picture of failure, as you say, decades of failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry . the construction industry. frankly, almost nobody comes. well, out of this, the inquiry found that there had known about the dangers of using cladding on high rise buildings as far back as 1991, and after the knowsley heights fire, and that by 2016 the then department of communities and local government were well aware of the risks of this cladding. but basically, sir martin said that as a combina

i'm martin daubney on katherine forster. correspondent katherine forster.to the show. so, having tea in new york or maybe diet coke and burgers? it is donald trump. we don't know what was on the menu. maybe it was humble pie for david lammy, but the real story is this side of the pond. no one really cares what keir starmer is doing in new york. he's at the un, he's talking tough to israel . israel talking tough to israel. israel aren't listening. benjamin netanyahu was on there a moment ago at the un saying, no chance will i lay down arms? we're going to fight all the way. but the real drama is here. keir starmer is having a nightmare. >> he's having a tough time, isn't he? i mean, i was with him in washington and rome. it was only two weeks ago. we thought at that point that all the talk about the un was going to be about the un was going to be about ukraine, about storm shadow missiles. of course, that's all been totally overshadowed by the situation in the middle east. as you say, regardless of what the united nafions regardless of what the united nations

katherine forster, thank you very much. now moving on.ernment after they announced that the suspension of certain arms sales to the country. benjamin netanyahu slammed the decision as misguided and shameful, also saying that the uk has only emboldened hamas. well, joining me now is our political correspondent , olivia utley correspondent, olivia utley olivia. welcome back to the show. this decision has been met with horror in israel, saying this will embolden hamas. it hasn't best pleased the americans. by all accounts , they americans. by all accounts, they were told they weren't told about it. they are saying it begs the question, olivia, why make this decision and why now ? make this decision and why now? >> well, this is, as you say, a hugely contentious decision made by david lammy, the foreign secretary, and keir starmer, the prime minister, david lammy , is prime minister, david lammy, is saying that the reason he has made this decision is because he received a review of what's happening in israel with weapons exported from the uk,

katherine forster. >> yes, catherine. so kemi badenoch, what is she expected to say?, might be included in her speech ? her speech? >> yes. good morning. well kemi badenoch doesn't mince her words does she. she puts on x a video of david tennant's doctor who previously saying that he wished she would shut up. and she said that no, she won't be shutting up and she's not afraid of taking on the difficult questions. so we will hear from her around about 11:00. and she's one of the absolute favourites to take over from rishi sunak. if she gets to the final two and it gets decided by the members, i think it's quite likely that she will win. but thatis likely that she will win. but that is not assured because her style, although she's very popular and with many laura trott and chris philp, both former cabinet ministers have come out in support of her, claire coutinho , the shadow claire coutinho, the shadow energy minister, may well shortly too, but she isn't to everybody's taste as far as mps go and she is very combative. she says. what she thinks . lots she says. what she

and for more on this, we can bring in our political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, good to have you with us. what more can you tell us.7 >> yes, the pair are meeting along with the foreign secretary, david lammy, our national security adviser, tim barrow, and many more. an hour and a half meeting. we're expecting. we'll then have some words from the prime minister following that. we're not told that there'll be any announcement, but clearly this thorny issue of the storm shadow missiles very much at the forefront. now, number 10, want to play that down, but volodymyr zelenskyy has made it very clear that ukraine wants and says it desperately needs permission to send these long—range cruise missiles into russian territory, something that the russian president, vladimir putin, has said if the west does, if the us gives permission, britain already has done it would mean that nato countries are at war with russia . so they will be with russia. so they will be discussing other issues as well , discussing other issues as well, the middle east being one of them.

. >> katherine forster thank you very much. that's gb news political correspondent.here speaking on the prime minister's meeting with the us president this evening. we will, of course, bring you all of that as we get it. now, former us president donald trump has repeated claims that kamala harris is part of a group of radical left lunatics who are desperate to bring the country towards communism. trump made those comments as he makes an appearance in kamala harris's home state of california for a private fundraiser and a news conference he had earlier said he's done debating and won't participate in another head to head before the november election, despite polls showing miss harris won their first face face off overnight, several top republicans said harris came out on top with one poll showing 53% of voters agree. seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two girls in rotherham have been jailed for a total of 106 years. the men were all convicted after a nine week trial, which was the result of an investigation by the national crime agenc

