so let's cross live to gb news reporter ray addison , who is in south ray addison, who is in south londonn of the suspect . on the screen of the suspect. >> absolutely. that image now out there, and it will be shown across media far and wide , all across media far and wide, all across media far and wide, all across the united kingdom, of course, as eddie very much uh, at large and presumed to possibly be heading back towards newcastle, british transport police getting involved in that. and so this turns very much from a localised london based manhunt to potentially something which is more of a nationwide scale. what we know so far is that abdul shakoor azadi is 35 years old. he was last seen in north london in khalid ionian road and he has got significant injuries to the right hand side of his face. now, police not able to say or clarify whether that is from the alkaline substance that was thrown onto the mother and those two young girls, always from some other cause. however he does have those significant injuries to the right hand side of his face and therefore will be fairly recognisab

news with the reassuringly single ray addison . reassuringly single ray addison. >> don't tell mrs.b news room, and we start with some breaking news this hour. the us and the uk have launched a series of strikes against 36 houthi targets in yemen. in a statement, it was announced that britain and the us targeted buned britain and the us targeted buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defence systems and radars. it's the second day of retaliatory operations following a deadly attack on american troops last weekend , american troops last weekend, and on friday, american forces hit more than 85 iran linked targets in iraq and syria, killing nearly 40 people, including civilians . iraq has including civilians. iraq has accused the us of putting the middle east on the brink of an abyss . stormont's first abyss. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it coll

in the meantime from ray addison . the meantime from ray addison. >> thanks, simon.t nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it collapsed . it follows an collapsed. it follows an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit

mark my thanks to ray addison . thanks to ray addison. >> listen, you've had a hard week.e been at the office, you've been working in a factory , whatever you're up to. well, we're going to have some fun tonight. busy hour to tonight. a very busy hour to come, but before we get stuck into tonight's show, let's head over washington, where over to washington, dc, where gb is very own. nigel gb news is very own. nigel farage the farage is at cpac, the conservative political action conference. let's let's catch up with what what exactly nigel is saying a bunch of teenage kids. >> so i've been doing this forever, and i was completely alone in british politics. i was completely and utterly alone inside the european parliament, which was an experience that i enjoyed very much more than they did in the years that i was there . and i was certainly in there. and i was certainly in there. and i was certainly in the united kingdom, complete and utterly on my own . in thinking utterly on my own. in thinking back in 2016 that not only was donald trump a very good candidate for the repub

mark my thanks to ray addison . thanks to ray addison. >> listen, you've had a hard week.e been at the office, you've been working in a factory , whatever you're up to. well, we're going to have some fun tonight. busy hour to tonight. a very busy hour to come, but before we get stuck into tonight's show, let's head over washington, where over to washington, dc, where gb is very own. nigel gb news is very own. nigel farage the farage is at cpac, the conservative political action conference. let's let's catch up with what what exactly nigel is saying a bunch of teenage kids. >> so i've been doing this forever, and i was completely alone in british politics. i was completely and utterly alone inside the european parliament, which was an experience that i enjoyed very much more than they did in the years that i was there . and i was certainly in there. and i was certainly in there. and i was certainly in the united kingdom, complete and utterly on my own . in thinking utterly on my own. in thinking back in 2016 that not only was donald trump a very good candidate for the repub

but first, the news headlines and ray addison . headlines and ray addison. >> thanks, mark.in northern ireland to focus on, quote, delivering for families and businesses . rishi sunak was businesses. rishi sunak was visiting air ambulance crews in lisburn ahead of a meeting at stormont with first minister michelle o'neill and deputy emma little—pengelly on monday. the institutions were restored after a deal between mr sunak's government and the dup to allay unionist concerns over post—brexit trading arrangements . mr sunak described money provided by the government as part of the return package as generous . generous. >> the deal that we negotiated last year , £3.3 billion, last year, £3.3 billion, represents a generous and fair settlement for northern ireland and, crucially , it is and, crucially, it is sustainable and it's about ensuring that public finances in northern ireland are sustainable for the long terme . that's the for the long terme. that's the approach that we've taken that i think will really benefit everyone here. and now that we've got the executive back up

