a year. this more than 150 grand a year. this despite households being slapped with soaring council tax bills . with soaring council tax bills. >> i like that picture. and as labour announces plans to crack down on tax evasion, the public thinks the party has questions to answer on tax avoidance. new polling finds two thirds of voters think angela rayner should publish her tax advice. >> now we're going to go live to downing street to show pictures of the anticipated arrival of the president of rwanda, paul kagame . he will be visiting kagame. he will be visiting number 10 this hour , shaking number 10 this hour, shaking hands with the prime minister and no doubt discussing the particulars of the rwandan plan . particulars of the rwandan plan. a plane is still yet to get off the ground. >> yes , it's currently 1201. he >> yes, it's currently 1201. he is due to arrive at 12, so he is

as yet fashionably late. >> just as late as the rwanda legislation. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> to be fair, we've kept him waiting in some respects. so yes, perhaps he'll arrive soon. i'm sure he will arrive reasonably be on time. >> but of course, this is a big moment for paul kagame. he's been a figure on the international stage for some time. but of course, two days ago was the 30th anniversary of the rwandan genocide . and rwanda the rwandan genocide. and rwanda is a country that has moved on so far since that genocide, a genocide actually , that paul genocide actually, that paul kagame helped to end . yes, kagame helped to end. yes, because he was part of the rwandan patriotic front. >> so he's been very busy indeed. he was leading commemorations for this 30 year anniversary of that genocide, and he's clearly flown all the way to the united kingdom to meet our prime minister so rishi sunak will presumably be inside getting ready , getting prepped getting ready, getting prepped for his meeting. lots to talk

about with regard to the rwanda deportation plan. >> might this be him arriving now.7 the >> might this be him arriving now? the red carpet has, of course been rolled out, but let's just have a look. there is a car arriving on downing street now, it is, of course , a now, it is, of course, a government official car with flashing lights there. >> the range rovers, multiple range rovers, there . range rovers, there. >> and we're about to see it looks like paul kagame step out there. he is the president of rwanda since 2000. walking down, downing street, that famous street ready to meet with rishi sunak, the prime minister of the united kingdom . united kingdom. >> as you see the migrant housing, mr president. >> as you see the migrant housing, mr president . prime housing, mr president. prime minister, if you don't get flights to rwanda, are you finished ? yes. finished? yes. >> so we can hear shaking hands outside. number 10, you could

hear a journalist there calling out questions rishi sunak and out questions to rishi sunak and the president shouts the traditional shouts. of course i traditional shouts. of course! and there they go in lots of flashing pictures from the official number 10 photographer just got a sneak peek. there >> we got a sneak peek. there inside number 10, where? no doubt this is a big, big meeting for rishi sunak as well as for paul kagame. and you can tell that the official government photographer there inside the building no building taking pictures, no doubt we'll start to see those pictures go out on on number 10 official streams and lots of other officials going in behind them, of course. >> and, the questions that we're being shouted at the pair there refer perhaps to the report in the times today that some of the housing that was due to be allocated to migrants has, in fact, been bought up by rwandan citizens. but we'll dig into the detail on that with katherine forster a little bit later. but let's get your headlines with sofia .

sofia. >> good afternoon. it's 12:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top story this newsroom. your top story this hour. newsroom. your top story this hour . police newsroom. your top story this hour. police say newsroom. your top story this hour . police say they have hour. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old kusama actor died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. meanwhile, murder squad detective are investigating after a woman was found stabbed to death in central london. the victim was discovered dead having suffered multiple stab wounds in her home near hyde park . the metropolitan near hyde park. the metropolitan police say they are working 24 over seven to identify and arrest whoever may be responsible for the attack . lead responsible for the attack. lead campaigner and former subpostmaster alan bates has told the horizon it inquiry. the

post office spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal, and honzon the heart of the scandal, and horizon came in. >> i think i was quite positive about it because i knew what technology and these sorts of systems could do, so i was quite positive, but i found it a bit frustrating once the system was installed and we were operating, i found there were many shortcomings in the system, and knowing what these systems could do, it just seemed a bit of a lost opportunity. >> in other news, six migrants have been injured in the latest

wave of violence in northern france as people smugglers clashed with asylum seekers trying to force their way onto small boats without paying . the small boats without paying. the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk and resulted in at least two of the migrants being stabbed multiple times . being stabbed multiple times. the incident was followed by more violence the same area more violence in the same area just a short time later, when police came under attack from a large group of migrants who threw stones, bottles and other missiles officers . labour missiles at the officers. labour is set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoiders today in a bid to help fund the nhs shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast. clubs the party has said it will also raise £2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms. shadow financial secretary james murray says it's wrong that people are getting away without paying what

they owe. >> we're setting out our plans today to crack down on tax avoidance and to get that money into the public purse, because, you know, when people right across britain are paying more and more tax, think it's and more tax, we think it's wrong minority are wrong that a minority are getting away without paying what they owe. we've been setting out for years for a number of years about ending tax status. ending non—dom tax status. the government they wanted to government said they wanted to follow lead after years of follow our lead after years of saying wouldn't , but saying they wouldn't, but they're leaving open loopholes in that people in that, which means that people can hundreds of can avoid paying hundreds of millions we millions of pounds of tax. so we want close loopholes . want to close those loopholes. but that's part a broader but that's part of a broader approach investment in hmrc. approach to investment in hmrc. >> the foreign secretary has met donald in florida as he donald trump in florida as he looks to shore up support for ukraine. lord cameron's meeting with mr trump follows reports claiming the former us president said he could end the russia—ukraine war within 24 hours if re—elected. the two men discussed the war in ukraine, nato and the middle east. it is the first summit between a senior government minister and the former president since he left office in 2021. meanwhile,

the foreign secretary will hold talks with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, in washington, dc. and emergency services are dealing with a severe flooding incident in west sussex and are telling people to get to high ground if they're able to. south east ambulance service helped evacuate and rescue a number of people from a houday rescue a number of people from a holiday park. one person was taken to hospital with signs of hypothermia, where sussex fire and rescue service are operating in littlehampton after the river arun burst its banks in the wake of storm kathleen. the floods are also affecting roads and rail services across the south and into wales. rail services across the south and into wales . and for the and into wales. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to tom and . to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. now

we'll be back live in downing street in just a moment. as, of course, the president of rwanda has just arrived. walking down the red carpet rolled out for him by rishi sunak. it's interesting actually. already you've been getting involved on gbnews.com forward slash your say the new place for your comments and views throughout the programme. already neil has said kagame is here to ask for money and sunak will probably agree. so a little bit of scepticism there about that meeting and that red carpet in downing street. yes. >> and jemma hopes they get down to business right away and don't waste too much time posing for the cameras, but bring the cameras, but we'll bring you the cameras, but we'll bring you the latest from meeting. the latest from that meeting. but that, bates we but before that, alan bates we all know alan bates. he's led the campaign for justice all know alan bates. he's led the campaign forjustice in all know alan bates. he's led the campaign for justice in the post office scandal. he had his story turned an itv drama . story turned into an itv drama. and while he's giving evidence to the post office inquiry today, right now, yes, he suggested those responsible suggested that those responsible for the post office scandal should be prosecuted. >> speaking to another

broadcaster, he said people have got to be held accountable. >> yes, he's been very clear on that. indeed well, we're joined by our correspondent theo chikomba. theo, this is a big moment in this inquiry. chikomba. theo, this is a big moment in this inquiry . vie what moment in this inquiry. vie what has alan bates said so far ? has alan bates said so far? >> yes. well, it's been described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice. >> and alan bates today is giving evidence here at aldwych house in central london. now, in previous parts of this inquiry, we've heard from subpostmasters and subpostmistresses from across the country. over 900 of them were affected by this honzon them were affected by this horizon it system, which led to some of them going into prison and some of them taking their lives. now. today, alan bates has been giving evidence here in central london, and he's been giving his experience and talking about how he noticed there were issues in this system, reported them, but they weren't taken seriously. this is

some of what he's had to say so far . far. >> initially, it was because post office terminated my contract, giving me three months nofice contract, giving me three months notice and not giving me a reason for doing so. purely because in my belief is that it is. i kept raising problems and concerns over its horizon system due to a number of faults i'd found over the years. >> you tell us in your statement that you spent, that period of time seeking justice, accountability and redress for not just yourself and your wife, but also on behalf of a much wider group of people. is that right? yes i did, where, once i'd started my individual little campaign in the we found others along the way, and eventually we all joined up and so the fsa was born and onwards meant the

campaign . campaign. >> alan bates is the first to give evidence in this phase five of this inquiry. give evidence in this phase five of this inquiry . and you'll be of this inquiry. and you'll be here throughout the day explaining what happened during his time when he worked at his shopin his time when he worked at his shop in wales. now he will be focusing. this particular part of the phase will be focusing on the issues of governance, redress and whistleblowing. now, of course, it has got into some technical details, but of course, what's been at the heart of all of this is the stories of subpostmasters like him, who found themselves with shortfalls in their post offices, wanted to address them, but they weren't able to at the time. some went to prison and have gone on to attempt to seek justice. so far we do know 95 wrongful conviction laws have been overturned, and there were calls for government intervention,

which has been put in place to help some of those subpostmasters and postmistresses . postmistresses. >> thank you very much indeed. theo chikomba, who is outside the inquiry into the post office and the horizon scandal. i guess lots of questions that people want answered. i mean, alan bates has made it very clear that wants see criminal that he wants to see criminal prosecutions whoever's held prosecutions for whoever's held responsible for what happened. yes, criminal prosecutions and the giving back of bonuses. >> the clawing back of bonuses from those bosses who looked the other way. much more on that to come. no doubt, throughout the afternoon. but now two thirds of voters think that deputy labour leader angela rayner should publicly reveal the tax advice on the sale of her former council house. that's according to a new poll . to a new poll. >> yes, this is very interesting indeed because lots of people have been very keen to downplay the of this story. the importance of this story. but labour might not be cracking down on raina's tax problems. but they certainly are on britain's. they're saying with shadow chancellor rachel reeves

unveiling the party's new plans to tough on what they call to get tough on what they call tax dodgers . tax dodgers. >> but is this terrible timing for the labour party, given the rayner tax scandal? well, we're joined now by luke tryl, the uk director of more in common, the company behind this new polling. and luke, just first of all, what did your poll actually reveal . well, so we asked, in reveal. well, so we asked, in this poll, whether the public thought that given , the coverage thought that given, the coverage of, angela rayner as, house sale, and the suggestion that the right amount of tax wasn't paid, whether she should publish, the advice that she was given, that tax advice and what we found was that two thirds of voters said that she should pubush voters said that she should publish that, advice. >> it was less than 1 in 5 that felt that she shouldn't . and i felt that she shouldn't. and i think the reason that this is particularly important isn't. and i think it's particularly

important for angela rayner, because one of the things i should say is that angela rayner is a popular politician is a very popular politician with public. when with the public. in fact, when we often we do focus groups, people often say, politician say, she's the only politician that ordinary people . that speaks for ordinary people. she's authentic, she's relatable. and i think the challenge is by being seen to be evasive on this issue, she's she's undermining that reputation , with the public. and reputation, with the public. and i think that's why this matters. >> luke, do you think some people will be surprised by what you've found with this polling that about two thirds of the pubuc that about two thirds of the public want her to reveal her tax advice? because there were lots of people and, of course, including the labour party, who want sweep story under want to sweep this story under the . lots of people the carpet. lots of people saying, oh, she doesn't need to reveal tax advice. she said reveal her tax advice. she said she hasn't done anything wrong. that's . but it does seem that's enough. but it does seem like the care about this like the public care about this story than some might have story more than some might have hoped. story more than some might have hopwell, worth saying . i >> well, it's worth saying. i mean, it's quite a complex, story in terms of trickling through to the public. and, you know, the public are often likely in poll questions to say

they want transparency from politicians . but i do think this politicians. but i do think this goes to showing actually, goes to showing that actually, you know, when faced with that question, the public say actually , we would to see actually, we would like to see this and able to come this advice and be able to come to for, our own judgement on what happened. and i think this particularly matters for labour as they go into the election, because we know the public are very cynical. trust in politicians is very low , there politicians is very low, there have been a series of, you know, what you might call scandals, which have eroded that trust. and i think labour will be determined to show. look, we're turning we're turning over a new leaf. we're going more transparent going to be more transparent than what's before. and than what's come before. and i think being forward , with think by not being forward, with this advice, they're risking damaging . so whilst i don't damaging that. so whilst i don't think, you know, this scandal is sort of, you know, fatal to angela rayner's career in any way, i think it's the broader impact that it's likely to have on her brand, which matters, which, as i say, is one of authenticity and speaking and

saying it like it is, it's interesting . interesting. >> a lot of the time, people refer to the labour party as a new iteration of tony blair's labour party of 1997, and with that leadership of the labour party back then, in the 90s, you had the balancing act of tony blair and john prescott. blair was the, the slick former lawyer. and prescott, of course , lawyer. and prescott, of course, the more authentic, working class voice that balancing act really worked for new labour in the late 1990s. is there a risk now that that same sort of leader, deputy leader situation could be undermined by this scandal? i i think there is a risk and i think the reason there's a risk is because he's abundantly clear that angela rayner can speak to a whole group of voters, that keir starmer can't speak to. >> actually, when you present them to voters in a focus group as a package, they're actually much more positive about either of them individually.