, indeed, katherine forster, you're there, live in birmingham. does seem to be a little bit of a buzz, although i've heard reports that apparently there are more lobbyists, journalists and corporate request to the information request to the treasury to ask where this fictitious 22 billion number came back. and the reply they got back from the treasury was, we can't give you the workings because we're not sure they're accurate . accurate. >> so jeremy hunt also described this black hole as fictitious . this black hole as fictitious. and yes, you heard him say that far from £22,000,000 billion black hole there was potentially, in fact, a £39 billion surplus, depending on the way that all of this is calculated. so he's putting a very much more optimistic gloss on the economy, saying very much more optimistic gloss on theindeed.ny, saying very much more optimistic gloss on theindeed. please ng very much more optimistic gloss on theindeed. please do take it much indeed. please do take it away . away. >> thanks, emily. yes, i'm here with gareth bacon a

katherine forster at the moment?same things. >> i think it's really difficult for them because, as you say, they took the moral high ground. they were a little bit holier than thou , perhaps over and over than thou, perhaps over and over again in opposition. when boris johnson got the downing street flat redecorated, when rishi sunak was a bit late to declare something, you know, they had all this as being beyond the pale. but now we're seeing a similar pattern and angela rayner the other day saying, you know, look, politicians have accepted donations for a long time. that's just how it is. well, the problem is that this government were elected largely on one word. that word was changed. they said, we are different. and if you're fed up with the tories come to us. we will do things differently. now they still say that they are and they will, but i think there is a real risk that many people will see the headlines and will just think, you know, we voted for change and we're going to get more of the same. >> katherine

katherine forster, tell us more . katherine forster, tell us more. >> yes.gone off to new york amid the escalating crisis in the middle east. but plenty still happening here. we'll be hearing from wes streeting the health secretary. we'll be hearing bridget philipson's plans for education. and we'll also be hearing from liz kendall from the department of work and pensions. but on wes streeting, he's got big plans to reform the nhs. he's certainly going to have his work cut out. he's saying that the nhs is broken. he's saying that the previous health secretary victoria atkins, should be saying sorry for the state, that they have left it in and one of they have left it in and one of the things that he's announcing today is to try to get people treated quicker. those huge waiting lists that have not been going for down years, partly as a result of the strikes, of course , and he's saying he wants course, and he's saying he wants doctors and hospitals that have really great practice in terms of working efficiently, getting through lots of procedures and to teach

and joining me live now from birmingham is gb news political correspondent katherine forster.good morning catherine. we heard of course from the tory front runners with tom harwood on camilla's show in the last hour or so. but call me naive or a bit silly, but the whole conference seems a little bit pointless when there isn't really a leader in play. what do you think of that assessment ? you think of that assessment? >> well, certainly there is not the energy or the buzz or indeed the energy or the buzz or indeed the stands that there were at labour conference last week, or indeed when i was last here in birmingham two years ago, they had the conservative conference here. it was when liz truss's premiership began to implode. and the room that i'm in behind me was absolutely rammed with stalls. you couldn't move. now conference here hasn't opened yet. won't start till ten, but there's noticeably fewer stalls. there's a lot more space around the leadership candidates walking around. of course giving interviews. this is a critically important for them and to the wider country an

katherine forster?on this. but the fact that the guardian has gone into all the different donations for tickets for football matches , for tickets for football matches, for tickets for football matches, for taylor swift, for clothing, for taylor swift, for clothing, for spectacles , etc, is quite for spectacles, etc, is quite significant, i think, to come up with this figure of £100,000. so sir keir starmer, as leader of the opposition, now prime minister, has accepted more than any other recent leader and the opficsl any other recent leader and the optics i think, are politically very difficult because himself and his wife combined income of, let's say, a couple of hundred thousand pounds, and yet taking thousands for clothing, 2500 pounds, apparently just for the prime minister's spectacles at a time where they are taking money from pensioners now. okay, their argument is that there's plenty of pensioners didn't need the money that ones on pension credit will still get it. >> but charities, payers mone

and indeed, if you're a child heading back to school , katherine forster with school, katherine forstera new pathway is being launched in greater manchester today. this is very interesting because what this is doing is encouraging pupils to take up an alternative to university. it's called the manchester baccalaureate and it will see students gaining technical qualifications, which are of course valuable to them, but also will be desirable to employers in the region as sophie reaper reports. >> gcse results day less than two weeks ago came one of the most stressful days in the life of any 16 year old. but by next summer , this day could look very summer, this day could look very different indeed. for some pupils in greater manchester, that's because as students return to the classroom today , return to the classroom today, many in this part of the country will begin their manchester baccalaureate or embark . baccalaureate or embark. >> the embark is an equal alternative to the university route. it's a path to all the amazing jobs and opportunities we've got in a city like ours at the mo