ray. addison. let's go to ray. addison. yeah. let's go to ray.his . ray. about this. ray. >> morning you both . yeah, >> morning to you both. yeah, absolutely . we've seen that absolutely. we've seen that statement now in the last 20 minutes or so. we now know that the mother and her two young daughters are among 12 people who injured in that attack who were injured in that attack last night here in lambeth , near last night here in lambeth, near to clapham common. the substance, police say, was alkaline, which was thrown over the mother and her children , the mother and her children, then subsequently injured as well. eyewitnesses, people who came to their aid and also five responding police officers . now responding police officers. now the woman, who is aged 31, and her two daughters aged eight and three, all remain in hospital and the police say that while none of their conditions are life threatening, the injuries to the woman and to the youngest girl could be life changing. now of course, this all took place here in leicester avenue just be

i >> -- >> i'm ray addison in the gb news room. headliners is up next. but first the headlines and we start with some breaking news. the defence secretary says the uk and us have launched a third wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen , houthi targets in yemen, describing the attacks as proportionate and targeted. grant shapps shapps said they aim to protect international and commercial shipping . 36 targets commercial shipping. 36 targets were hit at 13 local towns, including buried weapons facilities, missile launchers and radars . facilities, missile launchers and radars. it's the facilities, missile launchers and radars . it's the second day and radars. it's the second day of operation following a deadly attack on american troops last weekend. the houthis have responded saying we will meet escalation with escalation . escalation with escalation. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as

and ray , five long ray addison. ong days after public appeals and now an offer of reward money to the police are clutching at straws . here straws. here >> well, our sources are telling us that the fact that this money is being offered, this reward money of up to £20,000 for information leading to his arrest, is an indication that those running the investigation believe that he could be being harboured by friends, acquaintances or possibly a network of people. and of course, that could be in london. it could be in his adopted hometown of newcastle or he could have been picked up in a vehicle and moved to a third location. by this time . so it's location. by this time. so it's possible he could be any where in the uk at this stage. now the met, of course, is warning very strenuously that anyone who assists him in hiding from that police search will face arrest themselves and of course, possible prosecution. now of course, the other option is that he's being helped potentially by somebody who doesn't even know that he

ray addison, gb news invasion.raine. oleksandra matviychuk sukh. very good to see you. this morning. the tragedy of this or the ongoing tragedy of this or the ongoing tragedy is two years on and still no end in sight. i mean, nothing on the horizon in. >> we approach into this second anniversary of large scale war in a very difficult situation when putin is preparing for a long, protracted war and officially, russia will spend there 40% of their budget for military expenses and the military expenses and the military support to ukraine. in the united states is blocked . the united states is blocked. uh, but in this difficult circumstance , as we ukrainians circumstance, as we ukrainians have no other choice, we have to fight . because if we stop fight. because if we stop fighting , they will be no more fighting, they will be no more us in this genocidal war. >> what do you say to those people, oleksandr , who tell who people, oleksandr, who tell who might tell you? >> tell us that the wars into its third year now ,

in the meantime from ray addison . the meantime from ray addison. >> thanks, simon. our top stories tonight. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it collapsed . it follows an collapsed. it follows an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit trade. the dup's emma little—pengelly has become the new deputy fm, a role that carries equal legal power. michelle o'neill is promising to be inclusive and respectful to all. >> we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress , a new and a moment of progress, a new opportunity to work and to grow together , confident in that together, confident in that wherever we come from, whatever our aspirations are, we can and we must build our future together . we must build our future together. i'm really delighted together. i'm really delighted to see every mla back in this chamber today, and i welcome the fac

our reporter, ray addison , is live. he's outside addison, is live. tion has come out in the past hour. amount of fresh information has come out in the past hour . bring come out in the past hour. bring us up to speed, please . us up to speed, please. >> hundreds of specialist officers, martin, are scour bnng officers, martin, are scour bring hundreds of hours of cctv footage . after over 200 calls to footage. after over 200 calls to the emergency number to report sightings. suspected sightings of azizi. as this manhunt continues , as you were saying, continues, as you were saying, though, the focus of this investigation really is the south london area. why because azizi was spotted at 950 on wednesday evening , crossing wednesday evening, crossing southwark bridge . that's the southwark bridge. that's the last known sighting of him. there's going to be a new image released of him, which police will be hoping very much will jog will be hoping very much will jog anyone who jog the memories of anyone who may have been in that area. and then saw he after

