gb news. >> good morning. it's 930. it's friday. it's the 17th of may. my sister's birthday. happy birthday. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you. two. tories promise tax cuts. chancellor jeremy two. tories promise tax cuts. chancellorjeremy hunt two. tories promise tax cuts. chancellor jeremy hunt this morning. just a few minutes ago, pledged to further slash taxes if the conservatives win the next general election, while warning that labour would surely raise them well. >> a gb news exclusive . and as >> a gb news exclusive. and as labour leader sir keir starmer, he launches his sixth key pledges with this, you know, short sleeves and everything, looking very tony blair esque. have they won you over.7 we'll bnng have they won you over.7 we'll bring you the results of the gb news people's poll. it might surprise you. >> and sickness, diarrhoea and fever. they're just some of the grim symptoms spread by a highly

contagious virus in devon's water. as hundreds fall ill and schools are forced to shut. i want to know, are we living in a third world country? >> it feels a bit like it. and a wall of silence. well, that's what former home secretary suella braverman and our very own patrick christys were greeted with as they confronted pro—palestinian protesters at cambridge. let's take a look. >> what are you here protesting about ? about? >> might not get a better opportunity than this to talk. what's your message to the palestinian people? >> what's your message to hamas? >> what's your message to hamas? >> and if you missed that last night on patrick's show, a sensational and really quite sad bit of television, suella braverman, the former home secretary going toe to toe at these camps down at cambridge university. what do the students do? they're mute. they don't

talk. later on, later on in the show. i don't know if you saw nana. i did suella going head to head with another student in the studio asking her to explain her case on the gaza israel situation. and i mean , you have situation. and i mean, you have to see it to believe it. we're going to be playing those clips throughout the show. you do not want to miss it. >> really, really, absolutely brilliant tv and well done to patrick christys for such a great a little bit of tv. last night, but as ever, get in touch. gb views gbnews.com/win slash your say. but first let's get your latest news with sofia . get your latest news with sofia. >> gnaana. thank you. good morning . it's 932. i'm sophia morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the wenzler in the gb newsroom. the chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he set out a dividing line with the labour party. he warned that labour party. he warned that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges, as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. the chancellor spoke in london today, accusing his shadow rachel reeves of resorting to

playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households . taxation on uk households. >> it comes to labour policies on jobs, welfare reform and tax. the difference if they are elected , will be profound and elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them, the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. but labour supporting those policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract debate from the biggest divide in british politics today. what happens to the tax burden next? >> french police have shot dead a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northwestern city of rouen . it's reported city of rouen. it's reported that the man was armed with a knife and an iron bar , and threw knife and an iron bar, and threw a firebomb inside the building before police shot him. police

were called at around 645. this morning after local reports of smoke seen rising from the synagogue. the mayor of rouen said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect the jewish community, but the entire city was battered and in shock , and was battered and in shock, and south west water says cow manure could have led to the outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon that has led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea . it is thought a diarrhoea. it is thought a damaged air valve in a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. bottled water has been handed out to residents as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut . and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to nana and ben .

nana and ben. >> good morning . if you just >> good morning. if you just tuned in. welcome. it's just coming up to 36 minutes after 9:00. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you and good morning to you, nana. good morning to you. let's do this big show in store. just moments ago, you might have seen chancellor jeremy ago, you might have seen chancellorjeremy hunt pledged chancellor jeremy hunt pledged further tax cuts if the tories win the general election. well also warning, of course, that labour are sure to raise them well. >> yesterday the labour party launched its six election pledges a determination to begin a decade of national renewal. >> and this includes commitments to, amongst other things , to, amongst other things, economic stability to crack down on anti—social behaviour and to recruit, quite interestingly, 6500 new teachers by decimating the private school sector. >> but what do you what do the british public really think? well, joining us now is professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent, matt goodwin . matt. right. good morning.

really interesting polling though wasn't it, when you did your poll, what was the thing that stood out most to you? >> well, i think there's a lot going on at the moment in the national polling. >> what we've got is a is a really dire story for the conservative party. we've got labour on 47% of the vote. we've got the conservatives. wait for it, 20. i mean, this is a party thatis it, 20. i mean, this is a party that is facing an extinction level event. now, why is the conservative party so weak? well, one big reason is still today. we've got reform party on 14. we've got the reform party taking about i 14. we've got the reform party taking abouti in 14. we've got the reform party taking about i in 4 of all those people who voted for boris johnson . i mean, to be blunt, johnson. i mean, to be blunt, rishi sunak is not squeezing that reform party vote anywhere near as much as he needs to squeezeif near as much as he needs to squeeze if he is to have a fighting chance later this year. >> is that why we saw jacob rees—mogg the other night, making a quite a public call of arms to the reform a lot. nigel farage ben habib richard tice come over, you can be a cabinet minister and so on. are they are the tories now getting worried, do you think? >> well, they're getting very worried because on these kinds

of numbers that we've got people polling with gb news shows, we're looking at a wipe—out every red wall seat goes back to laboun every red wall seat goes back to labour. labour become the dominant party in scotland. labour become even stronger in the big cities. the university towns and wales. and so the conservatives aren't really going to have many places to go. and if you look at that reform party vote, i4% nationally. well, as the reform party gets something like that at the election, they're going to cost the conservatives about 40 to 45 seats. they're going to finish second to often the labour party and lots of those red wall seats. and look, the conservatives are going to be hoping for a deal. but here's the thing. every senior reform party person i talked to, richard tice ben habib , the richard tice ben habib, the honorary president, nigel farage and so on. everybody basically says the same thing. there will not be a deal between the two parties. now, why do they say that? because of the memory of 2019, when they made that deal with boris johnson , and then with boris johnson, and then they got record immigration and out of control borders , but they out of control borders, but they shouldn't do the deal because

the policies are quite different and reform are sort of uber conservative. >> conservatives aren't. now, when people were asked about labour's six pledges. so what was that? the sticking to tough spending nhs waiting lists, border security command, small boats and so on and so forth. people weren't really that impressed by them. no, absolutely. >> so what we've got , i think, >> so what we've got, i think, are two conversations going on in the country. we've sort of swi in the country. we've sort of sw1 westminster conversation, which is labour's got itself together . we can trust labour. together. we can trust labour. they're competent, they're unified, they're slick. and then we've got what's going on out there in the country and i think when lots of people are looking at labour, yes, they're ahead in the national polls. but let me be really clear. there is no mass public enthusiasm for keir starmer and the labour party. no matter what data you look at. and on that question, do people trust to labour deliver on the six pledges that they announced yesterday, 27% say they trust laboun yesterday, 27% say they trust labour, only 27. about half the country is saying they don't trust labour to deliver on those pledges. so what i think we've got is a sort of none of the

above, sentiment out there in the country. we've got none of the country. we've got none of the above, as you'd out there in the above, as you'd out there in the country. >> nana what do you reckon about this support? the polling shows that there is pretty much no support for these palestine encampments and the process going on. so regardless of what this student last night on patrick's show said, who said to suella braverman to her face, and i'm actually disappointed suella didn't, bring her up on it, but she said there is nationwide support for palestine , for these protests, for these encampments at universities. >> i think the problem i think the problem with with that is that, frankly , that person that that, frankly, that person that she was to talking wouldn't, wasn't listening at all. and that worries me because, you know , i'm hoping that people are know, i'm hoping that people are more sort of switched on about what's going on. i know students don't appear to be, but it does seem to be the british public are, and they're also not impressed with a lot of the stuff that's coming out, on laboun stuff that's coming out, on labour, because i'm very concerned that literally there is no option other than labour, which is why people are voting.

labouris which is why people are voting. labour is there a sense, though, matt, that when it comes to people actually voting that they will switch because theresa may i think she pointed out that she don't worry about it. if she was 20 points behind. she then led a minority government and couldn't do anything in a little kitten heels. bless her heart. >> are we not going to get people going to the polling booths holding their nose? do you not think holding their breath and having to vote tory, knowing what the consequences are? >> well, the first thing i'd say is i'm not sure theresa may should be giving anybody election advice. somebody who almost put jeremy corbyn into number 10, and also took the conservatives don't forget to 9% in those 2019 european parliament elections. look. yeah i think the conservative vote will come back to some extent. i suspect the reform vote will be squeezed a little bit. i think a lot of those apathetic tories will think, hang on a minute, labour doesn't have a plan for illegal migration, which i mean, i've written about this on substack. i don't really think labour's plan is going to work. people are anxious about labour on the economy. they're still anxious about labour on legal migration. and keir starmer's leadership ratings . you know, leadership ratings. you know, they're nothing like tony blair's. in 1997, blair was on a

net rating of plus 50. starmers plus nine. he's barely treading water, so i think what i'm saying is there is still a lot of anxiety out there in the country about the labour opposition, just how radical is the labour party? just how much is it going to change our constitutional arrangements? you know , votes for 16, changing the know, votes for 16, changing the house of lords, you know, lots of things. i think people are instinctively a little bit nervous about what's what's labour's strategy for growth. we don't really have the answers yet to these questions. so i think the race will narrow. now if you take the local elections that we had only a couple of weeks ago, and you look at the national equivalent vote share from those they suggest labour's probably about 9 or 10 points ahead nationally , not the 20 or ahead nationally, not the 20 or 30 points that we're seeing now. that puts us in hung parliament territory. right. so if labour fail to win an overall majority, then what happens then ? we're then what happens then? we're into a messy hung parliament because they may need to go into coalition >> you know, just say reform or someone like that do really well . the liberal democrats, what's

happened to them because they appear to be squeezed at the moment. nobody's even talking about them. i mean, is their logo yellow or orange? >> well, i think the problem for the lib dems is they don't have that niche issue. they don't have a very clear issue like they did. perhaps during some of they did. perhaps during some of the brexit debates. they're on about 9. they'll have some recovery. they'll probably come back in somewhere between 20 and 30 seats. reform party, to be honest. they'll be lucky if they get 1 or 2 seats because they really need to be polling up into the 15 to 20, 20% plus range to really be winning seats in westminster. now, that's not to say they won't cause a lot of damage to the conservative vote because they will. and look, i meet reform voters every day. they're out there. they're talking to me on the tube and the trains and everything. my instinct is maybe like lots of people watching this show, i don't think they're going to go back to the conservatives. right. | back to the conservatives. right. i think the conservatives are going to have to have a really big, bold offer on that immigration issue. they're going to have to say, look, we're stopping the boats. we're bringing down legal migration. until they do that, i don't think they're coming home. >> they've already said that, though, haven't they? >> can i ask you, matt, about a