gb news political correspondent katherine forster has more. >> the prime minister back in washingtont's only a couple of months since he was here at the nato summit, which was less than a week after he swept to that huge landslide victory in early july. this time , victory in early july. this time, he has come to talk with the outgoing us president, joe biden. joe biden of course, will only be president till november the 5th after that. well at the moment it's simply too close to call whether it will be the return of donald trump or kamala harris. we simply do not know . harris. we simply do not know. but in the meantime, the uk and the us are very keen to work together to strengthen their special relationship that we hear so much about in the face of very, very pressing global challenges . the situation in challenges. the situation in ukraine, of course, and also in the middle east. now the foreign secretary is with the prime minister. he of course, is back from a trip to ukraine that he took with the american secretary of state, antony blinken. volodymyr zelenskyy has made it presi

katherine forster, our political correspondent. she was there.f the latest from that and also i'll be joined by lee anderson. shocking death threats he received over the course of the summer. he believes he's been on the receiving end of yet more two tier justice loads to get our teeth stuck into in the next houn our teeth stuck into in the next hour. i want to hear from you. get in touch. use your way gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines. and here's will hollis . hollis. >> good afternoon. your top stories at 4:00. leadership contender james cleverly has launched his tory bid this afternoon, vowing to bring back the rwanda plan, as he also said, conservative answers are needed to solve the most challenging problems facing our country. cleverly highlighted the need for us to remake the argument for capitalism to boost economic growth and give younger people a better chance in society. he also said he'd increase the defence spending to 3% of gdp and on illegal migration, mr cleverly says britain needs to have a deterrent . deterrent. >> i wi

well, time will tell. >> katherine forster brilliant stuff.ome viewer feedback, dawn. >> yeah. straight away. gb news. com forward slash your site if you want to get in touch as well. this is mark. lots of people echoing your thoughts. mark says no one will be jailed from the water companies. they pay from the water companies. they pay political parties too much. plus there is no space in jail. we're letting everyone out on tuesday, though, aren't we, it's starmer talking rubbish. that's not the word you use. but i'm paraphrasing. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> family show, isn't it? now darryn binder is a water sommelier and founder of crag water . he sommelier and founder of crag water. he joins us now. darren, welcome to the show . first of welcome to the show. first of all, is britain's tap water safe ? all, is britain's tap water safe? >> that's an interesting debate. and there seems to be mixed messaging about it. and confusion. and there's nothing worse that could really be happening to a utility or something as important as water

>> the real prime minister, the real prime minister katherine forster. thank you so much for that. to be back with what are we, what are we going to do? the inflation. inflation? yes. it's sticky 2.2%. >> will they cut interest rates though . will they. will they do though. will they. will they do it next. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:26. inflation remained above the 2% target unchanged at 2.2% last month, with new data showing that out today. yesterday prices in hospitality, holidays, hotels possibly boosted by the final leg of taylor swift's uk tour. >> maybe are driving inflation. with inflation in the services sector up to 5.6% in august. >> taylor swift she's she's driving inflation. no doubt starmer's the starmer's two trips to those to those taylor swift concerts are also to blame. i wonder if we're going to ask the prime minister about that in the fullness of time. but these latest figures come as the bank of england is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 5% when it meets on thursday. >> well, an economist has just leapt into the studio. thank you very much in

. >> okay, well, our political correspondent katherine forster was there for us. expecting to hear from ed miliband when it came to climate change, but no david lammy very much making this a foreign policy issue . foreign policy issue. >> yes. welcome to the temperate house in kew gardens, where the foreign secretary has made his first set piece speech in the role and he's chosen to make it on climate change and nature. now, he says that many people see this as some sort of separate and a bit niche issue. but he said that it is actually the central geopolitical challenge of our age , and it challenge of our age, and it also offers, he says, an unparalleled economic opportunity. now in terms of climate change, he's saying basically what the consequences of inaction are , and he's of inaction are, and he's talking about forecasts which say already that potentially up to 200 million people could be forced to leave their homes as the world gets hotter , those the world gets hotter, those people will be on the move. many of them will be coming to north america, to nort

