sophie reaper. >> oh. oh sophie reaper, her life stolen by those who should have protected her. all my himars sara sharif was a bubbly girl. teachers in woking said she was confident and full of ideas. but her smile was extinguished. her body was found with dozens of injuries at her family home in august last year. jurors at the old bailey trial heard about the campaign of abuse inflicted on her. they learned that zahra had been hooded, burned, bitten and beaten during more than two years of violence. sarah started wearing a hijab. she was the only member of her family to wear a head covering the hijab, hid the injuries to her face. >> there was huge relief across armed policing in october when firearms officer martyn blake was found not guilty of murdering london man chris kaba after the old bailey trial. the court released details of kabas history of prolific and violent offending. he'd been a key member of a notorious london gang and was a prime suspect in the shooting of another man in a nightclub just days before he w

we've got sophie reaper sophie reaperin we've got sophie reaper sophie reaper in bolton mourning sophie. >> well, it's a wet and miserable morning here in bolton. but for those people who've left their christmas shopping to the last minute, they're going to have to face those conditions. we'll be speaking to them throughout the morning. >> brilliant. i'm going to tell you why this christmas message from the science secretary has made my blood boil. >> so we're changing the law so that next christmas, young people will have their id on their phone. so they won't have all the hassle of needing to get id or leaving their id at home. >> oh, it all sounds so harmless, doesn't it.7 and if you're spending christmas with a nightmare relative this year, we're going to have some expert advice on how to avoid festive fighting at the dinner table with a brilliant psychotherapist. don't miss it. and the ministry of defence says that one fifth of the british armed forces are unfit to fight, as we're warned that we would be wiped out in under a year if fighting a major war. how do we boost our militar

sophie reaper. >> sophie reaper. >> now 300 migrants crossed the channel yesterday as three died off the coast of france. >> the government say smuggling gangs are responsible for the tragedy. >> america is in mourning as former us president jemmy carter has died at the age of 100. >> joe biden has praised the one term 39th president as a man of principle, faith and humility, while donald trump stated americans owe him a debt of gratitude. >> and tours, trials and triumphs. how harry and meghan fared in 2024. >> hello and welcome. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with charlie peters and me sophie reaper. >> now 300 migrants crossed the channel yesterday on the day that three died off the coast of france. >> french authorities confirmed 45 people were rescued after struggling to board a small boat bound for the uk. >> now the border security and asylum minister, dame angela eagle, has said that ruthless criminals were responsible for overloading the boats. >> but who is really to blame now.7 obviously >> but who is really to blame now? obviously on christmas day, charlie and i were here and we were speaking to our homeland security editor, mark white. he was telling us about those red days where we've seen we would have seen an influx of migrants. it is interesting, isn't it, to see how many come over at this time of year because of the weather? >> yeah, we were told in the days before that thousands were waiting on the north coast of france. but clearly weather is an impact. but how much is government policy? and joining us now to discuss this is the former government senior s