much more positive about either of them individually . and she of them individually. and she does give keir starmer something else. we know that people say about keir starmer. you know, he's a bit lawyerly . i'm not he's a bit lawyerly. i'm not sure how in touch he is, he's not perhaps that exciting. and actually angela rayner brings something else , which is why, as something else, which is why, as i say, i think it would be, you know, a shame , if, this scandal know, a shame, if, this scandal and the sense that she's been evasive, undermined that reputation and, as you say, posed a risk to that kind of that contrasting team, which seems to work quite well and luke, what about keir starmer's position on all of this? >> how's that going down? he's saying essentially team have saying essentially my team have seen the advice. i have not myself seen the advice . what's myself seen the advice. what's all that about? >> well, i'm not sure, what it's about from his, perspective, but but again, i would say, you know, we've seen if we look at some of the issues which have affected rishi sunak, it is undoubtedly , oddly damaged him undoubtedly, oddly damaged him personally when he's being seen to be too slow to act or not on

top of what, you know, his ministers have been doing. and i think keir starmer might find himself in a similar position if he's not seen to be gripping this situation. now, that doesn't mean, you know, getting rid of angela rayner. like we don't know the facts and she's given very fulsome reassurances that she followed the advice and didn't do anything wrong . but i didn't do anything wrong. but i think that's why publishing this advice for both angela rayner and keir starmer could just be the easiest thing to do . the easiest thing to do. >> yeah, really, really interesting keir starmer interesting that keir starmer is saying continually that he doesn't need to see it, that he won't see it. could he be insulating from anything insulating himself from anything down is a down the tracks? well, that is a question . but, luke tryl, for question. but, luke tryl, for now, thank you very much for joining through joining us and talking through your polling. really appreciate it, in common. >> it does also raise the question of how much i know there are accusations against angela makes angela rayner, so that makes it a different . but you a little bit different. but you often people saying there often hear people saying there should complete transparency. should be complete transparency. if you're a member of parliament, you should reveal everything about your tax

affairs. and that's an interesting question because i to some extent think, no, you shouldn't. it's already tough being in the public, you know, in the public space as it is to be an mp and accountable to your constituents should you have to reveal everything. >> yeah, it's an interesting one because people in because a couple of people in the, in the gb, your say gbnews.com forward slash your say on new comment system . say on new comment system. warren has said it's not about the amount she owes. it's not about the tax. it's about the hypocrisy. because angela rayner and keir starmer last year , were and keir starmer last year, were saying that rishi sunak nadhim zahawi because he was in a tax scandal at the time and the deputy prime minister, they were saying all of those leading figures in the conservative party should publish tax party should publish their tax returns. then now angela returns. but then now angela rayneris returns. but then now angela rayner is saying she doesn't want to publish her own tax advice. i mean, it can't be one rule for the government and a different rule for the opposition. >> well, david lammy essentially said there be said that there should be they're government , so

they're not in government, so therefore scrutiny is therefore less scrutiny is required, which is an interesting argument when you're looking to become the next, government. brendan says being evasive just means there is something hide. that's how something to hide. that's how it can appear. don't something to hide. that's how it can if appear. don't something to hide. that's how it can if angela appear. don't something to hide. that's how it can if angela rayner don't something to hide. that's how it can if angela rayner has don't something to hide. that's how it can if angela rayner has done know if angela rayner has done anything wrong, whether she was given tax we given wrong tax advice. we simply don't and keir simply don't know. and keir starmer at the moment is taking an interesting position . my team an interesting position. my team have seen the advice. i don't need to see the advice. i trust her. that enough for you? her. is that enough for you? clearly for clearly it's not enough for the public. of people will be >> lots of people will be thinking starmer simply thinking is keir starmer simply getting throw his getting ready to throw his own team angela rayner well team and angela rayner as well under simply for self—preservation? >> but does need does he >> but does he need her? does he need her to appeal to the masses, well, much more to come. rishi sunak is, of course, welcomed rwandan president paul kagame to number 10. we saw that at the top of the hour, and we're going to get an update live from downing street on that meeting shortly. course, meeting very shortly. of course, we what we want your views on what should leaders discussing should the leaders be discussing behind that famous black door right them in to

right now. send them in to gbnews.com forward slash your say yes, we'll be asking for more money. >> what will be said, let us know. this is good afternoon britain. we're on gb news, britain's channel .

>> good afternoon. britain live from downing street, where the president of rwanda, paul kagame , is leaving after a 25 minute meeting with prime minister rishi sunak. you can see his motorcade just rolling out of downing street as we speak. >> yes , less than half an hour >> yes, less than half an hour spent inside number 10 discussing presumably the rwanda deportation plan. very short meeting. very short. is that common, tom? for presidents of country to visit. just a whistle

stop, whistle stop tour of the united kingdom into number 10. and then out again. >> well, it's important to stress this isn't a state visit. this isn't one of the grand occasions of state we'll remember . when it's a red remember. when it's a red carpet, there is a red carpet. but this isn't a state. when there's a state visit, the royal family are involved. they're a grand banquets. there are moments it's grand banquets. there are mmuchts it's grand banquets. there are mmuchts state it's grand banquets. there are mmuchts state affairs. t's a much bigger state of affairs. this visit. so it's this is a working visit. so it's a very, very different set of affairs. trying think affairs. now i'm trying to think off the top of my head about previous meetings that i've seen in downing street between world leaders and half an hour. it does happen when it's of does happen when it's sort of smaller generally , the smaller countries generally, the prime devote, prime minister will devote, you know, of his know, half an hour of his itinerary that because, of itinerary to that because, of course, the prime minister very, very busy throughout the day. but would thought that but i would have thought that rwanda, just rwanda, because it's not just any african country any old small african country with economy, is with a small economy, this is quite united. >> sunaks e sunaks career >> rishi sunaks political career depends. >> rishi sunaks political career depends . on >> rishi sunaks political career depends. on rwanda and depends arguably on his relationship

with the president of rwanda. in terms of getting this stop the boats policy off the ground, the rwanda deportation plan. think boats policy off the ground, the rvseemsieportation plan. think boats policy off the ground, the rvseems like �*tation plan. think boats policy off the ground, the rvseems like quitei plan. think boats policy off the ground, the rvseems like quite alan. think boats policy off the ground, the rvseems like quite a short think it seems like quite a short amount time. it seems like quite a short amyijnt time. it seems like quite a short amyi think time. it seems like quite a short amyi think it�*ne. it seems like quite a short amyi think it does when you >> i think it does when you consider they'll have walked in. we being we saw the photographs being taken. we saw the photographs being takenumber we saw the photographs being take number 10 we saw the photographs being takenumber 10 door, little the number 10 door, that little intricate inside view of the number 10 official photographers taking those pictures. there will have doubt will have been no doubt time before the meeting and after the meeting. how long were they actually sat down together? for now, i'm going to be getting a readout . of what they discussed readout. of what they discussed from number 10 later in the program. so we'll be able to tell you precisely what went on. also, our women on the ground , also, our women on the ground, katherine forster, will be live in downing street for us. so some these questions will be some of these questions will be answered. but if you have anything would us anything you would like us to ask katherine live ask katherine forster live from downing touch downing street. do get in touch gbnews.com slash gbnews.com forward slash your say got >> perhaps they just got straight or straight down to business. or perhaps about perhaps it was more about the photo we shall find out

photo shoot. we shall find out for you. >> not suggesting that >> you're not suggesting that rishi there a rishi sunak is only there for a photo of course not. photo shoot? no, of course not. >> but moving >> no, never. never. but moving on now, a 25 year old man has been arrested in aylesbury on suspicion . of murdering a woman suspicion. of murdering a woman in bradford on saturday. >> yes. 27 year old kulsum akhtar was stabbed in the neck while she was pushing her baby down the high street. >> well, gb news yorkshire and humber reporter riley in humber reporter anna riley is in bradford and anna, thank you very been following very much. you've been following this when very much. you've been following this this when very much. you've been following this this arrest when very much. you've been following this this arrest made when very much. you've been following this this arrest made ? when was this arrest made? >> yes, a truly horrific story. this arrest was made in the early hours of this morning . the early hours of this morning. the arrest made in aylesbury, as you say, in buckinghamshire . more say, in buckinghamshire. more than 150 miles away from bradford, where the murder took place. say that the 25 place. police say that the 25 year man that they arrested year old man that they arrested was they thanked was from oldham. they thanked the thames valley police for their help in this

investigation. that that sparked a manhunt for more than three days as part of their investigation, they've told us that they are no longer searching for habiba masum, but they've not yet named this 25 year old man that's been arrested. where waiting on that. but like you say, just a truly tragic case. the victim, 27 year old woman who was stabbed to death in broad daylight while she was pushing her baby in a pram, just. it was unfathomable for people that witnessed it. we spoke to geo khan yesterday . he spoke to geo khan yesterday. he was a shopkeeper who tried to assist the woman as she lay dying , and was helped with a dying, and was helped with a passer by who was a doctor. they just described the scene and he, the shopkeeper , told us that he the shopkeeper, told us that he knew her as well and that she visited his shop regularly for

the past few weeks, and that she was a happy woman that always had on her face. so had a smile on her face. so something that's really rocked the community. but yet the latest is 25 year old man from oldham, arrested aylesbury . oldham, arrested in aylesbury. and as we have more on this, we will be able to bring it to you. >> william kedjanyi. well, thank you very much for bringing us the very latest there live from bradford, from scene of that bradford, from the scene of that awful days ago. >> absolutely horrendous. well, coming up, going be coming up, we're going to be getting from that getting the details from that meeting the president of meeting between the president of rwanda and rishi sunak. they were in there for about 20, 25 minutes. what was said . what did minutes. what was said. what did they decide any developments have to say? >> paul has written in to say kagame leaves after 25 minutes. >> paul has written in to say kitakes leaves after 25 minutes. >> paul has written in to say kitakes threees after 25 minutes. >> paul has written in to say kitakes three minutes5 minutes. >> paul has written in to say kitakes three minutes foriinutes. >> paul has written in to say kitakes three minutes for rishi s. >> paul has written in to say kitake to hree minutes for rishi s. >> paul has written in to say kitake to sign minutes for rishi s. >> paul has written in to say kitake to sign ainutes for rishis. >> paul has written in to say kitake to sign a check. for rishis. >> paul has written in to say kitake to sign a check. for riswere sunak to sign a check. what were they 22 minutes? >> everyone cynical. >> well, everyone is cynical. everyone is cynical. how long has this been the works for? has this been in the works for? well, time . quite well, quite some time. quite some well, this is some time. well, this is good afternoon gb news. afternoon britain on gb news. britain's news channel .

britain's news channel. >> it's 1231. britain's news channel. >> it's1231. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her pram . 27 year old her baby in a pram. 27 year old kusuma after being kusuma akhter died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched . a manhunt police then launched. a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. six migrants have been injured in the latest wave of violence in the latest wave of violence in as people in northern france, as people smugglers asylum smugglers clashed with asylum seekers trying to force their way onto boats without way onto small boats without paying way onto small boats without paying . the latest violence paying. the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk and resulted in at least two of the stabbed. the migrants being stabbed. multiple the incident was multiple times. the incident was followed more violence in the followed by more violence in the same area just a short time later, police came under later, when police came under attack from a large group of migrants who threw stones , migrants who threw stones, bottles and other missiles at

the officers . prime minister the officers. prime minister rishi sunak has been meeting with the president of rwanda, paul kagame, in downing street . paul kagame, in downing street. the visit comes as it was revealed that some of the housing built to accommodate migrants after they are deported has been to locals . lead has been sold to locals. lead campaigner and former subpostmaster . alan bates has subpostmaster. alan bates has told the horizon it inquiry the post office spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. the inquiry has been circumstances been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal . and the heart of the scandal. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts

i >> -- >> it's 1236. you're >> it's1236. you're watching. listening to. good afternoon britain. now, a former nurse has been sentenced to seven years in jail for the ill treatment of child. >> yes. tracey menhinick was found guilty of harming a child with laxatives over a three year period, which affected his development . development. >> well, let's cross to glasgow high court, where our scotland reporter, tony mcguire has been following the story for us. tony, do we know ? tony, what do we know? >> good afternoon. yes, well , >> good afternoon. yes, well, this morning tracey menhenick was sentenced to seven years in prison after quite a lengthy trial. >> that has to be said. she was

found guilty in february this yean found guilty in february this year, after a 19 day trial poured through around 5500 pages of documents. and yet the jury took only around an hour to convict. now i am. a previous sentencing hearing had been called in march, but that was delayed so that the judge, the judge, could receive a psychiatric report. now, tracey menhenick, she was a former nhs nurses. you say she was the carer for a young boy who cannot be named for legal reasons. and over the course of three years, between april 2014 and july 2017, she forced him to take laxatives to the point that he almost lost his life. now the court heard that the long term impacts of this are going to be a really exhaustive list and quite, quite a sad tale. altogether. this now , she, had

altogether. this now, she, had high expectations . that this high expectations. that this young boy is going to go through life now with learning difficulties. he already has a permanent disfigurement and stunted growth. now, one of the doctors who is involved in the case, to help the judge come to this decision . well, he said this decision. well, he said that when the young man arrived at great ormond street hospital, his body looked emaciated. and tracey minkin , she stood by tracey minkin, she stood by while doctors sorry, baffled by the boy. the boy's bodies reluctance to improve in any way whatsoever. and several operations were performed to improve his condition. now, late judge lady drummond, she said that the only fitting case for this would be a lengthy and substantial one, and one that shows the, sorry. and one that actually echoes the horror of

what she's done in the eyes of the public, now, her defence that, as i said, that psychiatric report had come in today. her defence counsel went through it, with the judge. the defendant herself, she had quite a what her defence counsel called, a huge list of her own health grievances . and the health grievances. and the judge's has asked that they take any consideration by the penal system. but in the end, seven years in jail, for poisoning this little young man over, over three years. >> it's a really shocking story . >> it's a really shocking story. story, tony. and the more that we learn about it, the more i think people just find it very, very believe. i mean, very hard to believe. i mean, this is a situation where we could have been talking about a murder not been murder here, had this not been stopped it was stopped by the time it was stopped. really, really concerning stuff , but, tony,

concerning stuff, but, tony, while you're here, there's another concerning story north of the border just developing today concerning the first minister's brother in law , the minister's brother in law, the brother of the wife of humza yousaf . what's going on here, yousaf. what's going on here, indeed. well, this , refers to indeed. well, this, refers to ramsey el—nakla as you know, is the is the brother in law of the first minister, the brother of his wife. and he had been now , his wife. and he had been now, charged with abduction and extortion . now, this is all in extortion. now, this is all in relation to a case in dundee where a man fell from a window and later died in hospital. and we know that he's the fourth person to appear. really? in connection to this, someone last week . jennifer souter, 38, she week. jennifer souter, 38, she appeared in dundee sheriff court on thursday last week, of culpable charged with culpable homicide. however she did not enter any plea at that time . and