let's get the latest now from our political correspondent, katherine forster.years. the families have waited for this inquiry . this inquiry. >> yes, indeed. ben. seven long years, but still, as they see it , years, but still, as they see it, no justice whatsoever. so a 1600 page report from the inquiry finding decades of failure , they finding decades of failure, they say, by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry. the deaths were all avoidable. the people that lived in the tower, they say , were badly failed. they say, were badly failed. they also talk about systematic dishonesty on the part of those who made and sold the cladding, that highly flammable cladding that highly flammable cladding that should not have been used on buildings over 18m in height, that we're told the cladding companies knew wasn't safe, that concealed that and sold it on anyway. the failures in regulation , the failures to regulation, the failures to check and the failures pretty much of everybody, the blame seems to be put ever

>> katherine forster, thank you so much. that was the brilliant katherine forster.e at the labour party conference in liverpool. right. you're with me . conference in liverpool. right. you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv , online and on digital radio. tv, online and on digital radio. coming up should rachel reeves upcoming budget scrap foreign aid to fill the government's financial black hole? but next. is it time that labour action against rogue landlords aswell? this is gb news. hello. good afternoon. just coming up to 20 minutes after 3:00. welcome. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. now it's time for the great british debate. this hour. the great british debate. this hour . and i'm the great british debate. this hour. and i'm asking. deputy prime minister angela rayner has announced a labour led crackdown on rogue landlords, pledging to end the scandal of substandard housing at their conference in liverpool. she committed to holding councils housing associations and private landlords accountable for unsafe

katherine forster joins us now.t of people have felt that tony blair is pulling the strings. we all know he would love all of us, every man, woman and child. no doubt to have a full bar code, digital id you put that question to the prime minister, sir keir starmer , prime minister, sir keir starmer, earlier? it seems for now at least, he's not copying tony blair. >> yes. good afternoon for martin, now at least, sir keir starmer is having none of it. with the compulsory digital ids that tony blair has made it very clear that he thinks that we should have. he feels that it would act as a deterrent preventing people coming to the uk because, of course, a major pull factor of people coming here is the fact that you can pretty much disappear and work in the black economy and digital id, he thinks, would prevent that. but i asked the current actual prime minister about this yesterday after his press conference with giorgia meloni in rome, where he was, of course , in rome, where he was, of course, talking about illegal mi

kingdom. >> katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much. >> right.> news . >> news. >> news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. thankfully, after the downpours across the south earlier this week, it is looking a lot drier out there today. but it is also going to be turning colder, not completely dry. the overnight rain still affecting parts of the midlands, east anglia and the midlands, east anglia and the south east. but it is scooting away pretty sharply. it should be gone by late morning from kent, then we'll have a few showers coming in around the coast of northern ireland into parts of wales, southwest england, a few in the east as well, and certainly over northern scotland, and by the afternoon 1 or 2 developing inland over the midlands. but nothing like the downpours of recent days. for many. there'll be sunny spells but don't expect much warmth. temperatures below average , struggling to get into average, struggling to get into the teens with that northerly breeze bringing a fresh feel and t

well, our political correspondent katherine forster is in rome with the prime minister. >> the issuealy, of course, on the forefront of this challenge with people crossing to europe and italy, has succeeded in getting the numbers down by 60% in the last year. now they've got this new, processing deal with albania. it's the first offshore processing deal in europe . processing deal in europe. >> energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help those hit by the government's cut to winter fuel payments. it comes as the conservative leadership hopeful, james cleverly, condemned sir keir starmer's decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish. approximately 71% of disabled pensioners and 83% of those aged 80 or over are set to miss out , and those aged 80 or over are set to miss out, and home prices in britain surged by nearly £3,000 last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £370,000. experts at rightmove say the increase double the long term average, is to down a rebound in the mar

this was a question put by our political correspondent katherine forster to us.he didn't want to give a number. she gave a vague answer on on how to improve the home office and things like this. but i think people want a number. or perhaps you don't believe in targets anyway. but yes, the winter fuel allowance, the conservatives, the liberal democrats, of course, they're saying there must be a vote in parliament. so far, though, government sources are saying absolutely not. that is not going to happen. but this is a policy that could affect io policy that could affect 10 million pensioners. >> yeah, i think they may well lose that vote. i think quite a lot of labour mps would think that we should just pay everything for everybody . everything for everybody. therefore, how on earth would you square not having a winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners? but there we go . pensioners? but there we go. could that be sir keir starmer's first rebellion? is he just trying to swerve everything and have no democracy? but yeah, go to gbnews.com forward slash your say

