isabel were with you all the way until 9:30 this morning. >> the headlines on this monday, world leaders call for calm as israel vows revenge against iran following those attacks over the weekend. >> rwanda back in the headlines today as the government teases the prospects of flights within weeks . weeks. >> yes, it's two years exactly since boris johnson announced his plan to send people to rwanda. parliament is back today . there will be votes. the government is confident of getting this bill finally into

law in the next few days, and people on flights to rwanda by early june. i'll bring you more shortly . shortly. >> okay. the first of four criminal trials against donald trump begins today in new york as he faces charges over hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels . daniels. >> and our debate at seven this morning with more than 11 million sick notes issued last yean million sick notes issued last year, we'll be discussing whether we need a crackdown . whether we need a crackdown. >> and it is sport this morning in golf, scottie scheffler gets his second green jacket in five attempts as he wins the masters. arsenal and liverpool get a little bit wobbly in the title race. and in germany, the first new champions that aren't bayern munich for a very long time, it's been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. >> join me later for the full forecast with all the details.

>> and we're all still talking about those drone attacks in israel on saturday night. world leaders now calling for calm after israel vowed revenge against iran . against iran. >> the us has told israel it won't participate in any retaliatory air strikes. on saturday night, around 300 missiles were dispatched by iran, 99% of which israel says were brought down before entering the country. >> okay, the prime minister here, rishi sunak, yesterday confirmed britain's involvement in shooting down many of those missiles is what he had to say. >> i can confirm that our planes did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. i don't want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger . of danger. >> well, joining us now in the studio to discuss this and much more, the implications of all of this defence editor of the evening standard, robert fox. robert, people say, i mean, and you can take all of this with a

pinch of salt. 99% of these drones were shot down, were they? did any hit targets? i think about 8 or 9 did, maybe up to a dozen at most. >> they were a very mixed bag. there were drones . there were there were drones. there were cruise missiles which travel very slowly . and i or 2, very slowly. and i or 2, strategic , missiles, quite strategic, missiles, quite serious stuff . it all looks serious stuff. it all looks a bit orchestrated to me that everybody knew it was going to happen. even the us commander who had flown in to help israel did react against a possible attack, which they knew was coming from iran , left almost coming from iran, left almost hours before it happened, pretty confident that things were going to be all right. confident that things were going to be all right . and iran has to be all right. and iran has got thousands of these things left. still everybody is looking around and drawing lessons from it. israel will certainly strike

back, but being israel, i think they won't strike back in a very obvious way. and i would think targeted assassination rather than a big ground attack. >> that's interesting. i suppose the comments from president biden that this biden overnight that take this as the fact that they as a win. the fact that they intercepted so these intercepted so many of these missiles, i mean, they haven't necessarily that well missiles, i mean, they haven't ne israelily that well missiles, i mean, they haven't ne israel .y that well missiles, i mean, they haven't neisrael . those that well missiles, i mean, they haven't neisrael . those comments. well missiles, i mean, they haven't neisrael . those comments. but in israel. those comments. but do you think that, you know, in that cabinet room, they'll that war cabinet room, they'll be buy at our be saying, let's buy at our time. be careful with iran time. let's be careful with iran this the same as hamas in this is not the same as hamas in terms of an enemy. what has happened that it's actually happened is that it's actually got benjamin got the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, lot of the netanyahu, out of a lot of the problems that he was facing. >> it was alleged that he was facing a divided cabinet, as well as people in the knesset, ramping up opposition to him. demonstrations now one of the critics, former chief of staff benny gantz , leader of the benny gantz, leader of the opposition. but in the war cabinet, absolutely solid with netanyahu, had been talking about elections later this year. i think that that's off and benjamin netanyahu now obviously must feel that he can do what he

likes in in gaza and that that is going to be the problem. now, rafah , the refugee situation. rafah, the refugee situation. yes, he's got a lot of cards in his hands. again, america now has to face the problem of rearming israel. they did fire away a lot of stuff. i don't want to be too nerdy about this, but if you go into iron dome, it isn't just iron dome. there's a thing called arrow three. a lot of it is joint american israeli technology , and the development technology, and the development of the iron dome defence system is being done as in is really being done as much in america as being done in america as it's being done in israel. so there's going to be a big bill there. but curiously, it's a bill that congress can unite around and it can't unite around rearming or resupplying, restocking desperately needed ukraine, right? >> why is iran involved in this? >> why is iran involved in this? >> what who's irked iran? and how is israel irked iran so much? >> well, it's always been there

because as the ayatollahs from the beginning, 1979 is that, you know, that they are against the zionist state and they and they want to get rid of it. that is the point of support for hamas. they've helped them. they've trained them, but they're not buddy, buddy, you have to be very careful about this. and not enough of the differences have been emphasised , hamas is arab, been emphasised, hamas is arab, hamas is sunni. iran is predominantly persian and azeri and shia and there are lots of dogs that didn't bark in this one because although they got involved minimally, emphasis minimally has bala allegedly the proxy . and it can be a pretty proxy. and it can be a pretty reluctant proxy at times of iran hasn't done that much , didn't go hasn't done that much, didn't go for a big assault, didn't go for a big attack on the northern cities. i mean, we hear about we saw the iron dome firing over

tel aviv and jerusalem . wasn't tel aviv and jerusalem. wasn't there an attack on the really big port? the number three city, haifa? i don't think we've heard too much of the action. if there was, it was easily batted away . was, it was easily batted away. there's a lot of sucking of teeth, there's a bit of finger wagging. don't do anything crazy like attacking into iran. not that i think that they would. they will attack some bases. and i that you what i think that you know, what we actually the damascus actually saw in the damascus consulate on april the 1st, i want to ask kind of thing. i'm asking you again, britain's involvement in this. >> you see the prime minister coming on and talking about nothing. basically, we can't confirm a number. confirm he shot down a number. he can give us figures. they'll know exactly how many they shot he can give us figures. they'll know lifactly how many they shot he can give us figures. they'll know iif any, how many they shot he can give us figures. they'll know iif any, but/ many they shot he can give us figures. they'll know iif any, but we've' they shot he can give us figures. they'll know iif any, but we've got ey shot he can give us figures. they'll know iif any, but we've got the lot down, if any, but we've got the shadow defence secretary coming on the program in about an hours on the program in about an hour's time. and, you know, labour will talk about an increased budget for the defence department here in the uk and our defence spending. what do we now need to do? we're being caught up in a number of

conflicts, supplying equipment, supplying back up, whatever. what are we going to have to do as regards defence spending? >> well, we saw what was going on.the >> well, we saw what was going on. the fireworks display over tel aviv and, and jerusalem. we've got nothing like it. look it's up to you. i'm doing your job for you. what? you asked john healey. it's not only thinking about defence, which they realise we've got to because cupboard very bad because the cupboard is very bad and got all kinds of and we've got all kinds of exotic coming over the horizon. threats, , particularly threats, cyber, particularly space, which is satellites, supply lines. that's what the red sea has given. but what i think is so worrying for me, and i can say that my age, is that it's they need to think about how they think about defence. it's not tanks and guns. we're not going to have a big army of 150,000 again, actually, we don't need one. and that's the that kind of innovative thinking that kind of innovative thinking that really has to be encouraged, because the kind of stuff that we saw over israel,

it'll all be out of date within two years. you're going to need to renovate defence systems, be flexible to be see the enemy for what it is , and it's not going what it is, and it's not going to come in very obvious forms at time, and it won't come from enemy states necessarily. they will be malign actors, but there are lots of others out there up the spending. well, that's right are lots of others out there up tiand)ending. well, that's right are lots of others out there up tiand i�*nding. well, that's right are lots of others out there up tiand i just g. well, that's right are lots of others out there up tiand i just wanted that's right are lots of others out there up tiand i just wanted to at's right are lots of others out there up tiand i just wanted to ask right are lots of others out there up tiand i just wanted to ask yout , and i just wanted to ask you on that. >> i mean, there'll be people listening and watching this this morning. someone morning. you'll have someone in sheffield, morning. you'll have someone in sheffie right, i morning. you'll have someone in sheffieright, i hear robert going, right, what i hear robert fox morning saying, this fox this morning saying, is this going me a lot of money? going to cost me a lot of money? what's happening? this is an what's happening? and this is an escalation the middle east. escalation in the middle east. are there any implications are there any other implications for this country? i mean, for us in this country? i mean, if look the papers, some if you look at the papers, some of them saying we're the of them saying we're on the bnnk of them saying we're on the brink war iii, how brink of world war iii, how worried people this worried should people be this monday morning? >> i think that's >> well, i think that that's a bit of lame thinking. again, if you world iii because you say world war iii because it we a global of we are in a global contest of that, there no doubt about that, there is no doubt about it. you have to see, you it. and you have to see, you know, acting, who's not, know, who's acting, who's not, who's watching and who's who's really watching and who's not sorry, not not speaking. sorry, that's not blah de blah. what is

blah de blah de blah. what is china doing in all this? absolutely critical to the whole iran middle east gulf story. absolutely critical to the whole iran middle east gulf story . you iran middle east gulf story. you know, that they've called for calm because , the iranians, calm because, the iranians, before all this seized a ship in the straits of hormuz and who relies almost more than anybody else on gas and energy coming out of the oil, coming out of the straits of hormuz, that is from the gulf, china. and this is where the moving parts are very important. how britain operates, how it's going to think about it, i'm afraid to say on capital equipment, they will probably have to borrow on that because i think there are one. there's all sorts of problems with the defence budget, by the way. the defence budget, by the way. the defence budget isn't as fancy as it looks. we go blah blah blah. 2.1 2.3% of gdp. well, a lot of that goes on pensions , welfare. it's goes on pensions, welfare. it's just about allowed under the rules. but it doesn't mean to say we're spending 2% of gdp on on defence, but it's innovation

thinking. but also the social offer. it's getting people in. we're not getting the recruits at the moment. young people are not joining to the degree that we need. all three armed services are losing more than they're recruiting each year. >> yeah. you know, if you're watching or listening at home, maybe ex—forces maybe you are ex—forces yourself, why is that? why are the defence services not attractive at all? i mean, i think i know the answer to that because you'll get killed. basically but, are they paying a 1% risk army? it's a one. >> i think it's about a 0.1% risk, but it is a risk that's in the contract. you're dead right? yeah, yeah. >> and gbnews.com/yoursay have your say because robert's going to be back again in an hour's time. yes. and we'll put your points observations to points and your observations to thank robert . points and your observations to thank robert. thank you thank you, robert. thank you very much indeed, let's turn our attention to the rwanda bill, shall troubled bill back shall we? the troubled bill back in commons today as

in the commons today as parliament resumes after the easter break, mps set to easter break, mps are set to consider amendments today from the lords. the house of lords. >> this comes after victoria >> now this comes after victoria atkins, secretary, atkins, health secretary, suggested the home office was ready to go in implementing the scheme and flights could take off. her words within weeks. >> well, let's get the thoughts of political correspondent katherine forster. i mean, i hate to say it, but we've heard it all before, haven't we, catherine? >> yes. good morning, eamonn and isabel. well, we have heard it all before and it was two years ago yesterday day that the then prime minister, boris johnson , prime minister, boris johnson, first announced this scheme. they could never have imagined that two years on, not a single migrant would have been sent to rwanda. but that may be about to change and change in the coming weeks. the government is hopeful of getting people on flights at long last by by early june. now parliament is back from recess today. they've been off for well over two and a half weeks, and

there will be votes today , this there will be votes today, this evening in the house of commons on the amendments that the lords put forward, i imagine the government will attempt to ditch all of those . it will then go all of those. it will then go back to the house of lords for them to consider tomorrow, it's likely that at some point this week, the lords will basically drop its opposition because ultimately it is a revising chamber. but it is not there to block government legislation . so block government legislation. so the government is hopeful of this bill getting royal assent soon. and then, obviously a bit to sort out , soon. and then, obviously a bit to sort out, but thinking they can get people on flights. one sticking point i should mention apart from the fact that there could well be further , further could well be further, further legal challenges, is they don't seem to have yet , worked out seem to have yet, worked out exactly what airline or what planes are going to take these people to rwanda because a

number of commercial airlines have said, no, thank you very much. they don't really want to be associated with it. they think it's not good for their. rempe station, including rwandan airlines themselves selves, i think it's quite likely that the raf may be prevailed upon. so we don't know yet how they're going to get there, but the government. yes. hopeful that this very , very long saga, will this very, very long saga, will finally result in people to rwanda soon. of course, the numbers likely to be quite low in the beginning. and one other point, the times reporting today , the government is looking very seriously at four other countries. they'd like to potentially send channel migrants to. those are armenia, ivory coast, costa rica and botswana . the negotiations with botswana. the negotiations with those countries have currently stalled until they see the rwandan scheme up and running. but that's something that might

be revisited. >> thank you catherine. thank you very much indeed. in other news, the final victim of the stabbing attack at a sydney shopping centre has been named as a chinese student. police have said they will be investigating whether the sydney shopping centre attacker intentionally targeted women, after five of the six killed were women . were women. >> more than 250 survivors of the manchester arena bombing are taking legal action against m15. 22 people died in the explosion back in may 2017, and hundreds more were injured . lawyers more were injured. lawyers representing injured survivors confirmed they've submitted a group claim after an inquiry found the bombing might have been prevented if m15 had acted on intelligence received in the months before the attack . months before the attack. >> liverpool is to fall silent later today, 35 years on from the hillsborough disaster , 97 the hillsborough disaster, 97 men, women and children died in the tragedy at the fa cup semi—final between liverpool and nottingham forest today at 3:06

pm, the time the match was stopped, a minute's silence will be observed in exchange flags behind liverpool town hall. >> right, we're taking our attention across the pond to new york now. the first of four criminal trials involving donald trump is taking place, starting today. >> okay, the former president, he faces charges related to what is termed hush money made to aduu is termed hush money made to adult film star stormy daniels. this was in 2016. the case marks the first criminal trial of a us ex—president, as he continues his campaign soon to be republican nominee for president. joining us now, former nevada republican party chairwoman amy tarkanian. amy, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> amy, you used to be a big trump supporter. why are you no

longer this is true. >> and it's very depressing, quite honestly, that he is our nominee after a string of indictments have followed president trump . and also the president trump. and also the fact, i think the final straw for me was the january 6th event, where he basically sat by and watched for several hours while his followers, his devoted followers , basically stormed the followers, basically stormed the capitol and caused destruction. and so i think that he continues to surround himself with grifters. he's made some very poor decision , and it doesn't poor decision, and it doesn't seem that he has learned from his mistakes. >> amy, he's fought hard to try and push this trial as far down the road as possible. originally, i think it was tabled to start around super tuesday. he managed to move that on. who knows if that might have had different impacts for him on super tuesday when was super tuesday when he was really, really successful. but he's facing 34 felony counts of falsifying records , all

falsifying business records, all unked falsifying business records, all linked to this one. hush money, hush payment story with stormy daniels. just explain to us how this has led to all these falsifying accounts, allegations , and how conservative americans like yourself will feel seeing a former president facing such salacious charges . sure. salacious charges. sure. >> well, i think more reasonable , rational republicans, are pretty upset once again that he is our nominee. pretty upset once again that he is our nominee . and those who is our nominee. and those who are considered trump purists , are considered trump purists, have pretty much put all of this into the category of political persecution, no matter how bad it may be. and so i think that this criminal case is going to be quite an eye opener. and even though it's listed as a class e felony, which means it's the lowest level possible for new york state law , he could still york state law, he could still see anywhere from, probation up to four years in prison, however, i don't actually see

that happening since this would be his his first, you know, run with the law. so to speak, but you have somebody who michael cohen, who used to work for president trump, actually obtained a line of credit on his home before the election to pay this alleged nondisclosure for, hush money, $130,000 to stormy daniels, actually , when this daniels, actually, when this came out, it was also around the same time as the access hollywood tapes were released, where he was viewed as saying some pretty, repulsive comments, about how he would handle women. and so he didn't want to be viewed as somebody who was extremely inappropriate leading right up to the election. and so that's why they're allegedly saying this took place at that time. now, there's also two others that he's also having to deal with. there's a doorman that was paid $30,000, allegedly, for claiming that

trump had a child out of wedlock. and then there's a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, who was also paid $150,000 to remain quiet. so the problem here is that michael cohenis problem here is that michael cohen is saying that he has a recorded conversation with the former president discussing the hush money, and then also the fact that how i just mentioned he obtained a line of credit on his home. so that's that's a hard copy of evidence. and then we'll see to the fact that they're saying that there were phoney invoices made, claiming that they were legal fees and that they were legal fees and that they were actually recorded in his ledger, amy, whoever, whoever ghastly all of this sounds i put i put it to you. i use the word ghastly. if this was a british politician career over right, we wouldn't even. that would be the end of that, are you overly shocked by this?

are you outraged by this? does this turn you off trump completely? i mean, if you were a neutral voter at this stage because he's in court so often on so many things, i think it just goes over people's heads. >> and i sure you almost have become desensitised as an american voter, which is also not okay, because these are some serious allegations. and so if you're talking about a former president who, you know, as we all know , there are very all know, there are very powerful people who have nda signed all the time and most likely, probably do pay people off to remain quiet when they're being inappropriate . right, but being inappropriate. right, but this is a situation where we're talking about documents, fake documents that were put as far as putting into the accounting records of the former president's business. and so then we also have trump's checks reimbursing, michael cohen.

right after the election. so this this stinks to high heaven. and for someone such as myself, as you say, this is ghastly, i feel like i am on a deserted island. i do not approve of president biden. i do not approve of former president donald trump, approve of former president donald trump , there are third donald trump, there are third party options, but historically , party options, but historically, they don't do well. >> good luck to you, amy. finding a winner from thank you from matt lauer. thank you. it's going to be a fascinating six weeks. >> he's going to be in court every for and all the every day for that. and all the previous appearances it's previous court appearances it's been know, hours here been you know, a few hours here or so will this cut or there. so will this cut through. will this first criminal millom there, no. criminal millom still there, no. be the one who knows. but we'll all eyes will be on what happens there. >> what i was going to ask amy is how come he's got such a god squad following? how come the. >> i don't understand that. i don't understand that. i really don't understand that. i really don't , and that's been an don't, and that's been an ongoing question of mine. i mean, it started when it was grabbing women by the genitalia.

how church, fearing how did the church, god fearing crowd offensive? crowd not find that offensive? absolutely me, but it absolutely mystifies me, but it just escalates there with all all of the sort of porn star salaciousness. but we shall hear all those details during this trial over the next few weeks. so strap yourself in. >> ready? >> ready? >> 6:02 o'clock. good to >> 6:02 o'clock. very good to have board. here's your have you on board. here's your weather . weather update. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwest winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts, out towards the southeast through the the morning. and the rest of the morning. and then will start to see some then we will start to see some sunshine developing as we head in there in towards this afternoon. there will of showers will still be plenty of showers around and these could around though, and these could turn quite heavy in places, particularly northern particularly across northern parts england and parts parts of england and parts of scotland, we see scotland, where we could see some sleet snow over the some sleet and snow over the

hills. that brisk hills. with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures to reach temperatures struggling to reach much above 12 or degrees in much above 12 or 13 degrees in the and struggling to the south and struggling to reach into the double figures further will further north. but it will definitely be feeling colder further north. but it will definthat be feeling colder further north. but it will definthat be feelirwind der further north. but it will definthat be feelirwind through further north. but it will definthaevening.irwind through further north. but it will definthaevening. showers rough further north. but it will definthaevening. showers do gh monday evening. showers do continue to push their way southwards overnight, and these could turn heavy in places, perhaps localised flooding, perhaps some localised flooding, but start to but it will gradually start to turn little drier as we go turn a little drier as we go through into early hours of through into the early hours of tuesday plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of and the of clear skies around and the winds starting to ease winds gradually starting to ease as well, but still a chilly night under those clear skies. temperatures 5 or 6 temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees in the north, perhaps a touch in some rural spots. touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday does start a drier tuesday does start a much drier day , though. plenty of sunshine day, though. plenty of sunshine as through the morning. as we head through the morning. there still few there will still be a few showers around, particularly across england across eastern coast of england and of wales and and across parts of wales and northern ireland too. and perhaps 2 bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up southeastern up across southeastern parts. but still plenty but there will still be plenty of sunshine across northern parts not quite as parts of england, not quite as windy monday, and windy as monday, and temperatures still a touch below average 13, maybe average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. that warm feeling from boxt