question in the poll about the scheme to take in refugees from palestine? what was the consensus on that? yeah. >> so this is a funny one. you know, we're having this debate on the labour benches now and also the green within the green party. we've got about 36 mps, members of the house of lords, charities, lawyers saying let's actually have a resettlement scheme for palestinians affected by the conflict. only 29% nationally say they would support that scheme. a much larger number, 42% oppose that scheme. and i wrote about this this morning, and i basically have set out the case for why this is my personal view. i don't think britain should be, accepting refugees from gaza for the reason being that after taking so many hong kongers, people from afghanistan, ukrainians, there are also very real and present security challenges with refugees from gaza. and let's just be frank about this, much of the polling that we've had from palestine shows very high levels of

support for hamas among the population. and i putting myself in the shoes of members of britain's jewish community. how will they feel during this debate? and i think you know, also, we have to we have to press neighbouring countries in the region. egypt. >> well, there's jordan, there's a reason that those neighbouring countries don't take palestinian refugees. also. beyond that , i refugees. also. beyond that, i mean, where where would they go? >> where would? well, i think there's a question about where they go. but also, you know, denmark in the early 1990s took a large number of palestinian refugees and there was a study which i, i wrote about this morning, and it shows what what happened to those refugees and a large number of them entered the, entered the prison system, became dependent upon welfare . became dependent upon welfare. it wasn't a success story. and i think, you know, we have to stop believing that we can save every person in every crisis around the world. we have to. i think, probably now have to start prioritising british people, british families and say, actually, we've done more than our fair share in these crises.

and looking at the polling, that's where most people are . that's where most people are. >> and i'd also argue that when we are hospitable, we welcome people in who are in need most of the time. well, a lot of the time it gets thrown back in our faces. just look at the palestine process every saturday in london. >> so i think probably what's irritating a lot of brits is this narrative that britain is kind of racist, intolerant, this kind of racist, intolerant, this kind of racist, intolerant, this kind of narrative that we've had post—brexit. and i think for many brits, you know, that is not their reality. that's not what they've been experiencing. as we've opened the door to hundreds of thousands of people. all right. >> matt goodwin, thank you very much. appreciate your expertise and your company this morning. >> well, up next, as thousands of households in devon remain without safe water due to parasitic contamination is something you just couldn't make this up. but it's true. welcome to britain. is this the last straw for the water companies you're with? britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. it's, 949 annual with ben and nana on britain's newsroom on gb news. now, you may have seen this yesterday. the boss of southwest water says he she is truly sorry for the outbreak of a diarrhoea type illness . as the type illness. as the contaminated water supply crisis continues down in devon. >> i bet she doesn't drink the water, right? the company say cattle manure could have led to the outbreak of parasitic of the parasitic disease, as thousands have been told to stop using tap water without boiling it. first. >> i want to know now . now what >> i want to know now. now what is this, a third world country? well, here to explain more is jeff moody, who's down in devon. good morning jeff. i hope you've not been sipping the tap water this morning, but give us the latest when a southwest water going to be concluding or fixing this problem ? this problem? >> well, they say it's going to take at least a week to get to the end of the problem. i'm outside eden park school. this is a primary school that was closed yesterday , although some closed yesterday, although some students did arrive to do their

year six sat tests. they came very briefly in the morning, but then they they left shortly afterwards. the school's taken the decision to stay open today. we've just seen a van load of bottled water arriving for the children. earlier on i caught up with some of the parents as they arrived this morning, and many were saying that for some of them, it was a very difficult decision to decide to send their children to school this morning. this is what they had to say to me. >> a very, yeah, very happy with it because they've got more than they need to drink in their bag. >> so yes, the school was closed yesterday, so we had two children off school and had to find alternative childcare, which was a pain, obviously, but it's a situation that we're in right now. so, because ukip a water situation, you know, we have taken a precautions and he's got his bottle of water as well , but like, he's got his bottle of water as well, but like, yeah, it's a risk at like, i ever got clean, clean water and or is it going

to continue. >> think about it for quite a while as to whether it was safe or not. but it says on the website that they've had a fresh water supply delivered. so yeah . water supply delivered. so yeah. >> well, south west water say they are truly sorry for the situation and they're working round the clock to try and resolve it. they think they've found the source. they think that it's a faulty air valve which is on a farm near the reservoir. but that reservoir serves 40,000 people in the local area , many people are local area, many people are sick. only 22 diagnosed cases of cryptosporidium , but there's at cryptosporidium, but there's at least 100 people who say they're suffering from chronic diarrhoea . and then once that diarrhoea passes, they then suffer from cramps, stomach cramps that they say is comparable to childbirth. that's how ill people are, people have been queuing up around the block to , to get some around the block to, to get some free water. south west water has been supplying bottled water to local residents. hundreds and

hundreds of cars were arriving all day yesterday. bumper to bumper to try and get hold of this water. but some people complaining that that many elderly and vulnerable people and people that need care and attention haven't been able to get out of their houses. i was talking to one lady yesterday who says that she was an old lady who had walked for about two hours to try and get some bottled water, just to just to have a drink, and meanwhile people are getting more and more sick. and it's not just, it's not just children, it's not just adults. it's pets too . and that adults. it's pets too. and that is concerning a lot of people. some people saying their cats are ill, some people somebody said to me that they had a fish tank and they they refilled the fish tank the other day and all of their fish had died. meanwhile, people are getting really, really sick here. it's very uncomfortable and extremely painful . painful. >> oh, god, it's awful, isn't it? thank you very much. that's jeff moody . jeff moody. >> well, nana, i've been getting sick for weeks and months with these water companies. >> sick of me, i'm going to say.

>> sick of me, i'm going to say. >> and you as well. i've had enough of you now you know, the not only just this incident, but for months and years, water companies in this country have been pumping water into the sea down where i live all over the country, not just where i live and i've been. i sound like a broken record. i've been banging on about this for months and months and months. >> i'm actually very angry at them because these people, the water company bosses, are taking millions and terms of their salaries, and there's a sort of rotating door between the staff of off.what and these water companies. so they know the rules, they know how to play the game . they know that when game. they know that when there's a lot of rainfall, they're allowed to have the discharges and they've been discharging. i did a big piece on it for hours and hours and hours, which is like over hundreds of thousands of hours of raw sewage discharge into his andifs of raw sewage discharge into his and it's absolutely disgusting. and i really think this is what i would do. i would sue them. yeah, i would find them to the very value that they are. and then i'd buy them back. they'd be worth just a pound . be worth just a pound. >> can you, can you imagine a country swimming in its own filth? there is there is no

bigger damning indictment of the state this country is in than a nafion state this country is in than a nation literally just paddling and swimming in its own raw sewage. it's absolutely vile. well, supply south west water said. >> we are working with public health partners to urgently investigate the source. they don't even know where it's coming from. we apologise for the inconvenience caused and will continue to keep customers and businesses updated . and businesses updated. >> okay. all right. still to come, as jeremy hunt says, labour's plans will include tax rises as soon as night follows day asks sir keir starmer's plans up to scratch. we're also going to have more of that brilliant footage from patrick christys show last night . suella christys show last night. suella braverman, the former home secretary, going toe to toe with gaza protesters at cambridge university. you do not want to miss it. lots more coming up as well. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. stick with us. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome

to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon , and head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright. parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop . these will mainly fall develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the southwest southwest england , parts of southwest england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers . avoid the risk of showers. across the east coast, though, we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the

central belt. while we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening, now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening. but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time when we do see the clouds thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. nofice into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry. this area of rain will push further west through the day , turning more through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england , southern areas of england, southern areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day and once again also across central areas of

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gb news. >> good morning. it's10:00 on friday, the 15th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you. tories promise tax cuts . tories promise tax cuts. chancellor jeremy tories promise tax cuts. chancellorjeremy hunt pledges chancellor jeremy hunt pledges to further slash taxes. if the conservatives win the next general election, while also warning that labour would surely raise them. >> and we've got a gp. news exclusive as labour leader sir keir starmer launches his six key pledges have they won you over ? we'll bring you the over? we'll bring you the results of the gb news people poll and it may surprise you. >> sickness, diarrhoea, fever. i'm not just talking about the six labour pledges either. they're just some of the symptoms spread by a highly contagious virus in devon's water. as hundreds fall ill and schools are forced to shut. are we living nana in a third world country? >> it feels like it. and, just breaking french synagogue attack our home and security editor, mark white, will have the latest as french police shoot dead an attacker who tried to burn down attacker who tried to burn down a synagogue in run and big

boxing showdown. >> it's been called the fight of the century. as tyson fury faces oleksandr usyk tomorrow to decide the first undisputed heavyweight world champion in 25 years, and a wall of silence . years, and a wall of silence. >> well, that's what the former home secretary, suella braverman and our very own patrick christys were greeted with as they confronted pro—palestinian protesters at cambridge. have listen. >> what are you here protesting about ? about? >> might not get a better opportunity than this to talk. >> what's your message to the palestinian people ? what's your palestinian people? what's your message to hamas? >> so the silence that you heard was the fact that the student didn't answer, had nothing to say, was wearing a mask , and say, was wearing a mask, and just simply sort of turned their back like this. >> how would you feel? gnaana if you sent your child to a very expensive university for a top

tier education, the best in the world, and they couldn't even open their mouths when a home, a former home secretary comes to debate with them. >> what is. i embarrassed myself, actually. the first time i met suella braverman, i did. you know, when you go to meet someone , you go like that. i did someone, you go like that. i did that, then i stepped back and then she did an interview. then we went to talk again. i went to do it again. she was going, oh, you'd forgotten she'd get that woman off me. >> so yeah, it wasn't a war, but we're going to have plenty more of patrick and suella interactions with those protesters, and a debate suella had with one of them in the studio here last night. it's unmissable telly. we're going to play unmissable telly. we're going to play that very, very shortly, so stay tuned. but before all that, here's your news with sofia. >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's 10:02. i'm sophia >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the in the gb newsroom. the chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with the labour party. he warns that labour party. he warns that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending

pledges. as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. si king. a short while ago in london, the chancellor accused his shadow rachel reeves are resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households. >> it comes to labour policies on jobs , welfare reform and tax. on jobs, welfare reform and tax. the difference if they are elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. labour, like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them. the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. but labour supported those policies , labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground to politics use those tax rises to distract, debate from the biggest divide in british politics today . what happens to politics today. what happens to the tax burden next? >> south west water says cow manure could have led to the

outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon that has led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea. it is thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. bottled water has been handed out to residents as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut . natural sciences lecturer doctor christian dunn says it's not just the fault of water companies. >> companies get all the flack, but there's so many other issues at play here. you're talking about cattle manure there. so was the farming farmers around the area. were they following best practice when it comes to storing their manure? there's so many issues there which a water company has to face. and then when it goes wrong, it can go wrong in a very unfortunate way. like this. and then the water company gets the flack in many ways, quite rightly . and we have ways, quite rightly. and we have to look at how our water companies are operating in this country, and we have to have a

bit of a root and branch rethink about this, because it's clearly the water industry is clearly not operating how we want as a society. and the environment wants as well. >> in other news, french police have shot dead a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northwestern city of rouen. it's reported that the man was armed with a knife and an iron bar, and threw a firebomb inside the building before police shot him . police were called at him. police were called at around 645 this morning after local reports of smoke seen rising from the synagogue, the mayor of rouen said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect the jewish community, but the entire city was battered and in shock . teachers workloads are in shock. teachers workloads are increasingly difficult as they're being forced to handle their pupils mental health and family problems. this is according to mps who have been critical of the government's efforts to tackle staff shortages in schools. the education select committee says that teachers are now spending more time addressing these

issues than usually falling outside their remit . president outside their remit. president putin has arrived in china's little moscow on the second day of his visit to the country . the of his visit to the country. the russian president landed in the chinese city of harbin , where chinese city of harbin, where he's attending a china—russia trade fair. to emphasise the strength of economic links between the countries . it comes between the countries. it comes a day after meetings between putin and chinese leader xi jinping, where they praised their deep ties and donald trump's ex—lawyer michael cohen has been accused of lying about a hush money phone call to the ex porn star stormy daniels. mr cohen has been giving evidence in the case about hush money payments to miss daniels in an attempt to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with the former president in 2006. mr cohen has maintained that during a call, he spoke to trump and told him that he'd paid miss daniels $130,000 in hush money on his behalf. but trump's lawyer , todd behalf. but trump's lawyer, todd blanche, called this into doubt .

blanche, called this into doubt. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to nana and ben . back to nana and ben. >> thank you sophia . it's fast >> thank you sophia. it's fast approaching eight minutes after 10:00 this morning. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> okay, so i'm not sure if you saw patrick christys brilliant show last night. if you didn't watch it back on youtube. but he had a really big scoop with suella braverman, the former home secretary. they both went down to these protest camps at cambridge university. i mean, they're not just there, they're at universities all over the country and indeed the world. plenty in new york and so on in america. but suella and patrick, they roamed the streets. they went to confront these protesters , to ask them about protesters, to ask them about gaza, their stance on israel and really just have an adult

conversation about the situation. that's embroiling the middle east. this is what happened. >> what are you here protesting about ? about? >> might not get a better opportunity than this to talk. what's your message to the palestinian people? >> what's your message to hamas? what's your message to israel ? what's your message to israel? >> no. okay. well, we can just we can just keep walking , can't we can just keep walking, can't we? hi. >> i'm suella i'm keen to find out your views and what you're protesting about . protesting about. >> nothing at all. >> nothing at all. >> no. interested in why you're covering your faces . is it a covering your faces. is it a covid or a health measure ? no covid or a health measure? no comment. i'm really keen to hear what your message is to israel . what your message is to israel. yeah nothing interested to hear your message to hamas . no your message to hamas. no comment. do you think the hostages should be released now ?

hostages should be released now? very nicely. i'm suella, can i ask you what your message is to israel ? yeah, ask you what your message is to israel? yeah, right. could ask you what your message is to israel ? yeah, right. could could israel? yeah, right. could could israel? yeah, right. could could i ask you what your message is to hamas ? silence it's just to hamas? silence it's just pathetic, isn't it? these. these are the great minds at cambridge university who are unable to converse when asked very simple questions about why they're protesting. i mean , you've got protesting. i mean, you've got suella braverman in front of you where you could effect change or have a conversation and be mature and adult about it. they're behaving like pathetic children, spoilt, precocious, so embarrassed . embarrassed. >> langley. low grade. imagine being a parent and sending your child to perhaps the best, one of the best universities in the world. and you can't even debate your cause or speak out and outline why you think your argument is correct. and also, i loved suella is bob there where she said, why are you wearing masks? are you scared of covid or something? in actual fact,

they're wearing masks because they're wearing masks because they're so embarrassed about their stance they can't back up their, arguments and they don't want to be identified. >> i know why they didn't answer the questions, because they would have embarrassed themselves with their ignorance of the situation. that's the problem. most people at these protests, protests , when you protests, protests, when you actually come down to it, ask them the specific questions about the situation in in israel and gaza. they don't really know the detail. >> and do you know what it does? nothing. nothing for their argument, because there are plenty of people who sit on the fence. they're not so tribal. they're not pro—israel, they're not pro—palestine. they're still open to hear arguments. and when you just have one side who doesn't want to engage in adult debate and conversation, you're not doing anything for your side of the argument. much like just stop oil . stop oil. >> well, that's how wars begin, isn't it? yeah. lack of communication. we're going to have plenty more of that and suella debate with another student in the studio last night later on in the show. >> so there's plenty more clips to come, so stay tuned for that. >> well, just breaking though, francis interior minister has announced the country's police have shot and killed an armed suspect in rouen after the man attempted to burn down a local synagogue.

>> the suspect was carrying a knife and an iron bar when an officer fatally shot him. his identity, though, and the motive are currently unclear , so our are currently unclear, so our home and security editor, mark white, joins us now with the latest details. mark, sounds like a terrifying attack, is it? i mean, fairly obvious, i guess, but has it been identified yet as anti—semitic, i think it's clear that this was an anti—semitic attack. he had targeted this synagogue with a petrol bomb standing on a bin to get access to a window through that petrol bomb inside caused a lot of damage to the synagogue itself. the police and fire service were alerted to reports of smoke billowing from the synagogue when the police arrived on the scene. this suspect was still there on a wall outside the synagogue, apparently, according to officials , had then tried to officials, had then tried to rush the police officers with this iron bar and a large knife ,

this iron bar and a large knife, one of the police officers backed off initially , but then backed off initially, but then opened fire multiple times and shot this suspect dead. he's being congratulated. the officer concerned by gerald darmanin, the interior ministry, for his prompt actions . and now what we prompt actions. and now what we will have is the slow time investigation into exactly who this individual is , was, what is this individual is, was, what is background potentially affiliations, where and of course, whether there is any wider threat out there. we know there has been an increase in anti—semitic attacks in france andindeed anti—semitic attacks in france and indeed across europe since the october 7th attacks last yeah the october 7th attacks last year. france itself is already on the highest state of terror alert leading up to very big yearin alert leading up to very big year in france, with the olympics that are taking place in the summer. so some real concerns about the potential for terrorist incidents during the olympic period, so this will do

nothing to calm those concerns as the interior ministry and the police try to determine exactly who this individual was and in terms of obviously determining who he is or was, was he known to them as somebody who had any connections to terror, or do they literally know nothing about him? >> was he just a rogue, in their view , a rogue terrorist, as it were. >> so this incident happened at, 650 in the morning local time. so about 450 in the morning uk time , they've had a few hours. time, they've had a few hours. i'm sure by now they will know who this individual is, you know, these people very rarely work in isolation . they're on work in isolation. they're on a journey, often in offending behaviour . journey, often in offending behaviour. so i'm sure that, you know, there would be a fingerprint, know, there would be a fingerprint , evidence that fingerprint, evidence that perhaps would identify him . perhaps would identify him. people carry, of course, mobile phones and their wallets or whatever they do that allows the authorities to identify them. so

then what happens is that the police then go to the home address linked to that individual . all addresses linked individual. all addresses linked to people that know him, relatives , associates and alike, relatives, associates and alike, as they gather together as much evidence as they can about just who this person was and whether there was, a wider, more worrying motivation here that may involve others. france has the largest jewish population in europe . it's the third largest europe. it's the third largest jewish population in the world, israel, of course, the united states, then france. so a very significant jewish population in that country, very concerned about the uptake in in anti—semitic incidents. there are added security precautions outside a lot of synagogues . outside a lot of synagogues. clearly, in the middle of the night, the early hours of the morning , that, security detail morning, that, security detail would not have been there as far as we know. but across europe , as we know. but across europe, synagogues have tightened up

their security because of the real concerns that they have, not just synagogues , of course, not just synagogues, of course, schools and other places, where the jewish population might attend. >> i'm just reading here, mark, as well, apparently, ruin this place in france . is that how you place in france. is that how you pronounce it? places of worship have come under attack there before. so eight years ago, a priest was fatally stabbed there while leading a church service. >> yes . we're on, and in france >> yes. we're on, and in france in general, is no stranger to attacks on religious institutions and individuals. i remember being down in lyon , remember being down in lyon, after another attack there in which a priest was murdered. so it you know, has seen its fair share of violence in france, but as i say, we await to see exactly who this individual was and what, they can find out about him, i'm sure will be released as the day progresses . released as the day progresses. >> okay, mark, thanks very much. and also, yeah, tributes to the police officer who intervenes

there. we see it time and time again with these attacks. there's always a great story about a very brave police man or police woman . we saw it in police woman. we saw it in sydney during the shopping mall attack. that lone female copper who tackled the gunman was it a gunman in sydney? i can't remember by herself. >> it was. it was a knifeman knifeman in sydney. >> she shot him dead. >> she shot him dead. >> but what happens of course, is often these individuals are looking to be martyred themselves, so they run forward. if they can kill a or injure a policeman, they will do that. but at the very least, they certainly want to be shot themselves. so they got their wish . wish. >> yeah. okay, mark, thanks very much. >> well of course, this morning we had the speech chancellor jeremy hunt and he hit back at labour's six election pledges, saying the party would put taxes up as sure as night follows. day >> the remarks follow a set piece shadow cabinet events in essex yesterday, in which sir keir starmer promised to rebuild britain with great british energy. new teachers cutting nhs waiting lists and cracking down on anti—social behaviour. well joining us now is our political