our political correspondent katherine forster has more. >> the pair are meeting , along >> the pair are meeting, along with the foreign secretary, david lammy, on national security adviser tim barrow and many more. an hour and a half meeting we're expecting. we'll then have some words from the prime minister following that, we're not told that there'll be any announcement. but clearly this thorny issue of the storm shadow missiles very much at the forefront now , number 10 want to forefront now, number 10 want to play forefront now, number 10 want to play that down. but volodymyr zelenskyy has made it very clear that ukraine wants and says it desperately needs permission to send these long—range cruise missiles into russian territory, something that the russian president, vladimir putin, has said. if the west does, if the us gives permission, britain already has done it would mean that nato countries are at war with russia. so they will be discussing other issues as well. the middle east being one of them. they want to play this down, but i suspect that it may be that the first we know

our political correspondent katherine forster has more. >> the pair are meeting , along >> the pair are meeting, along with the foreign secretary, david lammy, on national security adviser tim barrow and many more. an hour and a half meeting we're expecting. we'll then have some words from the prime minister following that, we're not told that there'll be any announcement. but clearly this thorny issue of the storm shadow missiles very much at the forefront now , number 10 want to forefront now, number 10 want to play forefront now, number 10 want to play that down. but volodymyr zelenskyy has made it very clear that ukraine wants and says it desperately needs permission to send these long—range cruise missiles into russian territory, something that the russian president, vladimir putin, has said. if the west does, if the us gives permission, britain already has done it would mean that nato countries are at war with russia. so they will be discussing other issues as well. the middle east being one of them. they want to play this down, but i suspect that it may be that the first we know

let's speak now to our political correspondent, katherine forster, who joins us from westminster. headunes again. another round of terrible headlines for the government. and this is a bit of a pinch point this vote tomorrow. could this be a poll tax moment for keir starmer. >> it's really turning into a huge row. this isn't it. six weeks since it was first announced. and if anything, people seem to be getting more cross . and a big vote coming cross. and a big vote coming tomorrow in the house of commons. now of course , this commons. now of course, this measure is going to go through because the prime minister, the labour government have got a huge majority. so of course it will pass. but it seems that up to 50 labour backbench mps are struggling with this and there could be potentially dozens of labour mps who abstain. and there may be some too, who actively vote against, though we know the consequences of that could be that they might have the whip suspended, as happened with the two child benefit cap. so we'll have to see. but certainly this measure will go through. but many,

. >> all right, let's break all that down with our political correspondent katherine forster, who's inre you? >> where are you? catherine >> where are you? catherine >> good morning. good morning, stephen and nana. i'm in south—west london today next to the river thames. as you can see, talking about water, because as you mentioned, steve reed, the environment secretary, will be speaking this morning. the government have introduced a water, quote, special measures bill to parliament to crack down basically on the very, very bad behaviour of water companies. now, one of the things that they're saying is going to happenis they're saying is going to happen is that if water bosses don't cooperate with the regulator, ofwat and the environment agency, they could face up to two years in prison at the moment, the worst thing that can happen is a fine . now, that can happen is a fine. now, of course, they are saying we don't really expect to be sending anybody to jail, but they hope that the threat of that will convince these water companies and water bosses to behave better. another thing they

. >> well, let's get the thoughts this morning from our political correspondent katherine forster, whojoins us from westminster. good morning. catherine brave. or are they risking alienating our biggest, strongest ally in the middle east? >> well, good morning, eamonn and isabel. it depends who you listen to. certainly this has been controversial and worth saying. i think straight away it's only 30 out of 350 arms exports, licences that have been suspended, and the uk only suppues suspended, and the uk only supplies some 0.02% of israel's weapons, which is a tiny, tiny fraction. of course , nothing fraction. of course, nothing like the united states, who have threatened to suspend, supply of weapons. but of course, that has not happened, but yes , david not happened, but yes, david lammy has said, look, we're following on from a review which was instigated by the conservative government and trying to unpick, you know, whether or not, weapons or weapon components, because a lot of these are components , things of these are components, things that are used in fighter aircraft, helicopter