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so -- so if you're english. hi patriotic. are you? >> because a branch of the royal society of saint george's disbanding after discovering it can't attract new members. so not very patriotic, it seems . not very patriotic, it seems. >> so. the president of the leicestershire society says changing values and demographics in the area are making it too difficult for that particular society to carry on. >> it is an international society. it says it's non—political and it promotes englishness while celebrating the country's patron saint. well, our east midlands reporter will hollis can tell you all in this gb news exclusive . this gb news exclusive. >> in every corner of the world, people celebrate english tradition and values as members of the royal society of saint george. yet here in england, branches are closing as membership dwindles. i feel that in this country, saint george is all but dead and buried. until recently, stephen warden, from wigston , was president of the

wigston, was president of the leicestershire branch. despite spending £1,500 of his own money advertising , spending £1,500 of his own money advertising, he spending £1,500 of his own money advertising , he couldn't spending £1,500 of his own money advertising, he couldn't find enough members to keep it running. i did everything humanly possible to get new members into the branch from the local environment , but they were local environment, but they were just not interested in joining, he thinks changing demographics and declining interest in the society's values contributed to disappearing membership . but he disappearing membership. but he also blames political leadership at national and local levels. stephen claims his proposal for a saint george's day parade was repeatedly rejected by leicester city council over ten years. a celebration is planned for saint george's day, but like most cities and towns, no parade will pass through the streets . a pass through the streets. a leicester city council spokesperson said leicester's annual celebrations of saint george's day have been organised and funded by the city council for many decades and they remain an important part of the city's festival calendar.

an important part of the city's festival calendar . some in festival calendar. some in leicester say they would like to see more done to celebrate england's patron saint. >> i think it's a sign of patriotism. i think it helps the country we celebrate a lot of religious festivals here. >> i think , what >> people forget, i think, what is important to england, maybe it's been sort of, jumped onto with the wrong crowd, but i think nowadays it's just completely different. >> the royal society of saint george has 5000 members worldwide. it's non—political, open to all faiths and backgrounds , but is fiercely backgrounds, but is fiercely patriotic, promoting englishness and values like free speech and tolerance . nick dutt is the tolerance. nick dutt is the society's chairman. >> patriotism has been linked to nationalism, which are two very different things. we're a patriotic society, if you say in scotland and ireland, wales , scotland and ireland, wales, europe, you're a patriot. no one thinks an i. in england people should take a step back . and should take a step back. and thatis should take a step back. and that is a challenge. and it's how we try and change that. >> back in wigston, saint

george's cross flies above stephen's home. >> it makes me feel good because i know at least i've not forgotten saint george. if everybody else has, even though his branch is gone, he's still a member of the society . member of the society. >> he can't turn his back on saint george. will hollis gb news in leicester. >> well, dear, now you actually went to a saint george's school? >> i did, my school was saint george's. yeah. >> and, and were you taught to be proud about the patron saint of england? >> i don't remember any particular emphasis on it. does your son remember it because he went to the same school? >> yeah, well, he's he's a good georgian whatever . georgian or whatever. >> og old georgian. >> og old georgian. >> yes. sir george, as it >> yes. and sir george, as it turns out, as i was just telling the guys around me here, it's not actually english. he was a commander in the roman army, and he was from turkey . he was from turkey. >> well, there you go. turkish. so there we go . so there we go. >> we claim him though, as our own. >> but you see, the interesting thing you don't. england. england is pathetic at claiming

its. it is. i mean, i speak as an irishman. >> excuse me. we have our royal family. they are the absolute. >> your patron saint. okay, fine. i have no celebrate our engush fine. i have no celebrate our english aristocrats. >> don't care about who your >> you don't care about who your patron saint whereas patron saint is. whereas certainly not speaking for certainly i'm not speaking for the or the scottish i the welsh or the scottish i think are very patriotic as well. but the irish, i mean, come saint patrick's day, everybody wants be irish. so everybody wants to be irish. so why does why does the same not apply to england? i mean, i'm very happy to be english on saint george's day, get a day off. why don't you get a day off? why isn't it a national houday off? why isn't it a national holiday england? holiday in england? >> a good point. >> well, that's a good point. >> well, that's a good point. >> a very point. well, >> it's a very good point. well, it's exactly as they described in in report there that in the, in the report there that people conflated people have conflated nationalism and nationalism with patriotism and people being seen nationalism with patriotism and peinationalists. being seen nationalism with patriotism and peinationalists. so being seen nationalism with patriotism and peinationalists. so they ng seen nationalism with patriotism and peinationalists. so they sorteen nationalism with patriotism and peinationalists. so they sort of| as nationalists. so they sort of shy away celebrating their shy away from celebrating their patron saint. >> know your thoughts on >> let us know your thoughts on all of that. thoughts on what happenedin all of that. thoughts on what happened in the sport over the weekend. we go to mr paul coyte. good morning mr >> welcome. good morning. >> welcome. good morning. >> thank you very much. sir.

patrick was a frenchman though wasn't he. >> oh stupid. yeah. he was, he was very even worse. >> he's dutch. would >> he's dutch. that would really. you find the really. why can you find the irish out ireland? irish drive out of ireland? >> sorry. what he drive out >> sorry. what did he drive out of ireland, me. >> i he said what it was. >> i he said what it was. >> well they weren't when they stakes things. yeah they stakes and things. yeah they were yeah. were stakes right. yeah. >> we have no snakes. >> snakes. we have no snakes. >> snakes. we have no snakes. >> so there no snakes. >> so there were no snakes. >> so there were no snakes. >> there are no snakes. >> there are no snakes. >> there's no snakes. >> there's no snakes. >> didn't slay dragon though, >> didn't slay a dragon though, did snakes around here? >> didn't slay a dragon though, did you snakes around here? >> didn't slay a dragon though, did you know,3kes around here? >> didn't slay a dragon though, did you know, stoparound here? >> didn't slay a dragon though, did you know, stop it.und here? >> didn't slay a dragon though, did you know, stop it. obviously >> you know, stop it. obviously not room, right. not in this room, right. >> you stay up and watch the >> did you stay up and watch the masters night? masters last night? >> did, i that's why >> yeah, i did, i that's why i've been a little bit, scottish scheffler because i remember we spoke about scottie scheffler, didn't weeks didn't we? a couple of weeks ago. one number second ago. world one number second green and pantone 342. do green jacket and pantone 342. do you know what that is. no. pantone 342 is the colour of the green jacket that he's won at the augusta masters. there is scottie there in what would you say. what colour would you say that was. it looks peach to me a little peach there. would you go. very well with the green

jacket. there he is celebrating the win, so he's done extremely well. second win 68 there in the final there's beard final round. now there's beard large man handing large bearded young man handing green to another green jacket over to another large bearded green man large bearded green jacket man and that's jon rahm jon rahm in the pink tie. who was the winner last year, who has since gone to liv golf and has had a disaster since he's there. and he was awful at the masters, but he's very rich. he's extremely rich. so i wonder whether because people are saying, oh, i wonder whether jon rahm regrets the whetherjon rahm regrets the fact he went to i probably fact that he went to i probably not. yeah. which is interesting. now, is an interesting now, this is an interesting fact, that the top three that fact, is that the top three that were in the masters that won the masters last year, and that is so was jon rahm, who won so that was jon rahm, who won it, and also brooks koepka and phil mickelson . now tell me if phil mickelson. now tell me if you think this is a good fact, who all went to live if you combine their scores, that is plus 54 over par and 54 is live, which is the roman numerals live. >> i didn't understand a word you said live is named after

he's in. >> is live liv golf, which is the saudi arabian backed golf . the saudi arabian backed golf. >> you know what that is? >> you know what that is? >> well, live. live. it's actually roman numerals for 54. >> and that adds up to 54. >> and that adds up to 54. >> and that adds up to 54. >> and the amount over par. the three of those was 50. well, was that you? you didn't cook that? i thought it was excellent. i thought it was excellent, but tiger woods did not have such a good day. i don't really care about tiger woods, do you not. >> why? but why would you care about tiger woods? because the care about rory mcilroy. tiger woods never going win woods is never going to win anything. woods is never going to win any roryi. would woods is never going to win anyroryi. would need woods is never going to win any roryi. would need this. >> rory mac would need this. rory like 20s. rory 20, like 20s. >> it's awful. >> it's awful. >> yes. what is this is 16th >> oh, yes. what is this is 16th attempt something? and, attempt or something? and, welshman mcilroy so. attempt or something? and, weino. |an mcilroy so. attempt or something? and, weino. well, mcilroy so. attempt or something? and, weino. well, the 'ic|lroy so. attempt or something? and, weino. well, the thing' so. attempt or something? and, weino. well, the thing is, so. attempt or something? and, weino. well, the thing is, it's >> no. well, the thing is, it's this the one he's never won. this is the one he's never won. it's the masters. and whether he's going to. and then. but tiger did play. know you're tiger did play. i know you're not but he actually not bothered but he was actually came although did came last. although he did qualify came. >> does this surprise >> why does this surprise anybody. never going to win >> why does this surprise a|major. never going to win >> why does this surprise a|major title never going to win >> why does this surprise a|major title again r going to win >> why does this surprise a|major title again r go he'so win >> why does this surprise a|major title again r go he's the n a major title again but he's the greatest there's been. greatest there's ever been. >> now he is saying i >> but he's now he is saying i

will continue. he was. but that's the whole point. you're right. was it's right. is that it was it's everything's past. and everything's in the past. and like talk about andy like when we talk about andy murray talk about great murray and we talk about great sportsmen, got to know sportsmen, you've got to know when to go, when to call it quits. as the gambler said, you've to know when hold you've got to know when to hold them. you've to know when to them. you've got to know when to fold them. you've got to know when walk away. when to walk away. >> i just get a tune. >> and i just can't get a tune. >> and i just can't get a tune. >> i know the song. no, no. >> but i know the song. no, no. >> but i know the song. no, no. >> hold him. no. where's kenny rogers? yeah. who also rogers? yeah. who was also a very golfer, but, anyway. very poor golfer, but, anyway. but that was the masters all came end yesterday. very good. >> well, how's it come for an end liverpool? end for liverpool? >> indeed arsenal in the >> yes. or indeed arsenal in the premier league. >> yeah. liverpool lose >> yeah. yeah. so liverpool lose at home to crystal palace. so jurgen klopp final year. going to going to win that. to win this. going to win that. well looking very wobbly well it's looking very wobbly now result the now. terrible result in the week. so that was against week. and so that was against atalanta. they lost three nil. so liverpool are wobbling and now arsenal. so it's all that especially lost their bottles at home. >> you know it's a big big defeat at home to aston villa. >> aston villa aston villa to aston villa were terrific

yesterday but arsenal weren't. and really the big winners over the weekend has been manchester city, so they beat luton. so they're looking at now on the top and whether arsenal are actually going to recover from this i don't know. so have they got the bottle to carry on. we'll have to see. same thing goes for rangers though in in in scotland scotland they lost three ross county. ross three two to ross county. ross county have never beaten rangers before. rangers are before. yeah. so now rangers are in against celtic. in this fight against celtic. and it looks like they're and now it looks like they're all wobbly. everybody's all getting wobbly. everybody's wobbling centre. wobbling left, right and centre. yeah. wobbly, wobbly day yesterday. >> including munich. >> yeah they're wobbling. munich. >> they'reh they're wobbling. munich. >> they're they'ree wobbling. munich. >> they're they're done bling. munich. >> they're they're done for1g. well they're they're done for now because bayer leverkusen now by a leverkusen who they were calling by leverkusen because they would never they've never won the bundesliga title in 120 years. never. or they came close. but this year they have been unbelievable and they beat werder bremen. i know we don't talk about german football much, but the thing is it's bayer leverkusen was so good under xabi alonso, the first that they have won bundesliga and it's

have won the bundesliga and it's the time that bayern the first time that bayern munich won it in about munich haven't won it in about 12 years. and of course, harry kane has gone over bayern kane has gone over to bayern munich because think he's munich because they think he's going something. so the going to win something. so the only now got , only chance he's now got, they've play arsenal this only chance he's now got, they'\and play arsenal this only chance he's now got, they'\and that'slay arsenal this only chance he's now got, they'\and that's going;enal this only chance he's now got, they'\and that's going to al this only chance he's now got, they'\and that's going to be :his only chance he's now got, they'\and that's going to be in; week and that's going to be in germany to get through to the next round of the champions league. well fits like jigsaw. >> bayern munich i'll predict they will be. they'll have a new manager next year and i think their existing manager tuchel, you'll see him in the english premier league. >> you think he'll be back. >> you think he'll be back. >> well yeah . oh do you. >> well yeah. oh do you. >> well yeah. oh do you. >> and i can think of a club that would be interested in him as well. >> you wouldn't would you. >> you wouldn't would you. >> just saying united would >> you wouldn't would you. >> tuchel saying united would >> you wouldn't would you. >> tuchel laying united would >> you wouldn't would you. >> tuchel i dorg united would >> you wouldn't would you. >> tuchel i do really.ad would >> you wouldn't would you. >> tuchel i do really. yeah.jld take tuchel i do really. yeah. so long do we think that so how long do we think that erik ten hag has got left? >> just saying i don't know >> i'm just saying i don't know what the future erik ten hag is, but i don't that fans but i don't think that fans would cry one way or the other if was a change. if there was a change. >> i think you're probably >> no, i think you're probably right. other thing, one right. but the other thing, one more quick one, and this is more very quick one, and this is isabel. now, there's going to be a here because a rivalry here because the women's cup has been

women's fa cup final has been decided. manchester united beat chelsea spurs leicester. >> ask side i'm >> don't ask me whose side i'm going to choose. >> spurs v manchester united >> the spurs v manchester united final may, so i'd like. final in may, so i'd like. i think spurs wait for the day out for him and me it is. >> oh well, you guys enjoy it. i'll to it. i'll leave you to it. >> probably get us to >> i'll probably get us to present cup. present the cup. >> think probably will. >> i think they probably will. >> i think they probably will. >> good idea. yeah, yeah. >> a good idea. yeah, yeah. >> a good idea. yeah, yeah. >> i'll for the >> well i'll come for the entertainment. how about that? yes. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you. see you later, alligator. still to come? we'll be through the pages be going through the front pages and biggest stories of the and the biggest stories of the day. neesom kriss akabusi day. dawn neesom kriss akabusi here

thanks very much indeed for your comments coming in on all sorts of things we've been talking about today, the, iranian attack on israel over the weekend, seeing the amount of missiles. this is from john. rockets and drones, 99% never got through the dome. surely israel should

call it a day, because we shouldn't have to keep putting our raf pilots in the skies and at risk of being shot down. >> oh, look, somebody's questioning whether or not saint george came from turkey. apparently, he was greek under the roman empire. >> he wasn't. >> he wasn't. >> he was roman, and he was from turkey. and, right. the reason the forces don't get the armed forces don't get recruited, says andrew, is they want everything given to them, but they don't want to fight for it. they need to be reminded their was never free. their freedom was never free. we've dawn neesom and we've we've got dawn neesom and we've got chris akabusi to talk got chris akabusi now to talk about things. so, chris, we about such things. so, chris, we were talking about the defence editor the evening standard editor of the evening standard and, he was basically saying recruitment is a big problem for our armed forces. recruitment is a big problem for our armed forces . why is that, our armed forces. why is that, chris? and you speak as an ex—soldier yourself. yeah. >> so, i joined the army in 1975, and a lot of the people that joined the army in the junior sort of ranks are people from impoverished backgrounds. i

from impoverished backgrounds. i from i was a kid from care. i think when i was a young man, it was quite clear that you had to go and get a job. and for me, the safest job was in the army . the safest job was in the army. i know it sounds ridiculous because the army is a war fighting machine, but it was the safest job. safest job was safest job. safest job i was going to. was going to get going to. i was going to get paid food, clothes, etc. i think today there is a sense for the young people that there are many, many options. for example, the state will look after you if you can't look yourself. you can't look after yourself. >> was that not the case in 75? >> was that not the case in 75? >> certainly didn't have the sense. the sense was you had to go work, you know, everyone go to work, you know, everyone was to go work and you was going to go to work and you know, out there. know, there was work out there. so think that's the benefit so i do think that's the benefit culture. you i'm not culture. and, you know, i'm not having to go to anybody. but i do think sense that the do think the sense that the state will take care you if state will take care of you if you go to work, help you don't go to work, help people, not go. >> you think it's so much the >> do you think it's so much the welfare state as more the sort of instagram generation where everyone just wants to an everyone just wants to be an influencer celebrity? influencer or a celebrity? >> i yeah, mean, >> i think, yeah, i mean, i mean, sort of like, you know,

the days when, you know, boys want or plumbers want to builders or plumbers are rolling your sleeves up. >> it's everyone, as >> yeah it is, it's everyone, as you say, wants to be an influencer now and i think chris is right on the fact that we are now encouraged to blame everybody something everybody else for something that everybody else for something tha i everybody else for something thai mean, it's like, i think >> i mean, it's like, i think i don't think covid helped with that. the fact that it was the government's fault the government were micromanage ing our now like, our lives. and now it's like, you know, everything i do, there's someone to blame there's someone else to blame for about taking for it. it's about taking personal responsibility. and i think you joined chris, think when you joined up, chris, certainly as you say, a certainly from, as you say, a working class background, you did that, now you think, no, hold a minute. someone's got hold on a minute. someone's got to come and look after me. i'm not going to look after myself, as not having go as you say, not not having a go at anyone particular. but at anyone in particular. but i think there is that mindset that's changed enormously from from you were younger. that's changed enormously from from alsor were younger. that's changed enormously from from also thinking unger. that's changed enormously from from also thinking justzr. that's changed enormously from from also thinking just as >> i was also thinking just as you actually, that you were talking, actually, that when the army as well. when i joined the army as well. okay, northern was, was okay, northern ireland was, was was but we weren't at was a thing, but we weren't at war, obviously was a security war, obviously it was a security operation, i think over war, obviously it was a security ope last n, i think over war, obviously it was a security ope last sort i think over war, obviously it was a security ope last sort of i think over war, obviously it was a security ope last sort of 30 i think over war, obviously it was a security ope last sort of 30 years,< over the last sort of 30 years, there's been this proliferation of the united kingdom being

involved like iraq. involved in wars like iraq. yeah, afghanistan , you know, yeah, afghanistan, you know, soldiers, they have got a whole raft of medals in our day. you have those sort of medals. so i think that now young people actually realise you can go and die . yeah. you know, you are die. yeah. you know, you are seeing soldiers come back maimed and another one, another just is and another one, anotherjust is coming to me. and the other thing is young people today you see your veterans on the streets sleeping rough. so you go out to war. you think you're protecting the country , but no one's there the country, but no one's there to protect you afterwards. so, i mean, these are all these things that young people got to deal with that i didn't have to deal with that i didn't have to deal with in my day, compared to our veterans who looked after in america, they had, you america, where they had, you know, veterans day and everything, they're you everything, and they're not, you know, they're not forced to or there are cases. >> in this country that we >> but in this country that we just don't respect people that have served, what happened, chris, with that in sydney have served, what happened, chris, wi'weekend, in sydney have served, what happened, chris, wi'weekend, irhe'dney have served, what happened, chris, wi'weekend, irhe killed? over the weekend, was he killed? >> yeah, yeah, he was >> yes. yeah. yeah, yeah, he was killed policewoman. killed by the policewoman. >> goodness that. >> thank goodness for that. yeah. away. right so

yeah. straight away. right so tell about these sydney tell me about these sydney stabbings this madman . stabbings and this madman. >> well, so a lot has been made this morning. the fact that the one chap that died was a security officer . the five security officer. the five women, five others were women , women, five others were women, and i just reading this in the, l, and i just reading this in the, i, i think this is excuse me, i think this guy was an escort. he had advertised himself online as a male escort and tried to join several groups. so the wonder is whether there was a misogynistic bent with this chap. sorry. >> when you say an escort, like, as in a ladies man. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> so. yeah, yeah. so he will take out women. well, who knows what he does, but, he as an escort. but whether there was some sort of vendetta against women or was he scared of the blokes because he tried to. he tried to kill women and he was successful to five women. and the one guy is a is a security guy who. yeah. who offended him in some sort of way. so obviously your tragedy.

westfield shopping centre . we've westfield shopping centre. we've got them here in the united kingdom going shopping is a very natural thing. i think the one thing that i don't like is not the right word, but saving grace. it wasn't a terrorist attack. it wasn't like a muslim against westerners. it was just against westerners. it was just a mad, deranged person who has his personal vendetta. >> but, you know, the fascinating thing i was watching cctv footage of it, and he walks past certain people so he could have walked past. you had the knife in his hand? yes. so what? determined whether he stabbed someone or didn't stab? >> think it was your sex, to >> i think it was your sex, to be honest with you. he walked past lots of and there were past lots of men and there were men having a go. that was one very man standing at the very brave man standing at the top of a travelator an escalator, was, you know, escalator, who was, you know, literally it. it literally armed with it. it looked a cone, a looked like a cone, like a cleaning cone. and he he ran away him. then, as away from him. but then, as chris out, he killed chris has pointed out, he killed five yeah. and stabbed five women. yeah. and he stabbed a mother pushing her baby in a pram. yeah. >> i stabbed the child, too. >> and i stabbed the child, too.