correspondent, olivia utley olivia. >> so how was jeremy hunt's speech received? and well, it was one of the most conservative speeches that we've heard from a government minister in quite a long time . long time. >> and on the conservative backbenches, it's been welcomed with glee. normally, conservatives talk about cutting taxes for the sake of helping families out with the cost of living crisis. and jeremy hunt did mention that. but he also made a more sort of philosophical point that low taxes create bigger, better economies , and that there is economies, and that there is a there is a sort of fundamental reason underpinning the conservatives desire for low taxes. obviously that's quite a difficult message for the conservatives to convey, given that over the last five years we've seen huge, huge tax rises under a conservative government. and as we all know, the tax burden is now the highest it's been since the second world war. but jeremy hunt tried to make the point that while

conservative, are prepared to raise taxes in emergencies like a pandemic or an energy crisis, they also believe that tax rises should be temporary and that eventually taxes should come down. whereas, he said labour raises taxes because it sees high taxes as the key to a more progressive future. well, that's the sort of, you know, blood red conservative message , true blue, conservative message, true blue, i should say conservative message that backbenchers have been calling out for a long time now . but is it been calling out for a long time now. but is it just too been calling out for a long time now . but is it just too little, now. but is it just too little, too late? we are now just a few months off from a general election, and jeremy hunt defended the conservatives record over the past 14 years. again, something that we don't often hear from conservative ministers, but it is quite difficult to square the circle of conservatives want low taxes with the fact that that taxes have been rising for the past four years, and olivia , jeremy four years, and olivia, jeremy hunt said labour had a £38 billion black hole, which they hadnt billion black hole, which they hadn't detailed how they were

going to fund. he said, do you want more growth or less growth? do you want prosperity or poverty? is that going to cut through to the electorate , do through to the electorate, do you think? >> well, i think we are going to hear a lot more from jeremy hunt and the conservatives about this black hole in labour's funding plans over the next few weeks and months. the conservatives have said that they're going to produce some sort of document which details all of the black holes in labour's funding plans. will it cut through ? i mean, i will it cut through? i mean, i think the idea of high taxes does cut through to the public. and jeremy hunt seized on keir starmer, refusing to say that labour wouldn't raise taxes. he said that he would keep. starmer said that he would keep. starmer said that he would. labour would keep taxes as low as possible, but stopped short of saying that he wouldn't raise them. these black holes in funding, i think, do sort of alarm people if the pubuc do sort of alarm people if the public believes that, that labour hasn't really thought this through, that labour isn't really ready for government, which actually some of our polling bears out today , then polling bears out today, then perhaps it will have a bit of

cut through. but obviously the conservatives are trailing so far behind in the polls at the moment that even a few percentage points increase won't make too much of a difference . make too much of a difference. >> okay, olivia lee in westminster, thanks very much . westminster, thanks very much. >> all right. well, still to come, our panel will be here to discuss the top stories of the day. that's the britain is talking about . talking about. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. stick with us back in the tech.

welcome back. it's 1023. you with ben and anna on britain's newsroom on gb news. emails flying in. not least about patrick christys. great scoop. last night with suella braverman and the gaza protesters , dickie. and the gaza protesters, dickie. good morning. you say any students with a cambridge degree will find it very tough in the jobs market after this, except in the civil service. what other employers will go near them knowing this is the way they

behave and the trouble they're likely to bring with them? interesting >> well, dean said. well said. nana idiotic protesters making themselves look stupid had a chance to discuss their views, but no , get over yourselves. you but no, get over yourselves. you are only achieving two things one making yourself look pathetic and two annoying. normal thinking people with your pointlessness, speechlessness and virtue signalling efforts thatis and virtue signalling efforts that is having no effect on gaza or gaining attention by people who can stop the troubles and just a very quick one i need to say this three card brag says sorry ben, but you're completely missing the points. >> most of these campus protesters are not cambridge students. they are hard left communist and marxist agitators. well, there we go. we're joined now by political commentators emma webb and matthew stadlen in the studio. but first, former home secretary suella braverman, she clashed with pro—palestine student fiona lally on gb news last night. let's take a look. >> israel is doing is a genocide and that's moving towards a genocide. let's stick to and i think that and i think, okay, let's stick to facts. that is 40,000 people dead more than that. that's injured millions of people displaced . there is no

people displaced. there is no evidence for a genocide, no evidence. second thing, i would also say is that that real the we're going back to the marches now , the issue of the marches, now, the issue of the marches, of course, everybody has the right to peaceful protest and expressing their views . but what expressing their views. but what we have seen and i'd be interested in your views, is anti—semitism, we've seen from the to river the sea. palestine will be free. that is an anti semitic chant calling for the eradication of israel. the eradication of israel. the eradication of israel. the eradication of israelis, and the eradication of israelis, and the eradication of israelis, and the eradication of jewish people. >> you're a liar. you're a liar on every single one of these mass protests. right? there is a huge jewish block in all of these encampments. the encampments that you went to today, even in cambridge, talking about all this kind of stuff. the cambridge group , stuff. the cambridge group, cambridge jews for justice, they said, you are weaponizing their identity to promote a culture war. and that's all this is because you've got no actual real policies or statements or anything to offer people in this country. let's be honest, the

reason you're here and the reason you're here and the reason you're here and the reason you went today is because you want to be the leader of the tory party >> honest. how can you honestly say explain somebody else's reasoning for being in the studio, that she's there to have a conversation with this young person who was not prepared to give an answer. but joining us, matthew stadler and emma webb, i'm going to come to you, matthew stadlen. what are your thoughts on this? then >> i don't think much is going to change either because of anything that suella braverman says or anything that that protester or indeed the protesters at my former university , emma's former university, emma's former university, emma's former university, cambridge, our degrees have now been completely devalued. >> no, ijust, ijust devalued. >> no, i just, i just look, devalued. >> no, ijust, ijust look, i just, i think this is i think this these people, including suella braverman, are sort of shouting into the wind, the idea that either netanyahu or hamas are going to be paying attention to debates on gb news or what cambridge students are doing outside some of the famous old colleges. >> it's for the birds, of course, that their net and yahoo is ruthless and hamas is a death cult, but they're not. >> what do you make of that student? you used to go to

cambridge , did you? cambridge, did you? >> she seemed highly articulate to me. >> really? you're not embarrassed by her performance because she resorted to insult. she said , you're a liar. she she said, you're a liar. she called her racist and she really had no. if she foundation to her argument. >> if she believes that suella braverman is lying, then this is a free speech channel, isn't it? >> and what about her comments about jewish people that lots of people on the marches and they're not afraid? most jewish people i know wouldn't set foot anywhere near any of those protests or marches. >> my uncle is jewish, completely, you know, fully jewish parents, jewish refugees. he's been on two of the marches, and he didn't feel threatened, did he? look, now there is question. >> was he wearing, you know, things that would be identified? >> it is it is true that there are identifiably jewish people on the marches. what is what i think is let me just what we've seen, i am also jewish. let me just answer the question. so i don't feel threatened in my home town at all. and nothing will ever shift me from from london, which is where i've been born and bred. and i'm very proud both to be jewish, to be british, to be english, and also to be a londoner. but very briefly , would have you been on briefly, would have you been on what i, what i might have you been on? no, i haven't, right.

but that's, that's not because i'm scared, is it not. no, it's because it's because i know that there is inevitably going to be some anti—semitism on those marches. >> i've said we're now getting to the point well, so i, i, i've been very clear. >> i've argued from the beginning, we have to protect freedom of speech, the right to freedom of speech, the right to free expression. but where there are examples of anti—semitism on these marches , the police must these marches, the police must clamp down on them. that's not inconsistent. >> you're saying is she was lying because she said, i'm not saying that at the march. >> you just said there was emma. >> you just said there was emma. >> what do you make of that young lady's debating skills? i don't want to talk about the wider conflict just yet, but the fact that she's taken the time to come into the studio, she has a cause. she's very passionate about. and for me, all it seemed to result in was her name calling. suella braverman. >> yeah. so i think given the way that the as we saw in a clip earlier on the show, that that when patrick was walking around with suella in cambridge and they are parked, they've parked themselves on the lawn of king's, which is famously known for being a bit of a communist college. i think you have a hammer and sickle up behind their bar, so some of them might

be cambridge students. and when i was there, a week, just over a week ago, they did have a sign up that said that there were jews for palestine or something to that effect. they weren't willing to engage with her. so kudos to this girl for being willing to come on the channel and actually have a discussion with suella. but she did immediately attempt to just simply close it down by accusing her of being a liar, pulling out the you're a liar card, i didn't think that she was particularly articulate. i didn't think she put across a particularly strong claim. she was just making statements and not really engaging with what suella was saying. but at the same time, i don't think necessarily suella did as robust a job as she could have done in pushing back against that. but ultimately, you know, we saw yesterday , you know, we saw yesterday, there was a video circulating on social media of a jewish man being chased out of a soho square. so the idea that, you know, if you maybe if you are one of the people who is part of this group, perhaps you're a marxist yourself and you have a sign that says that you're openly jewish and that you're supporting palestine. they're

going to leave you alone. but if you walk into an area being as as gideon falter was described as gideon falter was described as openly jewish, if you walk into the wrong area as a jew at the moment, you might get chased out of soho square. you might end up on the on the, the sharp end up on the on the, the sharp end of something that is worse than just being verbally abused. >> matthew, you say you're proud of london, your hometown. did you see that video yesterday of that jewish person being accosted? and by the way, it wasn't even in english. it was in arabic. are you ashamed of the scenes that we see in london, such as that in a city of 9 million people? >> you're going to get criminals. do you condemn it? well, what do you think? >> i don't know, tell me, do i condemn jews being chased out of soho? >> well, you denied it, of course. >> no, i didn't deny it, i you said that. listen, can we. if we're going to have a proper debate, we have to listen to each other. we have to listen to the answers. and i'm going to repeat my answer. i have from the beginning supported people's freedom to march. freedom of expression is a fundamental tenet of our democracy. i thought that was what gb news is built all around. i have also been absolutely explicit from