let's head to birmingham and our political correspondent, katherine forster.let's start with the tories then. should we, catherine? i mean, they've got it all to play for in a sense. but it is there that much enthusiasm for this ? enthusiasm for this? >> well, around the country who knows. let's face it, they were booted out of office. a lot of people, i think we've ended up with a big labour majority more because people were sick of the tories than any love for labour. but it is important that we have a functioning and strong opposition. the conservatives are best placed to provide that. so we are here in birmingham now. worth saying. the last time conservative conference was held in birmingham, it was liz truss that was prime minister and dunng that was prime minister and during the conference here, i remember vividly how her premiership began to implode. she is going to be popping up here at some point. she still wants to have her say that's one previous prime minister, rishi sunak, the current acting conservative leader, former prime minister of course, ar

katherine forster. good morning to you, catherine.b news your say comment out as sort of the question to you because it caught my eye. andy m has just got in touch saying there is light at the end of the tunnel. so says starmer. is this a pair of rose tinted lord alli glasses ? of rose tinted lord alli glasses? so the comments are coming in on that. but you know, is he going to be able to strike a different note in the wake of all of these controversies ? controversies? >> well, i think it's going to be difficult because since labour got this huge majority, we've had a lot of doom and gloom , haven't we, saying that gloom, haven't we, saying that britain is broken, how hard things are going to be. £22 billion black hole and so on and so forth. i think there's an acknowledgement now that they've really overdone that a bit, because we've seen that their approval ratings are falling through the floor. and, you know, we used to hear lots of talk of a decade of national renewal. i've talked to some mps now who are not even sure that they'r

and for more on this, we can bring in our political correspondent, katherine forster.what more can you tell us? >> yes, the pair are meeting along with the foreign secretary, david lammy, our national security adviser, tim barrow, and many more. an hour and a half meeting. we're expecting. we'll then have some words from the prime minister following that. we're not told that there'll be any announcement, but clearly this thorny issue of the storm shadow missiles very much at the forefront. now, number 10, want to play that down, but volodymyr zelenskyy has made it very clear that ukraine wants and says it desperately needs permission to send these long—range cruise missiles into russian territory, something that the russian president, vladimir putin, has said if the west does, if the us gives permission, britain already has done it would mean that nato countries are at war with russia . so they will be with russia. so they will be discussing other issues as well , discussing other issues as well, the middle east being one of them. they

. >> let's talk to gb news political correspondent katherine forster now. good morning. catherine.proving to be something of a i was going to say a pain in the neck, but it's worse than that for keir starmer and his government, isn't it? the backlash has been enormous. >> yes. good morning both. it really has. this is going to save the government £1.4 billion a year. but my goodness, they are burning through huge amounts of political capital with this because they have upset not just millions of pensioners, but dozens of their own backbench labour mps, the liberal democrats, the conservatives and across the political spectrum, pretty much united in condemning this move. now we understand there is up to 50 backbench mps who are going to struggle to support it. i think we can read into that that they're likely to abstain, we don't know how many might actually go that step further and vote against. now, people who abstain are going to get away with that. and if you actually vote against it, get away with that. and if you actually vote against it , that's actually vote against it, that

katherine forster .er. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. it's going to be an unsettled day out there today, but the rain should be clearing through tuesday and then turning a little bit drier and brighter as the week progresses. so we have got heavy spells of rain and we have got some met office rain warnings in force, especially across northern parts of wales into the midlands and across parts of lincolnshire as well, where we've already seen quite significant amounts of rainfall. so disruption is possible further towards the south, turning drier here but still quite cloudy and towards scotland, still holding on to cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain. still breezy once again across the english channel and towards east anglia. and we still have heavy spells of rain continuing through monday evening, so there could be some difficult driving conditions at rush hour with travel disrup

. >> now i'm joined by our gb news political correspondent katherine forster who's been there.tion. tell us what we've learned so far, catherine. >> yes. good morning to both of you. i've spent the last three hours reading some of the over 1600 pages of this utterly damning report, which has taken over seven years to produce since 72 people lost their lives in that fire just a couple of miles from here in west london. and the headlines that decades of failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry. now, as the inquiry chairman, sir martin moore—bick, just said that all avoidable and that those who lived in the tower were badly failed by government manufacturers. the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, the london fire brigade and the list, frankly, goes on and on. he says that they were failed mostly through incompetence, but in some cases by dishonesty and greed. now frankly, there is a huge amount of blame being spread around now. some of it rests with the government. they say that from 1991, this knowsley house