enter any plea at that time. and certainly it's going to be yet another, you know, heavy topic on the plate of the first minister with everything that he's got going on in his day job. but as we've seen really over the last months, you over the last six months, you know, is , is he has some know, he he is, is he has some experience now of balancing the severe personal life with the severe personal life with the severe day job, as we . see very severe day job, as we. see very much for bringing us that live from, from glasgow there. >> but of course, ramsey al—nassar, the, the brother in law of the first minister who will be appearing at dundee sheriff court later on. >> arrested and charged >> yes. arrested and charged with abduction and extortion following a man dying, falling from a window. well, we'll bring you any updates as and when we get them . but in other news, get them. but in other news, a houday get them. but in other news, a holiday park in west sussex has had to be evacuated after a get

to high ground warning because there's flooding 65mph winds hitting the area overnight . hitting the area overnight. >> south east coast ambulance said, a number of resources were sent to help evacuate and rescue people from medmerry holiday park. >> yes, this all comes as high tides strong winds led to tides and strong winds led to coastal flooding of coastal flooding in parts of hampshire isle of wight. hampshire and the isle of wight. >> let's cross to ray addison now, news reporter now, our gb news reporter joining us from west sussex. and, you can hear me and, ray, i hope you can hear me over the wind. it does seem like the weather has been pretty severe area . severe in this area. >> absolutely. the advice from emergency services has been to find some high ground, and that's what i've attempted to do here. i've made my way down to bracklesham bay. >> now it's between selsey and east wittering. for those who know this part of the coast near to chichester as well. >> now this medmerry park that we've been hearing about, around 100 people have been evacuated

from there due to this severe flooding. >> now, i'm attempting make >> now, i'm attempting to make my there shortly. the my way down there shortly. the flood waters have started to withdraw , i've been told. but withdraw, i've been told. but along the way i saw here the bracklesham bay caravan and boat park. i'm just going to move out of way can take a look. >> so it shows you an indication. now it's just indication. now it's not just the medmerry that struggling the medmerry that is struggling and needed the help from and has needed the help from emergency services. when i was walking along here earlier on, there was teams emergency service teams with canoes, probing the water and going from, chalet caravan to caravan , from, chalet caravan to caravan, checking to see if there was anybody there who needed help or needed, evacuation, presumably probing the water to see if there was anybody that was struggling because of this water that has come in here. and you might just be able to see in the distance as well, these , the sea distance as well, these, the sea there and those waves that are pounding in the winds are around about 65 miles an hour, at the

moment, of course , right here, moment, of course, right here, on the coast and over the overnight , we saw those rising overnight, we saw those rising tides really affecting all of these holiday parks along here, meaning that a number of them have actually been shut just getting back to, medmerry. now, the road in and out. there's only one very small country road in and out of medmerry, because it's quite a rural area around here that's actually been blocked off by police. so they're taking people out, shut they're taking people out, shut the park, trying to make sure that nobody gets into that area because of the severe concerns about these, the, the flooding from, the water here. of course, we've seen a lot of rain as well. and there's a lot of been a lot of travel disruption. disruption as disruption to businesses as well due of that due to the amount of rain that we've and we've seen, and flooding and pooling. seen train pooling. so we've seen train disruption too, now hampshire has been affected, the railway at lymington pier , coastal roads

at lymington pier, coastal roads as well have all been left impassable in parts of southampton too. so a number of issues being caused by these severe weather conditions , severe weather conditions, absolute disaster. >> if you are planning for a relaxing holiday and that's what you get, flooding , evacuation you get, flooding, evacuation and high winds. thank you so much for braving the elements for us. addison, our for us. ray addison, our reporter in west sussex. reporter who is in west sussex. what absolute disaster. what an absolute disaster. >> what you want, >> yeah, no, not what you want, isuppose >> yeah, no, not what you want, i suppose april is not normally the you the driest month, but you certainly don't. >> you imagine you're >> can you imagine you're planning nice planning to have barbecues? nice walks. down the beach, walks. go down to the beach, have time with your have a lovely time with your family , and what you family or friends, and what you get is gale force winds and flooding and an evacuation. >> not what you want, not the houday >> not what you want, not the holiday that your family might have dreamed of. but, stay with us all. >> you say that again >> you can say that again because shortly be because very shortly we'll be discussing to discussing how day turned to night people night for millions of people across north america as the total solar eclipse swept that continent. >> this is good afternoon,

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gb news. good afternoon. britain. now stay with us. it's coming up to ten minutes to one. and in just a moment, we'll be having a live exclusive from our very own mark white. some clashes down on the south coast. but before then, millions of people across the united states, mexico and canada watched in wonder yesterday as day turned to night following the total solar eclipse, which swept through north america . swept through north america. >> yes, the moon completely covered the sun for over four minutes in areas. however, minutes in some areas. however, back the uk, most areas back home in the uk, most areas missed out because of cloud cover. >> coven >> well, we'll be joining now with the space expert andy lounge to discuss this. and andy, amazing scenes in america.

but many brits disappointed . but many brits disappointed. >> good morning. yes, it was spectacular wasn't it? >> it was always going to be difficult for the uk anyway because sun would be quite because the sun would be quite low in the sky and we're only going to a partial eclipse, going to get a partial eclipse, but across usa and canada but across the usa and canada and a spectacular and mexico, what a spectacular sight it was. >> we managed to see >> we managed to get to see quite, interesting set quite, quite an interesting set of data from that as well. >> managed to see the, >> we managed to see the, prominences. that's a beautiful red prominences popping up, which was beautiful. and they stood out quite well. the corona looked absolutely fantastic. this the white glow, the big this was the white glow, the big white glow around the, the eclipse itself, which is really important. see that important. we don't see that unless we get an eclipse. so that was quite a wonderful sight to see that we saw streamers coming from it as well again. and the prominences and the streamers, effects of the streamers, all effects of the magnetic sun itself magnetic field on the sun itself . and that's really important now because we're at solar maximum, time of maximum, a maximum time of activity. and photograph activity. and that photograph

there beautifully . it's there shows it beautifully. it's fantastic corona. and the important thing when we're studying this, the corona is about 1,000,000 c and is hotter than the photosphere, which is about 5500 degrees. and the photosphere is the bright bit that normally when that we normally see. so when you you see this you block out that, you see this really atmosphere of the you block out that, you see this realand atmosphere of the you block out that, you see this real and we itmosphere of the you block out that, you see this realand we don't)here of the you block out that, you see this realand we don't knowof the you block out that, you see this realand we don't know stille sun and we don't know still fully atmosphere fully why the outer atmosphere of lot hotter. it's of the sun is a lot hotter. it's a great mystery for us. it a very great mystery for us. it could do with the magnetic could be to do with the magnetic fields and the prominences transferring energy, which is why spacecraft are out there looking at it. but what a spectacular the spectacular sight for the public. and it was a it's another piece of evidence here that that science is far better than magic and superstition. science is the thing which you can excite you. yes. >> it's magical, andy, it wasn't all fun and games for everyone, though. seeing that of though. i'm seeing that lots of people states were though. i'm seeing that lots of peocomplaining states were though. i'm seeing that lots of peocomplaining sttheirnere though. i'm seeing that lots of peocomplaining sttheir eyes are complaining that their eyes are complaining that their eyes are result of are boiling as a result of looking eclipse . looking at the solar eclipse. even some who were wearing glasses. apparently andy. google

searches for eye pain spiked. some people aren't reading the advice, are they ? advice, are they? >> i think if you follow the advice exactly, then you would be absolutely fine. i mean, when i pubuc be absolutely fine. i mean, when i public awareness i did a public awareness activity across libya in 2006, we had a very strict regulation going on there, the rule was they put your eyes down, put the put the glasses on and hold them, salute and look up. and that actually gave you some shielding and then shielding from the top. and then you it for a short you only did it for a short penod you only did it for a short period of time, then went down again in reverse the process, if people just stood there looking directly, which you should never do constantly, of do constantly and constantly, of course get heat course you're going to get heat going it's going into into your face. it's common we're in common sense, but we're in a world common sense will world where common sense will not be tolerated, unfortunately, but people had followed the but if people had followed the instructions and astronomy societies universities . societies and universities. i know for a fact we're out there giving good advice, then they should have been fine. >> it's beggars belief, isn't it, that you can't regulate john

dunne. >> yes. >> yes. >> can you? i mean, my goodness, i've just stared directly into the sun googling why do eyes the sun googling why do my eyes hun? hurt? i mean, i mean, my goodness under fire, goodness me, but but under fire, it burned .just goodness me, but but under fire, it burned . just finally, it it burned. just finally, when will . we be able to see the next will. we be able to see the next eclipse? is there anything coming a bit closer to this part of the world in the coming years? >> always wanting more. >> always wanting more. >> there is a august 2026, north spain and north portugal. that's a the closest a close. that's the closest point can get to it. it point to us we can get to it. it moves across, across further, unless to unless you want to go to greenland, of course. mean, greenland, of course. i mean, there greenland, there are trips to greenland, but yes, but they're megabucks. but, yes, northern northern northern spain and northern northern spain and northern northern portugal. fantastic place to go. people like it for the holidays, yes, it's very the holidays, so yes, it's very close and a year after close at hand and a year after that there's gibraltar. yes, that there's gibraltar. so yes, there's, very at hand. >> gibraltar, yeah. >> eh e"- en— e"— >> that's what we like to see. my >> that's what we like to see. my goodness i suppose if we, if we get booking in these flights now, they might be a bit cheaper than a bit closer to the time. but andy, thank you very much for got 2026 written

for that. i've got 2026 written down we'll add the diary. >> we can we can go present. we can show from north can host our show from north portugal. well, there we go. thank you very much indeed. andy lound , who is of course a space lound, who is of course a space expert enthusiast. lound, who is of course a space exp now, enthusiast. lound, who is of course a space exp now, enwith ast. lound, who is of course a space exp now, enwith ast here on gb >> now, stay with us here on gb news going to be news because we're going to be debating whether or not we should russian athletes should allow russian athletes to compete a compete in the paris olympics. a massive controversy issue today. the united kingdom has just switched its position. we're going to get the view of a ukrainian and of a russian. very interesting stuff. not just that, though. also mark white will be live with us at the top of next hour . will be live with us at the top of next hour. he's will be live with us at the top of next hour . he's got of the next hour. he's got a live from the south live exclusive from the south coast. out what it is after coast. find out what it is after this. this is good afternoon britain on . britain on. gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome

to your latest gb news weather update. well, it's feeling much cooler out there today than yesterday . there are rain and yesterday. there are rain and wind warnings in force, but it will turn somewhat drier this evening. that's as this area of low pressure, which will bring some some low pressure, which will bring some the some low pressure, which will bring some the rest some low pressure, which will bring some the rest day,e through the rest of the day, gets of gets replaced by this ridge of higher through higher pressure through this evening . and overnight. but evening. and overnight. but before then, some very persistent rain to come for many areas of northern england, much of scotland well. there is a of scotland as well. there is a rain force for rain warning in force for southern areas of scotland, so there could be some disruption from the are from the rainfall. the winds are also very strong also going to be very strong everywhere across uk, but in everywhere across the uk, but in particular coast particular across the west coast of west england as of wales, north west england as well. so it's going to be feeling particularly chilly exposed to wind. but across exposed to that wind. but across parts northern wales exposed to that wind. but across part into northern wales exposed to that wind. but across partinto southern wales exposed to that wind. but across partinto southern england,iales exposed to that wind. but across partinto southern england, it.es and into southern england, it should a chance and into southern england, it sh some a chance and into southern england, it sh some sunny a chance and into southern england, it sh some sunny spellsa chance and into southern england, it sh some sunny spells through�* of some sunny spells through the rest overnight rest of the afternoon. overnight tonight pressure pushes tonight the low pressure pushes away and clear away and it turns dry and clear for of overnight for the bulk of the uk overnight , but that will allow temperatures fall away, so temperatures to fall away, so it's be a chillier it's going to be a chillier night than of late, with a touch of frost expected for parts of

scotland as well as northern england. however, from the west scotland as well as northern engla startiowever, from the west scotland as well as northern engla start to ever, from the west scotland as well as northern engla start to see ', from the west scotland as well as northern englastart to see cloud the west scotland as well as northern engla start to see cloud thicken st we'll start to see cloud thicken through morning, through wednesday morning, so northern through wednesday morning, so n bit1ern through wednesday morning, so n bit ofn through wednesday morning, so n bit of a wetter start. that a bit of a wetter start. that rain will spread south rain will spread into south wales , the southwest, through wales, the southwest, through the first of morning the first hours of the morning and elsewhere across the and then elsewhere across the country later on. so after a brighter you'll brighter start, you'll likely see rain cloudier skies see some rain and cloudier skies later day . the rain later on in the day. the rain will turn quite persistent across western areas of scotland as here there's a rain as well, and here there's a rain warning in force, but it does introduce much milder air, so it will be a warmer day. >> inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. way. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on tuesday, the 9th of april. >> lock them up. alan bates the superstar subpostmaster has come out swinging at the post office inquiry. mr bates says bosses should be clawed back. bonuses

should be clawed back. bonuses should be clawed back. bonuses should be clawed back from bosses and prosecutions should be made . be made. >> and migrants have clashed with people smugglers in france, with people smugglers in france, with six people injured. gb news can reveal that the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk . we'll have the very dunkirk. we'll have the very latest. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak welcomes the rwandan president to number 10. it comes as reports that a majority of homes secured for the prime minister's flagship asylum seeker scheme have been sold within rwanda. we'll have the details of that meeting and question for you. >> should russian athletes be allowed to compete at the paris olympics? the uk government feels they should, but under a neutral flag. it's something we'll be debating this hour. get your views . your views. in. yes, well, it's been reported that the government have sort of backtracked on their early