all right, let's get the latest with reporter, ray addison, with our reporter, ray addison, who scenew haven. emily a sussex police border force and several ambulances as well, responding as migrants were reportedly found in the back of a lorry. >> now that's believed to be on the seven sisters ferry , which the seven sisters ferry, which until just a few minutes ago actually was docked here, uh, at the at the port of new haven. now that had come over from dieppe in the morning. sussex police saying that border force are the lead agency on this case and that two men have now been arrested, one on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry into the united kingdom and the other for entering the uk illegally . for entering the uk illegally. now, as you were saying, six migrants. we've been told, have been taken to hospital, rushed there by ambulance . however, there by ambulance. however, luckily no fatalities have been reported at this stage. we have heard a comment from the local mp for lose as well. maria caulfield . she posted on x caulfield. she posted on x saying that she was very, ve

ray addison also vital military training too. some ray addison also vital military training too. someainian soldiers| joins some ukrainian soldiers training british soil. smoke training on british soil. smoke rubble and destroyed buildings since russia's invasion, ukraine soldiers have become used to scenes like this . scenes like this. >> for these recruits are a long way from their homeland . here at way from their homeland. here at a secret training camp in the west country, zelenskyy last line of defence is being taught the art of urban warfare. >> ukraine. >> ukraine. >> until three weeks ago, volodymyr was a taxi driver in western ukraine. he told me he gave that life up when he realised the military was desperately in need of more support. he's now urging everyone to enlist and fight. covid, dubbed operation interflex, the training is designed to give those with little to no military experience the skills they need to be effective in frontline combat . effective in frontline combat. >> there are friendly forces in the area as they move through battle scenarios . battle scenario

i'm ray addison >> good evening.il says it has disrupted labour mp anneliese dodds fundraising dinner in oxford during the protests. they delivered a request that the labour frontbencher pledges to leave the labour party within six months if the party fails to cancel all tory oil and gas licences granted after 2021. this is a developing story and we'll bring you more as we get it. well, police have confirmed three children whose bodies were found at a home in bristol died from knife injuries. seven year old farrah's three year old jewry and nine month old mohammed bash were found in the sea mills area on sunday. the 42 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of their murder remains in hospital and is being treated for non—life threatening injuries . a vigil is being held injuries. a vigil is being held injuries. a vigil is being held in memory of the children tonight . in memory of the children tonight. former post in memory of the children tonight . former post office tonight. former post office chief executive paula

that was ray addison, hear more.ice in the uk could be given new powers to arrest given brand new powers to arrest protesters covering their faces and threatening others to avoid criminal prosecution . criminal prosecution. >> yes, police already have the power ask individuals to power to ask individuals to remove designated remove coverings at designated protests, this proposal protests, but this proposal would mean officers have the right to arrest protesters who disregard their orders . disregard their orders. >> let's get more now with our political olivia political correspondent olivia utley joining us from westminster, olivia , what are westminster, olivia, what are the government hoping to achieve with their announcement today ? with their announcement today? >> well, this is all sounding pretty familiar. last year, the government introduced the public order act, which was also designed to cut down on anti—social protesting. the announcement today is essentially trying to take those measures a bit further. ess

>> well, well, let's bring in our reporter , ray addison, with our reporter, ray addison, with the verythe very latest and ray, what precisely happened in this case? >> well, this was the case of three women. >> uh, heba al—haq , pauline and >> uh, heba al—haq, pauline and kunda, and namuchi patel, who had all attended a, uh , had all attended a, uh, pro—palestine rally seven days after that horrific attack by hamas on israel. >> now, the women had on or about their person , uh, images about their person, uh, images of what were described as paragliders . but what the paragliders. but what the defence argued in court were actually parachutes . two of the actually parachutes. two of the women had them sellotaped to their backs and the third woman had it on a placard. now the prosecution, their case, they needed to prove that by displaying that article it would arouse reasonable suspicion in the reasonable person that they were supporters of a banned organisation. in this case, hamas . and obviously in this hamas. and obviously in this case, the judge found that there was the reasonable p

ray addison. >> thanks, darren. our top stories tonight. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it collapsed . now it follows an collapsed. now it follows an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit trade. the dup , emma trade. the dup, emma little—pengelly, has become the first deputy. rather, the new deputy fm that's a role that carries equal legal power. michelle o'neill is promising to be inclusive and respectful to all. >> we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress, a new opportunity to work and to grow together . confident in that together. confident in that wherever we come from, whatever our aspirations are, we can and we must build our future together. i'm really delighted together. i'm really delighted to see every mla back in this chamber today , and i welcome the chamber today, and i welcome the f

first, the headlines a good friend of mine, the ever sober ray addison .nks, mark. good evening. our top stories tonight. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as .