oh, there's a lot i could say, but we're going to head over to katherine forster.ause katherine forster, i believe is at the queue, because the queue is very long indeed for the prime minister's speech, isn't it? catherine? a huge number of people waiting. it's like he's a rock star. okay, sir, it is a bit. >> hello, emily. good afternoon. yes, there is a real buzz here. i'm going to have to speak quite loudly because it's very, very noisy. i hope you can hear me. all right. but hundreds and hundreds of people gathered here waiting for the prime minister to speak, beginning at 2:00. oh, pardon me, i'm just going to grab a gentleman i was just talking to. just before we came on air. who's name is isaac? he's come up from bournemouth. isaac, tell us how long you've been a labour party member and what you want to hear from the prime minister today. >> i've been a member since i was about 14 or 15. and, it's basically fine. and i hope keir starmer says some sort of left wing stuff that i would agree with. and i'm sure like you would agree because like gb news, i think

joining us now for more on this is our political correspondent, katherine forster.rnoon. catherine. what's your thoughts on this? all the campaigners today are saying that this doesn't go far enough. and in actual fact, they've had powers for many years but haven't really done anything about it . about it. >> yes. good afternoon. ben. fergal sharkey and other environmental campaigners. not impressed. the liberal democrats, who of course have now got 70 odd seats in parliament, largely because of campaigning on the public anger about the state of our water, also saying that this is a basically a half way house and doesn't go far enough . that is doesn't go far enough. that is not, of course, what steve reed, the environment secretary, said he was here down in putney just along to the side of me at a rowing club this morning with a whole slew of announcements this water special measures bill that's passing through parliament that he's pledging a reset. let's see what he had to say earlier. >> instead of protecting our waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out

but we are joined by gb news political correspondent katherine forster.lowance. one of the first things that they announced and then did essentially no vote in parliament at the same time as giving away huge pay offers to the public sector. some say to their trade union paymasters, i mean, where are we with all of this ? this? >> yes, a bit of a grilling in the commons for the new chancellor, rachel reeves . but chancellor, rachel reeves. but of course, she fell back on, didn't she? when asked about so many things. all will be revealed in the budget on the 30th of october. but of course we do know that they are removing the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest pensioners. and with that, rachel reeves is sticking to her guns. she basically said, look , you know, pensioners are look, you know, pensioners are now getting £900 a year more than previously. that's going to help. and also the government are trying to boost the take up of pension credit because if you qualify for pension credit, you qualify for pension credit, you qualify for pension cre

katherine forster, our political correspondent there in liverpool outside the labour conference, we'reergeant matt ratner is being unveiled today. he was shot and killed at croydon custody centre on the 25th of september, 2020. now, the new zealand born officer had nearly 30 years of service and was nearing retirement at the time. well, gb news national reporter charlie peters joins us now. charlie, please do tell us. >> it was a moving and solemn ceremony that we had here at the croydon custody centre, just closing in the last hour. croydon custody centre, just closing in the last hour . emily. closing in the last hour. emily. and as you said, over 30 years of service in the metropolitan police for sergeant matt ratana killed in the line of duty four years ago today at this custody suite, he moved to this location having worked in boroughs across the country's capital, because he thought that the custody suite would be a safe place to end his career. and approach his retirement. it wasn't to be, as he was shot in the heart by someone who was being processed and arrested for possession

we're joined by katherine forster, our political correspondent.the menu. i wonder what was on the menu. i wonder what was on the menu. i wonder what was on the menu . was on the menu. >> oh, to have been a fly on the wall in that meeting. hey. yes, two hours in trump tower . david two hours in trump tower. david lammy, the foreign secretary and the prime minister. now sir keir starmer himself has been very critical of donald trump in the past. he accused him previously of peddling, the politics of hate and division. and david lammy went even further. previously said that trump was a neo—nazi sociopath , a racist, neo—nazi sociopath, a racist, kkk and nazi sympathiser. but how times have changed because of course they find themselves in office and the very real possibility that donald trump may be elected president again on november the 5th and come january 20th, he could well be president . so clearly they have president. so clearly they have to change their tune, because we do have a very, very important relationship with the united states. they

news, political correspondent katherine forster, who is in rome for us.for joining us.the catherine, thanks for joining us. the optics over the weekend. again, not good for labour and sir keir starmer. and also with this plan about the migrants , this plan about the migrants, some people are asking or suggesting even that he's kind of curtailing to the so—called far right by suggesting that he'd copy meloni's plans to deal with illegal migration. >> well, the thing is that the issue of people crossing the channel on small boats continues to be a very pressing issue for the new prime minister, as it was for the last one. you know, we had 801 people crossed just on saturday, eight men died, six people in hospital , including on saturday, eight men died, six people in hospital, including a ten month old baby. so they clearly do need to take action on this. now, of course, he scrapped the rwanda scheme that the government previous government had said people would have been on flights from july and this government is saying they're going to smash the gangs, bu