earlier position when it comes to russian athletes being able to russian athletes being able to compete in the olympics. it was that the culture secretary made it very clear that she did not think russian athletes should compete. that was last spring. now it seems the position has changed. it's mellowed a little bit and russian athletes should be allowed to compete if they have allowed to compete if they have a neutral flag, they won't have their national anthem. there will checks to see their will be checks to see their background and whether they're in of russia's invasion in favour of russia's invasion of ukraine. do you think it's the right balance? >> actually , because this is >> no, actually, because this is the balance we 2021. the balance that we saw in 2021. in those olympic games where the russian athletes competed as roc, the russian olympic committee, they had just a flag of the olympic rings. they couldn't have their national anthem . why is it exactly the anthem. why is it exactly the same now as it was in 2021? that doesn't to me make any sense. and also it just seems a little bit pathetic , doesn't it? so you bit pathetic, doesn't it? so you think they look in the face of aggression? so you think that all russian athletes should just

aggression? so you think that all banned athletes should just aggression? so you think that all banned outright, should just aggression? so you think that all banned outright, even.d just aggression? so you think that all banned outright, even though be banned outright, even though as individuals they haven't done anything wrong? well, the russian athletes in the past have done plenty wrong. >> well, it should be done on a case by case basis. >> the athletes from the ussr were to were absolutely injected up to their with all sorts of their eyeballs with all sorts of performance enhancing drugs. >> i'm just not sure when it comes to banning russian athletes will any athletes that it will have any impact on vladimir putin. >> we know the russians cheat. >> we know the russians cheat. >> we know the russians cheat. >> we know the russians cheat , >> we know the russians cheat, and we know that russian athletes have been banned for cheating athletes have been banned for chea as; aggression this well as the aggression of this of the russian state, two different, two different issues, i think bad country, bad country should not be represented at the olympics. >> but hang on, lots of people have been . i think you're wrong have been. i think you're wrong on this one, but i'm very interested to hear what you at home make of this gbnews.com forward slash your say. we are going hearing the views of going to be hearing the views of a and a ukrainian. a russian and a ukrainian. they'll it going they'll be debating it going head to head in just little head to head in just a little bit. make get your bit. so make sure you get your views who do you agree with. views in. who do you agree with. who agree do you

who do you agree with? do you think should be think russian athletes should be outright part outright banned from taking part in year in the olympics this year? >> good afternoon. it's 1:03. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this houn newsroom. your top story this hour. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram . 27 year old her baby in a pram. 27 year old suma akhtar died after being stabbed in westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. meanwhile, murder squad detectives are investigating after a woman was found stabbed to death in central london. the victim was discovered dead having suffered multiple stab wounds in her home near hyde park . the metropolitan police park. the metropolitan police say they are working 24 over seven to identify and arrest whoever may be responsible for the attack . lead campaigner

whoever may be responsible for the attack. lead campaigner and former subpostmaster alan bates has told the horizon it inquiry the post office spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmaster was caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal. >> and horizon came in, i think i was quite positive about it because i knew what technology and these sorts of systems could do , so i was quite positive, but do, so i was quite positive, but i found it a bit frustrating once the system was installed and we were operating, i found there were many shortcomings in there were many shortcomings in the system and knowing what these systems could do. it just seemed a bit of a lost opportunity . opportunity. >> in other news, six migrants

have been injured in the latest wave of violence in northern france as smugglers clashed with asylum seekers trying to force their way onto small boats without paying. the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk and resulted in at least two of the migrants being stabbed multiple times. the incident was followed by more violence in the same area just a short time later, when police came under attack from large groups of migrants who threw stones , bottles and other stones, bottles and other missiles at offices . missiles at the offices. meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak has met the president of rwanda, paul kagame, in downing street. the visit comes as it was revealed that some of the housing built to accommodate migrants after they deported migrants after they are deported had locals . labour had been sold to locals. labour is set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoiders today in a bid to help fund the nhs. shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school

breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise £2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms. shadow financial secretary james murray says it's wrong that some people are getting away without paying what they owe. >> we're setting out our plans today to crack down on that tax avoidance and to get that money into the public purse, because, you people you know, when people right across are paying more across britain are paying more and more tax, we think it's wrong that minority are wrong that a minority are getting away without paying what they been setting out they owe. we've been setting out for of about for a number of years about ending status. the ending non—dom tax status. the government they wanted to government said they wanted to follow lead after years of follow our lead after years of saying wouldn't , but saying they wouldn't, but they're leaving open loopholes in means that people in that, which means that people can hundreds of can avoid paying hundreds of millions we millions of pounds of tax. so we want those loopholes . want to close those loopholes. but a broader but that's part of a broader approach investment in hmrc. approach to investment in hmrc. >> and the foreign secretary has met donald trump in florida as he looks to shore up support for ukraine. lord cameron's meeting with mr trump follows reports claiming the former us president

said he could end the russia—ukraine war within 24 hours if re—elected . the two men hours if re—elected. the two men discussed the war in ukraine, nato and the middle east. it is a first summit between a senior government minister and the former president since he left office in 2021. meanwhile, the foreign secretary will hold talks with us secretary of state antony blinken in washington dc . antony blinken in washington dc. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to tom and . now it's back to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it is 1:07 and now gb news can reveal france is battling against a series of migrant related violent incidents. >> us after a migrant was stabbed to death near dunkirk last week, a video posted to social media shows migrants clashing with people smugglers

as they try to force themselves onto small boats without paying. >> well, joining us now to discuss this is our home and security editor, mark white. and mark, what have you found? >> well , it is mark, what have you found? >> well, it is growing levels of violence now in northern france. and that's violence really amongst migrants who are clashing with people smuggling gangs and also the migrants clashing with french authorities. it's getting really quite violent. we're seeing pretty much on a daily basis now, violence erupting across northern france. the video you're looking at there is the latest example of that. so on a beach called whiplash , which is beach called whiplash, which is near dunkirk, there are a group of migrants in the video that you're seeing just now are clashing with french police who have moved in to do with the french police, try to do when they get an idea that there is a boat about to launch, which is

to get up to that boat and to puncture it. this occasion saw the police being pelted with stones and sticks and bottles. the police fired tear gas back, but eventually they were forced to retreat onto their beach buggies and escape the beach itself because it was too just violent for them there. and in addition to that , this migrant addition to that, this migrant on migrant violence that we've been seeing escalating as well. so on that same stretch of beach, just a short while before these video images were taken, a big, eruption of violence at took place in which at least six migrants were injured, two of them were stabbed multiple times . and what we believe that was, sparked by was attempts by some of the migrants to get on to these dinghies without paying these dinghies without paying the people smugglers. sources

have told us that it african migrants in particular, simply don't have the money to pay the people smugglers. thousands of pounds to get on these boats. and what they do instead is they wait for the boats to launch, and then they try and rush the boats and just push their way on. but of course, they come up against the people smugglers , against the people smugglers, many of the people smugglers are armed and they mete out their own form of justice and on occasions that can involve migrants being stabbed. so two migrants, a sudanese man aged 20. a 24 year old sudanese woman suffered multiple stab injuries for the four others, suffered less serious stab injuries. and this follows an incident just a week ago, at a migrant camp not far from this beach near dunkirk, where another migrant was stabbed to death. so really

quite serious situation that is now escalating, worsening on a daily basis . daily basis. >> and mark, why do you suspect these violent clashes are increasing in frequency? >> well, there's a desperation. there's a desperation on the part of those migrants, as i say, mainly african migrants who cannot afford the thousands of pounds to get on the small boats. and the determination of the criminal gangs to jealously guard the business. they have. clearly, from their point of view, they don't want people getting on these boats and not paying getting on these boats and not paying them. they're making millions of pounds. in a good week in the english channel by pushing these boats out. but because of that business model, just like the ruthless business model we see with the drugs industry , these people smuggling industry, these people smuggling gangs are just as ruthless in the way that they enforce the business model that they have. and anyone not willing to conform to that , anyone trying

conform to that, anyone trying to push their way onto the boats are dealt with very violently indeed. but as i say, that's one aspect of it. the other aspect is the fact that the french authorities are increasingly meeting in, what is quite a violent response from the migrants as the french continue with the tactics of trying to puncture those boats . puncture those boats. >> it really does make you think for the people that are trying to enforce this. there are now joint patrols in some areas of these beaches. much, much british taxpayer money has been going to fund these patrols. but to be honest, you can see what a tricky, tricky task it is when they're met with such violence and resistance from some of these migrants. mark white, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest there concerning on those us the very latest there concerrbeaches. on those french beaches. >> concerning indeed. but >> very concerning indeed. but of course, this all comes as paul kagame, the president of rwanda, meets with rishi sunak. this was him leaving around half an hour ago. we can see pictures

of the president leaving number 10, downing street down the red carpet out onto downing street and back into his range rover. there so what was going on in that meeting? what was said? joining us now is our political correspondent, katherine forster. what do we know about why this meeting took place and what discussed ? what was discussed? >> well, number 10 are being very tight lipped. when i spoke to them shortly after the meeting. we will be getting more information later . later, but information later. later, but quite a quick meeting. only about 23 minutes or so. the president only here for one day. and it comes of course, on rather an embarrassing day , rather an embarrassing day, given the story in the times this morning that that basically one of the estates that had been built to house the migrants that we're supposed to be going to send to rwanda. bear in mind, this was a scheme first announced in april 2022. we still haven't managed to send a

single person to rwanda that one of these housing estates, 70% of the houses, have in fact been sold off to locals . this sold off to locals. this particular estate, the former home secretary, suella braverman , visited last year. she said the houses were beautiful . she the houses were beautiful. she said she wanted tips from the interior designer , but a lot of interior designer, but a lot of them have already been sold. so if and when these flights go to around or on that particular estate, there's not many houses left for them. now. rwandan officials say, look, this was always the plan that migrants were going to be integrated within the community. they said they never wanted to have what they never wanted to have what they called migrant ghettos . they called migrant ghettos. suella braverman, for her part, is already saying, suella braverman, for her part, is already saying , well, suella braverman, for her part, is already saying, well, i'm very disappointed to hear this because the whole point of the rwanda plan was to send many, many hundreds of people to rwanda. if it's just a token

flight or two, that is not going to cut the mustard at all. so we'll see what emerges from this meeting later. the safety of rwanda bill, of course. back in parliament last week, the government hopeful still of getting flights off by the summer. >> summer. >> now the easter recess, catherine of parliament ends on the 15th of april. the start of next week is a new parliamentary time. mps return to their jobs. are we expecting to see the rwanda legislation finally get back to the house of commons that very week ? that very week? >> yes, absolutely . the >> yes, absolutely. the government want to make this a priority, want to get this through. they hope it will get through. they hope it will get through parliament, next week, as soon as parliament gets back, basically, and then will pass into law by the end of april , into law by the end of april, they then expect a few weeks, up to six weeks, getting everything ready before people find get on flights to rwanda, one little

bit of good news for the government , the european court government, the european court of human rights has basically toughened the criteria for an interim injunction to be granted. remember there was a plane with migrants on the tarmac, one by one, they were taken off by the european court of human rights. they have made it more difficult for that to happen because what they've said now is it will only be if there is an imminent risk of irreparable harm, and it will only be used in exceptional cases. so let's see. >> well, thank you very much indeed , catherine. and please do indeed, catherine. and please do come back to us when you have the details of what was going on in that meeting. when hear in that meeting. when you hear from minister and his from the prime minister and his team, put out. >> i have to say, talking to catherine, , we all catherine, there, we had all those pictures we saw those pictures we saw. we saw the walk in, sit down the president walk in, sit down in chair walk out in a chair and then walk out almost time , of course. almost in real time, of course. >> are you suggesting that maybe

not much was said? not that much was said? >> saying i'm sure they had >> i'm saying i'm sure they had some photographs some lovely photographs taken. well in other news, bates, well in other news, alan bates, who campaign for justice who led the campaign for justice in post office scandal and in the post office scandal and had turned an itv had his story turned into an itv drama , is giving evidence to the drama, is giving evidence to the post office inquiry today. >> told the inquiry >> yes, he's told the inquiry that office spent 23 that the post office spent 23 years attempting discredit that the post office spent 23 yearsilencepting discredit that the post office spent 23 yearsilence him, discredit that the post office spent 23 yearsilence him, andiiscredit that the post office spent 23 yearsilence him, and that dit that the post office spent 23 yearsilence him, and that the and silence him, and that the cause of fighting for justice was something you just couldn't put down. well, now we're joined by vijay parekh, a former subpostmaster himself who was jailed after being accused of stealing £78,000, admitting theft. thank you very much indeed for joining theft. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. it's really great to get your perspective on this. you've gone through this yourself. what are you that this inquiry, you hoping that this inquiry, what are you hoping the outcome of this inquiry is that the post office were wrong in prosecuting us and get to the bottom of this. >> it's a it's a simple ask, i suppose, that that people apologise , guys, because there

apologise, guys, because there have been so many people at the very top of so many of these institutions, people who have been at the top of so many parts of british society have been, frankly, trying to wash their hands this saying, it wasn't hands of this saying, it wasn't me, didn't know what do me, guv. i didn't know what do you think should happen to the people who have been right at the of organisations? the top of these organisations? paula , or even post paula vennells, or even post office ministers of successive governments. >> this has been going on since 1999, when fujitsu told the post office that there's problems and bugsin office that there's problems and bugs in the horizon system, so they've been hiding it. so they need to be prosecuted as soon as it's they can. >> and what would you say about alan bates? he has been a key figure in this campaign, trying to fight for justice for postman voters, what would your words to him be today while he faces the inquiry? >> well done. and carry on with the way he's working and helping

all the rest of the postmasters who have had this problem. >> it's such a heart wrenching case for so many people. obviously dramatised in that fantastic, docu drama on itv, could you tell us a little bit about your personal situation in, what what did you lose as a result of this faulty software? and the refusal of post office management to admit it ? management to admit it? >> i've lost, the whole business. the residents had to remortgage . ridge went into remortgage. ridge went into bankruptcy because of the negligence . negligence. >> it's a really, really sad tale. so many people in your position lost so much, so many years where their business, their home, their reputation has been dragged through the mud. we really appreciate your time for talking through your own situation. vijay parekh, former subpostmaster . i situation. vijay parekh, former subpostmaster. i really appreciate it. thank you.