. >> it's ray addison in the gb newsroom. and we start with some breaking news as well.n and somerset police say 215 year old boys have been charged with murder . boys have been charged with murder. that's after 16 year old darren williams died after being stabbed in a park in bristol on wednesday . stabbed in a park in bristol on wednesday. in a stabbed in a park in bristol on wednesday . in a statement, the wednesday. in a statement, the force said that darren died after being attacked in raunds park in the eastern area of the city. the boys, who have also each been charged with possessing a knife in a public place, currently remain in police custody and will appear at bristol youth court tomorrow. we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it. well, staying with avon and somerset police and the force has referred itself to the independent police watchdog. that's after arresting a 42 year old woman on suspicion of murder following the deaths of three children in bristol. officers attended a concern for welfare. call in blaise walk in sea mills this afterno

well, joining us from north london, where mr azadi was last seen is our reporter, ray addison .t have we learned ? >> ray, what have we learned? >> ray, what have we learned? >> well, we know that azadi was last seen here at this tesco express on the caledonian road in north london. now that was just about an hour after that horrific attack in clapham , in horrific attack in clapham, in which the 30. 31 year old woman and her two daughters, eight and three, were injured in that suspected chemical attack. azadi very much now a suspect in that. we know that he was inside this tesco express behind me. he bought a bottle of water. then he left and he turned right. now, if you turn right and then turn right again , it's about turn right again, it's about a five minute walk to king's cross. of course, king's cross very much the route to major locations across the united kingdom. if he'd gone a little bit further up the road, there, saint pancras international now that will get you to france and to holland , as well as other to holland, as well as other destinations . and so the police

but first, let's get a news update from ray addison . good evening. from ray addison.t, the police watchdog has launched an investigation following a crash on the m25, which happened after a police pursuit . officers from a police pursuit. officers from hertfordshire constabulary . were hertfordshire constabulary. were following a van at around 4 am, where they were stood down before the collision. the van went to on hit three other vehicles and a woman was killed. police her family is being police say her family is being supported trained supported by specially trained officers . now a £20,000 reward officers. now a £20,000 reward is being offered for information that may lead to the arrest of a suspected chemical attacker. new video has been released of abdul azad in a tesco store in north london on wednesday . police say london on wednesday. police say his last known movements show he left tower hill tube station in the east end just after half past nine that evening. that was after a woman who was known to azad and her two children were attacked . forensic tests ha

. >> well, joining us now from the royal courts of justice is gb news reporter ray addison. cifics ? what are the specifics? >> well, to be specific, carolyn parks is bringing this case in her private capacity despite being the mayor of portland in dorset, she essentially is saying that it's wrong that the home office continues to avoid planning control over the stockholm barge by claiming that it's on crown land now. >> dorset council says that they do not have authority over this area of land in the harbour. she argues that they do, and that's basically why we're here at the high court to decide who has authority over that territory. this is going to be by the looks of it, a three day hearing. now, in her claim, miss parks is arguing that the bibby stockholm barge is engineless as it's permanently moored in portland harbour and therefore , she says harbour and therefore, she says it should be treated essentially like a pier and therefore should be subject to council planning law says if that fails , dorset law says if that fails, dorset council should actually consider plan

reporter ray addison rae . a horrific case ray addison rae. a horrific case developing quickly. local mp for lewes , maria caulfield? mp for lewes, maria caulfield? >> she understands that there was an alert on board the seven sisters ferry as it was travelling over from dieppe . travelling over from dieppe. that four hour journey this morning here to the port of new haven. and so when the ferry arrived here at the port, emergency services and police, border force were all here waiting for it. border force were all here waiting for it . locals waiting for it. locals describing the scene as absolutely flooded with with emergency services . of course, emergency services. of course, that major response , in reaction that major response, in reaction to reports of six migrants being found in the back of what's been described as a refrigerator lorry here on the seven sisters ferry, now , uh, of course, ferry, now, uh, of course, mainly freight travels in here to the new haven port. and there had been previous concern over migrants there used to be a migrants there used to be a migrant