>> and i stabbed the child, too. >> stabbed the child. and we >> and stabbed the child. and we think, the is think, thankfully, the child is recovering hospital. but, recovering in hospital. but, i mean, know, that that poor mean, you know, that that poor lady and one of lady lost her life. and one of the last things she did was protect child by handing the protect her child by handing the baby people to baby over to people nearby to save which they did. save the child, which they did. so heroes. the one so many heroes. i mean, the one i the one. if you can take i mean, the one. if you can take any positives from this horrific story the fact how people story is the fact how people pulled together, how people helped one another, heroes stepping into heroes. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i'm sorry, but talking as >> and i'm sorry, but talking as as a woman, isabel, and as a feminist, fact that feminist, i love the fact that this of filth was taken up this piece of filth was taken up by so do i. by a woman. so do i. >> yeah, sorry. especially respecting women. well done. her. i thought the same rwanda bill. dawn, in parliament bill. dawn, back in parliament today, are they talking an absolute cloudcuckooland that they think flights will take off within weeks? i mean, even if this royal assent, this bill gets royal assent, which going to carry which airline is going to carry out this is that's an irrelevant argument, actually. >> you know, listening >> you know, i was listening to this simply just this today. you simply just hire you charter aircraft, you charter. >> everyone wants to do a private private aircraft .

private private aircraft. >> i mean, i can't see how you would book on board british airways or easyjet or whatever. you just hire an airline. they've gone to such expense already. just. already. why not just. >> well, this is this is the problem. >> is one problem. >> and this is one of the stories about this. obviously, it's ping it it's a game of ping pong. it has been between house of lords been between the house of lords and house of commons and the and the house of commons and the laws tweaking. it goes back laws keep tweaking. it goes back to commons commons to the commons and the commons are trying to get it pushed through and whether it actually ever do know ever happened, and we do know that sunak, when he was that rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, think chancellor, didn't even think it was first place. was a goer in the first place. but this other story in the telegraph is that rwanda telegraph today is that rwanda scheme cost billion scheme could cost £5 billion over years. it's over the next five years. it's a £150,000 asylum seeker. i £150,000 per asylum seeker. i mean, insane amount of mean, it's just insane amount of money. but, you know, as far as the airline story is concerned, you don't you know, the raf or we don't have enough planes, we're potentially brink of god potentially on the brink of god knows war, raf have knows what war, the raf have said if we wanted to do it, which we particularly don't, we couldn't and as you say, couldn't do it. and as you say, how much more is it going to cost? eamonn. if we to cost? eamonn. if we have to charter the charter airlines, i pay the money them to it, money to persuade them to do it, because not many airlines want to associated with it,

to be associated with it, to take them there. it's take them out there. it's costing fortune and not costing an utter fortune and not one person been taken out. >> that cost is immense. oh no, it's immense. if they get this underway. >> but will it, will it change? how immense will it change? well this is what i think. >> i mean, it's the initial think that the government means business well, think business on this. well, i think that's they're for it. that's why they're going for it. i really i don't think i think really i don't think rishi will rishi sunak believes it will work, he has to go work, but i think he has to go for something so he can turn around and say, look, i've sorted out the migration problem and going, you and everyone's going, no, you haven't, what about haven't, mate. and what about the of living? what about the cost of living? what about the cost of living? what about the about all the the nhs? what about all the stuff really for? stuff that we really care for? if on people's doors if you knock on people's doors and what are you really and saying, what are you really worried about the next worried about today, the next two stories linked. and two stories are linked. and chris, fascinating two stories are linked. and chris, with fascinating two stories are linked. and chris, with salman ing two stories are linked. and chris, with salman rushdie in interview with salman rushdie in the exclusive for the telegraph, an exclusive for them. about them. he's talking about returning after returning to london after spending in new york, spending 24 years in new york, because can't bear the because he can't bear the thought of another trump presidency. also talks presidency. and he also talks about dreaming presidency. and he also talks about being dreaming presidency. and he also talks about being attacked dreaming presidency. and he also talks about being attacked before ning presidency. and he also talks about being attacked before heg about being attacked before he was attacked on was so horrendously attacked on stage eye. stage and lost an eye. >> yeah, mean, i think that's >> yeah, i mean, i think that's the major point, really. you know what the headline says

trump. actually, you trump. but actually, when you get it, it is actually the get into it, it is actually the fact that he had this premonition. thought premonition. varne, thought about cancelling , but thought it about cancelling, but thought it was an irrational thought. therefore stayed then got this awful attack where he nearly lost his eye. so in the pool of his blood, he said his ultimate sense wasn't of fear, but of loneliness. >> oh , that he was there, dying >> oh, that he was there, dying on the on the paper with no none of his family there. and this comes 33 years after the fatwa against him because of the satanic verses . and so i sense satanic verses. and so i sense the idea now having lived in america for the last 24 years, he actually realises northeast southwest home is best. you know, he's advancing in years. i'm not saying he's an old man, but he's advancing in years. and he's decided actually he i think i might want to go back home and

i might want to go back home and i get that. i get that sense that actually you are born alone and you are. we do die alone, but you don't need to live alone. and there's this sense when you come back to your own country, you know, the customs, the cultures, the values, the people and that. yeah. people and a sense that. yeah. what mr trump, typifies is what what? mr trump, typifies is not what he wants. so he's thinking about coming back home. so i do get that. and i thought that sense of dying alone, he didn't seem to say that he feared his death, but that loneliness . loneliness. >> i think there have been a few interesting death related stories. not to get a bit morbid at this time of year. monday morning. well, there was a story yesterday i was about, yesterday i was reading about, caroline the first green caroline lucas, the first green mp who she's quitting mp who said she's quitting parliament become a death parliament to become a death doula, which is essentially a midwife people dying. yeah, midwife for people dying. yeah, she lost her parents last year, and that british people and she said that british people just talk about death, just can't talk about death, right? it stopped me in my right? yeah. it stopped me in my tracks. never thought tracks. i never thought about a death doula. >> yeah. it's fabulous. >> there's a woman called catherine. >> there's a woman called cat iarine. >> there's a woman called cati thought of someone being. >> i thought of someone being.

so don't that so you don't have that loneliness? >> a woman called >> yeah, a woman called catherine who wrote catherine maddox, who wrote a phenomenal herself phenomenal book. she herself is on, death par on, the death doula par excellence. and she's spot on. you know what we used to see when i say we. i wasn't born then, but in the 40s, 50s, 60s. grandma. great grandma died at home. yeah. and we saw death daily. yeah. and we grew up with death. but we've got quite asinine at. and we've cut that out of our lives in the sort of back end of the 20th century, 21st century. and yet the death is not. it is part of the life experience. in fact, death is what makes life worth living and embracing. >> we're out of time. so. but, but that thought, i mean, i agree with you that one of the strangest things i've had to come to terms with being from ireland is english. people just don't deal with death. they can't deal with, they can't talk with it. and one of the problems is it usually takes you a month to in england, to get buried in england, whereas ireland three whereas in ireland it's three days. don't understand why days. and i don't understand why it takes month for anybody to

it takes a month for anybody to die then down a hole die and then go down a hole after that, guys, back again, 45 minutes the moment. thank minutes for the moment. thank you indeed. you very much indeed. >> get check on >> we're going to get a check on the forecast for you. do you need brolly ellie need your brolly today? ellie glaisyer tell you. glaisyer will tell you. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwesterly winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts out towards the southeast through the rest of the morning. and then to see some then we will start to see some sunshine as head sunshine developing as we head in towards this afternoon. there will plenty of showers will still be plenty of showers around these could around though, and these could turn in places, turn quite heavy in places, particularly northern particularly across northern parts of england and parts of scotland, we could scotland, where we could see some over some sleet and snow over the hills. brisk hills. with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures struggling reach temperatures struggling to reach much 13 degrees in much above 12 or 13 degrees in the south and struggling to reach into the double figures

further but it will further north. but it will definitely feeling colder definitely be feeling colder than the through than that with the wind through monday evening showers do monday evening. showers do continue to their way continue to push their way southwards overnight and these could turn heavy in places, perhaps flooding, perhaps some localised flooding, but gradually start to but it will gradually start to turn a little drier as we go through into the hours through into the early hours of tuesday morning, leaving plenty of around the of clear skies around and the winds gradually to ease winds gradually starting to ease as but still a chilly as well, but still a chilly night those skies. night under those clear skies. temperatures around or temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees the north, perhaps degrees in the north, perhaps a touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday does start a much drier day, though. plenty of sunshine as through the morning. as we head through the morning. there a few there will still be a few showers particularly showers around, particularly across coast england showers around, particularly acro across coast england showers around, particularly acro across parts)ast england showers around, particularly acro across parts oft england showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales gland showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales and d and across parts of wales and northern ireland and northern ireland too. and perhaps 1 or 2 bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up across southeastern parts. but still be plenty but there will still be plenty of across northern of sunshine across northern parts england, not as parts of england, not quite as windy as monday, and temperatures below temperatures still a touch below average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning. it is 7:00 on the dot, and it is monday, the 15th of april. and you're very welcome. >> you're welcome to have you on board. this is breakfast and gb news. eamonn holmes and isabel webster, world leaders, are calling for calm as israel has vowed revenge following iran's attack over the weekend. >> and in just half an hour, we'll be speaking to the shadow defence secretary, john healey . defence secretary, john healey. >> rwanda is back in the headunes >> rwanda is back in the headlines as the government teases the prospect of flights within weeks . within weeks. >> yes, it's two years since bofis >> yes, it's two years since boris johnson first announced this scheme. mps are back today. they'll be voting on the safety of rwanda bill later , where it's of rwanda bill later, where it's likely to get royal assent soon and the government believes that flights will be taking off in the coming weeks. i'll bring you more shortly.

>> the first of four criminal trials against donald trump is beginning today in new york. he faces charges over a hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels . daniels. >> and our debate this morning with more than 11 million sick notes issued last year, we'll be asking, is it time to do something about them and make them dry up? let us know your views and sport well, starting with golf. >> scottie scheffler said he'd walk off the course if his wife went into labour during the masters . she didn't, so he masters. she didn't, so he didn't and he won and he's now cradling a beautiful new green jacket. congratulations to him. arsenal and liverpool have both gone a little bit wobbly with their title challenges, and eamonn be delighted to know eamonn will be delighted to know that raducanu back . that emma raducanu is back. >> it's been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. join me later for the full forecast with all details

all the details. >> so it is our top story this morning. world leaders have called for calm after israel vowed revenge against the country for drone strikes on saturday night. >> now, america has told israel it will not participate in any retaliatory strikes and has asked israel to show restraint. >> on saturday evening, around 300 missiles were dispatched by iran , 99% of which were brought iran, 99% of which were brought down before entering israel , down before entering israel, according to their defence minister, rishi sunak. >> yesterday confirmed the uk's involvement in shooting down many of those missiles. this is what he had to say. >> i can confirm that our planes did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. i don't want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger, and the defence editor of the evening standard, we back, robert fox on we welcome back, robert fox on this one. >> robert, what about an update? now that you get time to digest

all that happened on saturday evening and was dealt with, you know, quite simplistically in a simplistic way, something that looks almost orchestrated about this. >> and this is not only my view, it's from people actually on the inside. there was a lot of signalling going on. iran was talked to by back channels and probably quite directly by the americans . they knew what was americans. they knew what was going to happen. and although it sounds a lot, it was 330 pieces of ordnance that were fired , of ordnance that were fired, drones, missiles and so on. rockets it's only a tiny part of. of what? of what they've got. it's that they've done their set piece number and now we're off the script. what happens next? and i think that that's what's worrying the americans are saying, don't go mad. israel. netanyahu himself the israeli leader, has been a beneficiary because he was quite bunkered. he was being attacked. we believe , even by people we believe, even by people within his own war coalition he

now must feel that he's got a free hand to do what he wants. he will do something against iran. they're saying, don't do the same. don't do what iran has done to you. attack into iranian territory. and i think america has been specific about has been very specific about that. will he do? i'm that. what will he do? i'm afraid. assassinations. >> how do you hit iran if you don't attack their territory? >> got bases that >> they've got these bases that they syria and they support across syria and iraq, they've got iraq, right. and they've got people we know the people which we know the israelis are very good at following . so watch this space. following. so watch this space. the big worry is this means that, netanyahu will feel that he can do what he wants in gaza. and gaza is looking as if it's got no resolution again, at the moment. that's one of the big minuses is from this. but there must be a lot of sucking of teeth going on, particularly in whitehall and in the defence, in the, administration of defence and in the elysee palace in

france , two critical allies. france, two critical allies. >> tell me this, robert. why was it with ukraine? we were told we absolutely couldn't use even our aircraft or even our pilots in any form to defend ukraine. and yet we've straight away gone in to israel's defence because we were told in ukraine it would lead to an escalation. and world war iii is that different in this situation? you know what is our involvement we have our involvement now that we have used team , our pilots, our used our team, our pilots, our our aircraft, it's historic and i think that it's not quite there is a sort of get out clause in this in that we are obligated by treaty and other arrangements for the defence of jordan, where britain really is a key, possibly the key, key player and a lot of the stuff was knocked down over over jordan. that i think is what, rishi sunak was referring to . we rishi sunak was referring to. we are also involved in a counterinsurgency operation in iraq and syria, and that's under that dispensation. if i can put

it like that. the extra typhoons were put into action, during this very interesting how there hasn't been a loud outcry of bringing it to parliament. it will come to parliament. there have been requests , for the for have been requests, for the for this to be discussed . but what this to be discussed. but what the arrangement is, how we're obligated is very important because of course, there is one vital piece in the chess game which britain has and which the americans really want. and it's cyprus, the cyprus logistic base, as important as sending in a few extra typhoon fighter bombers or fighters were the in fuel tankers because they not only in fuel uk planes , they do only in fuel uk planes, they do it with us navy planes as well. >> so when you say america wants cyprus, what to what? to what extent or how would that deal come about, if at all? >> no, it's not going to grab it from us. i mean, i didn't put it very well, it's really it's an

extra aircraft carrier, right. and it's so valuable from that perspective, the akrotiri base, it must be absolutely rammed at the moment. i mean , the air the moment. i mean, the air traffic control must be a complete nightmare. i'm not joking , because they're looking joking, because they're looking into gulf and the red sea, into the gulf and the red sea, as well as the skies over northern israel and going out to the borders of , of iran. the borders of, of iran. >> and, robert, just, just stay there and let's listen. we're going to listen to oshea ellman, who joins us, and she, lives in israel. she's a mom of four. and we just want to find out. ushi from you what saturday night was like when these drones came overhead, and how threatened and how scary was it? what did you see? what did you experience ? see? what did you experience? >> well, thank you very much for having me. so i, a mother of four children, 14 and under and, my children, as i'm sure you can imagine, were extremely anxious and, it was a great stress at home, we, we, they were, you

know, sleeping with us. they wouldn't sleep for the whole night. and they, they wanted to be us. and sure, you can be with us. and sure, you can imagine, you know, a 12 year old wanting next to you is wanting to sleep next to you is obviously normal obviously a not a normal situation, people situation, many, people in israel were in their bomb shelters. there's houses with bomb because bomb shelters built in because unfortunately, israel is used to this of, attack . and, and this sort of, attack. and, and it was a it was a particular sleep. stressful time, with the sounds of drones and planes overhead the entire night long. >> and just explain to us, oshi, what the feeling is like in israel because it's been many months now, obviously, since the horrendous, attack by hamas and the hostage taking. but there has been increasing frustration, hasn't there, with president netanyahu . and i wonder if his netanyahu. and i wonder if his position and your view of him has changed in the last couple of days . of days. >> so i think we're dealing with a very difficult situation. hamas is, one of the terror groups of iran, iran funds hamas, so iran was directly

responsible for saturday night's attacks, but , iran funds responsible for saturday night's attacks, but, iran funds hamas, who were responsible for the attack on, on the population of our southern communities, and they're, they're an existential. they're a real and existential threat to israel. so i think netanyahu is doing everything that he can, to protect the civilians of israel, and protect the security of israel. and i'm sure you can imagine, it's a huge amount of pressure and stress, not just within israel, considering we have still 133 hostages being held in gaza by a brutal terror organisation. but, you know, stress from, and pressure from the international community, as she what do you think , mr netanyahu should do next? >> what should israel do next in relation to iran ? relation to iran? >> well, first of all, i think with the situation in gaza, we need to eliminate hamas, who, as i said , is part of iran. it's an

i said, is part of iran. it's an arm of iran , and we need to arm of iran, and we need to eliminate them so they cannot commit the sadistic and brutal attacks that they committed on our civilians. on october the 7th, i'm sure if london was experiencing something similar, they would react in the same way, on saturday night, we had three over 300 rockets, and i don't know if you got the picture . they're they're as big picture. they're they're as big as one rocket. part of one rocket is as big as two cars put together, so , i believe that together, so, i believe that that israel should be sending a clear message to iran to make sure that they never, ever do this again. israel's entire population is in a psychological trauma, not just from october the 7th, but now also from iran, who are directly getting involved and not just getting involved and not just getting involved through terror involved through their, terror groups are stationed groups that are stationed throughout the region. >> well, yeah , we wish you well. >> well, yeah, we wish you well. we hope that your four children have managed some sleep since saturday night now. and stay in touch with us as this story

unfolds in the next few days and weeks. thank you, thank you. >> good talking to you. thank you very much indeed, goodness me, when when you, when you me, when you when you, when you hear you know, hand hear it, you know, first hand experience shelters bunkers, experience shelters and bunkers, that's problem . that's the problem. >> and whatever we say that it may be unlikely they will may be unlikely that they will mount attack. iran like this mount an attack. iran like this again, that's they again, that that's what they must be about. and must be worried about. and i think the thing that we take from oshie is the solidarity from oshie is, is the solidarity with netanyahu . do you just with with netanyahu. do you just feel very strongly because it's quite a small country territorially, this, this, this, this every single this problem, every single major, centre of population, i mean, small villages as well, is now within range of rockets and things from either hezbollah or or hamas. and so she got the tension of that. absolutely, absolutely right. and it's no use saying, oh, otherwise, acas say restraint. and, you know, iran is unlikely to do it again. it's the thing you live with by the day. and that's why netanyahu i don't think he's i