>> very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. and now coming up, our debate this hour should russian athletes be allowed to compete in the paris olympic games? the government has been accused of u—turning on this very issue. we'll get two sides of this debate. a russian and a ukrainian voice to gb news communist . ukrainian voice to gb news communist. they ukrainian voice to gb news communist . they say, stay with .

us. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:23. now we're talking this hour about the olympic games. why? because britain has just changed our attitude to one participant. yes, the united kingdom wanted russia to be excluded from this year's games, but has just changed its

position. now the united kingdom government are accepting russia's participation under a blank flag. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> lots of you have been getting in touch already, i suggested that perhaps we shouldn't punish individual russian athletes off the basis of what vladimir putin is doing . tom said. exactly the is doing. tom said. exactly the reverse. you argued that actually, it's absolutely right to ban all russian athletes, and they shouldn't even be able to perform under a neutral flag , perform under a neutral flag, dave says tom is absolutely right. russian athletes should not participate in the coming olympic games. you're going soft, emily. am i going soft? >> are you? well, surely not, john says the russian state has continually shown a huge disregard for fair play and their stance on cheating, using drugs speaks for itself. >> their athletes are state actors to the people who say israelis should be banned, they're acting in defence. not they're acting in defence. not the same as russia invading a sovereign country. the same as russia invading a sovereigvirginia y. the same as russia invading a sovereigvirginia says yes, they >> yes, virginia says yes, they should be banned. they support putin ukrainian war. putin putin and ukrainian war. putin will be very angry if they're

stopped part, stopped from taking part, as it's propaganda exercise. it's all a propaganda exercise. very think very naive if you think otherwise. let's have this otherwise. but let's have this debate, because there are two very different views on this. i'm sure there's a multitude of different views on this, but we have us to discuss this. have with us to discuss this. the russian journalist alexei yazov , who thinks we should keep yazov, who thinks we should keep politics and sport separate and the ukrainian journalist greg herman, who thinks they shouldn't be allowed to compete unless athletes make a public statement condemning putin. well, that's very interesting. greg. shall we start with you? so you believe they should be able to compete, but with very strict conditions? >> yeah , absolutely. yeah, >> yeah, absolutely. yeah, absolutely. yeah. there are people. yeah there are sportsmen. they are good. maybe there are good people man, good man and woman. but they support russian invasion as any, russian sportsman . look, there is no big sportsman. look, there is no big olympic sports in russia without government money, without government money, without government subsidies. and when they come to the level they have

to pay their bill, this bill, they have to be a part of the russian propaganda machine. and that's the main point you don't have in olympic. the sportsmen from russia, you have the part of the propaganda . of the propaganda. >> well, let's throw that right back to alexei vlasov. alexei from russia , what do you make of from russia, what do you make of that idea that when you're actually, performing a sport on behalf of your country, you might well be seen as a representative of that country ? representative of that country? >> well, i do agree that the olympic games are very politicised, even though i do think that we should keep sports and politics separate. >> listen, i do not personally watch the olympics, but last time i checked, it was a big deal for a lot of people , deal for a lot of people, especially the athletes. imagine preparing your preparing for something your whole life and then something like war in ukraine happens and you are banned from participating in or banned participating in it or banned from participating under your own flag. listen, a flag is a

symbol that can mean different things for different people . and things for different people. and the thing about russian or russian athletes, they do not have a different flag. they only have a different flag. they only have that flag and russian flag. listen, the british flag used to stand for colonisation and it does no longer. and you know, i was in paris just last week actually, and i was harassed by different people on two different people on two different occasions for wearing this olympic sweater, which is the soviet olympic sweater. and it does not represent the invasion of afghanistan of or the occupation of czechoslovakia. it's just a present given to me by my mom and where i disagree with greg, where i disagree with greg, he says that russian athletes participating in the olympics gonna fuel the russian propaganda. i think just the opposite. the olympic committee, including looking at that sweater, looking at the ccp sweater, looking at the ccp sweater there, which means ussr , sweater there, which means ussr, which means ussr in the in the russian alphabet . russian alphabet. >> and it wouldn't a lot of

people be legitimately looking at that as a representation of a regime responsible for gulags , regime responsible for gulags, responsible for the slaughter of many people simply for the fact that they happen to own property responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people in the last century . the last century. >> and just as i said, it didn't happen that the uk changed its flag after the colonisation era was over and you guys have colonised half of the world, it didn't happen that the belgium have changed their flag after they off arms of they were cutting off arms of kids in belgian congo. so a flag is a symbol that can stand for many different things. and i believe as long as russian athletes do not show up with z emblems, do signify the emblems, which do signify the support of the special military operation , they should be operation, they should be allowed to participate under their flag. and i saying , their flag. and as i was saying, their flag. and as i was saying, the olympic committee banning russian from russian athletes from participating under their flag. thatis participating under their flag. that is exactly the thing that is going to fuel russian

propaganda, because here at home they will be told that, well, listen, we told you the whole world, especially the west, is against you . that's exactly why against you. that's exactly why you should stick with the regime and support the special military operation, maybe for some. but, alexei, the argument is that by banning russian athletes , that banning russian athletes, that will put pressure on vladimir putin to change his course of action. do you completely disagree with that? it will have no impact on putin. >> it'sjust no impact on putin. >> it's just a ridiculous argument because look at what russia is doing now. russia has organised games of the future. russia will organise its own sports events and if anything, such strong, adamant opposition to russia will put russia on a pedestal and make russia as the leader of the whole world. that is in a position to the west. china will come, india will come. african countries will come. african countries will come. so you're just making a martyr out of putin's regime by excluding russian athletes from participating in the olympic games. and listen, the motto of

the olympic games was higher, faster, stronger . until recently faster, stronger. until recently when they changed it to higher, faster, stronger together, which is supposed to symbolise the unifying nature of sports and making sports political and excluding russian athletes from participating or participating under their own flag. that's just a bad image for the west and for the olympic committee. >> of course, the olympics has a checkered history when comes checkered history when it comes to glorifying regimes that were expansionist and extremist. with regard to the 1936 olympic games, which of course is a stain on olympic legacy. so it was, covered in swastikas held in berlin, a moment for adolf hitler to showcase himself to the world. might the olympic committee be thinking that they don't want to repeat the same mistake? they don't want to be glorifying any regimes that are expansionist or or that are committing potential genocide .

committing potential genocide. >> but listen, did the olympic committee exclude the uk or the united states from participating in the olympic games when they invaded iraq? what are those double standards about? why is the olympic committee doing nothing about israel participating under their flag? do it's comparable for do you think it's comparable for the united states and the united kingdom to invade a country that that was that was exterminating the kurds, that was refused to allow in the united nations to look for weapons of mass destruction that was not behaving in a way that any sort of country would. >> do you think that's comparable to an unprovoked invasion of sovereign territory ? invasion of sovereign territory? >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> i think let's let's know . >> i think let's let's know. please. greg? yes, yeah. no, no, no , it's let's go back to greg how. >> now. >> greg's back with us. >> greg's back with us. >> yeah. it's absolutely. hi there again. and that's absolutely not uncomparable. it's absolutely . yeah, yeah. it's absolutely. yeah, yeah. >> oh, i apologise for that

language at this time of the day, i'm afraid. sorry for anyone. apologise >> yeah, yeah, i am apologise. and. but i'm very emotional because i see the man with the ussr shorts, on your, on your screen there telling us about the ussr olympics and the true olympic period. yeah. let's remember , you're absolutely remember, you're absolutely right. let's remember leni riefenstahl movie about the nazis olympics. and let's remember what for soviet union and for soviet sports was the olympics. it was the stage. it was the stage to show the, soviet and now russian importance for the world. this is the stage, this is just only the propaganda, not anything , the propaganda, not anything, not anything else. and about the iraq and the united states and the great britain, let's remember that we have the united nafions remember that we have the united nations solutions about the iraq. we have the aggressions from iraq to kuwait, we have,

etc, etc. etc. what we have here, we have independent country ukraine, and we have the russian nazis that invade independent country with without any condemnation and that's that's the point , right? that's the point, right? >> well, thank you very much indeed to both of you, greg herman, ukrainian journalist. sorry that we lost you in the middle there, and also to alexei vorontsov, russian journalist there, too. so shameless. greg, halfway through . halfway through. >> yes. no, but i think it was it was an interesting, an insight . an insight, insight. an insight, conversation. to what extent do olympians or athletes represent or speak for the countries that they are representing ? i think they are representing? i think far too often in history we have seen regimes use their athletes as a sort of arm of legitimacy. >> absolutely. we have indeed. and it's good to point out the historical comparisons. perhaps there parallels. anyway, historical comparisons. perhaps there just rallels. anyway, historical comparisons. perhaps there just a llels. anyway, historical comparisons. perhaps there just a moment/way, historical comparisons. perhaps there just a moment ,vay, historical comparisons. perhaps there just a moment, we'll be now, in just a moment, we'll be discussing a child gender id

review , which is expected to review, which is expected to advise that children should not be pushed into gender reassignment treatments. rather, they receive counselling they should receive counselling to address associated associated mental health issues. now, this is a big key review that's been long awaited, but let's get your latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> it's 1:34 latest news headlines. >> it's1:34 a.m. sophia wenzler in the gb news room . your in the gb news room. your headlines. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old kusuma akhtar died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder . arrested on suspicion of murder. six migrants have been injured in the latest wave of violence in the latest wave of violence in northern france, as people smugglers clashed with asylum seekers trying to force their way onto small boats without

paying. the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk and resulted in at least two of the migrants being stabbed multiple times. the incident was followed by more violence in the same area, just a short time later, when police came under attack from large group of attack from a large group of migrants who threw stones, bottles other missiles at bottles and other missiles at the officers. prime minister rishi sunak has met the president of rwanda, paul kagame , in downing street. the visit comes as it was revealed that some of the housing built to accommodate migrants there after they are deported, has been sold to locals . lead they are deported, has been sold to locals. lead campaigner and former post subpostmaster alan bates has told the horizon it inquiry the post office spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmaster was caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of

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i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's 20 to 2 now. young people who say they're transgender may have mental health problems . that's mental health problems. that's what a new review is expected to advise that children are not pushed into gender reassignment reassignment treatments. it's expected to publish these findings tomorrow. >> yes. instead, they say that they should receive counselling to address potential mental health issues. a more holistic approach, one might say. >> well, paediatrician doctor hilary cass will unveil her review, as we say tomorrow, this comes as concerns rise surrounding children being allowed to identify as different genders at school without parental consent . parental consent. >> well, the teacher, journalist and author of transsexual apostate my journey back to reality, debbie hayton, joins us now . debbie, that reality, debbie hayton, joins us now. debbie, that sounds like a corker of a book. i must get a

copy, debbie, tell me what you make of this. we're hearing . make of this. we're hearing. what is. the report is due to be published in in full tomorrow. this is long awaited. do you agree with the central premise here? that children who are suffering with gender dysphoria, or say they are of another gender than they were born as then they are biologically , then they are biologically, biologically should be treated more holistically than pushed down a sort of treatment route or puberty blocker route, or medicalisation . medicalisation. >> well, of course it is. of course this is welcome. this is something that should have been happening all along. children struggling with any number of issues growing up, struggling with any number of issues growing up , the struggles issues growing up, the struggles with the struggles that we all face through puberty, for example, to medicalize those those issues and prescribe puberty blockers, cross—sex hormones and not give the children the support they need has been has been a huge abrogation of duty by the nhs. and it's good that doctor cass

has looked into this and from what i understand, her report is going to, perhaps bring us back towards reality. >> now, of course, puberty blockers were developed in the early 1990s, not to do with, transgender issues. they were to do with children who were going through early onset puberty , who through early onset puberty, who had other medical issues. they were approved by, the, the, the administrative state in many different countries around the world for those specific ailments , why is it then, that ailments, why is it then, that there seems to be a growing movement to say they can never be used in the case of children who may be transgender, but they can be used in the case of children who are going through other issues. >> well, it's what you mean by children who may be transgender. what do we actually understand by this? now, the drugs which

we're talking about were originally developed as cancer treatment. they prevent the production of sex hormones in the body, where the sex hormones are an agonist for, cancer. so that's where they were developed. they've also been used for chemical castration of sex offenders. and it's also been used, quite rightly, for children who undergo precocious puberty. so those are 4 or 5, six year olds who start going through puberty. >> shall we be clear on the on the puberty blocker issue? because i don't believe it's the case that those have been used for castration purposes . i think for castration purposes. i think it might be that you're talking about that about cross—sex hormones that have been used those have been used for those purposes, no . these drugs, purposes, no. these drugs, i took these drugs myself. so i know what i know. i know what the i know what those drugs do. what the what puberty blockers do. this is the name we've given them. it sounds harmless. them. it sounds so harmless. puberty these are. puberty blockers. but these are. these which , inhibit these are drugs which, inhibit the production of the natural production of sex hormone in the

in the in the body. that's what they do. and that's where they're used now to use them. in they're used now to use them. in the case where children are going through puberty at age four, five, and six, and to put a brake on that puberty until perhaps 9 or 10 is one thing. there's an obvious, there's obvious therapeutic benefit for that. obvious therapeutic benefit for that . but to obvious therapeutic benefit for that. but to go to a 13 year old or a 14 year old and say, we can stop this puberty for the time being, to give you time to think, there is no basis in science to actually do that, 13, 14 year olds have been have gone through this find that all their, their peers all go through puberty, leaving them behind. so hence there is the clamour for cross—sex hormones. and the child's body is then permanently changed and not in the way which , which it was, it the way which, which it was, it was which their body was, had evolved to change. this has just been totally, totally wrong . in been totally, totally wrong. in the absence of any controlled studies, this has been