ray addison . all >> thank you. ray addison.dul azadi. lots more still to come between now and 5:00. and i'll bring you more from our dramatic interview with mike freer , the tory mp, who, of mike freer, the tory mp, who, of course, is quitting at the next election after receiving death threats . but first, your latest threats. but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour as you've been hearing police investigate a chemical attack which left a toddler and her mother with potentially life changing injuries, have named the suspect as abdul azadi, the metropolitan police say the 35 year old may have already been known to police. it's understood the alleged attacker has significant injuries to the right side of his face following the incident. there still an increased police presence in the area where azadi was last seen near clapham common in london. superintendent gabriel cameron , superintendent gabriel cameron, from the metropolitan police gave this statement earlier . ou

ray addison. >> thanks, martin.ive paula vennells has been stripped of her cbe by the king following the horizon it scandal as she was heavily criticised for routinely denying any problems with the system which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters . she was subpostmasters. she was appointed a cbe in december of 2018, and announced that she planned to hand it back with immediate effect last month . immediate effect last month. she'll now formally lose the title for bringing the honours system into disrepute . well, system into disrepute. well, police have confirmed that three children whose bodies were found at a home in bristol, died from knife injuries . a seven year old knife injuries. a seven year old farage bash, three year old juri and nine month old mohammed were found dead in the sea. mills area on sunday. the 42 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of their murder remains in hospital and is being treated for non—life threatening injuries. and is being treated for non—life threatenin

well, i'm joined now in our studio in westminster by gb news reporter ray addison . ray addison. ray, welcome to the studio , to the welcome to the studio, to the show. you covered this case. you were in court. in fact , you were in court. in fact, you broke the story. the incredible line in that one of the accused actually is an asylum seeker. and she'd said to the home office in her claim she was fleeing persecution from hamas and yet, ray, here she was at this march displaying her mass related imagery. >> well, yes, this was revealed by her barrister . >> well, yes, this was revealed by her barrister. um, >> well, yes, this was revealed by her barrister . um, actually, by her barrister. um, actually, after the verdict had been handed down by judge ikram, he had announced that the all three women were guilty and barristers were obviously mentioning some some mitigation. uh, ahead of heanng some mitigation. uh, ahead of hearing the actual sentence. and it was revealed , yes, she had it was revealed, yes, she had uh, she was an asylum seeker, refugee from , uh, from g

before we get started, let's get your latest news with ray addison . latest news with ray addison. >>ir keir starmer has called for a permanent ceasefire in gaza during a speech at the scottish labour conference it's a change to his previous stance of a pause in the fighting, saying instead that the war must stop now. but sir keir says the ceasefire can't be one sided. he's calling on the hamas terror group to release all of its remaining hostages. he also said that a two state solution must be back on the table , an end to be back on the table, an end to the fighting, not just now and not just for a pause , but permanently. >> a ceasefire that lasts . >> a ceasefire that lasts. >> a ceasefire that lasts. >> conference. >> conference. >> that is what must happen now. >> that is what must happen now. >> the fighting must stop now . >> the fighting must stop now. >> the fighting must stop now. >> now . in the >> the fighting must stop now. >> now. in the us, >> the fighting must stop now. >> now . in the us, president >> now. in the us, president biden has assured ukraine that military

well, i'm joined now by our reporter, ray addison . who's our reporter, ray addison. britain's biggest manhunt. ray is now turning into something of a national embarrassment for the police . well the police focusing police. well the police focusing their searches last night in the nonh their searches last night in the north tyneside area to addresses associated with abdul ezedi on this, the seventh. >> well, it's the eighth day now. last night, the seventh day since that attack, that chemical attack in . london now one of the attack in. london now one of the addresses was best bite pizza and grill. it's a restaurant, a small takeout in the parade of shops in a residential area in nonh shops in a residential area in north tyneside . and police north tyneside. and police turned up about 11:00 last night. they blocked off the road to stop any oncoming traffic and then from outside the shop, they ordered everyone who was inside to come out with their hands up. well, around seven members of staff did that. witnesses tell us. and then armed police entered the shop with riot

the metropolitan police have given an update on the manhunt for abdul ezedi and gb news reporter ray addisonhe latest? >> yeah. good evening. martin. well met police telling us in that latest briefing that this is now being treated as an attempted murder investigation. one week on from that horrific assault last wednesday , the 31 assault last wednesday, the 31 year old victim remains sedated and police have been unable to get any information from her. however, they do say now that they've found very strong indications that they were in a relationship and the motive could have been that the relationship had broken down. they've had well over 500 calls across 999 and the dedicated 24 hour hotline, and they can reveal now that they've now tracked azadi, the last known sighting on cctv was at 11 pm. now crossing vauxhall bridge in london, and then onto vauxhall bridge road in the direction of grosvenor road. now the focus now for the met will be where did he go from that point onwards ? um, they do state that onwards? um, they do state that they believe that the direct target of the attack was