think he's out of political trouble for quite a long time how. >> now. >> okay. now, in 20 minutes or so, we've got the shadow defence secretary. we're going to be talking to him about, budgets and what labour would propose, how they propose to propose to fund the armed services, after this, we asked people when you were on an hour ago their views on this. alastair says, why would i want to fight to defend my when certain my country when certain politicians not? paul says politicians are not? paul says young people aren't joining the armed they don't armed forces because they don't like told what do. they like being told what to do. they don't taking orders from don't like taking orders from anyone. says successive anyone. paul says successive governments have tried to destroy , so why would destroy patriotism, so why would people want to fight for gb? and so it goes on and on and on. blame the parents and schools for not encouraging children to join armed forces. what join the armed forces. what would you say? why are we in this situation whereby should we be spending more and from the national budget ? if so, what national budget? if so, what should we spend it on and what is the attitude now towards younger people about joining the armed forces? >> i wouldn't ask any of those

questions at all. why do you join the services ? why do you do join the services? why do you do a public service? it's public service across the piece. you do it out of what's known as altruism . i do it, it's altruism. i do it, it's a selfless act, but most selfless acts actually bring tremendous self rewards . having said acts actually bring tremendous self rewards. having said this, that you know that they're losing more than they're recruiting at the moment. i was talking to a friend whose son is a platoon commander. he's about to for selection in the to go for selection in the special forces. and i said, well, you know, how does tom find the guys in his platoon? he's in the parachute regiment, he said, absolutely fantastic. the people who are in there are absolutely up for it. and this is why the social offer of the army and i don't mean in the teeth, teeth, arms, in logistics , in things that we really want to know about cyber and so on. and by the way, you talk about footie and you talk about sport , footie and you talk about sport, if you're interested in sport and you want to be have a job

where you can play sport, hey, up to three afternoons a week, join the armed services for a bit because they can offer a lot to society, but it's what society also offers to the armed services and oh boy, didn't we learn the value and the politicians didn't acknowledge it.enough politicians didn't acknowledge it. enough of the services dunng it. enough of the services during covid. that's why i was saying to you, that's the point that has to be put to john healey. think about it. think about it. in today's context. we don't people. i mean, don't want people. i mean, i admire chris and so on. they shouldn't necessarily be talking to people like chris akabusi myself. in my day, it was like this . also, there's one big this. also, there's one big mistake that's been made over recruiting, which is privatising it. farming it out. what boys, girls want to know is young people serving, coming to say, look, i've had a hell of a good time. this is what's on offer. why don't you give it a go? you admire people who've really done it. you don't admire a pr man or a pr lady saying it might be a

good idea. a pr lady saying it might be a goodidea.can a pr lady saying it might be a good idea. can you sign here? you know, it would sound like a bit like an insurance contract. they have got it so wrong at the moment that i find it, i find it quite embarrassing , particularly quite embarrassing, particularly when i'm lectured by retired generals who are 20 years younger than me. >> yeah, i was watching the documentary one evening on telly and i looked like it was the falklands war, and this guy was getting off this landing craft, running into the water or whatever. and i thought, that looks robert fox. it looks like robert fox. and it was you, wasn't it? yeah. what was you, wasn't it? yeah. what was the story there? >> i was the first journalist to show. yeah. it it brought me, in touch with the military. yeah. the rascals, whatever . but in the rascals, whatever. but in the teeth. arms. well, right across the piece, you come across the piece, you come across very, very bright people. nafive across very, very bright people. native which, actually, you don't want a bunch of intellectuals running the army because they'd be hopeless at fighting. but there was an enormous sergeant from bermondsey who came out to me and said, er, foxy . he said

and he said, er, foxy. he said to me, you don't mind me calling you foxy? he said, i said, be my guest. he said, well, most of us call you something else that begins f foxy. i said, begins with an f foxy. i said, well he said, i'd well that's fine. he said, i'd like of your mates, you know like one of your mates, you know to how talk to soldiers. it's one of the biggest compliments i've ever paid. i've ever been paid. >> thanks for >> quite right. thanks for talking you, foxy. talking to you, foxy. >> now on, how we >> from now on, that's how we will refer you. will refer to you. >> thank don't use the >> thank you. don't use the other word. >> no , we wouldn't. not on air >> no, we wouldn't. not on air anyway, let's turn attention anyway, let's turn our attention to we? to the rwanda bill, shall we? it's the commons. mps it's back in the commons. mps are as well, and they are are back as well, and they are set to consider amendments that are back as well, and they are set beingisider amendments that are back as well, and they are set being handed1endments that are back as well, and they are set being handed backnents that are back as well, and they are set being handed back to tls that are back as well, and they are set being handed back to themit are being handed back to them from house lords. from the house of lords. >> okay. from the house of lords. >> let's. from the house of lords. >> let's go to our political correspondent, forster correspondent, katherine forster on is after on this one. this is after yesterday. we're getting a government saying this government minister saying this could happen within weeks . could happen within weeks. >> yes. the government is confident that it's finally going to get people on flights to rwanda in the coming weeks, potentially by the first week of june. victoria atkins, the health secretary, indicating as

much yesterday. and it's two years. yes today since the then prime minister, boris johnson , prime minister, boris johnson, first announced this scheme, who would have thought that two years on, not a single person would yet have gone? but yes, as you said, parliament is back today and the safety of rwanda bill returns to the commons, complete with all the amendments that the house of lords has put forward, and they'll be votes on those this evening. it will then go back to the house of lords tomorrow. ultimately, it is not the job of the house of lords to block government legislation simply to revise it. so it's likely that the house of lords will back down at some point. and the bill will get royal assent. then there'll be a few weeks, tying up loose ends, getting people ready to go on these flights. one thing that we don't know at the moment is what airline or who what planes are

going to actually be carrying these people. rwanda airlines doesn't want to take them. a lot of commercial carriers don't want to either, because they're concerned about reputational damage. it's possible that the raf may have to be prevailed upon for this, and initially, of course, the numbers are likely to be quite low . an embarrassing to be quite low. an embarrassing story a week or so ago that some of the accommodation earmarked for migrants had already been sold off, but the government is hopeful that finally, very soon, people are finally going to be sent to rwanda . sent to rwanda. >> the final victim of the stabbing attack at a sydney shopping centre has been named as a chinese student. police have said they will be investigating whether the attacker intentionally targeted women after five of the six killed were female . killed were female. >> the first of four criminal trials involving donald trump

begins today in new york. the former president's facing charges related to hush money payments that were made to a porn star, stormy daniels, in 2016. earlier, we spoke with the former of the nevada former chair of the nevada republican party. that's amy tarkanian . tarkanian. >> reasonable, rational >> more reasonable, rational republicans are pretty upset once again that he is our nominee. and those who are considered trump purists, have pretty much put all of this into the category of political persecution in the city of liverpool will fall silent today at 3:06 pm. to mark 35 years from the hillsborough disaster, where 97 men, women and children died in the tragedy at the fa cup semi—final between liverpool and nottingham forest on april 15th, 1989. >> i don't know about you, but i

felt like summer had arrived on saturday was rolled the sleeves up out in the garden, enjoying the sunshine. it was a bit chilly yesterday but i feel like i'm ready now for summer. what do you think? >> oh, long overdue, long overdue. let's overdue. bring it on. but let's start let's go to ellie start today. let's go to ellie glaisyer find out. glaisyer to find out. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest . gb news weather from the latest. gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwesterly winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts, out towards southeast towards the southeast through the morning. and the rest of the morning. and then start to see some then we will start to see some sunshine developing as head sunshine developing as we head in afternoon. there in towards this afternoon. there will be plenty of showers will still be plenty of showers around could around though, and these could turn heavy . in places,

turn quite heavy. in places, particularly across northern parts of england and parts of scotland, where we could see some sleet and snow over the hills. with that . brisk hills. with that. brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures struggling to reach much above 12 or 13 degrees in the south struggling to the south and struggling to reach double figures reach into the double figures further north. but will further north. but it will definitely colder definitely be feeling colder than with through than that with the wind through monday evening. showers do continue way continue to push their way southwards these southwards overnight, and these could in places, could turn heavy in places, perhaps flooding, could turn heavy in places, periitps flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will gradually flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will gradually start.ooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will gradually start to ding, but it will gradually start to turn drier we go turn a little drier as we go through into the early hours of tuesday leaving plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of and the of clear skies around and the winds ease winds gradually starting to ease as still a chilly as well. but still a chilly night those clear skies. night under those clear skies. temperatures or temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees north. perhaps degrees in the north. perhaps a touch lower in some spots. touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday start much drier tuesday does start a much drier day, of sunshine day, though. plenty of sunshine as the morning. as we head through the morning. there will still be a few showers around, particularly across eastern coast of england and across parts of wales and northern and northern ireland too. and perhaps 1 or bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up southeastern up across southeastern parts. but plenty up across southeastern parts. busunshine plenty up across southeastern parts. busunshine northerny of sunshine across northern parts as parts of england, not quite as windy and windy as monday, and temperatures still a touch below

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next. >> how often do you take a day off? sick a week off sick a month off sick? >> not saying you don't deserve it or it's not justified or

whatever, but over 186 million. that is. million days are being lost notes. according to that is. million days are being lost policy notes. according to that is. million days are being lost policy exchange ccording to that is. million days are being lost policy exchange ccordi|tank , the policy exchange think tank, as million sick notes were as 11 million sick notes were issued last year. >> so with warnings over productivity workplace , productivity in the workplace, is time to finally crack down is it time to finally crack down on notes as well? on sick notes as well? >> that only suggests that you don't see them as legitimate or not. i'm not saying i'm not saying that they but you'd saying that they are, but you'd only cracking down. only be cracking down. >> i mean, if you if you were to enable people to get better, perhaps that would boost productivity. that's productivity. i suppose that's the debate. well, get the the debate. well, let's get the thoughts fatigue. thoughts of chronic fatigue. mentor georgia bondi, who thinks we cracking on we shouldn't be cracking down on sick notes , and hr consultant sick notes, and hr consultant natalie ellis, who interestingly, thinks we should. let's start with you, natalie. then why do you want to crack that whip? >> okay, so good morning, so the cost all comes down to cost of it all comes down to cost of it all comes down to cost , essentially for cost, essentially for businesses. and at the moment we are looking at a cost of £3,269 per employee. if they go off sick for a total of 28 weeks,

which is a huge cost, sick for a total of 28 weeks, which is a huge cost , especially which is a huge cost, especially to small businesses. and from my experience , dances with my experience, dances with my clients and working with them every day . i would say that every day. i would say that managing employee absence is attributing to about 60% of my workload right now. so giving that advice and trying to get people back into work and to try . and encourage people back into work is actually quite a task in itself. well natalie, i remember my first job for six weeks after leaving school, was, in the civil service, and i used to watch people, mouth open watch people, my mouth hung open and to take and how they were able to take exactly of sick days and how they were able to take exacthey of sick days and how they were able to take exacthey were of sick days and how they were able to take exacthey were owed>f sick days and how they were able to take exacthey were owed duringdays and how they were able to take exacthey were owed during the that they were owed during the yeah that they were owed during the year. sit year. they would actually sit with go say, with calendars and go and say, well, i'm owed a day and a half next month from whatever in sick. they would take and sick. and they would take it and they what to do. they would know what to do. however, georgia, not

however, georgia, it's not to say that that all, all sick days are illegitimate and that they're, they're not worthy, and it's not to give everybody , bad it's not to give everybody, bad news on that front, because if you are genuinely sick in your long terms, sick, it will affect your pay packet. >> yeah, exactly. so i think actually we're looking for a more productive workforce and a workforce with less absenteeism. what you really need to do is not demonise sick days when people take sick days when they're a little bit ill, it lets their body recover properly. but if we keep telling workers you're taking too many sick days, what happens is they don't because they're afraid of being fired . and then it builds being fired. and then it builds up and their body's just shut down and you get things. >> and that's where someone like you comes in georgia. just explain . to me what is a chronic explain. to me what is a chronic fatigue mentor? what do you do? >> so what i do is i help people

who have chronic illnesses like chronic out who have chronic illnesses like chr01to out who have chronic illnesses like chr01to reorganise out who have chronic illnesses like chr01to reorganise their out who have chronic illnesses like chr01to reorganise their lifet how to reorganise their life around symptoms. around new symptoms. often people hit with things like people are hit with things like chronic fatigue syndrome from long covid, and they have no idea how to stay in the workforce and how to be productive with these new symptoms. so i help them to organise their life and to figure that out. >> natalie, is it even legal to say somebody, taking >> natalie, is it even legal to say manynebody, taking >> natalie, is it even legal to say many sick dy, taking >> natalie, is it even legal to say many sick days? taking >> natalie, is it even legal to say many sick days? i taking >> natalie, is it even legal to say many sick days? i thought| too many sick days? i thought you couldn't say that as an employer , you are able to manage employer, you are able to manage absence effectively and it's down to employers to understand what the right approach is and to understand what the legalities are, which is why a lot of people will come to me and ask for my advice to guide them through said processes. >> one, to make sure they them through said processes. >> having make sure they them through said processes. >> having these sure they them through said processes. >> having these conversations( are having these conversations appropriately , but also that appropriately, but also that they're staying of they're staying out of what i call the hot water for, i call the air hot water for, i think again, it's about managing it properly rather than it being at the, you know, the stick

approach and telling people you've been off too many times. so therefore, you know , we're so therefore, you know, we're going to have to look at other, other processes. but it's the extent that we're talking about there is so much of it. as i said, it amounts to 60% of my work , and it is a cost that is work, and it is a cost that is imposed on employers and within small businesses. and the experiences that i have with my clients, a lot of are clients, a lot of them are actually employing actually put off employing people now because of all of the implications. and it goes wider than just absence. it's the additional cost of pensions , additional cost of pensions, corporation tax. there's so much that into employing just that goes into employing just one person. so i think that all needs to be taken into account as a collective . as a collective. >> george, natalie, we've got to leave it there , we're joined by leave it there, we're joined by the shadow secretary of defence. i'm very sorry. we've got to say goodbye to you as labour's shadow secretary, john shadow defence secretary, john healey mp. john. good morning. good to talk to you . good

good to talk to you. good morning. yeah, john, a lot of talk about , morning. yeah, john, a lot of talk about, budgets and, defence spending and britain's, implications in various conflicts around the world. if elected, what would labour do with our defence budget? would you plan to increase it? >> yes. everyone recognises that defence spending has to increase because threats are increasing. and keir starmer has confirmed that. and keir starmer has confirmed that . our and keir starmer has confirmed that. our ambition would be to see britain spending 2.5% of what we produce. in other words, our gdp on defence. it's hard to make those firm decisions in opposition. have access opposition. we don't have access to the military advice or the classified threat assessments, so we'd make those decisions within the first year of a labour government as part of a big strategic defence review. >> do you feel as though we've been dithering, really, on how to defend ourselves as we see yet escalation, this yet another escalation, this

time and israel? and time with iran and israel? and a lot of people just look at the front page of the newspapers this waking and this morning, waking up and asking know, just in asking me and, you know, just in the pub or wherever it might be, people saying, is world war people saying, is this world war iii? we prepared? do people saying, is this world war iii? think? we prepared? do you think? >> israel does have a right to defend itself , >> israel does have a right to defend itself, and we stand by the right for israel to defend itself, and we'll step up, as we did over the weekend and just as we would with other partner countries like jordan and iraq in the region, we have a an important role to play alongside allies, as we did over the weekend. it's defensive action. and it was in the face of a an utterly , unprecedented and utterly, unprecedented and unacceptable iranian . attack unacceptable iranian. attack direct from iran as well as from , militia groups in other countries . and israel has

countries. and israel has demonstrated now that it can defend itself against such an attack. it's in a strong position to take a step back to reduce wider tensions in the region and redouble its region now. and redouble its efforts to pursue a ceasefire in gaza , which would help with gaza, which would help with greater stability and it would help avoid dangerous further escalation . escalation. >> but i go back to my question, really, about whether or not you think that the uk is prepared, not necessarily about israel's response and, you know, us being involved now in this particular escalation as opposed to what we saw in ukraine, where we were really reticent to our area. really reticent to get our area. raf, aeroplanes and pilots involved in any way. is involved in any way. this is a bit different. and i just wonder whether you think that, you know, a lot of the mood music that we're hearing from from retired generals and experts in the field say that, you know, britain is sleepwalking into this crisis . this crisis. >> no, it is different . you're >> no, it is different. you're right, britain's military role in the region is to reinforce stability. so we are defending .

stability. so we are defending. international shipping in the red sea. we're helping deliver extra humanitarian aid into gaza. and helping defend extra humanitarian aid into gaza. a countries1elping defend extra humanitarian aid into gaza. a countries like ng defend extra humanitarian aid into gaza. a countries like israel,3nd partner countries like israel, jordan , iraq from attacks. jordan, iraq from attacks. that's a important role that britain can play and is playing the worrying thing, of course, is what we hear from former defence ministers saying britain has no plan for defence under the conservatives and that's the product of 14 years of failure under the tories , where they've under the tories, where they've cut the army to the smallest since napoleon. they've hollowed out our forces over that period and see morale record and see morale drop to record lows. what's required now is lows. so what's required now is a fresh plan to defend the country. labour has that plan. we'd reinforce homeland defences. we'd make allies our strategic strength. we'd fulfil nato obligations in full. we'd renew the moral contract the country has with those who serve. and finally , we direct serve. and finally, we direct defence investment first to british jobs and british firms. and in that way we reinforce our

economy, but we also reinforce our national security. >> interesting. you're talking about a moral contract there, john. for those who serve, one of the things we've been talking aboutin of the things we've been talking about in the program today is falling numbers, recruitment numbers within the forces, numbers within the armed forces, you . got a problem there. you have. got a problem there. you would inherit a problem, i should say, what can you do about making it more attractive for young people serve in the for young people to serve in the army, the navy, in air army, in the navy, in the air force? >> you're entirely right. the government has failed to meet its recruitment targets for the forces. every year for the last 14 years. but, you know, it's not a shortage of people wanting to serve. over a million people have applied to serve in our forces over the decade. but forces over the last decade. but eight give up eight out of ten simply give up and their application and withdraw their application because it takes too long. so

the gets to the government only gets to decide to reject or recruit 1 in 5 of those who actually , who 5 of those who actually, who actually apply. now, what we need to do is improve forces housing. it is unacceptable for those who serve and the families that support them, that they live in damp and mouldy conditions. and labour would legislate in our first year also to set an independent, armed to set up an independent, armed forces commissioner reporting to parliament and not to ministers. that would be a strong voice for those who serve, and a strong influence on improving service life. >> just finally, i don't know if labour was informed on saturday night of the defensive action that the uk was going to take in relation to iranian strikes, relation to the iranian strikes, do there needs to be a do you think there needs to be a questions and debate? do you think this whole issue needs to be brought to parliament so that this is bit of this is a bit more of a democratic situation ? because, democratic situation? because, as you say, we don't know where this is going in terms of an escalation and a lot of people very about it.

very concerned about it. >> sir keir starmer was informed yesterday morning after the defensive action. we would expect a briefing this expect a fuller briefing this morning. would morning. but above all, we would expect the prime minister the expect the prime minister in the house this afternoon house of commons this afternoon to to parliament and the to explain to parliament and the pubuc to explain to parliament and the public what military was public what military action was given. ahead , what the given. the go ahead, what the legal for that was. but legal basis for that was. but most importantly, what the uk is now going to do as a government diplomatically and in other ways, to urge restraint across the region and prevent further escalation . escalation. >> john healey, shadow defence secretary thanks for your time this morning. secretary thanks for your time this morning . we've got to leave this morning. we've got to leave it there. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. all right. >> thank you. all right. >> with us. in just >> stay with us. in just a moment, will kriss moment, we will have kriss akabusi they'll moment, we will have kriss ak.taking they'll

joining us to find out what's making the news this morning. we have the company of dawn neesom

and chris akabusi. very good to see you guys, don , let's start see you guys, don, let's start about the whole, israel situation and these drone attacks from iran. what happens . attacks from iran. what happens. next? and whatever. it's the front of all the papers. >> it is the front. >> it is the front. >> and that's what i wanted to talk about it, eamonn, because it front of every it is the front of every single newspaper today, even papers like star, like the daily star, they haven't on they haven't splashed on it, but they haven't splashed on it, but they have bit page one. have got it a bit on page one. and you know, obviously and i think, you know, obviously this the weekend, and i think, you know, obviously this i the weekend, and i think, you know, obviously this i the the weekend, and i think, you know, obviously this i the express weekend, and i think, you know, obviously this i the express ofeekend, and i think, you know, obviously this i the express of theirj, and i think the express of their front nailed and i think the express of their fro it's nailed and i think the express of their fro it's a nailed and i think the express of their fro it's a because nailed and i think the express of their fro it's a because it nailed and i think the express of their fro it's a because it says nailed it. it's a because it says the world because world holds its breath because we're this we're all waking up this morning going, we you going, what happens now? we you know, know what know, i think we all know what we happen. we want we want to happen. we all want people round the table people to get round the table and talk and this but and talk and sort this out. but you've two got two you've got two you've got two countries and countries here with iran and israel, led by people that israel, both led by people that are determined to not listen to what anyone else in the world is saying. they want to see this out in their own way. and i think it is very scary.