experimental treatment, which has gone on for far too long. >> debbie , do you think gender >> debbie, do you think gender dysphoria is a mental health illness , well, we can say what illness, well, we can say what is what is gender dysphoria? this is another terms which has been invented and nobody really knows what it is. is it a dissatisfaction with our sex bodies? well, lots of people can can be dissatisfied with their sex bodies. or is it a is it a label we put on some on something in order to access a certain treatment? would would gender dysphoria actually exist as a diagnosis if there wasn't a treatment for it, so i'm i'm, i think there's lots of questions that need to be asked here. there's too many assumptions that are being made. >> there have, of course, been cases throughout of cases throughout history of people presenting other people presenting as other genders. cases in genders. you can find cases in in roman times, you can find cases victorian times, you cases in victorian times, you can find talking about care for children and adolescents . children and adolescents. >> tom, we're talking about care for children. talking for children. we're talking about children potentially being pushed being

pushed down a path being affirmed , pushed down a path affirmed, pushed down a path where they have irreparable changes to their made changes to their body, made that they then reverse. changes to their body, made that they thisthen reverse. changes to their body, made that they this isan reverse. changes to their body, made that they this is more erse. changes to their body, made that they this is more important debbie, this is more important than just talking about yes, there has been transgender people in past, there has been transgender people in past , specific people in the past, specific issue of trans people. we're talking about children potentially having life changing treatment, aren't we? >> we can talk about >> yes. yeah, we can talk about characters in fiction. we can talk about enid blyton's george in the famous for goodness in the famous five, for goodness sake, perhaps engaged sake, who perhaps engaged in cross gender behaviour, whatever we it. nobody we like to call it. but nobody said george , the answer for said to george, the answer for all your problems is, is drugs and surgery to permanently change your body. people said to george thing here because we might be talking cross purposes . might be talking cross purposes. >> the question i think that many transgender people would bnng many transgender people would bring up is at what point is it okay for them to pursue, that what they might describe as their authentic self? should people should adults be able to change their sex hormones ? and change their sex hormones? and then that leads to the question ,

then that leads to the question, if there are people who really do believe that that is the path that they are destined for, that they go in some cases , they must go on in some cases, might that not be easier before their review is into the their voice review is into the treatment of children and adolescents ? adolescents? >> which is the subject of this conversation, isn't it? debbie. yeah and i think we can draw a line between adults and children. >> an analogy to take might be, might might be sterilisation, treatment , vasectomies, for treatment, vasectomies, for example. so we're quite happy for a 35 year old who has had three children to have a vasectomy . but if an 18 year old vasectomy. but if an 18 year old boy turned up for a vasectomy, we'd say this has got permanent repercussions. go and go repercussions. go away and go away and come back later. so we're happy with that. in situations like that. and i don't see how this which can do exactly the same thing to our bodies, i.e. make them permanently sterile, should be treated any differently . treated any differently. >> well, thank you very much indeed, debbie hayton, great to get your opinion on all of this. teacher, journalist and author of transsexual apostate my journey reality. well

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break. >> it's 151. now we're break. >> it's151. now we're going straight to a holiday park in west sussex that's been evacuated after a get to high ground warning due to flooding and high winds. ground warning due to flooding and high winds . let's go to our and high winds. let's go to our reporter, ray addison there. ray, what are the conditions like now ? like now? >> well, still very, very windy . >> well, still very, very windy. >> well, still very, very windy. >> and the conditions in the park, although the water is

starting to retreat, you can really see the effects of that severe flooding in there. there's quite a large amount of water still there. you can see that there's been damage to the decks, damage to people's cars as well as they've been moved around by those currents . and around by those currents. and also there's been shifting of some of the buildings within that park to now at least 100 people have been evacuated overnight due to that severe flooding. it's only around 100m from the beach here. and of course, these rising tides, that 65 mile per hour winds as well, has caused these problems . now has caused these problems. now i'm joined now by andy stevens. he's from the windrush letting agency involved with this park. andy, thanks much for andy, thanks very much for joining me. now you let a number of properties to , to of these properties to, to tourists, to members of the pubuc tourists, to members of the public to how are they reacting to this . to this. >> well, they've reacted very well. they've, they've well. they've, they've, they've said that came said that the services that came to rescue them, behaved well and cove, the, the company that owns

this site moved them all over to sea or bay. >> and so we're very grateful for all of that. but one customer, he contacted me this morning saying that he he woke up about 130 and, he got out of bed because of the noise of the wind. and he put his foot in water in the bathroom . so that's water in the bathroom. so that's how bad it was. another customer we've been in contact with all our customers, all the holidaymakers that there, holidaymakers that are there, and another, another one saw his car floating down, so. but they all got out safely. >> terrible, terrible situation to be in just quickly . obviously to be in just quickly. obviously it's not ideal for you either. you manage 15 of these properties . what state is your properties. what state is your business in from from this point on, sad charlie, it's lost that part of the business at this precise moment. we don't know how quickly it can be returned and it was sad because the business is actually up for sale at the moment, so the price has been dropped quite bit because been dropped quite a bit because of this. but when it picks up,

which could be a while, as we know it takes time to get , know it takes time to get, things sorted from flood. flood flooded properties. >> andy stevens, thank you very much for joining >> andy stevens, thank you very much forjoining us. of course, much for joining us. of course, it's not just the medmerry park that suffered these conditions as well. we know bracklesham as well. we know the bracklesham caravan and boat park two that's completely flooded too as well . completely flooded too as well. so it's really decimating this whole part of the coast. just awful. >> well, ray allison, thank you so much for bringing us that very live there from west sussex. now coming up, a developing story. arsenal and man city champions league games developing story. arsenal and ma|threatened pions league games developing story. arsenal and ma|threatened by ns league games developing story. arsenal and ma|threatened by islamicue games developing story. arsenal and ma|threatened by islamic statenes are threatened by islamic state terrorists. yes. you heard that correctly. we'll have the very latest on that immediate threat to the united kingdom after this i >> -- >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon.

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gb news. away. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on tuesday, the 9th of april. >> now there's heightened security for champions league games tonight. this comes after islamic state supporting media published threats against these venues. both arsenal and manchester city are in action.

we'll bring you the very latest. >> hugely concerning threats. there another news the foreign secretary, lord cameron, meets with donald trump in florida, all before heading on to washington dc for talks. what on earth did they talk about? we'll speak to a former adviser of donald trump and council. >> fat cat sits revealed a record number of town hall staff are pocketing more than £150,000 are pocketing more than £150,000 a year. this despite households being slapped again with soaring council tax bills. >> huge, huge news hour coming up. not least not least foreign affairs, but domestic threats too. throughout it all, gb news comma tuc. that's the new way to get in touch with this program . get in touch with this program. but crikey, islamic state threats. these are things that i

thought had been consigned to the history books. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, exactly . there's been >> well, exactly. there's been messages put out essentially encouraging, encouraging those who are aligned to islamic state to potentially target these footballing events. we're going to get the very latest on this, find out all the details of how severe this threat is, but it looks deeply concerning. >> and even if there aren't soldiers being sent over or terrorists being sent over from the middle east, any follower of that ideology based in this country, any lone wolf who's not even connected to the organisation of what calls itself islamic state, will they be inspired by this message? thatis be inspired by this message? that is a serious, serious element of concern . and of element of concern. and of course, as we say, heightened security at these stadiums. now yes, we're going to dig into all the detail on that later in the show. the detail on that later in the shoand please do get in touch on

>> and please do get in touch on everything we're going to be discussing gbnews.com forward discussing gb news.com forward slash say. get discussing gbnews.com forward slash say. get to slash your say. we'll get to some very soon some of your views very soon indeed. get your indeed. but let's get your headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 2:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top story this newsroom. your top story this houn newsroom. your top story this hour. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old kulsum akhtar died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder . arrested on suspicion of murder. meanwhile, the met police has referred itself to the independent police watchdog after a woman were stabbed to death in central london. the victim was discovered dead, having suffered multiple stab wounds in her home near hyde park , scotland yard said. park, scotland yard said. officers were contacted on sunday by friends of the woman who were concerned about her welfare. it was not until the next day that police forced entry to the woman's home. the

met police say they are working 24 seven to identify and 24 over seven to identify and arrest may be arrest whoever may be responsible attack . lead responsible for the attack. lead campaigner and former subpostmaster alan bates has told the horizon it inquiry. the post office spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal, and honzon the heart of the scandal, and horizon came in. >> i think i was quite positive about it because i knew what technology and these sorts of systems could do, so i was quite positive , but i found it a bit positive, but i found it a bit frustrating once the system was installed and we were operating, i found there were many shortcomings in the system and

knowing what these systems could do, it just seemed a bit of a lost opportunity . lost opportunity. >> six migrants have been injured in the latest wave of violence in northern france, as people smugglers clashed with asylum seekers trying to force their onto small boats their way onto small boats without paying. the latest violence erupted on a beach near dunkirk and resulted in at least two of the migrants being stabbed multiple times. the incident was followed by more violence in the same area just a short time later, when police came under attack from a large group of migrants who threw stones, bottles and other missiles the officers . missiles at the officers. meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak has met the president of rwanda, paul kagame, in downing street . the visit comes as it street. the visit comes as it was revealed that some of the housing built to accommodate migrants after they're deported has been sold to locals. labour is set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoiders today in a bid to help fund the nhs.

shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise £2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms shadow financial secretary james murray says it's wrong that some people are getting away without paying what they owe. we're setting out our plans today to crack down on that tax avoidance and to get that tax avoidance and to get that money into the public purse, because, you know , when purse, because, you know, when people right across britain are paying people right across britain are paying and more tax, paying more and more tax, we think it's wrong that minority think it's wrong that a minority are without paying are getting away without paying what they owe. >> we've been setting out for a number of years about ending non—dom status. the non—dom tax status. the government to government said they wanted to follow after years of follow our lead after years of saying wouldn't, but saying they wouldn't, but they're loopholes saying they wouldn't, but th

>> more than 200 people have been evacuated in west sussex after the river arum burst its banks. south east ambulance service helped evacuate and rescue around 180 people from a houday rescue around 180 people from a holiday park. one person was taken to hospital with signs of hypothermia. west sussex county council said water levels have not yet receded, warning that flooding may increase throughout the day. it said those who have been evacuated remain displaced. the floods are also affecting roads and rail services across the south and into wales . and the south and into wales. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to tom and . back to tom and. emily. >> right, it's 207. you're watching and listening to good afternoon britain. welcome back. now our top story this hour, security is to be raised at

champions league games this evening after a media outlet supporting islamic supporting the islamic state group published threats against the venues. >> arsenal . and manchester >> both arsenal. and manchester city are in action tonight. well let's speak with gb news home and security editor white. and security editor mark white. mark, we be mark, how concerned should we be about message, this this about this message, this this call action? about this message, this this caliwellction? about this message, this this caliwell ,tion? about this message, this this caliwell , i)n? about this message, this this caliwell , i think any time that >> well, i think any time that a terror group like islamic state pulls something like this, it always has to be treated seriously. they have the potential for , if not carrying potential for, if not carrying out direct attacks, certainly inspiring others who might wish to do that. remember, it was just last month that islamic state claimed responsibility for that horrific terror attack in moscow at that theatre and that shopping centre that claimed around 140 lives. so of course , around 140 lives. so of course, over the next couple of days, there are some very high profile football games in these

quarterfinal matches. in the champions league. that game in london between arsenal and bayern munich and of course, at the same time, across in the spanish capital, manchester city fans are gathering for that clash with real madrid. and again tomorrow , in the spanish again tomorrow, in the spanish caphal again tomorrow, in the spanish capital, atletico madrid will take on borussia dortmund and then paris saint—germain, also playing a cross in france as well. so really some real concern about the potential for terrorist activity. there always is at these big events. crowded places are a particular risk. now, that doesn't mean that anything will happen, but out of anything will happen, but out of an abundance of caution , you've an abundance of caution, you've got the french interior minister, gerald darmanin, saying that security will be enhanced for the game tomorrow

night in paris. you've got his spanish counterparts saying that the games in madrid will also see additional security. now, we've spoken to scotland yard about the situation in the uk , about the situation in the uk, nothing official really coming from them. they will always police these events accordingly . police these events accordingly. they will have significant numbers of officers that are both visible, but they will have a security infrastructure that's not visible that is also keeping an eye on individuals who potentially could pose a threat . potentially could pose a threat. >> a reminder, certainly, that the islamist terror threat hasn't gone away. >> well, as far as islamic state is concerned, you'll remember, of course, from about 2014 onwards, they were a very significant threat, carrying out an inspiring lots of attacks, particularly across europe. we saw these attacks in france and

in belgium, in germany, here in the uk, multiple attacks that took place , especially in 2017. took place, especially in 2017. but then we had that, coalition effort to dismantle islamic state, and that was to an extent successful and certainly degrading islamic state's capability to launch direct attacks . but what what's never attacks. but what what's never gone away as far as islamic state is, however you want to describe them, isil, another name they're known as what's never gone away is the capacity to radicalise others, particularly using the likes of the internet. and that was a big concern for the authorities dunng concern for the authorities during lockdown that many people would be at home, would be, on the internet , would be the internet, would be susceptible to the type of propaganda messages coming from the likes of isil and other terror groups. and then, of

course, add to that the situation that's unfolding in the middle east at the moment in gaza. that is another potential agent, for stirring up these extremist groups, so, you know , extremist groups, so, you know, there is, without a doubt, heightened concern generally across europe and in the west more broadly, but in addition to that, we've got to mention the fact that here in the uk, the terror threat level was reduced a while back to substantial and it's never gone back up. it was at severe for quite a number of years, during all of these terror attacks in 2017. but it's gone down to substantial. that still means an attack is likely, but not at severe, which means an attack is highly likely. so i think we should take our lead as well from where we are in terms of the national terror threat as to how the authorities here in