>> let's speak to ray addison at new scotland yard. good morning. of £20,000 because perhaps they believe he is a still alive and b being harboured somewhere. is that a fair conclusion . to reach? >> well, sources are telling gb news that this £20,000 reward is a good indication that those running the investigation do believe that azadi is currently being harboured by friends , being harboured by friends, possibly connections or possibly even a network of people and they may not even know that he is a suspect in this case. they may be a group of people that don't typically tend to watch engush don't typically tend to watch english language. main stream british news, and therefore may not even have been aware here that he is a suspect in this attack. a good indication of that being obviously recently the met put out details of the appeal for azadi in farsi. of course, the language spoken by many afghans. now, of course, the language spoken by many afghans . now, of course, many afghans. now, of course, that message certainly is getting through to many

well, let's get the very latest now with gb news reporter ray addison. >> you've been following >> raet has now been a long time since anyone saw this man . anyone saw this man. >> yeah , the manhunt for azadi >> yeah, the manhunt for azadi is well into its seventh day. and of course , we've seen the and of course, we've seen the latest cctv images and footage, which has been released yesterday . and it's all from yesterday. and it's all from wednesday night. no sign of azadi since then. and also no use of his bank card, which he'd been using to navigate the london tube system. of course, if he doesn't use that card, whether at an atm or to use pubuc whether at an atm or to use public transport, and he is holed up somewhere for, um, maybe somebody looking after him, or he's found somewhere to shelter himself , it's him, or he's found somewhere to shelter himself, it's going to be very difficult to track him. police, though, going through hundreds cctv hundreds of hours of cctv footage. in fact, they've dragged a brought in the counter—terrorism police because those specialist officers

ray addison there on a very rainy, horrible winter's day . could be w0 i'se.he north. >> it's grim out there today, so just stay where you are and watch us on the telly. we're joined now in the studio by political editor daily express, sam lister and barrister and columnist sam sam columnist sam fowles. sam sam fowles, come to you first fowles, let me come to you first to you were on last week to sam's. you were on last week when and we when this story broke and we discussed implications of discussed the implications of this attack, the this chemical attack, the interview we did went huge interview that we did went huge online. it went very viral. and we've been contemplating why that might have been. were that might have been. we were talking us your talking about remind us your position on this chemical attack and why was so pernicious for and why it was so pernicious for you. and why it was so pernicious for you for me , and why it was so pernicious for youfor me , it's and why it was so pernicious for you for me , it's the issue with >> for me, it's the is

i'm ray addison in the gb news room.,000 is being offered as reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected chemical attacker abdul ezedi. new footage has been released. of the 35 year old in a north london tesco on wednesday night, and police say he left tower hill tube station in the east of the city just after 9:30. >> forensic tests have shown a concentrate corrosive substance was used during the attack, which was either liquid sodium hydroxide or carbonate . hydroxide or carbonate. >> the houthis have been urged to stop their reckless attacks on shipping in the red sea following the latest uk us airstrikes in yemen, lord cameron saying that the iran backed group has been given repeated warnings to end its campaign, which puts innocent lives at risk. >> 36 sites across 13 locations were targeted by coalition forces . a man has been arrested forces. a man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences following the death of a woman in essex. offences following the death of a woman in essex . 68 ye

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first, the news headlines and ray addison . addison. >> thanks, mark. our top stories tonight.ve confirmed named three children whose bodies were found at a home in bristol, died from knife injuries. seven year old farrah's bash three year old juri and nine month old mohammed were found in the sea, found in the sea mills area on sunday. the 42 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of their murder remains in hospital and is being treated for non—life threatening injuries. a vigil is being held injuries. a vigil is being held in memory of the children tonight . at a body recovered tonight. at a body recovered from the river thames has been formally identified as suspected chemical attacker abdul ezedi. a post mortem also confirmed the cause of his death was drowning . cause of his death was drowning. his former girlfriend and her two children were injured in the attack. the 31 year old is now in a stable condition and no longer sedated, but the met police say that officers still have not been able to speak to her. former post office chief executive paula vennells has been strippe