the beginning where there is anti—semitism, whether that's verbally expressed or physically expressed, such as what you're just describing, the police should clamp down very, very hard on them. every jew in this city and everywhere else in our great country should feel safe to use exactly the same streets as everybody else . as everybody else. >> well, no, i think we all agree with that. but what my point to you at the beginning was that this student appeared to be denying the existence of this. i'm not here to defend the student. >> i'm not here to defend her. i just thought from what little i heard of her, she sounded articulate. if she is defending, if she is defending, i don't believe she was any form of anti—semitism . anti—semitism. >> she should be condemned, denied it existing. >> so in these clearly there's been anti—semitism, clearly there's been anti—semitism. >> and it should be absolutely , >> and it should be absolutely, rightly condemned. >> she i've got your point. understood, matthew. but she also refused to say whether israel should exist. she refused to, comment on october the 7th or hamas's behaviour. the whole conversation and the so—called debate with suella was just this young lady throwing insults and asking counter questions. so let me do some. >> let me do some condemning guys, let me just quickly do

some condemning . some condemning. >> i'm yes, i'm broadly from the left. right. okay. i think what israel is doing in gaza is not a genocide, but it's appalling. i also happen to think that the events of october the 7th were deeply sickening, and the acts of an evil death cult. is that okay? >> that's pretty good. we got it. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> emma. matthew. thank you very much. >> here's your news headlines with severe . with severe. >> ben. thank you. it's 1032. >> ben. thank you. it's1032. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the chancellor has newsroom. the chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with the labour party. he warned that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges, as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. the chancellor spoke in london today, accusing his shadow, rachel reeves, of resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households . taxation on uk households. >> it comes to labour policies

on jobs, welfare reform and tax. the difference if they are elected , will be profound and elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them, the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. but labour supports those policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract debate from the biggest divide in british politics today. what happens to the tax burden next? >> french police have shot dead a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northwestern city of rouen . it's reported city of rouen. it's reported that the man was armed with a knife and an iron bar, and threw a firebomb inside the building before police shot him. police were called at around 645 this morning after local reports of smoke seen rising from the

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i >> -- >> good morning. it's fast approaching 39 minutes after 10:00. this is britain's newsroom with me. nana akua and ben leo. now, this weekend sees perhaps the biggest boxing fight of the 21st century. as heavyweights tyson fury and vladimir usyk. i should let you do this bit goes toe to toe. >> vladimir usyk, ukrainian big tough guy with morecambe resident tyson fury reportedly set to net £116 million for the fight. you heard that right. £116 million. and his own father involved in an altercation with his opponent's team. there was a really staggering video doing the rounds yesterday where he headbutted one of usyk's team. the stage is set for an

explosive showdown. so joining us now is ben shalom , ceo of us now is ben shalom, ceo of boxing promotion company boxer. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. that as i said forjoining us. that as i said in the intro, the stage couldn't be more, intense and emphatic, not least because fury's dad headbutted one one of usyk's team. what was going on there? i couldn't believe that. >> to be honest, i think , look, >> to be honest, i think, look, everything adds to the drama. there's a lot of pressure. big john fury has been a character in boxing for many years, but you don't expect to see that . i you don't expect to see that. i don't think it's needed. i think what this is a legacy fight. it's the first undisputed heavyweight title in 25 years. it's a brit. it's tyson fury, it's british boxing on the centre stage all around the world. and i think that's what really needs to be celebrated here. this is a legacy event for british boxing . british boxing. >> so who was the last? sorry nana i'm just going to who was the last undisputed heavyweight champion? was it a one lennox lewis lewis . lewis lewis. >> it was lennox lewis yes.

another another brit. and here we are 25 years later and i think tyson fury will have been 11 years old, 12 years old at the time. i think that was 1999. and here we are two days away from the biggest fight. but british boxing is absolutely booming at the moment. and it's a it's amazing to see. it's amazing to be involved. and, i think this, this event can take it to another level. >> so like on a, on a scale of1 >> so like on a, on a scale of 1 to 10, is this the sort of wimbledon of the boxing world as wimbledon of the boxing world as wimbledon is to the tennis world, like the top big thing that everyone goes to watch? i think for so long in boxing, the big complaint has been it's been so fragmented in the big fights never get made and no one really understands it. >> there's too many world titles and so for everything to come together, for all the world titles to be on the line, it happens rarely in, in, in other divisions, but definitely very rarely in the heavyweight division , which is the, the division, which is the, the marquee division. so this is an absolutely enormous and i think we've seen over the past year or

two, british boxing just get bigger and bigger and bigger. i mean, we had a british heavyweight title fight in march . sell out the o2, heavyweight title fight in march . sell out the 02, we have a domestic world title fight at selhurst park on crystal palace on june the 15th, selling out there as well. and it goes right to the very top. tyson fury, now at the top of the hill in the heavyweight division. as i said, having the first unification and god knows how long, it's a it's a very exciting time for the sport. >> this fight of course, is being held in saudi arabia, which perhaps explains why the prize purse is, you know, so big in terms of the two boxers, tyson fury, the brit, usyk , the tyson fury, the brit, usyk, the ukrainian, who do you think is going to win? ben? what are their pros? what are their cons? >> look , you always have to go >> look, you always have to go with the brit. i think tyson is the bigger man. everyone in boxing, there's a long, historic saying in boxing that a good big man always beats a good little man. on this occasion, however,

you're in the you're in the you know, you're in there with oleksandr usyk, former gold medallist, former unified champion at cruiserweight division, made anthony joshua look very average on two occasions. this guy. and so i think we're going to have to see a career best performance from tyson fury. it really is a 5050 fight, but you have to go with the brit. >> and what kind of fairy tale would it be for fury to win? because of course, he's achieved so much . and bearing in mind his so much. and bearing in mind his history with mental health, he's been open about the fact he tried to kill himself on many occasions. once describing how he was driving his ferrari at 120 miles an hour straight into a wall, and he only stopped himself at the last minute. i mean, for me, he's a really quite exemplary, inspirational bloke to pick yourself literally off the canvas of life like that and to come and do what he's doneis and to come and do what he's done is incredible. what would this mean for him to win against usyk and become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world? >> yeah, it's the pinnacle. it's the ultimate comeback story, as you said, from where he was at.

that's what boxing is. it's about getting yourself back up. it's about going again. he's showing it time and time again. but similarly oleksandr usyk, his country is at war right now and he's in this ring fighting for his country. he's been back there . he's been helping the there. he's been helping the army, both of them inspirational. i think that's with boxing. it creates these characters that come from nothing, that have to fight very literally to the way to the top. and now both of them, you know, are sitting one day away from history and whoever wins , you history and whoever wins, you know, will deserve it. and may the best man win. and hopefully we get a fair fight tomorrow night. >> how much is the full prize fund then? if you win you get was 116 million. if you lose what you get. >> well, that fixed purses in boxing very rarely are the win bonuses. so tyson fury , whether bonuses. so tyson fury, whether he wins or loses tomorrow night we'll be taking away that prize money that you said. i've never seen anything like it, really. i mean, what's usyk getting, ben. >> yeah. so we're talking you i

would expect him to be getting about 75% of what tyson fury is getting . getting. >> so you're talking a near enough £200 million fight, which is which is unheard of. one sporting event generating generating that much money for two individuals, it's eye—watering. that's just what's going on at the moment over there in the middle east. and there in the middle east. and the money coming into sport is incredible . incredible. >> and that's. >> and that's. >> yeah, the athletes are benefiting. >> that's what you get with the oil money, liquid gold. that's why all the top footballers are going there. the football leagues, all the big fights are there. yeah. >> well, listen. >> well, listen. >> thanks. lucrative. >> thanks. lucrative. >> yeah . interesting fight. it >> yeah. interesting fight. it should be a good one to watch, right . up next, after the one right. up next, after the one year anniversary of a two year old being airlifted to hospital, we'll be speaking to the family about what such a vital service means to them. that's the air ambulance. you're with. britain's newsroom

gb news. good morning. if you've just tuned in. where have you been ? tuned in. where have you been? gb newsroom. where have you been?! gb newsroom. where have you been? i know what they've been doing. right. but it's been. it's the one year anniversary of a two year old baby burning himself with a tea and being airlifted to hospital. >> yeah, this is an extraordinary story. i'm not sure if you remember it from last year, but thanks to the quick action of the air ambulance crew, a disaster was averted. but despite overwhelming community support, a recent poll reveals that over 3 million locals are unaware that the life saving air ambulance service operates solely on donations. >> well , i actually do a solely on donations. >> well, i actually do a monthly donation to the air ambulance. oh it's they're amazing. >> it's life saving. it's incredible . i've got one the incredible. i've got one the kent, surrey and sussex air ambulance down in sussex . and ambulance down in sussex. and it's all on donations and the work they do is you know, it's just i can't articulate how important they are. but we're joined now by little jenson, the two year old who , who, suffered two year old who, who, suffered that horrific incident last year i >> -- >> he's just lam

>> he's just on the side there. >> he's just on the side there. >> there he is. but mum, michelle and dave briggs, head of north west air ambulance charity. good morning to you all. good morning jenson. thank you all for joining all. good morning jenson. thank you all forjoining us. can you just briefly explain what happened last year to poor jenson ? it was a cup of tea jenson? it was a cup of tea wasn't it? and it somehow ended up on himself. what happened , up on himself. what happened, yes. so, he burnt himself with, a cup of tea. a year ago today, actually. so it's the one year today. so we very much needed the air ambulance , on that day, the air ambulance, on that day, didn't we? so you had to have a skin graft, on his right shoulder as you can tell. he's okay now. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> thank goodness . >> thank goodness. >> thank goodness. >> yeah, he's all right now with that lollipop. definitely. so. so where did the air where did the air ambulance land to , to the air ambulance land to, to help jenson that day, we live in a very small village, and it, sort of landed in the park , our sort of landed in the park, our local play park. >> and what difference did it make ? say, for example, you had make? say, for example, you had to wait for a road ambulance to take. jenson to hospital. what

difference did it make in terms of his recovery and treatment? >> it was just the speed that they came here, so when it happened, we saw a helicopter flying over our house and we were like, that can't be for us. surely that's the speed that it got to us was ridiculous , so. got to us was ridiculous, so. and then we went, it can't be fast. and then when we saw it, when we saw it land in the village , we're like, oh, maybe village, we're like, oh, maybe it is. and then they came running down like heroes. it was like something out of a movie, really. running down the street to our house, and within sort of 20 minutes, half an hour, we were there. the helicopter flying to manchester hospital. so, yeah, definitely the speed is so important. >> so. so dave , now you're head >> so. so dave, now you're head of north west air ambulance. it's a charity , how much does it it's a charity, how much does it cost to run the air ambulance kind of monthly, annually? and how important are those donations to you? >> hello , thank you for having >> hello, thank you for having us on, this year alone, we need to raise £18 million, just to