>> scary. and hate to >> yeah, it's scary. and hate to be crude, but also just for given what we've all been through with the ukraine war and the impact that that's had on energy prices here, of course i can't help but think, oh, you know, okay, okay, let's hope it doesn't escalate to a nuclear war, a world war iii. i war, a world war iii. but also i hope this doesn't cost a fortune. can really fortune. you know, can we really afford a nation to be afford as a nation to be spending so much of income spending so much of our income on ? and, you know, on defences? and, you know, maybe afford to, on defences? and, you know, mayit's afford to, on defences? and, you know, mayit's an afford to, on defences? and, you know, mayit's an expensived to, on defences? and, you know, mayit's an expensive game.), on defences? and, you know, mayit's an expensive game. war but it's an expensive game. war >> mean, i think >> yeah. i mean, i, i think personally my concern is the demise of the authority of the united states of america, because actually . putin didn't because actually. putin didn't listen to america, went into ukraine, and it appears iran . ukraine, and it appears iran. the mr biden said the president biden said, don't . and they did biden said, don't. and they did and have gone and bombed it as well , biden

and have gone and bombed it as well, biden said to mr netanyahu , don't he did. and they've weighed in in gaza. so what i'm seeing is this massive superpower that has kept the peace since the second world war is losing its authority. that's my fear that actually and people like iran are going, actually, we can and we will and we've done it. what happens next? do you think, chris, it would be different if trump was president or anyone other than or anyone apart from joe biden seems to be. >> yeah, well, someone in america has actually changed their name by deed poll to anyone but these two, haven't they? as in trump and biden. but do you think it would be different was trump ? does different if it was trump? does he authority than, as he have more authority than, as you someone who is you say, he's someone who is probably suffering dementia. >> what i think is we get lost >> i what i think is we get lost in the politics of personal politics. this is the united states of america . whoever is states of america. whoever is involved, you've got these heads. but is the united states

of america that has been responsible for the peace that we have enjoyed. >> but, but, but that's because it's all on their terms. i mean, you could look at it, correct? >> no, you're right. >> no, you're right. >> you could look upon them as the good guys. but, you know, a lot these countries lot of these countries look upon them the guys. lot of these countries look upon the 100% the guys. lot of these countries look upon the 100% eamonn, uys. lot of these countries look upon the 100% eamonn, iys. lot of these countries look upon the 100% eamonn, i agree with >> 100% eamonn, i agree with you, , but everyone you, but, but but everyone has the dollar , the the american dollar, the american oil dollar, everyone's american, american, american control. but all of a sudden you're getting these countries who say, actually, we're not listening to you anymore . now, listening to you anymore. now, saddam tried it, didn't he, in iraq and said, no, we're going to have, iraqi dollars with the oil. yeah. and he got put down. that was 1990. but what we're seeing now in the last ten, ten years, america pulled out of afghanistan because they tried to give afghanistan a bloody nose. to give afghanistan a bloody nose . and afghanistan, we nose. and afghanistan, we weren't having afghanistan nose. and afghanistan, we werback.aving afghanistan nose. and afghanistan, we werback. avingknow, ghanistan nose. and afghanistan, we werback. avingknow, the, |istan nose. and afghanistan, we werback. avingknow, the, then are back. you know, the, the taliban are back in control. there i am concerned because america is losing its authority

over the globe. >> what do you think of what chris is saying? let us know, get in touch and we'll reflect those views throughout the program. be with program. we'll be back with the guys right after this

i >> -- >> and we're going through the papers this morning in the company of dawn neesom and kriss akabusi. and we are talking this morning about all the things that are going on in the world, including, chris, this story about going about donald trump, who's going to a new york courthouse to be in a new york courthouse for the next weeks, taking for the next six weeks, taking him off the campaign trail. and he's going facing some he's going to be facing some rather salacious allegations, not just relation to this not just in relation to this porn star and the payments to her, but a whole host of falsifying business records , falsifying business records, he's in hot water here. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and again , you know, he's >> and again, you know, he's obviously the main contender , to

obviously the main contender, to be the president of the united states of america. and the idea that you would have this guy that you would have this guy that could could actually be that you could could actually be a you he could a felon, you know, he could actually charged with for all actually be charged with for all these criminal offences. and it's quite a sight to behold because i just cannot imagine this sort of scenario happening in the united kingdom , that we in the united kingdom, that we would be contemplating electing somebody most powerful somebody to the most powerful office in the country would not happen. no. it'sjust it's just happen. no. it'sjust it'sjust amazing. but but but he has such strong . strong. support in the country. and again, just sort of harping back a little bit to what we were talking about before the break. you see, he is seen as a strong now, course strong man now, of course he goes every and goes off on one every now and again, but it seems like water off a back. he's got his off a duck's back. he's got his supporters america supporters and he and america wants great again. supporters and he and america wants the great again. supporters and he and america wants the image great again. supporters and he and america wants the image of'eat again. supporters and he and america wants the image of trump, in. supporters and he and america wants the image of trump, they and in the image of trump, they feel made. well. let feel they can be made. well. let me ask you again. >> of who support >> a lot of people who support him people, him are, religious people, right? man of

right? yeah. you're a man of religious would religious faith yourself, would it against trump, it would it go against trump, this with this porn this relationship with this porn star, for instance, would that kind . kind. >> well, i think there's three there's three sex scandals in this particular trial alone, including a love child. >> there is that rule him out. there is a saying in the bible , there is a saying in the bible, he who is without sin cast the first stone. so i suspect that there are many, many christians who look in their locker . yeah. who look in their locker. yeah. you might , i who look in their locker. yeah. you might, i think i mean, it's 91 charges across four criminal cgses. >> cases. >> i'm going to keep him busy up until november. but if and it's looking likely because the more he faces, the more popular he becomes with the american electorate, if he does actually be found guilty and end up, the first thing to do if he's elected president is pardon himself. right. >> and he can do that, then. >> and he can do that, then. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> well, it's never been tested, has it? it's never been this has it? it's never been in this situation. we've just probably got three

got time, just we've got three minutes. should we go to the pool? yeah, let's go to the pope. >> i'll talk about the pope. for 35 years, pope francis has not watched television. he had this experience when he was in a room, and a number of priests were watching the telly for the night and whatever monastery they were in or whatever, and then something very inappropriate came up on, on tv. and he basically thought , no, and he basically thought, no, this is not for me. and priests shouldn't be, subjected to this sort thing, but can he can he sort of thing, but can he can he really is he not detaching himself from the world by not watching television , it says watching television, it says that again. >> another people stand guard at the entrance of your mind and what he seems to be saying. on july the 15th, 1990, he saw scenes of a smutty behaviour, smutty nature that he could no longer countenance and still feel as the number one religious

person in the world. >> then was he and so it was obviously just in his role as a as a humble priest. >> but yeah, and priests shouldn't shouldn't, shouldn't be, shouldn't, shouldn't be, shouldn't, shouldn't he's shouldn't be watching it. he's stayed faithful to it and to that , stayed faithful to it and to that, commitment he's made to himself . and look again, tv has himself. and look again, tv has. changed you know, so smutty now. >> well yeah . >> well yeah. >> well yeah. >> well, i mean, i don't agree. >> well, i mean, i don't agree. >> i think it's less, but he. >> i think it's less, but he. >> no, no, you you see you >> no, no, you you can see you can see danglers and also you can see danglers and also you can on tv. can see danglers and also you canthey on tv. can see danglers and also you canthey danglers. >> they show danglers. >> they show danglers. >> i a talking dangler. i've >> i saw a talking dangler. i've seen pam. >> i saw a talking dangler. i've seeyeah. pam. >> i saw a talking dangler. i've seeyeah. oh, pam. >> i saw a talking dangler. i've seeyeah. oh, god. pam. >> i saw a talking dangler. i've seeyeah. oh, god. yeah1. was >> yeah. oh, god. yeah that was quite impressive. >> yeah. oh, god. yeah that was quite im|sweare. used to >> they swear we used to be banned from watching dave allen on on tv. banned from watching dave allen on 11 tv. a banned from watching dave allen on i1 tv. a man who constantly >> i love a man who constantly dressed up priests dressed up as priests and, criticised the catholic church, but that was never allowed on in our house. >> just watched secretly. >> we just watched it, secretly. the with priests, the thing is, with priests, well, of any religion, any religious leader, if you're offering guidance and hope and

help to people , you have to be help to people, you have to be in touch with what's going on in real people's lives . real people's lives. >> real people will be watching television. >> yeah, but you meet you. >> yeah, but you meet you. >> meet them in a >> you meet them in a confessional booths, aren't you? yeah. >> you. eh.- en"- >> so you. well, you meet people every >> so you. well, you meet people eveyou meet his ministry to >> you meet his his ministry to come slums in south come out into the slums in south america. i mean, he was in touch with people than with real people rather than perhaps is the stuff on tv that we real. i mean, presumably we see real. i mean, presumably he abreast news. he keeps abreast of the news. he's commenting on he's constantly commenting on war and all the rest of it. maybe prefers the radio or maybe he prefers the radio or whatever, but, i think hats off to him. he says he's broken that vow a couple of times. i don't know what the exception well, vow a couple of times. i don't knowwas|t the exception well, vow a couple of times. i don't know wasnt the i exception well, vow a couple of times. i don't knowwas|t thei bet )tion well, vow a couple of times. i don't knowwas|t thei bet it's1 well, vow a couple of times. i don't knowwas|t thei bet it's anell, kardashian. >> was watching the ashes. >> he was watching the ashes. you just know it. >> i to read his new book >> i have to read his new book to out. solutely totally to find out. solutely totally without , yeah, i think without fault, yeah, i think there we go. >> the big problem is you realise is how much out of realise there is how much out of touch with real world warts touch with the real world warts and all. would you become by by not watching , tv? but not that not watching, tv? but not that

there's much good to watch on tv. >> i think he's probably broken his vow to watch gb news breakfast. >> there you go, i would say. >> there you go, i would say. >> thanks, guys. see us again in 40 minutes time. right now you're going to see what the weather in store, we're weather has in store, how we're starting ellie starting the week ellie glaisyer. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwesterly winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts out towards the southeast through the morning. towards the southeast through the we morning. towards the southeast through the we will morning. towards the southeast through the we will startyrning. towards the southeast through the we will start to ng. towards the southeast through the we will start to see some then we will start to see some sunshine developing as we head in towards this afternoon. there will still of showers will still be plenty of showers around these could around though, and these could turn places, turn quite heavy in places, particularly across northern parts and parts of parts of england and parts of scotland, where we could see some and over the some sleet and snow over the hills with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures reach temperatures struggling to reach much 12 or 13 degrees in

much above 12 or 13 degrees in the struggling the south and struggling to reach the double figures reach into the double figures further north. but it will definitely be feeling colder than wind through than that with the wind through monday evening. showers do continue way continue to push their way southwards these southwards overnight and these could turn heavy in places. perhaps some localised flooding, but it will gradually to perhaps some localised flooding, but iawill gradually to perhaps some localised flooding, but ia little radually to perhaps some localised flooding, but ia little drierlly to perhaps some localised flooding, but ia little drier as to perhaps some localised flooding, but ia little drier as we to perhaps some localised flooding, but ia little drier as we g0) turn a little drier as we go through into the early hours of tuesday leaving plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of clear skies and the of clear skies around and the winds starting ease winds gradually starting to ease as , but still chilly as well, but still a chilly night clear skies. night under those clear skies. temperatures 5 or 6 temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees in the north, perhaps a touch in rural spots. touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday does start a much drier day, of sunshine day, though plenty of sunshine as we head through the morning. there will still be few there will still be a few showers around, particularly across showers around, particularly acro across of wales and and across parts of wales and northern ireland too, and perhaps the odd or 2 bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up southeastern parts. up across southeastern parts. but still be plenty but there will still be plenty of northern but there will still be plenty of of northern but there will still be plenty of of england northern but there will still be plenty of of england , northern but there will still be plenty of of england , and hem but there will still be plenty of of england , and not1 but there will still be plenty of of england , and not quite parts of england, and not quite as windy as monday, and temperatures a touch below temperatures still a touch below average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 degrees in south and 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

she advised revenge following iran's attack over the weekend . iran's attack over the weekend. >> well, there is intense pressure on israel to show restraint, but israel has said it will respond to what they say was a declaration of war from iran . iran. >> rwanda is back in the headunes >> rwanda is back in the headlines today as the government teases the prospect of flights within weeks. >> yes, it's two years since the rwanda plan was first announced. not a single migrant sent there

yet, but the bill back in the house of commons today. the government thinks it's going to get people on flights by the beginning of june. i'll bring you more shortly . you more shortly. >> criminal trials against donald trump begins today in new york. he's facing charges over hush money to porn star stormy daniels and the sport well in the gulf yesterday , scottie the gulf yesterday, scottie scheffler said he'd walk off the course if his wife went into labour during the masters. >> she didn't, so therefore he didn't and he won. and he's now cradling a beautiful new green jacket . arsenal and liverpool jacket. arsenal and liverpool have gone a bit wobbly with their challenges , and i'm their title challenges, and i'm just delighted to know emma just delighted to know that emma raducanu back . raducanu is back. >> it's been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. join me later the full forecast with later for the full forecast with all details.

all the details. >> hello there, good to have you on board. top story world leaders calling for calm after israel has vowed revenge against iran after those drone attacks on saturday night, the united states has warned israel that it won't participate in any retaliatory strikes. >> on saturday night, around 300 missiles were dispatched by iran, 99% of which were brought down before entering israel , down before entering israel, according to their defence minister, our prime minister confirmed britain's involvement in shooting down many of those missiles, but he didn't give specific numbers . specific numbers. >> i can confirm that our planes did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. i don't want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger . of danger. >> and in the last hour here on breakfast, we've been speaking with defence with the shadow defence secretary, healey. secretary, john healey. >> by for the right for >> we stand by for the right for israel to defend itself, and we'll step up, as we did over the weekend. and just as we would with other partner countries like jordan and iraq

in the region . in the region. >> right, right. let's get right up to date on all of this. our homeland security editor, mark white. where do we go from here? mark >> well, it's really israel in terms of where the ball lies now and what their response will be. they are under intense pressure. there is no doubt from , their there is no doubt from, their allies to show restraint. now but from israel's point of view, they say, you know, 300 plus missiles and drones were fired from a sovereign state, towards them. the fact that the vast majority of these drones and missiles were taken out in many by their allies is one thing. and of course, the allies are saying, take the win, take the fact that people stepped up and defended you and that very few of those missiles, went through and don't escalate this into a

regional war. but as i say, israel say that they are not the ones escalating this, that it's iran that for the very first time has launched an attack from its sovereign soil, on israel before then, of course , it had before then, of course, it had used its proxies in places like lebanon and yemen and syria and the like to, launch attacks on israel. so there is no doubt what happened over the weekend was a very significant escalation . but people are escalation. but people are asking israel to show better judgement, just to take a moment to pause and decide what those next actions are. if they happen, will be knowing that there actions could really escalate the situation . escalate the situation. >> okay. thank you mark. let's find out what any next action may involve. joining us now jonathan conricus. >> he's a senior fellow , >> he's a senior fellow, foundation for defence of democracies. >> jonathan good morning to you, jonathan, do you know, do you

happen to know what damage this 1% of drones you guys are saying, 99% of them were shot down. what got through and what damage did they do of anything ? damage did they do of anything? >> yes. good morning. thank you for having me. the damage is very limited to a runway and some perimeter areas of an israeli airbase in southern israeli airbase in southern israel and, of course, in human casualties and israeli ten year old girl was severely wounded in southern israel, by the way, most of that damage wasn't from drones, but more from the ballistic missiles that were also fired. part of that 350 piece iranian package that was , piece iranian package that was, fired towards israel drones, many of them ballistic missiles, cruise missiles , and also cruise missiles, and also rockets fired by hezbollah. so a lot not all of what iran has in its arsenal, but a lot of what they have in their arsenal was

fired at israel. >> president biden has said that israel should view their ability to block most, as you describe those those shells on saturday night as a win , which i suppose night as a win, which i suppose some people will call quite clumsy language. lord cameron , clumsy language. lord cameron, our foreign secretary, has been on airwaves this morning on the airwaves this morning kind echoing sentiments, kind of echoing the sentiments, but more but perhaps a bit more diplomatically put, you diplomatically put, saying, you know, a second fail for know, this was a second fail for iran. i mean, is it likely that israel will be able to draw a line after this and say, look, we you know, we're going to actually take our time and perhaps an aggressive retaliation is not what the world needs now. world needs right now. >> know, i think that >> yes. you know, i think that the deep down, even the people who say take a win, that it's not, you can't really mean that a country cannot be attacked by another country and be happy with the fact that, it was successfully defended. that is not winning. winning is defeating an enemy. winning is deterring. and what i totally agree with the advice given is

to take time, think through it, and have a good strategy in place. and i totally agree with that. and i don't think that israel is responding in a rash manner, but rather thinking and planning and preparing. now, the important thing is here, i think, to have a strategic plan and to think, okay, what's the real objective of retaliating, not just retaliating for the sake of retaliating, but retaliating in order to achieve what? and then once that is defined, very important for israel, not to go at it alone, but to have at least a quiet, support and approval of the us. but there's also an opportunity for arab countries in the middle east, like jordan, which took a brave stand against iran, and the saudis, who are messaging in a different tone since the attack on israel against iran. and i think that there's an opportunity here if israel handles its cards and plays them well diplomatically and

militarily to do good things for stability in the future. i as an israeli living in israel, where we are surrounded by iranian proxy terror organisations , proxy terror organisations, would really like to see iranian terrorist activity scaled back from our borders. jonathan, you know, a lot of us trying to keep across the complexities of what's going on in the middle east, then this attack from iran happens on israel . happens on israel. >> and many people are a bit of a loss to understand what is iran's problem with israel, what provoked this attack ? provoked this attack? >> well, the iranian regime since 1979 has been screaming death to israel, i'm sure a few times death to the uk that's less popular. and death to america, very popular. so that if you really ask what what's their problem is? the problem is that we exist, that we live in our ancestral homeland, and that we are stubborn enough to continue to want to do that, and

that we have the military ability to do so. >> to be fair , you've existed >> to be fair, you've existed for a long time. i suppose what eamonn is saying is what's changed on on saturday night. and that iran have and i know that iran have specifically this the specifically blamed this on the attack embassy in attack on the embassy in damascus, which i think killed seven revolutionary guards and two generals. do you think that that the reason? that was the reason? >> well, no, i don't think that was reason . i think that is was the reason. i think that is a pretext that the iranians are using. and i think that they had their rubbed by israel , their nose rubbed by israel, reportedly, and i think that they are they responded to that. but really, if we are sincere here, this isn't about, two iranian generals and seven others being killed. this is another act of aggression of iran. the first time that they're brave enough to do it by themselves and not use any one of their many proxies. so far , of their many proxies. so far, iran has been waging war against israel, using proxies , and israel, using proxies, and sadly, they've been doing it very well. and they have hezbollah, hamas and the houthis