the uk view these threats coming out from isis. >> yes, it might well be that the real threat from this sort of call to action here is from people who aren't on the radar of the security services , who of the security services, who are sort of lone wolves, inspired by what they read online, rather than anything more and more sophisticated and organised. mark white, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest there hugely concerning story. should we get the security from security security angle now from security specialist will geddes, who joins us now to discuss this further, will, what sort of precautions might these stadiums now be taking? >> well, to be honest, tom, and good afternoon, emily and tom. thank you for inviting me on today. they they are very well rehearsed in this country. most of the stadiums, and i do work with a couple of the premier league clubs , are in a very, league clubs, are in a very, very good position in terms of their counter—terrorism initiatives and also their strategies. will have strategies. so they will have pretty advanced technology, certainly in terms of facial

recognition , varne, but also in recognition, varne, but also in terms of the response mechanisms that they've got in being able to coordinate with the police, which they often do. so and therefore, you know, if we were going to be in any good shape, now is the time where we really are in good shape to potentially prevent or repel an attack of this type. >> and we're just showing on the screen a blurred out image of the threatening message that was posted. >> you've got the emirates stadium, the parc de france , the stadium, the parc de france, the metropolitano arena, the san diego burner , something bernabeu diego burner, something bernabeu , there. so this is very clear for different stadiums potentially under threat . how potentially under threat. how does a group like this organise? this seems to be quite a basic call out to try and encourage. would be terrorists to take action. >> well, you're absolutely right, emily. i mean, it's what pretty much what mark was saying . you know, it's a call to arms, particularly through their media recognised media channel, al

azzam. this is a foundation which has been used as a media conduh which has been used as a media conduit to publicise the messages for islamic state. we're in a very, very precarious time right now. we have a number of terrorist groups, hamas, we have hezbollah, have have hezbollah, and we have islamic state as well as al—qaeda. and let's not forget, they are still very active who are competing with other are competing with each other almost for attention. an islamic state, obviously, with their attack on the crocus theatre in moscow, was a significant attack. as mark mentioned, 147 people killed, 200 people injured. so they're looking to put themselves very much back on the map to say that we are a group to be reckoned with. now, equally, as you've already discussed, one of the biggest concerns is the individual . i concerns is the individual. i like to call them lone actors rather than lone wolves. it tends to romanticise it a little too much, but these are disenchanted , disenfranchised disenchanted, disenfranchised individuals who are seeking to put their name on the map. you have a lot of people out there who are feeling very alienated, very isolated, and those

very isolated, and for those that are suffering in some capacity or another, see this as their outlet, potentially to associate themselves to a greater cause, as they may believe, however perverse that might be. >> now, just quickly, what is the risk here that we're all being taken for fools, that there publicising the, threats to these stadia so that there will be increased security there? could the strike actually come somewhere else while we're all looking the other way ? all looking the other way? >> yeah, very, very much, very much so, tom. i mean , again, you much so, tom. i mean, again, you know, the security services i know, the security services i know in spain , in madrid, know in spain, in madrid, because they've got two games they're hosting in the next 48 hours, we have one here at the emirates stadium. and there's another one obviously, that i believe is in germany. not believe is in germany. i'm not sure, not a football sure, but, not being a football fan , however, you're absolutely fan, however, you're absolutely right. the right. and we saw this with the stade france and the bataclan stade de france and the bataclan attack, you look attack, and you could look at simultaneous or collateral attacks being taken, taken out on other targets. so the security services , the various

security services, the various anti—terrorism agencies in, in spain, for example, they've seconded 3000, security personnel to their particular events in madrid. you know, they're not taking any chances on this. and those individuals are not going to be assigned to purely to the stadium. so they'll be looking at the train stations, they'll be looking at other notable because other notable landmarks. because again, , when it comes again, remember, when it comes to terrorism, they are very, very media savvy. they're looking for identifiable targets, which are very easily translate when they are published or they're they're released certainly into the news. >> well, thank you very much indeed. will geddes you are a security specialist, always great to get your perspective on this. very good point. you made about whether they want all the attention to be on these stadia and then actually for something to elsewhere. i mean , to take place elsewhere. i mean, hopefully that is not the case and absolutely no and there is absolutely no threat. , of course an threat. this is, of course an alleged stands, but alleged threat as it stands, but very worrying nonetheless . very worrying nonetheless. >> yeah. >> yeah.

>> it just just does >> and it just just does highlight that so often highlight the fact that so often now that our security specialists sort of break specialists do sort of break into the sophisticated networks, as wolf saying , we actually as wolf was saying, we actually have done a fairly good job in this country of breaking down the sort of bomb threats that used be perhaps more used to be perhaps more prevalent. but the man who murdered david amess was acting as a complete lone wolf. he was not linked to anything else. he was radicalised himself online and just went out with a knife. could it be that that is precisely what is the biggest risk now? because it's so hard for our security services to track down someone like that? >> well, so i wonder this image has been picked up. this message has been picked up. this message has been picked by western has been picked up by western media, do wonder whether media, but i do wonder whether there are frequently images like this shared across, potential terror groups and the like. it could be that this one has been picked up on, and it looks like the security services are very much responding,

the security services are very much responding , let the security services are very much responding, let us the security services are very much responding , let us know much responding, let us know what you make of it. gbnews.com forward slash your say. we will as ever get to some of your views shortly. coming in the views shortly. coming up in the show. going to be show. but we're going to be speaking council fat cat speaking about council fat cat pay speaking about council fat cat pay because it is surging to new record levels . believe it or record levels. believe it or not, lots and lots of council workers now on more than £150,000. some are more than the prime minister himself. we'll have more on that after the .

break. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:21 now. later this hour, we are going to have more detail on this new and emerging potential threat from isis, a group that we thought had not posed threats to the united kingdom for quite some time. but more on that later. now cancel fat cat pay

surges to new levels. with the record rise in the amount that staff are pocketing. yes, more than £150,000 a year. almost 200 people now on that across our local councils. that's according to new research carried out by the taxpayers alliance. >> yes, this comes, of course, as dozens of english councils face bankruptcy millions of face bankruptcy and millions of households are being hit by soaring council tax bills. >> shall we speak to reem ibrahim from the institute of economic affairs? she is the communications officer there , communications officer there, reem, lots of people will be wondering why on earth are our council workers earning potentially more than the prime minister >> yeah, it's absolutely awful. >> yeah, it's absolutely awful. >> and this is a really interesting report by the taxpayers alliance, effectively showing that there are huge numbers of people that basically run these particular sections within councils that are being paid obscene amounts of money. >> now, we might beg to question, you know, we want the best talent in our local councils. we want best types councils. we want the best types of our councils . and

of people in our councils. and the that somebody received the fact that somebody received remuneration of over £651,000 in a single year, i think tells us exactly how much of that is going to those particular individuals . now this all again individuals. now this all again comes, as, you know, inflation busting tax hikes are hitting up millions and millions of people across the country. and, you know, as a result of that, we're not seeing better public services. i think we have to also remember the private sector, hard working people make that money. councils take it that money. and councils take it and spend it. but where is that money going? are we seeing our potholes being filled? are we seeing our our local services improving? libraries across the country cut . country are being cut. meanwhile, we're spending huge amounts of money through our council taxes and actually all of that money, a lot of that money. sorry is going towards these cat council bosses . these fat cat council bosses. >> and yet reme perhaps is this another story about how little we pay our prime minister? i mean, this is the guy who's in charge of the country. he's on about a quarter of what the us president is on. he's on less

than the german chancellor the french president. why do we comparatively, given the comparatively, given it's the most important job in the country, pay rpm so little ? country, pay rpm so little? >> yeah, not just the prime minister. i mean also members of parliament, you know, want minister. i mean also members of par|best,1t, you know, want minister. i mean also members of par|best, bestyu know, want minister. i mean also members of par|best, best types w, want minister. i mean also members of par|best, best types w, peoplet the best, best types of people in parliament. best in parliament. we want the best people working public people working for our public services working the services and working for the public. yet we pay them so public. and yet we pay them so little comparatively the little comparatively to the private sector . it does also beg private sector. it does also beg the question as to why we want to spend so much money on local services, things that are services, on things that are particularly inefficient, and when you've got so layers when you've got so many layers of so much of government, so much bureaucracy, that you get this kind happening and kind of things happening and actually it's really important work the taxpayers alliance are doing order to uncover that. doing in order to uncover that. so we actually know our so we actually know where our money we can hold money is going and we can hold them think, them accountable. and i think, look, i think many residents across country are going to across the country are going to be looking at where money is be looking at where our money is going, taxes being be looking at where our money is going, and taxes being be looking at where our money is going, and how taxes being be looking at where our money is going, and how much; being be looking at where our money is going, and how much of being be looking at where our money is going, and how much of beis; spent, and how much of that is going improving public going to improving public services. i think it also begs a question about whether not question about whether or not more money is the answer to many of services. and actually, of these services. and actually, if to

if a lot of that is going to council bosses are earning council bosses that are earning huge amounts of money, we saw even bonuses of up to even with bonuses of up to £70,000, know, is are we £70,000, you know, is are we really getting the bang for our buck? >> yes, for me, it's whether there's waste and whether we can make these councils more efficient with our money. thank you very much indeed. reem ibrahim officer ibrahim communications officer at the institute of economic affairs, reflecting on quite shocking how many people are earning so much money at our councils , considering all the councils, considering all the bankrupt councils out there, all the waste , all the the waste, all the inefficiencies. but perhaps that's rate. that's the market rate. >> i mentioned how much the >> now, i mentioned how much the prime minister earned in comparison united states comparison to the united states president. shall we state president. shall we cross state sides the foreign sides now because the foreign secretary, david cameron, is on the charm offensive down in florida , hoping to secure florida, hoping to secure american money for ukraine? >> yes. the former prime minister travelled to meet donald trump in florida. he's hoping to persuade the presidential to back a presidential candidate to back a $60 billion aid package for ukraine. meet with us secretary of blinken of state antony blinken to discuss securing that support. >> well, joining us now is the

former white house adviser to president trump, sebastian gorka and sebastian. it's an interesting pitch that david cameron is making to your former boss, saying that borders matter and sometimes money must be spent to protect the integrity of borders. now that's true on the southern border of the united states, but it's also true on that border between ukraine and russia . ukraine and russia. >> yeah, this is quite, i don't envy david because of , you know, envy david because of, you know, the inconsistency of the biden administration. biden reversed everything we did in the trump white house and has let in at least 8 million illegals that we know of in the last three years. so i guess the integrity physically and the national sovereignty of america don't matter. but ukraine is super important. but he'll have a good meeting with my former boss,

president trump, who wants the war to end in ukraine as soon as possible. and i think it's a realisation that everybody knows who's living in the real world, who's living in the real world, who's going to be the president after the next election here in america. >> and how do you imagine the two men talk to each other? david cameron did dismiss the president a little the past. president a little in the past. he called him xenophobic. he called would called his misogynistic. would that trump ? that bother donald trump? >> no, i mean, absolutely not, because he understands . because he understands. >> sorry, we just have a little bit of a delay. >> he understands how people are. can you hear me, guys? >> we can indeed. we've just got a slight delay on the line to you, but i think we're going to power on through. >> yeah. so, look, he understands that, others are a little to woke

little bit beholden to woke forces. to repeat forces. they have to repeat the talking of the talking points of the twitterati. he won't hold a grudge against david. and he'll. they'll talk behind closed doors. what needs to be said. will be said. and don't will will be said. and don't forget, the president has a very, very warm place in his heart the uk. and that's the heart for the uk. and that's the most important thing . we need most important thing. we need him back in the oval office and then we have proper then we can have proper relations downing relations between 10 downing street and the white house >> i suppose one of the big questions what will be questions will be what will be the makeup of downing street over here? it could be that lord cameron foreign cameron is not foreign secretary. that secretary. by the time that donald trump gets into the white house, if indeed he does win election . election in november. >> look, you're preaching to the choir . i >> look, you're preaching to the choir. i grew up in the uk under the great maggie thatcher to the absolute shambles, the shower thatis absolute shambles, the shower that is today's tory party is an embarrassment to everyone who remembers those years and who

loves america. it's also an embarrassment to everyone who voted for brexit. the idea that the conservative party today couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery is embarrassing. so yeah , hopefully nigel will come back, save the conservative party and then we can have some real, real tories back at 10 downing street. >> and sebastian, we understand haaland that they will also be discussing the issues in gaza, the ongoing war in gaza , does the ongoing war in gaza, does donald trump's position differ substantially from that of president joe biden ? president joe biden? >> oh my gosh, massively. the democrat party, biden's democrat party, has become a hive of jew hatred and anti—semitism. and look at the fact they've got members of congress like ilhan omar and rashida tlaib who talk about the jewish influence in america, how they've hypnotised the west. and it's all about dollar signs. i mean, really reprehensible anti—semitism in

the democrat party as opposed to president trump. the president who moved our embassy to jerusalem, who recognised it as the capital of the eternal state of israel . of israel. >> there is no more semitic president joe biden than president joe biden than president trump, not palestinian activists from the left do seem to not like the policy of joe biden . biden. >> he's been repeatedly interrupted at speech after speech by pro—palestinian hecklers . hecklers. >> yeah, because he has those radicals inside his own party. that's not, you know, red maga hat wearing trump voters who are screaming at biden. you know, he's caught between a rock and a hard place because he hates bibi. i mean, the democrat leader of the senate, chuck schumer, said the israelis need to get rid of their duly elected prime minister. that's how much of a jew hatred has become the pole of this party. and biden is trying to walk the tightrope in the middle, and he's failing.