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom . our top in the gb newsroom. our top stories tonight.ed an investigation following a crash on the m25 , which happened after on the m25, which happened after a police pursuit. officers from hertfordshire constabulary were following a van at around 4 a.m, but they were stood down before the collision. the van went on to hit three other vehicles and a woman was killed. police say her family is being supported by specially trained officers . now specially trained officers. now a £20,000 reward is being offered for information that may lead to the arrest of a suspected chemical attacker . new

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories this hour.lice have confirmed three children whose bodies were found at a home in bristol died from knife injuries. seven year old faris bash , three year old juri and bash, three year old juri and nine month old mohammed were found in the sea mills area on sunday. 42 year old woman arrested on suspicion of their murder remains in hospital and is being treated for non—life threatening injuries. is being treated for non—life threatening injuries . a vigil is threatening injuries. a vigil is due to be held later in memory of the children. avon and somerset police chief inspector vicks hayward mellon says officers are doing all they can to establish a motive. the loss of such young children who have their whole lives ahead of them is truly heartbreaking and our thoughts remain with the family and everyone affected by this tragedy. >> our investigation, led by the major crime investigation team, is progressing at pace and we're carrying out comprehensive enquiries to establish the events that led to

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom.rst nationalist, first minister of northern ireland. >> power sharing has returned after two years following an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit trade . trade. >> the dup has nominated emma little—pengelly as deputy fm, a role that carries equal legal power. >> o'neill says today opens the door to the future as we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress, a new opportunity . of progress, a new opportunity. to work and to grow together. >> i'm confident in that wherever we come from, whatever our aspirations are, we can and we must build our future together. >> i'm really delighted to see every mla back in this chamber today , and i welcome fact today, and i welcome the fact that dup have decided to that the dup have decided to re—enter the democratic institutions, and that the outcome of last year's assembly election is now being respected . election is now being respected. >> the uk says it will continue to support the united states after it laun

man had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender for gb news south of england reporter ray addison has the latest . the latest. >> well met police saying now that the focus of this manhunt for azadi is well and truly on south london, he was last seen at 9:50 pm. on wednesday evening in the suffolk bridge area. police releasing a cctv footage of him there. a man , a footage of him there. a man, a 22 year old man, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. that was suspicion of potentially helping azadi after the attack on wednesday night, he was taken to a london police station but released this afternoon on bail. police say as well they've been tracking azad's bank card. that's not been used since wednesday night. they say there's two possibilities for that. either he's come to some form of harm or he's now being sheltered . or he's now being sheltered. >> edison reporting there. you're with gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> god save the king. it is devastating news that our king charles the third has a form of cancen charles the third has a form of cancer

well, gb news reporter ray addison joins us now from outside the court . the nation at the time. what's the verdict ? that time. what's the verdict? that >> well, these women have all been found guilty of displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are support of a banned organisation in the uk. that's after they were filmed at that protest, uk. that's after they were filmed at that protest , seven filmed at that protest, seven days after the horrific terror attack in israel , displaying attack in israel, displaying images of what were believed to be paragliders in central london. now the women involved are pauline and kunda . and are pauline and kunda. and namathu teo. they're all in their late 20s. they all live in south or southeast london now. the prosecution said that the choice of the image that they wore was no coincidence. it's proximity being to that horrific attack. the defence argued that actually the image was of a parachute . it, um, they were parachute. it, um, they were displaying a cartoon moon parachute, which is used as

to not approach him . approach him. >> well , let's speak now to ray >> well, let's speak now to ray addisonstions for the government this morning as this manhunt continues. day two of this hunt. why was this sex offender granted asylum in this country ? granted asylum in this country? >> well, acquaintances of abdul azizi describing him as a man who doesn't let things go easily. and i think if we look at some of his past, easily. and i think if we look at some of his past , that's at some of his past, that's there's indications of that kind of personality in that the 35 year old afghan refugee, of course, we know he travelled to the united kingdom on a lorry in 2016 and applied for asylum to remain here, but his first two applications were turned down, um, during that time he pled guilty in january of 2018 to 1 charge of sexual assault and one of exposure . he was handed a of exposure. he was handed a suspended sentence at newcastle crown court. now, despite that conviction , he was granted conviction, he was granted asylum . um, on his third attempt asylum. um, on his third attempt and tha