keep the service going , we keep the service going, we receive no government funding. we're not part of the nhs , so we're not part of the nhs, so it's essential, that that money comes in to enable us to provide a life saving consultant led service to the people of the nonh service to the people of the north west of england . north west of england. >> well, it seems madness that it's not that you don't get any funding at all. i just i can't get my head around it. so you're not part of. i mean, you must be part of the nhs or something like that, or you're just a separate division that actually just go and pick up people, support them, and then bring them to the nearest hospital, them to the nearest hospital, the most or the right hospital for the injuries that they've sustained. >> yeah, we're a complementary service . the beauty of being service. the beauty of being a standalone charity is that we can react, we're very agile, we're very nimble, and we can get to the people who need our help, as quickly as possible, without any issues. so we're really proud of the fact that we respond to over 3000 jobs a yeanin respond to over 3000 jobs a year, in the last year alone, we deau year, in the last year alone, we dealt with over 1500 patients,

and we provide a life saving service. that just simply wouldn't happen if we if we didn't exist , which is why it's didn't exist, which is why it's so important we get that £80 million a year, through our supporters, dave , it seems supporters, dave, it seems incredible that you are having to find 18 million a year when you're going out on so many jobs, you're saving so many lives, you're treating so many people like young jenson there. >> why isn't more being done from central government or the nhs to help you? not just you guys, but as i said, the air ambulance down where i live, kent, surrey and sussex, you're all in the same predicament. you're all having to donate and work hard to and graft just to do what is an essential and very important job. why? why are you in this predicament? >> i couldn't answer that question, i think what i can say is, though, we deliver a fantastic service, 365 days of the year, we continue to save lives and will continue to do that. we deliver blood. we can do surgical procedures, and we really bring the hospital to the patient . so, please continue to patient. so, please continue to support your local , air support your local, air ambulances across the uk as long

as along with the north west air ambulance charity here. >> yeah, it must stick in your craw. all this diversity and inclusion and all these ridiculous heavy managers in the nhs, they're paying millions for yet a service like yours. you then have to find people to actually put money in to keep you going . if people want to you going. if people want to help and support your charity, where can they go? what should they search for and how can they donate if they wish to? >> thank you. yeah, they can go to our website which is ww northwest air ambulance . org northwest air ambulance. org .uk. they could join our air lottery . they can do fundraising lottery. they can do fundraising events and we'll happily support them in doing that . and if the them in doing that. and if the corporate clients, you know, with sponsorships and things they could do to help us on a bigger scale, but we couldn't be here without the grateful support of the people across the nonh support of the people across the north west. >> and, michelle, i have to ask you, because i'm a fan of formula one, was jenson named after jenson button , and how is afterjenson button, and how is jenson getting on today? what kind of little boy is he? what does he enjoy doing, yes, he

definitely was named after my husband is here. yes, he's thumbs up. he is named after him, yeah. he's he's doing fine now , so he still has to have now, so he still has to have treatment and he has to wear a compression top that he has to wear, all the time. you can kind of see a bit of it here. so this is a compression top and he has to wear it 22 hours out of 24. and we have to massage the skin graft three times a day, which we have helped with with his nursery, so it's ongoing. we've got an, hopefully by the end of the year we should be able to not wear this skin graft anymore, this compression dot, but he's he's got used to it now, so. >> yeah, he's he's pretty busy and he's enjoying himself. thank you so much to michelle and dave. yeah we're so glad that jenson's better. and of course we need to continue supporting our air ambulance. still to come as a primary school closes in devon after unsafe drinking water. our water companies, utterly unfit for purpose . utterly unfit for purpose. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. stick with us back in a

. tick. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon , heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales , areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the south west,

south—west england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers. across the east coast, though, we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt, where we could see some heavy showers , possibly some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening. but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. could see some drizzly rain for a time when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. nofice into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. another fairly mild night for the time of year . so a bit of the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to

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>> good morning. it's 11:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's11:00 on friday, the 17th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you, too. sickness, diarrhoea, fever . too. sickness, diarrhoea, fever. they're just some of the symptoms spread by a highly contagious virus in devon's water. as hundreds fall ill and schools are forced to shut. are we living nana in a third world country? >> well, it certainly feels like it, right? what's so top baby names? noah and olivia. they dominate the list again. but did your favourite reach the ons compiled annual list? >> olivia is always a firm favourite, isn't it? wall of silence. that's what former home secretary suella braverman and our very own patrick christys were greeted with as they confronted pro—palestine protesters at cambridge university. let's take a look. >> what are you here protesting about ? about? >> might not get a better opportunity than this to talk. what's your message to the palestinian people? >> what's your message to hamas?

>> what's your message to hamas? >> let us know what you think about that. gbnews.com forward slash your say. it's funny, isn't it? you're at the best university in the world. you're paying university in the world. you're paying a lot of money, i suspect, to be there. and yet you can't debate the one thing you're passionate about. can you imagine. you are camping in the rain on the street , imagine. you are camping in the rain on the street, in a tent akin to a homeless person, because you're so passionate about a one simple, very, very simple cause. yet when it comes to debating it or putting your argument across, you go mute . argument across, you go mute. >> that's interesting. i don't think they really understand the full argument. i think that's why they've done that. it's safer to say nothing when you don't know anything, but get all your thoughts in gbnews.com/yoursay first, let's get the news with sophia. >> thanks, nana. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm sophia >> thanks, nana. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the

chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with the labour party. he warns that labour party. he warns that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges. as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating national insurance . speaking national insurance. speaking a short while ago in london, the chancellor accused his shadow, rachel reeves, of resorting to playground politics with her criticism of high levels of taxation on uk households. >> it comes to labour policies on jobs and welfare reform and tax. the difference , if they are tax. the difference, if they are elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them. the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. but labour supported those policies , labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground to politics use those tax rises to distract, debate from the

biggest divide in british politics today . what happens to politics today. what happens to the tax burden next? >> southwest water says cow manure could have led to the outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon that has led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea . it is thought a and diarrhoea. it is thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. bottled water has been handed out to residents as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut . natural sciences lecturer doctor christian dunn says it's not just the fault of water companies. >> companies get all the flack , >> companies get all the flack, but there's so many other issues at play here. you're talking about cattlemen, you're there. so was the farming farmers around the area. were they following best practice when it comes to storing their manure? there's so many issues there which a water company has to face. and then when it goes wrong , it can go wrong in a very

wrong, it can go wrong in a very unfortunate way like this. and then the water company gets the flack in many ways, quite rightly. and we have to look at how our water companies are operating in this country. and we have to have a bit of a root and branch rethink about this, because it's clearly the water industry is clearly not operating how we want as a society, and the environment wants as well . wants as well. >> in other news, french police have shot dead a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northwestern city of rouen. it's reported that the man was armed with a knife and an iron bar, and threw a firebomb inside the building before police shot him. police were called at around 645 this morning after local reports of smoke seen rising from the synagogue . the rising from the synagogue. the mayor of rouen said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect the jewish community, but the entire city was battered and in shock . teachers workloads are in shock. teachers workloads are increasingly difficult as they're being forced to handle their pupils mental health and family problems . this is family problems. this is according to mps who've been

critical of the government's efforts to tackle staff shortages in schools. the education select committee says teachers are now spending more time addressing these issues than usually falling outside their remit. president putin has arrived in china's little moscow on the second day of his visit to the country. the russian president landed in the chinese city of harbin, where he's attending a china—russia trade fair, to emphasise the strength of economic links between the countries. it comes a day after meetings between putin and chinese leader xi jinping , where chinese leader xi jinping, where they praised their deep ties and donald trump's ex—lawyer michael cohen has been accused of lying about hush money phone calls to ex—porn star stormy daniels. mr cohen has been giving evidence in the case about hush money payments to miss daniels in an attempt to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with the former president in 2006. mr cohen has maintained that during a call,

he spoke to trump and told him he'd paid miss daniels $130,000 in hush money on his behalf. but trump's lawyer, todd blanche, called this into doubt . and for called this into doubt. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts . by scanning the gb news alerts. by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to nana and ben . back to nana and ben. >> thank you. so far it's just gone six minutes after 11:00. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with nana akua and ben leo, now former home secretary suella braverman. >> did you see this last night? she engaged with patrick christys, and they both went down to cambridge university to debate pro—palestine students camping out in tents. later on in the show. and by the way, watch this in full on youtube. catch up on the entire show because it was bombshell to say the least. suella braverman, the former home secretary, she she

clashed with fiona lally. live in the studio. take a look . in the studio. take a look. >> doing is a genocide and that's moving towards a genocide. let's stick to and i think that and i think, okay, let's stick to facts. that is 40,000 people dead. more than that, that's injured millions of people displaced . people displaced. >> there is no evidence for a genocide, no evidence. >> second thing i would also say is that that real the we're going back to the marches now, the issue of the marches, of course, everybody has the right to peaceful protest and expressing their views. but what we have seen and i'd be interested in your views is anti—semitism, we've seen from the river to the sea. palestine will be free. that is an anti—semitic chant calling for the eradication of israel, the eradication of israelis and the eradication of israelis and the eradication of israelis and the eradication of jewish people. >> you're a liar. you're a liar on every single one of these mass protests right there is a huge jewish block in all of these encampments. the

encampments that you went to today, even in cambridge, talking about all this kind of stuff, the cambridge group, cambridge jews for justice, they said you are weaponizing their identity to promote a culture war. and that's all this is because you've got no actual real policies or statements or anything to offer people in this country. let's be honest, the reason you're here and the reason you're here and the reason you're here and the reason you went today is because you want to be the leader of the tory party that that bit always infuriates me. >> that was fiona lally speaking to suella braverman last night on patrick christys show . that on patrick christys show. that bit annoys me when people tell you why you're doing something as though they know you and they know your motives. she doesn't know your motives. she doesn't know her motives, but one of the bits that was it really irritating as well, is there, you know, the repeatedly calling it a genocide . and lr has sent it a genocide. and lr has sent a message in on gbnews.com/yoursay say saying it isn't genocide. genocide is targeting a specific group of people based on religion, skin colour, etc. hamas has been targeted in this for being a terrorist organisation who attacked innocent civilians at a social event.