well very interesting to get your view on all of this, as always. >> sebastian gorka. sorry, your line was a little bit delayed there, but we got got to the there, but we got we got to the discussion. former advisor to president . well do president trump himself. well do you david cameron you think that david cameron holds influence when it holds any sway influence when it comes to donald trump. or is it a nicety that they met? >> i think it's really interesting. i think he's got to be able say, because the real be able to say, because the real important course, is be able to say, because the real impwith|t course, is be able to say, because the real impwith president course, is be able to say, because the real impwith president trump.irse, is be able to say, because the real impwith president trump. it's is not with president trump. it's with people hill. it's with people on the hill. it's with people on the hill. it's with the congress, the congressmen and women in the house of representatives, because biden has said that this package , he would, he would not package, he would, he would not veto he would sign it into veto it. he would sign it into law, backed the law, the senate have backed the package. the house of package. it's just the house of representatives that haven't. and of course, it's those swing 20 or so republican congressmen that matter. so for cameron to be able to say, look , i've be able to say, look, i've spoken to trump and he agrees with me. well maybe or maybe he'll find more diplomatic words to say. but i think that's an important tool in his armoury for the actual important meeting

, which is with those congressional leaders. , which is with those congresrindeedeaders. , which is with those congresrindeed ,3ders. , which is with those congresrindeed , hers. , which is with those congresrindeed , he does have >> yes, indeed, he does have quite a few people to persuade. does he not? if this $60 billion package is going to get across the line, but don't go anywhere because very shortly we're going to be discussing labour's plans to be discussing labour's plans to help fund commitments to schools and the nhs by clamping down on avoidance. we're down on tax avoidance. we're also going to bring you the very latest from this very new isis threat towards the champions league their stadia. so league and their stadia. so don't go anywhere. let's get your headlines. your news headlines. >> it's 232. i'm sophia wenzler and the gb news room. your headlines. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old cole schumacher died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:38. now, our top story this

hour has been , of course, that hour has been, of course, that security is being raised at champions league games this evening after a media outlet supporting islamic state. that group of terrorists published threats against venues. >> yes. you can see on your screen there four different stadiums . are there potential stadiums. are there potential threat against them both arsenal and manchester city are in action tonight. this is the poster that has been published. we've blurred out some of the wording there, for, reasons of propriety, but there you go . you propriety, but there you go. you get the gist from that image, a rather threatening terror threat at. >> and of course, could that mean that emirates stadium in the heart of london is under a serious degree of threat? there will be heightened security there, but you've been getting in touch with your views on this latest development. andrew says terrorist threat when you have borders like a sieve and allow extremists to come in, they radicalise others. what do we

expect ? right? we have weak expect? right? we have weak government, police force and a pathetic border force. >> yes, stephen says in light of the news from islamic fundamentalists and considering this , current government have this, current government have been pretty much incompetent. whilst i trust wholeheartedly in our armed forces and intelligence experts , what intelligence experts, what believable assurances can the ministry defence the ministry of defence give the british public that they've got this under control, so there you go. now we're hearing that the met are very much aware of this apparent threat. we've got security heightened in madrid and areas . the stadium and in other areas. the stadium will be on high alert, but the media channel that's responsible for spreading these messages is the al azeem foundation. >> and gary raises a point about, whether we've got security going in the right places. if there is this heightened threat, tonight, gary says they know the stadium will be no go. so we'll probably go for london transport. please remember, half brain evil terrorist copy films to plot

their evil way. and hopefully don't succeed. well, we do know that there will be heightened alert this evening, and we'll be following these developments very closely indeed. i think many people will feel that an isis threat was something of the past , was isis threat was something of the past, was something of the isis threat was something of the past , was something of the last past, was something of the last decade, but, it does seem that there is increased at least activity in terms of threats. we don't know yet whether they'll materialise into action. yes. >> and uefa have said they're aware of the threats. they've said, as so far games will go ahead as planned but with appropriate security arrangements in place. so what that will look like in reality, i guess huge amounts of police presence, security services, terror, police too. but as you say, there will be a high alert elsewhere. yes, as well. >> and right across the continent , but >> and right across the continent, but in other >> and right across the continent , but in other news, continent, but in other news, shadow chancellor rachel reeves is unveiling plans to fund commitments to schools in the nhs by. get this clamping down on tax avoidance, where have we

heard that before? just about every single manifesto in the last 30 years. now, the labour party says tax crackdown party says their tax crackdown will raise £5 billion by the end of next parliament. but it of the next parliament. but it all comes amid a scandal over one of their senior members of the shadow cabinet, the deputy leader of labour party , leader of the labour party, angela rayner, being accused of not paying own tax herself . not paying her own tax herself. >> yes, and as we were reporting earlier to the majority of the public, according to recent polling, think that she should actually just publish her tax advice, publish what was going on and be a little more transparent about it. but we're now joined by news economics now joined by gb news economics and business editor liam halligan money . and business editor liam halligan money. kim, halligan with on the money. kim, is there anything different about this labour crackdown on tax avoidance than previous tax avoidance ? clampdowns. avoidance? clampdowns. >> that we've seen, no, i don't think it is . it's a perennial of think it is. it's a perennial of the sort of political cycle that when parties start limbering up for general elections, they want to make pledges of the money

that they can spend and put in their shop window goodies in front of the voting public, but they don't want to commit to tax rises , of course. rises, of course. >> so they say, i know we'll get more money from the people who should be paying more tax from tax evasion, which of course is illegal, and tax avoidance, which is the legal use of tax law to navigate, if you like to pay law to navigate, if you like to pay as little as is legally possible, evasion and avoidance are very different. >> i think what is , slightly >> i think what is, slightly more eye catching by the shadow chancellor this morning, rachel reeves, is that she's linking the money that she wants to spend to a report by the national audit office, the national audit office, the national audit office, if you like, is like the government's own accounting , internal own accounting, internal accountant, internal auditor. they look at how government money is spent and how it should be spent a bit better. but let's give rachel reeves her due . give rachel reeves her due. these are the numbers that she put out this morning, talking about how she's going to clamp

down on tax avoidance. labour's tax plans. they want to raise an extra £26 billion a year by the end of the next parliament. by 20 2930. clamping down on non—dom loopholes. we've talked about this many times. labour had a policy that they wanted to make it more difficult for wealthy foreigners to declare themselves resident abroad, themselves tax resident abroad, even though they actually live in the uk, the tories came up with a policy very similar to labour's, and now labour have tightened that policy some more. they claim that's going to raise £2.5 billion a year in five years time. then another £2.4 billion labour say they can raise from clamping down on other forms of tax evasion. they point to the national audit office. they have an estimate of something called the tax gap, which is how much tax should be paid if everyone complied with the and how much tax the law and how much tax actually is paid. that tax gap is like 30 billion. is something like 30 billion. labour claiming that to get 5

billion in total from that is money on the table . they want to money on the table. they want to spend this, quote extra money which may or may not materialise. of course on nhs appointments, more dental appointments, more dental appointments, trying to tackle those waiting lists which are now at record levels. an estimated 9 million people in the uk are waiting on an nhs waiting list and indeed on breakfast clubs where primary schools provide breakfast for kids for free. and reeves also , kids for free. and reeves also, she she is at pains to point out in every single tv and radio appearance. she says everything in our manifesto will be fully costed and funded. and she says that because , you know, the that because, you know, the government's coffers really are stretched tight. now, to mix my metaphors, there isn't much money around , and even the money around, and even the tories would admit that if a labour government does come in their inheritance, if you like their inheritance, if you like the situation, they're inheriting in terms of economic growth, public debt, still quite high inflation is a much more

difficult, challenging inheritance than, say , tony inheritance than, say, tony blair and gordon brown inherited when labour won a landslide back in 1997. so she's trying to manage expectations . she's manage expectations. she's trying to say to many voters on the left and the left of her own party, we're not going to be able to just let spending able to just let the spending floodgates open, because financial will push back financial markets will push back and we'll have a situation similar to back in the autumn of 2022, when interest rates spiked, mortgage rates spiked, borrowing costs spiked across the economy. so i think you're both right to be slightly be, sceptical that this extra money can materialise from clamping down on tax evasion and avoidance and clamping down on non—doms. but rachel reeves isn't the first shadow chancellor to claim that she can conjure up this money from nowhere. and she certainly won't be last no , it does seem be the last no, it does seem that history is repeating itself, not least with sticking to tory spending limits and rules .

rules. >> although back when blair did that in 1997, we had 4% growth. and, last time i checked in the uk in january, we had 0.1% growth. so that might be just a touch harder. and that's right. >> and when blair came in, i mean, i was a political reporter at the time, within a couple of years, the uk government was actually running a surplus from year to year, where taxation revenue was higher than spending . the so—called iron chancellor, gordon brown, really keeping the spending gates firmly shut. many historians would say, and journalists there at the time, me included that later in his chancellorship, brown sort of reversed ferreted and spent probably more money than than than he should have done. but there could not really be more difference between rachel reeves economic inheritance , if indeed economic inheritance, if indeed she does become the first female chancellor later this year for a labour government and the economic inheritance that ken clarke and the tories bequeathed

to tony blair and gordon brown. history. often doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes . itself, but sometimes it rhymes. >> liam halligan, thank you very much for bringing us all of that . no, it's a it's a profound point. yeah it is indeed. >> and the problem is all these things are based on estimates , things are based on estimates, aren't they. all. we can claw back £5 billion to spend on the nhs. is there actual evidence and proof that they can find that just through trying to clamp down on tax dodgers. well, it depends how we're , a positive it depends how we're, a positive you are i guess the question some people might be asking is what is going to be spent on national defence. >> yes. what is going to be spent on, frankly, bearing down on terror threat of on the terror threat as, of course, learned today, course, we learned today, threats from islamic state against football games tonight. we'll have more on that after this

i >> right. well, it's 251. and have you ever dreamt of moving to spain? i've given it some thought. have you? every now and again, when it's miserable as it is outside in 2026. well, if you have. what exactly? something to wait for in northern spain anyway. but if you have , we've anyway. but if you have, we've got some bad news for you. apparently the country's government is currently planning to end a scheme which grants residency to foreigners who buy property in the country. yes more than 300,000 brits currently live in sunny spain. >> but let's cross over to marbella now and speak with the estate agent. marbella. marbella, marbella i there we go. marbella, marbella! there we go. let's cross across to marbella . let's cross across to marbella. >> sorry, that really made me laugh. >> do you call the drink estrella or estrella? >> it's like paiella paella. >> it's like paiella paella. >> yeah, i say paella . oh, wow. >> yeah, i say paella. oh, wow. i think it's i know, i know, you're not supposed to, but do you're not supposed to, but do you paris or paris? you call it paris or paris? >> let's introduce >> anyway, let's introduce estate agent michael dolan, who's been waiting, to who's been waiting, listening to us he sells

us witter on. he sells properties to people moving to spain the uk. well, spain from the uk. well, michael, you worried about michael, are you worried about this? a change in policy this? this is a change in policy from government, from the spanish government, isn't ? isn't it? >> w e“- >> well, i mean, it is a negative in an attempt to negative blow in an attempt to fight, rising house prices and property speculation here in spain , however, you know, if you spain, however, you know, if you look at 2022, maybe 19,000 properties have been sold to foreign purchasers , of which the foreign purchasers, of which the british were, you know, 11. >> but in order to get a golden visa , you need to spend over ,500,000. | ,500,000. >>- ,500,000. >> and to be absolutely honest, the british only accounted for 400 of the golden visas applications which were granted in 2022, where other countries such as china, russia , ukraine, such as china, russia, ukraine, united states outnumbered the british, golden visa applicants . british, golden visa applicants. >> so this is actually something

thatis >> so this is actually something that is only the preserve of, of perhaps people who have quite a lot money. lot of money. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and you have to pay for a property without a mortgage, don't you? so you have to have the cash up front over 500,000 or at least ,500,000 in order to be invested into a spanish bank account or into a property. and have you seen an uptick in the number of brits who want to swap the united kingdom for, the sunnier spain ? sunnier spain? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> of course, the golden visa was something that came into power in 2013, and there's maybe 10,000 golden visas that have been granted since then. but the british have only taken an interest in that since, since brexit, understandable reasons no longer free movement. but michael dolan, thank you so much for joining us, agent. of course forjoining us, agent. of course , from marbella or marbella, depending on your view. >> you just made me it just made

me laugh because the gusto you said it with. yeah, i know i pronounced, i pronounced barnstaple, barnstaple , barnstaple, barnstaple, barnstaple, barnstaple, barnstaple the other day. this is the problem. sometimes when you read it's a name. >> but why do you say why do we, why do we say the spanish pronunciation that? we pronunciation for that? but we don't say paris. don't say paris, we say paris. it doesn't make any sense, does it? martin, you've. it? no, martin, you've. >> no one has ever said marbella, someone has. marbella, that someone has. >> what's show ? >> martin, what's on your show? >> martin, what's on your show? >> marbella, eileen. >> marbella, eileen. >> marbella, eileen. >> marbella . >> marbella. >> marbella. >> we're not doing that. >> we're not doing that. >> it's kicking off in the champions league, though. of course, isis are targeting man city, arsenal, paris saint—germain and barcelona. >> also, rachel reeves meets gb news. and why is it raining so much all the time? officially not funny. talking of which, here's your weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news

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rain warning in force, but this rain be bringing rain is going to be bringing with it milder air, so it's with it much milder air, so it's going a warmer going to be a warmer day tomorrow , and warm tomorrow, and that warm feel will through rest will continue through the rest of week , and it will turn of the week, and it will turn a little bit drier for many areas. there be a band of cloud there will be a band of cloud and the coast and rain across the south coast from to time through from time to time through thursday, but it does look like it turn much drier, it will turn that much drier, with temperatures to with temperatures climbing to the , possibly the low the high teens, possibly the low 20s by friday. by >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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and manchester city . after and manchester city. after islamic state supporting media published threats. alan bates, who led the campaign, of course , who led the campaign, of course, against the post office over the horizon scandal, says they spent 23 years attempting to discredit and silence him. we'll have a full update from that inquiry. next up, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says a labour government will crack down on tax dodgers to raise £5 billion a year. i'll look at whether their sums add up and they'll speak to us at gb news news. and there's even more flooding misery for the uk once again. this time hundreds of people have been evacuated in west sussex . the big question is will sussex. the big question is will it ever blooming well stop raining and that's all coming in your next hour. well, the show always an absolute pleasure to

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