right close to our borders. the houthis are further away, but hezbollah and hamas and iranian proxies in syria are really virtually on our borders. and thatis virtually on our borders. and that is a reality which is extremely problematic. and i don't think that israel can continue to live with it, and, and when you look at the relations between iran and israel, you don't see people walking on israeli streets chanting , death to iran. you chanting, death to iran. you don't see that happening for the last 40 or 50 years. but you see that in iran . you see statements that in iran. you see statements by the iranian leadership that they want to wipe israel off the map. and, you know, one of the lessons after october the 7th is that we should be paying better attention to what our enemies are saying, and we should take them for their word. and if they say that they try to destroy us, then prepare for and then let's prepare for that. and let's make it for easy them let's not make it for easy them to do so. >> jonathan conricus, thank you very much indeed, very interesting listening you interesting listening to you there . thanks for your time this there. thanks for your time this morning, thank you sir. thank

you, thank you. we'll leave it there, the time 8:10 at the trouble troubled rwanda . trouble troubled rwanda. >> bill is back in the commons today. mps are set to consider amendments from the house of lords. >> it comes after the health secretary, victoria atkins, suggested in an suggested yesterday in an interview home office interview that the home office was to go in implementing was ready to go in implementing the scheme and flights could take off within weeks, according to her. >> well, let's get the thoughts of our political correspondent, katherine forster. could this finally week that finally be the week that everything through everything goes through parliament and those flights could get air bound? spring? we were told. >> yes, they did say spring, victoria atkins , the health victoria atkins, the health secretary, sounding optimistic yesterday , looking like the yesterday, looking like the government expects to get flights off by the first week of june. so missing spring by a whisker, perhaps. but really, after two years, it's two years and a day since boris johnson first announced this scheme. still, not a single person to rwanda. so i think the government will be delighted , if

government will be delighted, if it manages to get people on flights fairly soon, as you say, parliament is sitting again today , there's going to be votes today, there's going to be votes in the house of commons over a couple of hours tonight, 6 or 7 votes we expect on the amendments put forward by the house of lords , the government's house of lords, the government's going to instruct its mps to vote all of these down, including one of the more contentious ones, which was the house of lords wanted an exception for people that had helped the uk and potentially people like afghan interpreters, but the government is having absolutely none of it. it doesn't want to give way at all for fear that the whole thing might then unravel . so it will might then unravel. so it will go back to the house of lords tomorrow. it's called ping pong, probably back to the house of commons. then on wednesday. but they expect that the bill will become law this week. then the government have of course , to government have of course, to find out who is going to physically fly. these people to

rwanda. rwandan airlines don't want to have anything to do with it. a number of commercial airlines here have said the same. it's quite possible that the raf will be prevailed upon and the government are earmarking people to send on these first flights. worth saying that one of the charities care for calais, are, actively going to be targeting the people that have been selected and helping to mount legal challenges . of course, the whole challenges. of course, the whole point of this safety of rwanda bill was to stop the courts from blocking these flights from taking off. we won't have very long to find out whether or not that's going to succeed . that's going to succeed. >> thank you, catherine, thank you very much indeed. i just want to draw the people's attention. buckinghamshire council berkshire buckinghamshire council is the first council to ask you, the public, to send in footage of

motorists throwing rubbish out of their cars so you could use your dashcam and, you know, the, the personal gripe of mine were slip roads off motorways , main slip roads off motorways, main roads and things just full of rubbish caused by mostly white van man. there's a carton of milk and a sandwich and throws it all out the window and it is disgraceful. >> it is. and we know how dashcam footage is used by the police quite a lot. people hand it in, whether it's from their, car windscreen or indeed i think doorbell cameras are used as well for those as well. but buckinghamshire council sort of trendsetters here saying don't confront these little louts. who knows if they're violent or aggressive and age. aggressive in this day and age. just us the footage and just hand us the footage and we'll do the rest. >> i'm not sure how easy that would be. when you think about where cameras are located in where the cameras are located in your have your car and what you'd have to see. have to the see. plus, you have to show the registration plate the car registration plate of the car because doesn't matter who because it doesn't matter who throws litter out the throws the litter out of the vehicle, the person to whom the throws the litter out of the vehis e, the person to whom the throws the litter out of the vehis registered,)n to whom the throws the litter out of the vehis registered, the) whom the throws the litter out of the vehis registered, the vehicle the car is registered, the vehicle is registered, responsible is registered, is responsible for they're saying for that. so what they're saying is they'll they'll have a

department which will look at footage you send it to them footage if you send it to them and they will issue prosecutions against them. >> a great idea. >> think it's a great idea. something to be done. get something has to be done. i get to the point now where to to the point now where i want to stop in layby close to my stop in the layby close to my house with a litter picker and get out and pick it up, and i will soon, because my daughter does have a bright litter does have a bright pink litter picker the school's been picker because the school's been encouraging to encouraging them all to do litter and i'm to litter picking, and i'm going to go life stand on go and risk my life and stand on a because i cannot look at a layby because i cannot look at it after after day. and it day after day after day. and it day after day after day. and it gets blown by the wind and it gets worse and worse, and it just brings whole area down just brings the whole area down and one does anything about it. >> no. >> no. >> and it encourages other >> and then it encourages other people think this is they people to think this is and they don't respect. people to think this is and they dorand spect. people to think this is and they dorand spethey stuff away >> and so they throw stuff away as well. >> bad for wildlife. >> bad for wildlife. >> thing gets me is >> the thing that gets me is that people do it the first that people do it in the first place, that there is no internal clock inside that says, don't, don't that's the wrong don't do that. that's the wrong thing do. that litter thing to do. take that litter home absolutely. why home with you. absolutely. why would you want to? i mean, i actually don't think physically i it. i think i would i could do it. i think i would go to something inside me go to an something inside me would say, you're not allowed to

do don't do it's the do that. don't do that. it's the wrong so so, would wrong thing to do. so so, would you use your dashcam? buckinghamshire you use your dashcam? buckirt01amshire you use your dashcam? buckirto get;hire cam for this going to get a dash cam for this very reason. >> let's cams installed. >> i don't think it's easy. i don't think it'd be easy to capture everything. the person, the registration the act involved. >> you have a dash cam. >> maybe you have a dash cam. maybe live maybe you live in buckinghamshire. know buckinghamshire. let us know what think this. maybe what you think about this. maybe you strongly like do you feel strongly like we do about litter and attempted to get a litter picker. get out with a litter picker. or maybe already. send us maybe you have already. send us your have your say gbnews.com/yoursay >> and as graffiti being >> and as for graffiti being art, don't start me, think art, don't start me, but i think it brings whole it brings the whole neighbourhood down. i actually would be for council budgets being spent on on having clean areas because i think then it lifts people's mood generally. >> how do i explain that to my children? look at this mess and they say, mummy, why are people doing that? i really don't know. through of children, through the eyes of children, everything you everything is so simple. you don't litter the don't chuck litter on the street. why, as adults are we so badly behaved? aren't. badly behaved? well we aren't. >> i won't be >> you mean i won't be associated with them? you don't do it. i don't do it. morons do

it. people who are just, you know, life know, disrespectful of life around and surroundings around them and surroundings around them and surroundings around them. it encourages vermin, rodents . there are vermin, rodents. there are people who would have mice running around their house because of this , which they're flytipping. >> i think it's the thin end of the wedge. and then it leads to people dumping. what? what did youthe running round your house? >> yeah, well, that's another story. >> her brought a mouse into >> her cat brought a mouse into the house, which was fine, except it go inside the except it let it go inside the house. >> f- f husband wasn't >> yeah, my husband wasn't there. was a lot of there. that was a lot of screaming. >> up to date with >> let's get up to date with other news. the time. exactly 8:17. other news. the time. exactly 8fl7.the other news. the time. exactly 8:17. the final victim of the stabbing attack at a sydney shopping centre been named shopping centre has been named as a cheshire. as a chinese student. police have said they'll be investigating whether they'll be investigating whether the intentionally the attacker intentionally targeted women after five of the six people killed on saturday turned out to be female. >> the first of four criminal trials involving donald trump begins in new york today, and the former president is facing charges relating to hush money payments to a porn star, stormy

daniels, in 2016. earlier, we spoke with the former chair of the nevada republican party, amy tarkanian. >> more reasonable, rational republicans are pretty upset once again that he is our nominee. and those who are considered trump purists have pretty much put all of this into the category of political persecution . persecution. >> liverpool is to fall silent today at 3:06 pm. to mark 35 years on from the hillsborough disaster, 97 men, women and children died in the tragedy at the fa cup semi—final between liverpool and nottingham forest on april 15th, 1989. >> right, let's turn to the forecast , shall we? >> right, let's turn to the forecast, shall we? for a bit of good news this morning. it was a glorious weekend. certainly was where i live. i don't know about

you and ellie glaisyer with all the details . the details. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwest winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts, out towards the southeast through the rest of the morning. and then will start see some then we will start to see some sunshine developing as we head in afternoon. there in towards this afternoon. there will of showers will still be plenty of showers around and these could around though, and these could turn in places, turn quite heavy in places, particularly northern particularly across northern parts and parts of parts of england and parts of scotland, where we could see some sleet and over the some sleet and snow over the hills. that brisk hills. with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures to reach temperatures struggling to reach much above 12 or 13 degrees in the south and struggling to reach the double figures reach into the double figures further it will further north. but it will definitely feeling colder definitely be feeling colder than the wind through than that with the wind through monday do monday evening. showers do continue push their continue to push their way southwards overnight, and these could turn heavy in places,

perhaps flooding, perhaps some localised flooding, but start to but it will gradually start to turn little drier as we go turn a little drier as we go through into the early hours of tuesday leaving plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of skies around the of clear skies around and the winds gradually ease winds gradually starting to ease as still a chilly as well, but still a chilly night those clear skies. night under those clear skies. temperatures 5 or 6 temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees in north. perhaps degrees in the north. perhaps a touch in some rural spots. touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday does start a much drier day, though. plenty of sunshine as we head through morning. as we head through the morning. there be a few there will still be a few showers particularly showers around, particularly across coast england showers around, particularly acro across coast england showers around, particularly acro across partsyast england showers around, particularly acro across parts oft england showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales gland showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales and d and across parts of wales and northern ireland too. and perhaps odd 1 or 2 bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up across southeastern parts. but be plenty but there will still be plenty of northern of sunshine across northern parts not quite parts of england. not quite as windy monday, and windy as monday, and temperatures below temperatures still a touch below average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> so many messages coming in on the website about rubbish as a child in the 50s and 60s, says ian cross. i was taught not to drop rubbish. even to this day i

have pockets full of receipts, sweet papers etc. which i put in the bin when i'm at home in. wignall says it's all about upbringing . we were always upbringing. we were always taught to bin litter or take it home. parents these days just don't care. an tank commander don't care. an ex tank commander who says my village have a dedicated road sweeper. he does a great job. never any rubbish on the streets. also like me, people will pick up a water bottle and put it in a bin. yeah >> well, when i was young, there used be, national service and used to be, national service and what were they called? public service broadcasts ? yeah. and service broadcasts? yeah. and there used to be lots of adverts on litter and why you shouldn't throw it down. but then tv companies don't have a social responsibility anymore. tv companies should be offering these free to these slots free. free to government say , pick this up. government to say, pick this up. don't do graffiti as well . and don't do graffiti as well. and the other thing i have, we have a bridge near us which was built maybe ten years ago. and i looked at it and i think anything painted in cream or white is asking for trouble . white is asking for trouble. disaster, right? love disaster, right? i love a rendered i love the idea

rendered house. i love the idea of a white frontage or whatever it is. but i look at it and i think, no, no, because go back in three years time and that's going to be stained, it's going to be all moss covered and whatever, whatever and is, whatever, whatever. and it is, it i often single like it does. i often single like these and they do go down these houses and they do go down hill, but we've got this bridge and ridden, moss and has become moss ridden, moss ridden. time i cross ridden. and every time i cross that think why doesn't that i think why doesn't somebody the council not somebody from the council not just a power why don't just get a power hose? why don't they come out with a steam they just come out with a steam cleaner? i thought, you're going to graffiti. to say graffiti. >> i don't mind moss. >> i mean, i don't mind moss. moss looks quite and green moss looks quite nice and green and wild. and leafy and wild. >> looks run down. does it >> it looks run down. does it look either painted black, look so either painted black, brown, whatever. don't brown, green? whatever. don't paint and paint it cream. yeah, and it looks really rotten or looks really rotten looking. or i fixation with just i have a fixation with just having a steam cleaner, just having a steam cleaner, just having a steam cleaner, just having a big hose and. >> oh, do you know there's nothing like pressure washing? i love pressure washing. the patio . favourite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, favourite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i favourite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i say favourite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i say i favourite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i say i love)urite job. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i say i love doingiob. love pressure washing. the patio . mean, i say i love doing it,. i mean, i say i love doing it, i'll do the first ten minutes and then i hand it over to the hub.do and then i hand it over to the hub. do you think of it like cleansing soul? all cleansing your soul? yeah. all cleaning but

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>> 2024 a battleground year. the year the nation decides. >> as the parties gear up their campaign for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together for every moment. >> the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. >> gb news is britain's election . channel. >> now one of the one of the greatest sporting weekends that you'll ever get in a year, the grand national on a saturday, the masters finishing on a sunday. it's so hard to beat, so hard to beat. yeah, the winner of the masters tell everybody scottie scheffler. >> i was hoping that xander

schauffele would be in there. so it'll be a scheffler. schauffele. oh wouldn't that be great. and scheffler and schauffele. lee walker i'd love to be able to do that. but it wasn't the case. >> so scheffler said yes. he said his wife was pregnant right. and she's correct. and he said his wife was pregnant right ifknd she's correct. and he said his wife was pregnant right if she she's correct. and he said his wife was pregnant right if she goes correct. and he said his wife was pregnant right if she goes into act. and he said his wife was pregnant right if she goes into labour! he says if she goes into labour while i'm last round of while i'm on the last round of the open , i will leave the open the open, i will leave the open and tend to her. yes. well, rob, i cannot believe i can i was i cannot believe i can only say, you know , i don't care only say, you know, i don't care who it is. i would not be leaving if i was in the last round of the open in the lead. >> my husband would be, or he'd be out. >> it's the masters. >> but it's the masters. >> but it's the masters. >> it's the masters care. >> it's the masters care. >> you me up, you come and >> you knock me up, you come and deal with it. >> that's a lovely, romantic way of easier for you of putting things easier for you to another than it to have another child than it would be. >> to get into the final of them. >> see, i don't know. see, the thing is, that's the thing with scheffler. he's the world number one he's the greatest golfer one and he's the greatest golfer there the moment. there is around at the moment. and say that. and he's and he did say that. and he's you he's a god fearing man you know he's a god fearing man and you know he loves his and you know and he loves his wife. and meredith know wife. and meredith was you know and said that if she and she's she said that if she

goes into labour i'm playing goes into labour as i'm playing the round, if i get the the last round, if i get the call, i will walk off the course. i just wonder if the course. so i just wonder if the call in and he'd go, oh, call came in and he'd go, oh, meredith, i just got a couple of holes, know, hang on. holes, you know, just hang on. just at the minute. hang just busy at the minute. hang on. and just false alarm. >> imagine if it was just braxton—hicks and it wasn't really the full night. you really the full night. could you imagine really the full night. could you imagiwouldn't be too happy >> it wouldn't be too happy about but anyway, such about that. but anyway, no such thing. there was no problem. >> you go? >> would you go? >> would you go? >> i go? you know what? >> would i go? you know what? >> would i go? you know what? >> first time round was his first baby. >> what do you think i think you would, but wouldn't, would. >> what do you think i think you wotoh, but wouldn't, would. >> what do you think i think you wotoh, goodwouldn't, would. >> what do you think i think you wotoh, goodwotyou, , would. >> what do you think i think you wotoh, goodwotyou, i would. >> what do you think i think you wotoh, goodwotyou, i would,i. >> oh, good for you, i would, i absolutely would. >> about masters? >> okay. what about masters? >> okay. what about masters? >> missing the birth of your child. >> missing the masters. >> missing the masters. >> missing the last child? >> missing the last child? >> what about the or >> what about the second or third know, and third child? you know, and you're masters. you're at the masters. >> second or third. >> you'd second or third. i think it's more forgivable as a woman. but for the first one, you're terrified, aren't you? >> the old days, though, >> back in the old days, though, it be expected, know. it would be expected, i know. >> dad there. >> yeah, my dad wasn't there. >> yeah, my dad wasn't there. >> can't be there. >> he can't be there. >> he can't be there. >> would you want to be there for. anyway, tell who >> but anyway, i'll tell you who was fine. everything's emma raducanu right. raducanu was there, right. so

this the jean king this is, the billie jean king cup? yes. >> i do think billie king >> i do think billie jean king there tennis player. there was a tennis player. absolutely person. absolutely amazing person. absolutely in history. emma raducanu, not. >> so you're not. you're not. no, no, no, no, i'll tell you what i was. >> i was pleased with i mean, i don't know what sort of mickey mouse this is, but. mouse tournament this is, but. well, jean, she did well, billie jean, she did win. she win emma raducanu one. she did win emma raducanu one. i was very pleased that of the was very pleased that one of the reasons won was this on reasons she won was this was on clay . clay. >> yeah, it's on clay now. it's a it's a country thing. do you remember old wightman cup. remember the old wightman cup. so used to britain versus so it used to be britain versus america, then realised america, but then they realised that always win that america would always win it. of like the it. so it's kind of like the davis cup . davis cup. >> huge crowds watching it davis cup. >> it's an interesting crikey there. >> honestly for goodness sake. these cameramen these days they're sound. >> more like now what i >> that's more like now what i couldn't work about her couldn't work out about her shorts are her shorts. shorts was are her shorts. >> see they're pulled up to the side there. yeah. >> that was the bowl. >> that was the bowl. >> that's just ball. >> that's just the ball. >> that's just the ball. >> yeah. was her. so she >> yeah. that was her. so she did would. they did that. yeah. they would. they would normally would have come down as normally lined shorts. yeah. lined flexing shorts. yeah. >> but maybe through all the stretching there's slight

stretching there's been a slight movement shorts. movement in the shorts. >> if that was >> it wasn't sure if that was fashion she could wear anything. >> a beauty, but i'm >> she's a beauty, but i'm glad to she's again. she to see she's winning again. she says playing the says she's she's playing the tennis her life and of her career. >> this is a tournament that no one's ever heard of. >> no. now listen, she won a game. that's not fair. >> because this is usual nonsense. again, it's a country cup. she's back in time for cup. oh, she's back in time for wimbledon. cup. oh, she's back in time for wir but don. cup. oh, she's back in time for wirbut don. not back. but she >> but she's not back. but she did which i'm glad to see. did win, which i'm glad to see. >> i agree with you there. but it's not mickey mouse tournament. all tournament. it's not because all the countries involved, the countries that are involved, they it was in they beat france and it was in france. so the actual tournament, there's loads of other countries that have been involved in it. so basically britain to britain have qualified now to play britain have qualified now to play finals of the billie play in the finals of the billie jean king cup. yes. or the mickey mouse cup as stop it. but anyway. but she. but she will be there. yeah. it's early days. she said she's playing the best tennis she's ever played. i've got for tell got something else for you. tell me this is. me what you think this is. i think is something, i've think this is something, i've got for you. just you to got for you. i just want you to tell what you think it is tell me what you think it is now. is that? what is that now. what is that? what is that there? is that? roll