innocent civilians at a social event . they're hiding behind event. they're hiding behind civilians. i also don't understand how suella braverman was lying. those statements have been sent to pro—palestinian marches. it's a shame to see someone resort to insults to try to win a debate. thank you. exactly. >> well, that's the thing for me . she has a topic. as i mentioned in the top of the show , that she's so passionate about this girl and the other protesters down at cambridge, they're so passionate they can be on the street. the young lady came into the studio to debate it. yet the foundation of her argument was insults. it was just, you're racist. you want to be the leader of the conservative party, etc, etc. there was no such substance to her argument. and it's a shame really, because as we see with the just stop oil protesters, they're trying to win people over to their side of the argument. you're trying to convince people who are on the fence and there's plenty of them. some people, you know, have concerns about, them. some people, you know, have concerns about , israel, them. some people, you know, have concerns about, israel, a lot of people, of course, by default have concerns about hamas. they're a death cult. but you're trying to convince people to your side of the argument. but yet when you come into the studio and you just hurl insults and you don't debate or even

worse, you just don't reply to suella and patrick as they tread the streets of cambridge. you're not doing anything for your youn not doing anything for your your, your, your team, your argument. it's pathetic as well. >> she was telling she was relaying the message that the jewish people, apparently in cambridge, were saying , yet cambridge, were saying, yet suella was in cambridge there, and those people could have said it to her. so it does seem a bit silly, and i quite like this one as well. susan susan sent a message and she said, if what we have seen last night in the clips this morning, i would like to know whether the bar to get into a top university is now set so low that all prospective students just have to know there two times table, what an absolute shower ! absolute shower! >> well, that was quite telling a tweet this morning from somebody who, according to their twitter bio, is a teacher of american history at cambridge. their tweet said congratulations to the students. this is a lecturer, by the way, at cambridge. congratulations to the students, faculty and passers by who ensured that when

suella braverman came to cambridge today, there was no one for her to talk to save for her gb news handlers. the person who wrote that teachers, students at cambridge, they are a, i assume a professor there a lecturer. so when you've got those kind of people who harbouring that kind of environment and that level of intellect, i guess you can't blame the students for being so low grade because they are a product of their environment. but i'll tell you what, i've got two young kids and i'm going to keep my well, try my best, i think to keep them away from these universities because they are indoctrinated with far left marxists. well, well , william marxists. well, well, william says something different. >> he says goodbye gb news. this channelis >> he says goodbye gb news. this channel is so biased against palestine . cause how can suella palestine. cause how can suella braverman say there is no evidence of genocide? really? well, look, william, we did explain that. why? obviously, israel has a has a right to retaliate in some respects , and retaliate in some respects, and now it is all out war. so it's not it's not really a genocide.

it's war. what's happening is war. and i find it interesting that people are continuing to conflate the two things when they know full well that it's a war, they're at war. and sadly, i've been lives are lost at war. >> i've been saying for months that i'm concerned about the what joe biden and the un called indiscriminate bombing, quote unquote , of gaza. i've been unquote, of gaza. i've been concerned about innocent kids dying from both sides. but as you said, it is war. people are going to die . and in actual going to die. and in actual fact, i just wish people like the lady who came on with patrick last night would just be honest about it and just say, i don't like jews . i don't think don't like jews. i don't think israel should exist because she didn't answer the question. do you think that's what she's. i'm anti—semitic. just say it out loud. be be proud of your position. don't be. don't be a coward. don't be a coward about her. >> but she didn't specifically say that. and, you know, in her defence, she didn't say. she didn't answer it. she may not have answered it, but the bottom line is she didn't really answer any questions. >> so what does that tell you? >> so what does that tell you? >> she doesn't answer any questions. you just refuse to answer anything and just went all around. >> so if patrick says, do you think israel should exist? and she doesn't answer, you don't

need to. if she refuses to answer, you've got her answer in black and white. well, yeah. >> by default. but still, that's just the way it is. >> and that's my point. just if you if you're going to be a racist or anti—semitic or you want jews wiped off the face of the earth, just own it. be proud of it and say it out loud. >> she never said that. cowards. she didn't say that. right. if you just tuned in 13 minutes after 11:00. >> now the boss of southwest water says she is, quote, truly sorry for the outbreak of a diarrhoea type illness as the contaminated water supply down in devon continues. >> now, the companies say that cattle manure. i don't know how it would have got in. there must be pipes that perhaps they haven't maintained. it seems a bit odd. could have led to the outbreak of the parasitic disease as thousands have been told to stop drinking the tap water without boiling it first. >> joining us now is james murray, host of the last salmon podcast. good morning to you, james. so correct me if i'm wrong, but you've been campaigning for a while now about the state of our waterways, the pollution . how waterways, the pollution. how does this latest situation in devon make you feel? i mean, is it the behaviour of a third

world country like some are suggesting this morning with behaviour of a third world country in in regards to government and how they position and how they prioritise the environment. >> absolutely. yes, it doesn't surprise me. indeed, as long as nobody seriously harmed in this situation, it's arguably a good thing because it really does draw focus and very important time for our rivers , as charles time for our rivers, as charles watson said just the other day from river action, someone is potentially going to lose their life , due to how our waters are life, due to how our waters are mismanaged and badly regulated. regulated. and this is just a stepping stone towards that, really, isn't it, i'm just wondering, though , why are these wondering, though, why are these companies so lackadaisical about keeping our water clean when at the end of the day, water is life? without it, we are finished ? finished? >> well, because they're not regulated, the regulation is dire, it comes from government. i mean , people say they're

i mean, people say they're asleep at the wheel when it comes to rivers. i actually think they're driving the car. there is no robust regulatory regulation legislation in place . regulation legislation in place. the water companies are obviously, as we know, are private endeavours. they're private endeavours. they're private enterprise is they are beasts that that, run for profit, it's way down. the list is on the priority is, is the health of the rivers. they they're all about profit and they're all about profit and they're run by largely foreign investors , companies. so it's up investors, companies. so it's up to the regulators . it's up to to the regulators. it's up to government. and sadly, government. and sadly, government have been found lacking in leadership when it comes to our rivers. still seemingly are. so i've still yet to see any kind of manifesto. i've even, you know, we don't hear rishi sunak talking about the rivers, do we? we don't even hear anybody close to rishi sunak or at that high level of leadership . yeah, seemingly leadership. yeah, seemingly giving a damn about the situation. >> yeah . the buck does stop with >> yeah. the buck does stop with the government. they've been in charge for 14 years. some as a coalition. and you've got to say they've utterly failed. i've said many times, james, on this

show that i live near brighton in, i live in west sussex, actually, but the amount of times i've been to go and swim in the sea with my young kids and southern water are pumping raw sewage into the sea, i say again, i sound like a broken record. it's a damning indictment of, of this government. what do you make of calls for renationalisation of our water companies ? our water companies? >> well, i think i think that's the way it may head, certainly in, in terms, in terms of water, thames water's case. i don't think it's the solution. it might be a means to an end. it's a stepping stone . the government a stepping stone. the government needs to step in temporarily, perhaps break it up. it's too big, have a proper look. regulate it properly . don't regulate it properly. don't allow the foreign investors the leeway and the. and the access to leverage that they're currently allowed. but we know first hand that if you keep a sector in government hands such as network rail, such as the post office , they will do post office, they will do a worse job than than the private sector or certainly not a better job that you can do much worse.

>> james, thank you very much, james. >> you'd be surprised. >> you'd be surprised. >> i don't think you can. no, no one could do that badly. that's. thank you. so much to james. he's the host, james murray, host of the last salmon podcast, south west water said in a statement. we are working with pubuc statement. we are working with public health partners to urgently investigate the source of this outbreak. we apologise for the inconvenience , caused for the inconvenience, caused the inconvenience and will continue to keep customers and businesses updated. i mean, i'd argue a public health outbreak is more than just an inconvenience. >> they should be sued and, well, you know . but anyway, well, you know. but anyway, still to come, our panel will be here to discuss the top stories of the day. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben and nana back in

tick. hello. welcome back. it's 1120 with ben and nana on britain's newsroom on gb news. we're joined again by political commentators emma webb and matthew stadlen in the studio.

good afternoon or good morning to you, too. >> 1120 start with emma. emma >>1120 start with emma. emma webb, did you i'm sure you got to listen to jeremy hunt's speech this morning, what will your sort of overarching views on it? >> i mean , it's difficult >> i mean, it's difficult because obviously the conservatives have put tax up to a record high and the main show tick of, of this speech is that in the next government, if the tories were to win, that they would put down taxes, that labour would put taxes up. and at the same time we've got keir starmer essentially saying that it would take two terms in order to sort the mess out. so he's already already vying for excuses. exactly he's already saying i'm not going to be able to do this in the next five years. just so you know, so it's interesting, but i think ultimately, i mean, people are not i think at this point people have disengaged. the conservatives have put taxes up so high. and it is quite frightening to think of, of the ways in which the labour party would raise taxes, particularly on private schools, because those private schools that will be most affected by those tax rises would be those that, you know, normal people work very

hard to send their children to , hard to send their children to, better schools that are smaller and they're not eaton's and harrow's, but they are fee paying. those are the ones that would be hit the most, and also the effect that , that would have the effect that, that would have on, on, you know, taxing, taxing the very, very rich of course, would cause, would cause wealth to leave the country. so it's difficult because of course, we would hope that the conservatives would put taxes down if they were in the unlikely event to win the next general election. but the public have very little reason to believe them because they've put taxes up despite jeremy hunt. >> they would take them out. >> they would take them out. >> it was a bit disingenuous of keir starmer, who backed all the rise in tax to pay for what has happened.so rise in tax to pay for what has happened. so covid and of course the war and things like that. so he did point that out, that and of course, keir starmer is also saying, oh, but we wouldn't be able to lower taxes immediately . able to lower taxes immediately. >> so he's effectively saying exactly the same as a conservative government matthew tweedledum and tweedledee , i tweedledum and tweedledee, i thought, i thought was definitely not what struck me