. >> gb news political correspondent katherine forster has the latest from washington . has the latest >> i don't think much about putin. those were the words of the outgoing us president, joe biden . and as the press were biden. and as the press were briefly let in to the blue room in the white house, where sir keir starmer, the new prime minister, and president biden were meeting to discuss all of these very pressing global challenges. ukraine, of course, top of the list that comment in response to the very clear threat that the russian president has made to the west, if they allow storm shadow missiles to be fired into russia. we haven't had an announcement on that . we weren't announcement on that. we weren't expecting it. it's quite possible that if it happens, we won't know about it until the weapons actually drop into russia. whether that will happen or not is still not clear. america has been very loath to agree this . and for fears of agree this. and for fears of what escalation could do. but of course , last week we had the course, last week we had the news that iran is suppl

we have got katherine forster. what are you drinking , forster. what are you drinking, catherine? the gb news welcome cocktail, which is whisky, angostura bitters . whisky, angostura bitters. >> okay. apple juice and something else. it's my only alcoholic drink because i will be live on gb news bringing you the latest from 6 am. tomorrow. i'm hoping to get maybe four hours sleep. >> okay. good stuff. well, thank you very much, everybody. olivia, you're not getting away with this . olivia utley is also with this. olivia utley is also out and about in the wild. so how have you found the tory conference so far? the mood seems quite upbeat. yeah, it's pretty cheerful. >> more cheerful, weirdly, than laboun >> last week i thought, i think they're kind of quite excited not to be in power anymore . not to be in power anymore. >> don't really feel any responsibility. i also think it hasn't really. >> they haven't really clocked quite how much no one's interested in what they're saying anymore. >> so it's a sort of sweet spot for them in between losing power and realising how irrelevant th

katherine forster joins us now. good morning, catherine. against a very rainy looking river thames.us up to speed on the detail of this story . story. >> yes. good morning to both of you. well, as you say, and the pubuc you. well, as you say, and the public are very, very cross about the bad behaviour of water companies. this is one of the most popular measures in the king's speech. the possible criminal liability for water bosses. so this water special measures bill that's going through parliament now . and through parliament now. and they're saying that water bosses who obstruct the regulator or the environment agency could potentially go to jail for two years. now, i have to say, i think that's very unlikely. i think that's very unlikely. i think more this is about sending a message to them that there could be serious consequences in the hope that they will then decide to behave properly , decide to behave properly, because at the moment, the worst thing that's going to happen is you get a fine and the bill is also going to ban bonuses for bosses of companies who've behaved badly

we can now speak to gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who's at the labour party conference conference hall there protesting against this measure ? against this measure? >> yes. good afternoon emily. well, a good few dozen at 1:00. ihave well, a good few dozen at 1:00. i have to say, the weather was absolutely atrocious pouring. absolutely pouring with rain. really quite horrible. but a number of people had come out battling the elements, including some quite elderly people, including a lady who told me that she had dementia. she was with a friend in a wheelchair. they were getting absolutely soaked, but they didn't care because they are outraged , because they are outraged, frankly, that the government and a labour government to capital has made the decision to withdraw the winter fuel payment from 10 million pensioners. now, of course, the government say they've had tough decisions to make. it's not a decision they've taken lightly. they say that the most vulnerable will be protected, but charities and many others take a rather different view. and it was organised by the u

katherine forster is on standby for us to discuss this and other news, including the health secretaryr two years. >> and there's also news in relation to immigration, with yvette cooper announcing investment for a new border security command, paving the way for labour's take on an immigration crackdown. good morning to you, catherine. plenty to talk about, but let's start, shall we, with lady starmer on the front of the broadsheets and sir keir starmer being absolutely, well, adamant that the rules have been followed and he hasn't done anything wrong . anything wrong. >> yes. good morning. both the story not going away and i think, you know, the fact that lady starmer went ahead with this visit to london fashion week in this fabulous outfit which has enabled the papers to put pictures of her looking amazing all over them and worth saying. the outfit for that was borrowed . but what has struck me borrowed. but what has struck me is that i was in rome with the prime minister yesterday, and he was asked on broadcast. he was asked again in the lobby huddle that we had before we got back o