there? what is that? roll a carpet. >> are they rolling out a carpet or. >> or. >> it's a turf . >> it's a turf. >> it's a turf. >> have a look. keep looking there. the turf become there. or the turf become clay. it's my new game. >> is it athletics track? >> oh, is it an athletics track? >> oh, is it an athletics track? >> we're getting there. yes what? >> athletics running >> athletics track, running track, 100m track and 800m track. see my the olympics? >> will you see my the olympics? yes. oh, stop. >> i, my father was a carpet fitter and basically that's the sort of thing he had. >> screeding. but you see, screeding see, i think that's incredible. >> so they've put this down over turf and then they're going to have to lift lift it again . have to lift lift it again. >> well, it's not permanent. >> well, it's not permanent. >> i don't know whether i think it will be permanent because it's outside of the, it's around the outside of the, of stadium . so there it is. of the stadium. so there it is. and it's also it's a purple track is, which is a rare track which is, which is a rare thing. nice. but there it thing. very nice. but there it is being laid. >> think stay. >> i think that will stay. >> i think that will stay. >> think will stay. i mean, >> i think it will stay. i mean, the is you've got the, the the thing is you've got the, the green in the middle. that's it. >> that's how we get >> that's when how can we get tickets the paris olympics? tickets to the paris olympics? >> i think they've , >> well, i think that they've, they've had ballots have they've had all the ballots have they. thing is though they. and the thing is though i did that. but not only did look at that. but not only were really expensive, but

were they really expensive, but then find then you've got to find somewhere you don't somewhere to stay and you don't have somewhere to stay and you don't havyou can nip across in a day >> you can nip across in a day and back. >> so? yeai1. well, >> do you think so? yeah. well, i see why i could do. i could see why i could do. >> have a look. can i have >> i'll have a look. can i have a quiet word? maybe you could do the in there. the chauffeur in there. >> there. oh, that'd be >> over there. oh, that'd be fantastic. >> e nice. >> yeah, that'd be nice. >> yeah, that'd be nice. >> okay, went to the >> okay, i went to the commonwealth when they commonwealth games when they were held in manchester. yeah. and, saw like it . and, i never saw rain like it. >> oh, it was awful, wasn't it? >> oh, it was awful, wasn't it? >> yeah, really sat beside chene >> yeah, really sat beside cherie blair. >> i was going to guess that . do >> i was going to guess that. do you know who i sat beside? >> she was good crack. i reckon. i bet you had a good chat with her. >> really friendly with her. i saw the other athletics too. >> she. >> she. >> no, i don't know, but i saw. i saw where she works. i was, i had i passed by her office from her and she came out. >> she's not a shopper. >> she's not a shopper. >> not because she knew i was there, but i just came out and got into a car. >> do you remember we sat next to 5000m or we had. to you in the 5000m or we had. yeah >> all yeai1 >> all yeah >> all she will. >> all that she will. >> all that she will. >> she will. yeah. did you go to the olympics see the london olympics though. see that no, that was that was fabulous. no, that was fabulous. gearing

fabulous. paris is gearing up because if you go to paris now, everything is this and everything is olympic this and olympic i the olympic that. and i love the olympics. olympics, olympics. i love the olympics, politics olympics. politics of the olympics. but when to the when it actually comes to the olympics, it. olympics, i adore it. >> my son just did >> so actually my son just did a school easter holidays project about the history of the olympics, and we had to learn that way that can that the only way that you can be late olympic game be late for an olympic game without being disqualified is if you're a shipwreck. you're in a shipwreck. >> right? >> is that right? >> is that right? >> only way can late >> the only way you can be late for olympic. for an olympic. >> but the bit? >> but what was the bit? >> but what was the bit? >> shipwreck. ship. >> shipwreck. oh, ship. >> shipwreck. oh, ship. >> oh, right. lovely >> oh, right. lovely >> that's good. >> that's good. >> put on. you are naughty. >> the first time became >> the first time i became aware of the 68 of the olympics was the 68 mexico because we used mexico olympics, because we used to petrol stations, to get from petrol stations, from esso and whatever sticker books and the coins. >> coins. yeah, yeah. >> coins. yeah, yeah. >> and for the 1970 world cup and all sorts of things. >> yes. >> yes. >> petrol stations, they don't give away gifts no anymore. >> got mobile books. you >> i've got a mobile books. you used to get books and used to be. >> i've had a poster with all the stickers of all the badges of the clubs. >> wouldn't care about that >> they wouldn't care about that from z. was it? yeah. from a to z. that was it? yeah. >> he used to fight to the death in the ancient olympics. >> much did. they

>> they very much did. but they only it in 1896. only brought it back in 1896. you see. so that was more civilised as the months go on. >> the olympics >> history of the olympics i love i've got lots. love it. i've got lots. >> not bringing you back >> we're not bringing you back again. you yeah >> that's. you okay? yeah >> that's. you okay? yeah >> enough. >> all right, fair enough. >> all right, fair enough. >> in the morning. >> all right, fair enough. >> i in the morning. >> all right, fair enough. >> i tried in the morning. >> all right, fair enough. >> i tried my the morning. >> all right, fair enough. >> i tried my hardest.ning. >> i tried my hardest. >> i tried my hardest. >> we enjoyed it. >> i tried my hardest. >> it's enjoyed it. >> i tried my hardest. >> it's lovelyd it. >> i tried my hardest. >> it's lovely having you back. >> it's lovely having you back. >> you very much. you >> thank you very much. you think so? >> thank you much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. thank bringing thank you, speaking of bringing people and people back, we have dawn and kriss after this.

well, while you were away and we were still here, kriss akabusi had to pay . were still here, kriss akabusi had to pay. he's had to pay for his car park ticket. had to pay. he's had to pay for his car park ticket . but, on the his car park ticket. but, on the phone , i gave up the will to phone, i gave up the will to live . live. >> i didn't make it either. he was all thumbs and toes. no, no, you should have kept playing. i'm gonna get highlight it to

the parking attendant . the parking attendant. >> he's gonna be after you. yeah. lovely car dangling from her. >> don't nick it, please. don't need the car. >> i've got a nice motor. >> kriss akabusi and dawn neesom, with stories that are getting people talking today, the sun are carrying a story today, dawn. the nhs have unfurled a banner. this is a flag. what is this flag? celebrating >> yeah, for everyone out there waiting to get a doctor's appointment or a hospital appointment, i think it's about 7 million us on those waiting lists. you'll be reassured by this story. this is the nhs. this is one hospital in particular, university particular, the university hospitals one particular, the university hothe als one particular, the university hothe worst one particular, the university hothe worst performing one particular, the university hothe worst performing in one particular, the university hothe worst performing in the ne of the worst performing in the entire unveiled entire country, have unveiled a banner people the banner welcoming people to the hospital , banner welcoming people to the hospital, listing banner welcoming people to the hospital , listing the banner welcoming people to the hospital, listing the 21. banner welcoming people to the hospital , listing the 21. the hospital, listing the 21. the headune hospital, listing the 21. the headline says sexes there aren't 21 sexes, right? there are two biological sexes . what they biological sexes. what they mean, i think, is genders and they are listing . i mean, they they are listing. i mean, they start with the rainbow flag, which is lovely. there's 21 different flags on this big banner welcoming people to hospital. trying to be hospital. they're trying to be inclusive diverse as you

hospital. they're trying to be inclthese diverse as you hospital. they're trying to be inclthese days. diverse as you hospital. they're trying to be inclthese days. the erse as you hospital. they're trying to be inclthese days. the rainbow you are these days. the rainbow flag? absolutely fine. all flag? absolutely fine. we all understand there's understand that one. but there's someone i have got no someone here that i have got no idea they mean. idea what they even mean. >> well, an example. >> well, give us an example. >> well, give us an example. >> romantic. >> okay. demi romantic. >> okay. demi romantic. >> romantic . >> demi romantic. >> demi romantic. >> oh. >> oh. >> was half half romantic. >> was half half romantic. >> i don't know what i've read. >> i don't know what i've read. >> a romantic attraction to someone after becoming emotionally close. >> what? what? say that again . >> what? what? say that again. >> what? what? say that again. >> so i see the nonsense with all of this is no matter who you are infatuated. what you are is you should just be welcome within the nhs. that's everybody. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> oh, what about this one, neutrals. neutrals yeah. neutrals. an eu t r o i neutral about everything. >> everything . >> everything. >> everything. >> in referring to a person who lacks a specific gender identity . vie. >> you see, honestly, that is just. this is the royal stoke hosphal >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, this is just pandenng >> i mean, this is just pandering to wokeness. it's just it's just stupid. really stupid. and if that takes up somebody's time or any sort of budget, it just it didn't.

>> what isn't in this story is how much it's cost the hospital. it's one of the worst performing, national trusts in the, in the country . and it the, in the country. and it comes after england, nhs england, came under fire last may for listing 18 gender opfions may for listing 18 gender options on a patient form. it's like, just give me my cancer operation , please. i don't care, chris. >> here's here's a really interesting story, you know , interesting story, you know, we're very much aware of, employers under pressure to let employees work from home, but you're going to take this one a step further. >> yes. so, you know, since covid, i said we've all got a used to the idea that employers can work from home. do work from home. there are certain jobs that can be done down the line through, social, you know, you know, zoom or whatever, but now the research is about not just working from home, but this the headuneis working from home, but this the headline is life is a beach working from the beach abroad,

getting to live in other cultures and see other ways of working. and yet logging in and doing your work from home. so i was wondering what sort of jobs you can actually do on the beach. what sort of jobs could you do on the beach, of course, research. you could do on the beach, you could do phone counselling. yeah, exactly. coaching electronic coaching. >> i'll tell you the job. i'll tell you the job. you can't do from the beach. and it's mostly the working class jobs. chris, you can't be a driver. you can't be a lorry driver. can't be plumber, be a sweet a can't be a plumber, be a sweet a street cleaner. this is street cleaner. yeah. this is a very a middle class thing, very much a middle class thing, isn't ? yeah. you're an isn't it? yeah. if you're an administration a civil administration or a civil servant . possibly. servant. possibly. >> but there's no point. there's 9.25 million employees that are actually from home. actually now working from home. so if you can do it in namur city in the uk, why can't you do it? >> well, this is interesting because this comes two days

after italy have issued these new year long visas, which post—brexit i think is the longest one yet in the eu, saying brits come along, you can get an what do they call it, a nomad, digital nomad visa. yeah. so you can be working from italy from the bag for that very good stoke hospital could fly for you but it doesn't make sense, doesn't make no match genders. at the same time as being a digital nomad . oh dear. digital nomad. oh dear. >> but but but but but but it's for great those countries that got sunshine because you are going to get tourists . well, going to get tourists. well, they're not tourists officially because are working there. because they are working there. but you can spend your money there. >> the problem is, chris, if you can your job right from a can do yourjob right from a beach, people that beach, the people that are employing you can go, if employing you can go, well, if you can your job from a beach you can do yourjob from a beach on, i know, £45,000 on, say, i don't know, £45,000 a yean on, say, i don't know, £45,000 a year, we can a third world year, we can go to a third world country, someone a lot less country, pay someone a lot less to do the same job, don't have to do the same job, don't have to be in the office, be anywhere in they're going in the world and they're going to a lot cheaper than you to be a lot cheaper than you are. that's also true. >> yeah, that's also true. >> yeah, that's also true. >> point. >> very good point. >> very good point. >> we're to take a quick >> we're going to take a quick

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>> on. and chris have got stories that are that are making the news. what's caught your eye is about. >> well, we were just talking in the break there about the olivier awards, and i don't know if you were lucky enough to see sunset boulevard or have been yet in the west end, yet to see it in the west end, but nicole scherzinger been but nicole scherzinger has been absolutely sensational. i hear. and won night along and she won big last night along with other familiar faces with some other familiar faces and bnng with some other familiar faces and bring us to and names. dawn bring us up to speed. >> yeah , absolutely. thanks for >> yeah, absolutely. thanks for that. i like looking at the frocks, honest with you. i frocks, to be honest with you. i it's it's like. it's like it's like. yeah, i mean it was the olivier awards last where last night. this is where we need chris need the other favourite chris in mr biggins who in our world is mr biggins who loves theatre. loves the theatre. >> he was probably there. it's probably why he's here this probably why he's not here this morning. actually morning. well, he's actually he's but sarah he's on his cruise, but sarah snook, succession, snook, who is in, succession, she big as well. she was up she won big as well. she was up against fellow tv star sarah jessica parker from sex and the

city, sheridan smith went in her pants. yeah, just wearing a very see through dress. nicole scherzinger looked . absolutely. scherzinger looked. absolutely. i'm sorry this is such a girl thing. she looked stunning, beautiful black dress, but the one thing our. england won one thing our. dear england won as well, evidently, which is a play as well, evidently, which is a play about southgate's reign as england boss, and i have to say , england boss, and i have to say, i've been see it. and that is brilliant. that's the only thing i can talk knowledgeably about. >> apart from the lovely frocks that big, didn't it? and that won big, didn't it? and they praised for they were being praised for being inclusive because being really inclusive because it brought football fans into the theatre fans the theatre, and theatre fans learned about football, learned stories about football, and it was two worlds that don't normally huge success. >> and i found that a little bit patronising. as someone that actually football patronising. as someone that actualweek, football patronising. as someone that actualweek, and football patronising. as someone that actualweek, and i football patronising. as someone that actualweek, and i have:ball patronising. as someone that actualweek, and i have been every week, and i have been known the theatre, it's known to go to the theatre, it's like, know, those days are like, you know, those days are gone. you know, fans gone. you know, football fans can theatre, you are can go to the theatre, you are allowed to go to, but yeah, i mean, it is a great it's a great play. if anyone's. >> i've been to the oliviers and there that is there an award ceremony that is done well. have to done very, very well. i have to say. a good turnout of

done very, very well. i have to say.names, a good turnout of done very, very well. i have to say.names, theatresd turnout of done very, very well. i have to say.names, theatres all rnout of done very, very well. i have to say.names, theatres all closedf big names, theatres all closed on a sunday, don't they. >> yes. yeah, i think most of them are. yeah, yeah yeah, yeah. but football was happening yesterday. unfortunately for us west ham fans are very good. >> let's talk about, liz >> right, let's talk about, liz truss's memoirs . dom. truss's memoirs. dom. >> yes. >> yes. >> she's detailed her short stay in downing street, including how her husband predicted her premiership would end in tears, will end in tears. >> you want that kind of support from your other half, don't you? yeah. 49 days. she was prime minister and she has written a book goes on for lot book that goes on for a lot longer than that, detailing what happened. the daily mail happened. i mean, the daily mail are serialising it, and it kicked off on, i think it kicked off on saturday when she was detailing about how when she moved into number it was moved into number 10, it was infested fleas . infested with fleas. >> really? >> really? >> yeah, i know, i know, and she blamed her, boris johnson's dog dylan for because it was living there beforehand , obviously. so there beforehand, obviously. so that was that was the thing that was that was the only thing i retain it. i retain about it. >> might been him. it >> it might have been him. it might not have been his you know. >> well, he has got rather

interesting hair, hasn't he? she says a woman with equally messy hair was hair like that. i mean, she was one serious points. i one of the serious points. i mean, her husband mean, apart from her husband saying is ending in tears. saying this is ending in tears. and completely why and i completely understand why he they had two he said that. but they had two young as well. and young daughters as well. and one of more poignant from of the more poignant bits from the book when she was the book was when she was talking the effect had talking about the effect it had on and she goes, on her two girls, and she goes, most, people's don't most, most people's kids don't experience sort experience their parents sort of like spread worldwide. experience their parents sort of like her spread worldwide. experience their parents sort of like her little ead worldwide. experience their parents sort of like her little girl, vorldwide. experience their parents sort of like her little girl, young de. experience their parents sort of like her little girl, young girls and her little girl, young girls are in their early teens had to go through that. when she's go through that. and when she's talking that, it brings talking like that, it brings the family of what it's family side of what it's actually like to be politician. >> keir starmer has done the same, he said. the only thing that keeps him awake at night ahead winning no. that keeps him awake at night aheacit winning no. that keeps him awake at night aheacit should winning no. that keeps him awake at night aheacit should be winning no. that keeps him awake at night aheacit should be fleas,1g no. that keeps him awake at night aheacit should be fleas, but 0. well, it should be fleas, but no, it's impact his no, it's the impact that his premiership would have on his children you have children and how you have normality , not least because you normality, not least because you had activists last had all these, activists last week up outside his week turning up outside his house. there's this growing trend, there, going trend, isn't there, of going personal on people whose views you and suddenly you don't share. and suddenly the kids are they in harm's way and they don't choose to be there. >> starmer on the other hand, he had people camped out in his

garden. >> i'm talking about. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> the two things >> i think the two things have we've heard we've discussed, i've heard from the was the queen that the book was one, the queen that two days after she's been to see the queen, you're the queen, the queen's you're not linking two things, not linking those two things, are you? >> oh, that's absolutely ho. 110. >> no. >> but meanwhile, there's a story about there's going to be a lot new mps in parliament, a lot of new mps in parliament, so far, 100 have said they are standing down at the next election. yes. >> absolutely. right. yeah. and it's this the changing of the guard , new brooms, sweeping guard, new brooms, sweeping clean and the opportunity to do things a little bit differently, maybe focus a little bit more on the constituency side of , of the the constituency side of, of the mps workloads, not so much the westminster. westminster. they work until 10:00 at night. not great for you if you are an mp and you're a lady and you've got and you're a lady and you've got a fam well, and a bloke i guess, as well, but you know, if you've got family, having got young family, so having a look things with look at will things change with the new god? oh god going out and new coming in. and new god coming in. >> there's just too many

>> i think there's just too many of them and all on, you know, salaries costing the taxpayers money. we really need money. do we really need constituency same way constituency mps in the same way that to, when people that we used to, when people needed representative to go up needed a representative to go up to london? it's not much so outdated. >> it's the expenses. yeah. so if if you live in if two houses, if you live in staffordshire belfast or staffordshire or belfast or whatever trains you have whatever it is, trains you have to all those expenses have to be paid up. >> i don't we need 600 whatever. >> so chris, if you could, would you stand as an mp. >> not a chance. >> not not a chance. >> not not a chance. >> isabel . >> isabel. >> isabel. >> no, i care a lot about the issues and i feel like i've got pubuc issues and i feel like i've got public service in me, but it's i don't connected to any don't feel connected to any party. and i also don't feel like could all the like i could withstand all the bruising . personal attack. bruising. personal attack. >> yeah. i've be very >> yeah. i've got to be very thick skinned , haven't you? what thick skinned, haven't you? what about wouldn't be about you, eamonn, i wouldn't be able take a whip, as it were. able to take a whip, as it were. >> that is true . >> that is true. >> that is true. >> there's no way we're that. >> there's no way we're that. >> i'm too individually minded, what about you, don? >> no, i couldn't no, i you know, no way. no, i think on a serious side, i think what they have to put up with these days

is appalling. and we all know we lost jo cox. we lost david amess. think it's worth amess. i think it's not worth it. >> it. the problem. >> so they're in the problem. they're problem. yeah, yeah. >> okay, guy s. >> okay, guys. >> okay, guys. >> a million. enjoyed you >> thanks a million. enjoyed you today. very today. thank you very much indeed. the weather picture. looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwesterly winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts out towards southeast through towards the southeast through the of the morning. and the rest of the morning. and then we will start to see some sunshine head sunshine developing as we head in this afternoon. in towards this afternoon. there will of showers will still be plenty of showers around though, and these could turn in places, turn quite heavy in places, particularly across northern turn quite heavy in places, particofarly across northern turn quite heavy in places, particof englands northern turn quite heavy in places, particof england and rthern turn quite heavy in places, particof england and parts parts of england and parts of scotland, could see scotland, where we could see some sleet over the some sleet and snow over the hills. that brisk hills. with that brisk northwesterly , northwesterly breeze, temperatures struggling to reach much above 12 or 13 degrees in the south and struggling to reach double figures reach into the double figures

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>> a very good morning to you. it's 9:00. it is monday, the 15th of april. you are very welcome to breakfast with eamonn holmes and isabel webster leading the news world leaders call for calm as israel vows revenge following iran's attack on saturday. >> well, there is intense pressure on israel from its allies to show restraint. lord cameron, the uk foreign secretary has said he hopes israel will be smart as well as tough. >> rwanda is back in the headunes >> rwanda is back in the headlines today as the government teases the prospects of flights within weeks . of flights within weeks. >> yes, mps back in parliament today, they will be voting down the amendments from the house of lords . the government expects lords. the government expects the safety of rwanda to bill pass into law later this week, and to get people on flights to

rwanda over two years since the scheme was first announced. i'll bnng scheme was first announced. i'll bring you more shortly. >> the first of four criminal trials against donald trump, against today , as he faces against today, as he faces charges over a hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels . daniels. >> and we'll be speaking to royal biographer angela levin in just a moment about prince harry's charity polo match in miami . miami. >> it's been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. joining me the full forecast me later for the full forecast with details. with all the details. >> well, it's our top story this morning . world leaders have morning. world leaders have called for calm after israel has vowed revenge against iran after drone attacks on saturday night . drone attacks on saturday night. >> america has told israel it won't participate in retaliatory strikes on saturday. around 300 missiles were dispatched by iran and 99% of which were claimed

were brought down before entering israel. >> the prime minister, rishi sunak, yesterday confirmed the uk's involvement in shooting down many of those missiles . down many of those missiles. >> i can confirm that our planes did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. i don't want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger , and just a short of danger, and just a short moment ago we spoke with the shadow defence secretary, john healey. >> we stand by the right for israel to defend itself, and we'll step up, as we did over the weekend and just as we would with other partner countries like jordan and iraq in the region . region. >> and let's get perspective on this from our homeland security edhon this from our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, good morning. saturday night's nye monday do we go monday morning. where do we go from here? >> well, just that intense >> well, it's just that intense pressure that's continuing from our allies, not just privately but very publicly. lord cameron saying this morning that you

know, this was a double defeat as far as he was concerned for iran, not only did the attack fail in that the vast majority of those missiles and drones launched at israel were shot down, but also, he says, it shows to the world that iran is the malign actor in that region. and he why not do something about it? >> well, indeed. >> well, indeed. >> and that's what israel is arguing. it's not just a malign actor that launched a state on state attack on israel on saturday, but through its proxies has been attacking israel for many years, causing countless numbers of deaths. so now, of course, it is a state on state act. israel says that can't go unanswered. but what that answer will be, only time will tell. what they are saying publicly at this stage is they will respond, but what they will do will be something of a manner and at a time of their choosing. >> israel has said that the drone attacks and the missile

attacks on saturday night were a declaration of war. iran has said as far as they're concerned, the matter is resolved and done with. will israel any notice that, israel take any notice of that, or think that they will or do you think that they will feel still need show feel they still need to show their dissatisfaction , even when their dissatisfaction, even when you've got president biden saying, look, we're not going to back take any further back you if you take any further action everybody from action and everybody from the united you it, united nations to you name it, calling for calm even calling for calm heads, even china point. yeah. china at this point. yeah. >> got , as you >> well, you've got, as you said, president biden there saying, take the win. you know, it's the fact that it wasn't just the us but also the uk , just the us but also the uk, jordan and saudi arabia in that region, all coming together and showing support for israel and taking down those drones and taking down those drones and taking down those aircraft in that area as well. so the president biden would say that the smart thing to do now would be just to breathe, just to consider what your next step

will be and not rush in to something that could really escalate this into a regional war. because the real concern, of course , of a regional war is of course, of a regional war is not necessarily that it would affect us here, but it may well do in all kinds of attacks sparred from that in the west. but there are many interests for the uk and the us, other western allies in that region. we have bases in that region as well that could potentially on diplomatic missions that could potentially come under attack. >> i have no idea how big a military strength iran is and why people are so frightened about dragging them into conflict. and to me it seems quite simple. they attack you, they give you a bloody nose. well, you know the very fact people say 99% of these were brought whether were brought down, whether they were or they not, they fired or whether they not, they fired so many ballistic missiles and drones into somebody's country. are you kidding that they get away with this? so. so how big is iran ? how dangerous is iran?

is iran? how dangerous is iran? >> it is dangerous. i mean, from its, aerial point of view in terms of its air force , the terms of its air force, the aircraft it has f—15 old, aircraft it has f—15 old, aircraft that aren't up to much and would not match israel's air force. but what they do have is the biggest stock of ballistic missiles in that region. some 3000 ballistic missiles , and 3000 ballistic missiles, and many times that number of cruise and other missiles . and then the and other missiles. and then the drones, the shaheed drones that they've been sending off to russia to take, you know , for russia to take, you know, for use in ukraine as well. so so i'd add to iran, their proxies . i'd add to iran, their proxies. you've got hezbollah in southern lebanon, you've got the houthis in yemen, you've got other groups out of syria and iraq, all potentially that would come into the mix if there was a regional conflict. i say come into the mix. they're already there. the attack on saturday night also saw missiles and drones launched from southern lebanon , from hezbollah and from

lebanon, from hezbollah and from iraq and syria, as well, not from gaza, but only because israel has so degraded the capability of hamas over recent months. they are not able to launch the rockets. so that they would normally would. >> okay, mark, thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date. >> mark white there, let's find out what is happening with rwanda and the rwanda build back in the commons today. >> yes, mps are set to consider amendments from the house of lords. this is after the health secretary, victoria atkins, suggested weekend suggested over the weekend that the ready to go the home office was ready to go in implementing the scheme, and that could off that flights could take off within . let's get the within weeks. let's get the thoughts of political correspondent katherine forster this morning. catherine do you think then think that's likely? then >> well, the government certainly seem to think so, rishi sunak said. by the spring. the spring ends at the end of may, but the government thinks certainly by the first week of june, that they can get people on flights and off to rwanda .

on flights and off to rwanda. it's now two years and one day since the then prime minister, bofis since the then prime minister, boris johnson , announced this boris johnson, announced this scheme. it feels like a very long time ago. but yes, as you say, mps are back in parliament, there will be about two hours, 6 or 7 votes this evening, in the house of commons, which all the amendments put forward by the house of lords will be voted down, including one which was, particularly controversial in the house of lords, wanted an exemption for people that had supported the uk government. afghan interpret orders, for example. but the government is having none of it. it will go back to the house of lords tomorrow, then back to the commons. the government thinks it will be law by the end of the week. they've got a few bits and pieces to tie up, then not least, who's going to actually take people to rwanda? rwanda and airlines doesn't to be and airlines doesn't seem to be keen. none of our carriers here

want what they see as the reputational damage associated with it. i think quite likely that the raf will be prevailed upon, worth saying the charity care for calais are all ready , care for calais are all ready, getting volunteers. they're going to target the people that are earmarked for these first flights. and attempt to block those deportations in the courts. of course, the safety of rwanda bill, in response to the supreme court ruling that rwanda was not a safe country. the whole point of this legislation is explicitly to make sure that the courts will not block these flights. also, news today reported in the times that the government is looking at other countries as well, potentially countries as well, potentially countries like armenia, the ivory coast, costa rica and botswana, to take people being deported in the future. but yes ,

deported in the future. but yes, it's been a long road. there's a lot of scepticism as to whether anybody is ever going to rwanda, but government is hopeful but the government is hopeful that it will happen in in the next few weeks. so we don't have very much longer to find out if rishi sunak is going to make good on those pledges. >> thanks for the >> catherine, thanks for the update. leave it there. update. we'll leave it there. thank very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. britain's past thank you very much indeed. britaandrew past thank you very much indeed. britaandrew bev, past thank you very much indeed. britaandrew bev, will past thank you very much indeed. britaandrew bev, will yout thank you very much indeed. britaandrew bev, will you be nine andrew and bev, will you be talking about rwanda, slightly a little, yeah. >> because we know they can't get an airline to take to take the plane the refugees. so they just they're simply going to they'll just lease a plane, a commercial plane. >> i'm just reading today that we're also talking to armenia ivory coast, costa rica and botswana, to see who they will take. >> yes, i know, i know, we've just been relieved with that flipping plane goes in the air and starts getting them out. >> will it though will it, will it, will it how many people will be on. >> although does happen >> although if that does happen then if the boats then of course if the boats don't stop, then whole thing don't stop, then the whole thing will not the deterrent

will have been not the deterrent that were hoping to be, that they were hoping it to be, we're going talking we're also going to be talking about, smart about, you know, smart motorways. familiar motorways. we're all familiar with of smart with the hideousness of smart motorways. now talk motorways. and now there's talk that going to be that they are going to be scrapped and hard shoulders will be put back. >> of the cost of that. >> think of the cost of that. >> think of the cost of that. >> but it's the right decision. it has to be done. it has to be done. people have been dying. yeah, numbers who yeah, such high numbers who thought wouldn't and thought that wouldn't happen and who smart thought that wouldn't happen and who clever smart thought that wouldn't happen and who clever . smart was clever. >> know well anything that's >> i know well anything that's meant thought them meant to be thought calling them smart clever they're smart is clever because they're they're stupid motorways. >> but i suppose the idea >> yeah, but i suppose the idea was that they were to look reactive. >> they were to look computer reactive, that they could predict things whatever . predict things and whatever. absolute hideous. was funny absolute hideous. it was funny driving down one on saturday and it said, new hard shoulder in 15 yards, whatever it was. yeah. said i suddenly went, what? and then i looked and the hard shoulder disappeared and it just disappeared and, you know, it went on like that for a mile or something. >> that's what they are. >> that's what they are. >> and of course, it relies on whoever the to whoever is watching the road to put sign up . yeah. and then

put the sign up. yeah. and then it relies on the drivers to believe sign . believe the sign. >> so it relies on the cameras to work. yeah. and they don't always work. >> well, you know, not >> oh, well, you know, i'm not sure that will ever come sure that that will ever come about the we're about because the cost we're talking costs here and the talking huge costs here and the potholes in the roads will remain same. motorway remain the same. motorway maintenance remain same, and maintenance remain the same, and it cheaper to leave it will just be cheaper to leave them and it is wrong and it should go. >> but yeah, but if you're one of those people with those record number people record number of people dying because they're sat their car because they're sat in their car and hh because they're sat in their car and hit by a truck, and they get hit by a truck, there and they get hit by a truck, the that would enough to save >> that would be enough to save that . okay, and also, i that person. okay, and also, i think we're going to be you're going to it as well, but going to do it as well, but meghan who meghan markle's brother, who taking the mic has taken the mickey out of her enormously . mickey out of her enormously. >> well, we go add that to the list. thank you very much, guys. have a good show . we'll see you have a good show. we'll see you very soon, the british giveaway. >> it's a great cruise, even. have a go with. >> thanks to variety cruises, a family company sailing. since 1942, you have the chance to win a £10,000 seven night small boat

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i >> -- >> so we're. we're now going to talk about meghan and harry, there was a polo match, they took part in, in, miami. and we've got angela levin, royal correspondent here, to talk about that. and there will be other royal stories as well. so what have you picked up from this, this polo match? >> well, the interesting thing is, is that the polo thing that's going to be photographed and filmed for netflix , this is and filmed for netflix, this is harry's one. yes, but there was meghan centre stage and she stood there with holding the treasurer. yes and actually who she pushed around was a doctor.

doctor sophie shankar who's chair of saint—aulaye , the chair of saint—aulaye, the charity that they're doing it for. and she was asked if she would take the trophy and she said yes, that's why she came, because, the money from the polo match is going to this charity. and, and, meghan had to push her out of the way because she wanted to be in the middle. i've never heard such a disgusting, rude thing to do. >> but do we take away from this , and we talk about this woman in many situations over, over a few years now that at the end of the day , she is an actress. she the day, she is an actress. she knows how to take centre stage. >> yes, but this was a bullying . >> yes, but this was a bullying. you know, she actual physical pushed her. no, she didn't actually physically pushed her, but she wanted to next to but she wanted to go next to hurry because it was her charity that they were working playing for. and she said, and she didn't move and she and so she

bent down under the trophy and then went the other side of meghan. and then she's all smiling now. i mean , that turns smiling now. i mean, that turns my stomach, actually. i mean, anybody would know that. that's not appropriate, it gives not appropriate, but it gives her the power of the picture, doesn't it? yes, but she shouldn't be in the middle because she's got two things that she's doing for netflix, and she's talking about food and household and friendship and, making a friends and arrangements and cooking all that. let harry have a little thing of his own. he scored the goal that made them win , and goal that made them win, and you'd think she would be really pleased. she pecked his lips . pleased. she pecked his lips. she packed her lips. it wasn't actually a great passionate kiss , as the paper said, because it didn't last more than a second, and i just, i just felt that, you know, it's she's crushed him to nothing . really. to nothing. really. >> well, her brother is among those who are lining up to rib

her and attack her half brother, in his youtube channel. there he is sporting a wig, pretending to be her. yes. he's been criticised for trolling . and criticised for trolling. and there's also a pillow stuffed up his t shirt. for some reason, markle is, you know, a difficult character. >> he's now 57 and you wouldn't think he would do such a childish thing. she says he's got it on youtube and he's got over 36,000 followers. so he's very determined. and he said that, you know, if she's got the right for free speech, so have i. but that's not really free speech.i i. but that's not really free speech. i mean, whatever my feelings are, parody or well, it's just silly child family. >> i mean, it's shocking that i think she's treated her family very badly apart from her mother , and i think he wants to get back. >> i think he's very frustrated that he can't actually say anything or do anything himself, and he wants to put her down, but i don't think that's the way to do it. i think that's awful. i it's really it's

i think it's really it's terribly childish, actually, to try and do that . try and do that. >> so they're up and running again. we thought that their, their tv deals had bitten the dust or whatever. but netflix have come to them again and said, right, we will resurface with you two. and these are the roles that you've got. how did they divide up the future contract? how is it? >> well , contract? how is it? >> well, meghan is the one who's going to be at home. the guru is her home and harry is going to do talking about polo. and we're going to know about polo. how exciting it is. i don't think he'll touch on how it's supposed to be the most sexy, game , but to be the most sexy, game, but there's a lot of that around. but i don't think harry would dare to say anything about that. but she's not necessarily but he she's not necessarily going to be around meghan. she's going to be around meghan. she's going to be around meghan. she's going to do this. she's to going to do this. she's going to tell how to do it. but, tell us all how to do it. but, one of the problems why she's put off for so long that put it off for so long is that people don't to buy into it people don't want to buy into it , know, who wants to

, saying, you know, who wants to be meghan? so do you think be like meghan? so do you think do you think there will be reunion? >> he's back in the uk, isn't he, for his invictus games, next month. and there are other dates in the diary the summer, we in the diary over the summer, we know he flew over when he know that he flew over when he learnt news about his learnt the news about his father's . and apparently, father's cancer. and apparently, if you believe what's written in the papers , the king is trying the papers, the king is trying to peacemaker between the to play peacemaker between the brothers . do you think there's brothers. do you think there's any chance of reunion? any chance of a reunion? >> i think necessarily >> i think he's necessarily trying peace the trying to make peace between the brothers. knows he's brothers. i think he knows he's got after himself. he's got to look after himself. he's trying do much as he can trying to do as much as he can for the country, at home, meeting people and dealing with all the paperwork, i think camilla will not let harry stay. >> excuse me. sorry >> excuse me. sorry >> i don't think camilla would let him stay on his own with harry. she was there when he came for the 15 minutes, when he knew that he'd had cancer. and i think that he's actually got an awful lot to do . and. and awful lot to do. and. and william will be not interested at all. i mean, he'll still be

caring for his wife and the children. and i think all this is wishful thinking, i'm just reading to tell you about, harry and meghan's , thing that they're and meghan's, thing that they're doing at the moment. >> they're , both of them doing >> they're, both of them doing looking into election misinformation towards when the election comes. right now, this is not allowed for a prince of the uk to do that in america. this is what they're doing. meghan originally had obama's pr team in 2020 because she wanted to start doing that. she worked with gloria steinem, cold calling voters, and was told not to do that. she's now 90. gloria and now she's doing all this about something called deep fake onslaught. and that is when you put different heads on people's faces and they're going around and doing all that. and a lot of americans are absolutely furious because they getting because why are they getting

involved? she can't help herself. >> but does she also have political ambition ? political ambition? >> well, i think she does, but she won't get anywhere because she's not. while she's got her title and she's hanging onto the title and she's hanging onto the title dear life. yeah, title for dear life. yeah, it's very important that wants to very important that she wants to stay that title . she. stay with that title. she. >> worth money to >> it's worth money to her, isn't it? >> worth money. it's what's >> it's worth money. it's what's actually important to her. actually very important to her. but, know , i just think the but, you know, i just think the audacity it is ridiculous. really? >> okay, angela, thank you very much indeed. for that insight. we've got to leave it there. thank you. and we'll say goodbye to all of you watching and listening today. we'll be back tomorrow morning. same time, same place, same channel. >> yeah. have a fabulous monday. in the meantime, we'll leave you in the capable hands of andrew and bev. after your and bev. that's after your weather good day. >> bye bye. >> bye bye. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so a very blustery and showery start to the day this morning with brisk northwesterly winds that will help clear a band of rain across southern and eastern parts, out towards the southeast through the and the rest of the morning. and then will start to some then we will start to see some sunshine developing head sunshine developing as we head in this afternoon. there in towards this afternoon. there will plenty of showers will still be plenty of showers around and these around though, and these could turn heavy places, turn quite heavy in places, particularly northern turn quite heavy in places, particofarly northern turn quite heavy in places, particof england northern turn quite heavy in places, particof england and rthern turn quite heavy in places, particof england and parts of parts of england and parts of scotland, where we could see some and snow over the some sleet and snow over the hills with that brisk northwesterly breeze, temperatures to reach temperatures struggling to reach much or 13 degrees in much above 12 or 13 degrees in the struggling to the south and struggling to reach into the double figures further but it will further north. but it will definitely feeling definitely be feeling colder than the through than that with the wind through monday showers do monday evening. showers do continue to push their way southwards and these southwards overnight, and these could turn heavy places, could turn heavy in places, perhaps localised flooding, could turn heavy in places, periitps localised flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will localised flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will graduallysed flooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will gradually start.ooding, could turn heavy in places, periit will gradually start to ding, but it will gradually start to turn a little drier as go turn a little drier as we go through into early hours of through into the early hours of tuesday leaving plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of around the of clear skies around and the winds gradually starting to ease as a chilly as well, but still a chilly night clear skies. night under those clear skies. temperatures 5 or temperatures around 5 or 6

degrees the north, perhaps degrees in the north, perhaps a touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday does start a much drier day, though. plenty of sunshine as we head through the morning. there still few there will still be a few showers around, particularly there will still be a few showe|eastern d, particularly there will still be a few showe|eastern coastticularly there will still be a few showe|eastern coast ofrlarly there will still be a few showe|eastern coast of england across eastern coast of england and across parts of wales and northern and northern ireland too. and perhaps bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up southeastern parts. up across southeastern parts. but be plenty but there will still be plenty of northern of sunshine across northern parts not quite as parts of england, not quite as windy as monday, and temperatures still a touch below average or 13, maybe average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 in the south and 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> morning. >> morning. >> good morning. are we on the bnnk >> good morning. are we on the brink of world war iii? we very much, of course, hope not. we want to talk about what the middle east situation might mean for us here. >> practical impacts. this is the biggest more flight paths closed since it's the biggest number of closure since 9/11. is it going to impact on oil prices already? turmoil the markets?

930 on monday, the 15th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> greg, good morning to you. so the middle east, is it on the bnnk the middle east, is it on the brink of a all out war? israel vows revenge after iran against iran after their attack this weekend. world leaders have urged restraint. we'll have the very latest and different tone. >> meghan markle's brother thomas has been blasted for mocking her in a series of youtube videos . take a listen. youtube videos. take a listen. >> hey everybody, my name is meghan swamp donkey crotch and i was just showing off my new my new bump that i bought used on ebay out of . ebay out of. >> wow, what a peculiar family. >> wow, what a peculiar family. >> wow. the motoring group, the rac is urging ministers to reinstate the hard shoulder on was so—called smart motorways .

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