about, about this speech was that jeremy hunt was making excuses. >> remember, the tories, we've got to keep saying this, have beenin got to keep saying this, have been in power for 14 years. he said. there have been three major shocks to the british economy that the tories have helped steer us out of. one was the after effects of the financial crash. one was covid and one was ukraine. of course , and one was ukraine. of course, omitting brexit and omitting liz truss's disastrous administration more widely on the question of tax. i think it's fascinating going into this election because you can barely put a cigarette paper between our two main parties on tax and given that there have to be, quite rightly proper questions asked of labour, if you're going to do pretty much exactly the same as the tories on tax, what is really substantively going to change? yes, we hope that they're going to be a much more efficient administration. yes, we hope that there isn't going to be the nasty, divisive rhetoric. but on making people's lives better through the tax system, what are they actually going to do? >> you sound like a reform

voter. >> you do. >> you do. >> no, i don't, because i absolutely, absolutely not, absolutely, absolutely not, absolutely not a reform voter. although richard tice trying to lift some of the least well off people out of the tax system is actually quite a left wing policy , well, listen, just some policy, well, listen, just some breaking news. we can now go live to hartlepool, where an asylum seeker, ahmed ali, is being sentenced after murdering 70 year old in his religion on october the 15th and considered him mr nouri and apostate, one who has voluntarily denounced islam in some muslim majority countries, apostasy is a criminal offence, sometimes punishable with the death penalty. >> he . the defendant would curse >> he. the defendant would curse both mr nouri and another resident who he thought behaved in a way that was haram forbidden in israel . in a way that was haram forbidden in israel. i'm in a way that was haram forbidden in israel . i'm sorry, forbidden in israel. i'm sorry, in islam, such as inviting a girlfriend into the house, he was heard saying that they were the devil, that allah should

damned them . and like the other damned them. and like the other residents , mr nouri, a residents, mr nouri, a physically large, strong man, was not afraid to confront and argue with the defendant or make light about his fastidiousness with food and conduct. another man, who sometimes stayed in the house as a guest, told the jury that the defendant thought of them as garbage . after israel them as garbage. after israel declared war against hamas on the 8th of october and announced a siege of gaza the next day, mr noun a siege of gaza the next day, mr nouri became concerned because he saw the defendant watching on his mobile phone what mr nouri called footage of terrorist news. he was laughing and praising allah when the footage showed that hamas had killed children and women . mr nouri children and women. mr nouri noficed children and women. mr nouri noticed that the defendant would

keep a knife out when he was in the kitchen, even if he wasn't using one. mr nouri contacted friends at the local church. the charity migration help and those responsible for managing the accommodation in to tell them that he thought his life and those of the others in the house were in danger. his instincts were in danger. his instincts were right . were in danger. his instincts were right. he was advised to go to the police, which he did after that. the accommodation staff visited and spoke to the defendant, telling him that if he carried on behaving as he was, he would be asked to leave. they were satisfied and that the defendant would heed their warning . where mr nouri went warning. where mr nouri went back to the police by arrangement. on the 13th of october, he was prepared to trust the defendant would change, and the police concluded it was a matter for those

responsible for the house to manage . by this time, of course, manage. by this time, of course, the armed forces of israel were carrying out military action in gaza and warning people to evacuate. it is clear from thumbnail images found later on the defendant's phone that he had viewed distress . si king had viewed distress. si king media output of the conflict . media output of the conflict. this was mainstream, and youtube footage . he had also heard that footage. he had also heard that his mother was ill the evening of the following day , 14th of of the following day, 14th of october, mr nouri noticed the defendant watching him when he returned to his room after a bath at around midnight . the bath at around midnight. the friend, who sometimes stayed overnight and who understood some arabic, arrived at the house and heard the defendant shouting and swearing in the corridor about religion . he was corridor about religion. he was saying these shameless , saying these shameless, faithless people, i hope god puts them in hell in the deepest

part of hell . several hours part of hell. several hours later, at around 5 am. on the 15th of october, javid nouri was asleep with the door to his room locked . the defendant went into locked. the defendant went into the kitchen , took out two knives the kitchen, took out two knives and broke into mr nouri bedroom. he attacked mr nouri, stabbing him twice in the chest and shouting allahu akbar. mr nouri woke up and fought him. one of the knives was broken in the attack and fell to the floor when tested later, the blade bore dna matching that of mr noun. bore dna matching that of mr nouri . it was dark and he was nouri. it was dark and he was terrified, but he knew he had to resist and overpower the defendant , who then tried to defendant, who then tried to stab him in the neck, catching his mouth. in the struggle, he managed to wound mr nouri in the leg, causing him to collapse.

the victim screamed to rouse the others in the house. he got hold of the defendant in a headlock and disarmed him of the knife. he still had . in response, the he still had. in response, the defendant punched him in the head and tried to find the other knife , continually shouting knife, continually shouting allahu akbar . the struggle and allahu akbar. the struggle and the defendant's words were caught on the 999 call made from the house. mr nouri managed to pass the knife he'd got hold of to one of the other men, who threw it away in the hallway , threw it away in the hallway, before running upstairs to hide from the defendant until the police arrived. despite feeling faint from loss of blood, which was significant, javid nouri held onto the defendant until he was able to manoeuvre him out of his room. even then , ahmed ali

his room. even then, ahmed ali picked up the knife that had been thrown away in the hall and tried to get back into mr nuri's room. he prevented this by putting his weight against the door from the inside , and javid door from the inside, and javid noun door from the inside, and javid nouri sustained two wounds to his chest and wounds to his lip, thigh and calf, as well as cuts to his back, a finger and bruising to his head. i am sure that the defendant waited to assault him until he was asleep and vulnerable. mercifully, the attempt to kill javid nouri was unsuccessful . when armed police unsuccessful. when armed police eventually entered the house and found him , he had low blood found him, he had low blood pressure due to the severe blood loss , and his condition was loss, and his condition was potentially life threatening . potentially life threatening. although the defendant had failed to strike any vital organs or cause internal bleeding , the life mr nouri had bleeding, the life mr nouri had started to build in this country

was shattered by what happened . was shattered by what happened. he has had to move to another part of england. he has lost proximity to his friends and community links. he has been left with psychological injury. he says all my thoughts of here being a safe country have gone. i would expect to be arrested and possibly executed for converting to christianity in my home country . converting to christianity in my home country. i did not converting to christianity in my home country . i did not expect home country. i did not expect to be attacked in my sleep here. returning to the 15th of october, mr terence carney was a local man from hartlepool, the port town in county durham, who enjoyed walking in the peace of early mornings. he was someone of quiet habits, strongly connected to his wife and daughter, who miss him deeply . daughter, who miss him deeply. their powerful impact statements remind the court that the

defendant's random targeting of a lone man in the street has touched many lives , and more touched many lives, and more than one generation. the sentence i pass whatever it is, is incapable of undoing the harm the defendant has caused to that family. no period of incarceration would be equivalent to the life he has taken. and that's not the purpose of sentencing. having been thwarted in his murderous attempt on mr nouri, the defendant walked out of the house and down the road. he held the knife in his hand and was captured on cctv footage holding it up in the air as he walked along. he continued saying allahu akbar after just a few minutes, he approached mr carney, who saw him and crossed the road to avoid him. what happenedis the road to avoid him. what happened is recorded on cctv

footage . the defendant went over footage. the defendant went over to him, still holding the knife. he confronted mr carney, who gestured that he didn't want to engage with him . ahmed ali then engage with him. ahmed ali then attacked that unarmed elderly man who was unable to defend himself. i am sure that the defendant gave a deliberately false account in evidence and to the psychiatrist about what happened between him and mr carney . he happened between him and mr carney. he said to happened between him and mr carney . he said to the happened between him and mr carney. he said to the jury that he was walking along saying free palestine, and in response mr carney made a pejorative and racist remark to him. he told the psychiatrist that upon heanng the psychiatrist that upon hearing this, he felt as if mr carney was responsible for israel's actions in gaza and reacted by stabbing him, but only in the leg at which mr carney fell to the ground and said israel. israel, at which

the defendant left , i am sure the defendant left, i am sure from the cctv footage and the medical evidence that as soon as mr carney saw the knife and tried to get away , the defendant tried to get away, the defendant attacked him, stabbing him repeatedly in the body. the knife he used had a 20 centimetre blade. at one point dunng centimetre blade. at one point during the assault, he dropped the knife but picked it up again to continue stabbing his victim. and when the injured mr carney fell, the defendant got himself into a position so that when he got up again, he could strike him again in the chest. got up again, he could strike him again in the chest . cries him again in the chest. cries are heard on the footage and it is likely that mr carney was begging. please please, which is what the defendant told the police in his interview, but he showed him no mercy . police in his interview, but he showed him no mercy. he police in his interview, but he showed him no mercy . he left police in his interview, but he showed him no mercy. he left him lying . mr carney, he

lying. mr carney, he died on the roadside close to where he had been left . he had where he had been left. he had sustained six stab wounds and a number of other injuries in the attack. he died of massive internal bleeding caused by three of the wounds which had pierced his lung, his liver and his heart . the pierced his lung, his liver and his heart. the defendant was arrested within 20 minutes of the attack with the knife in his waistband. he had injured his own hands with the knives he had wielded . at the police station, wielded. at the police station, he made unsolicited comments in arabic directly into an officer's body worn camera, stating that he had acted for the people of gaza and in shaa allah, god willing, gaza would return to being an arab country. he was agitated and had to be

told to sit down among prayers , told to sit down among prayers, praising allah and condemning those who do not believe or who stray from allah. he said that his hands . he stray from allah. he said that his hands. he said that had his hands not been injured , he would hands not been injured, he would have continued what he called the gaza , a battle or raid the gaza, a battle or raid against non—muslims. the gaza, a battle or raid against non—muslims . he said against non—muslims. he said that jews had divided the arabs and the army of mohammed would return to live in al—quds , which return to live in al—quds, which is jerusalem, and at that time non—believers would be humbled and have to pay tax to the muslim rulers. he was seen by several medical professionals at the police station and assessed the police station and assessed the cuts he had caused to his hands were treated in hospital. he was fit to be detained and to be interviewed . in an interview be interviewed. in an interview the following day, in the presence of an independent solicitor and an interpreter, the defendant confessed to the attempted murder of javid nouri

and the murder of terence carney . initially, he believed he had succeeded in killing both men. he explained that the issue was the independence of palestine . the independence of palestine. he had killed two adults in revenge for israel killing innocent people and children by airstrikes, which demolished buildings and destroyed infrastructure . he repeatedly infrastructure. he repeatedly expressed the view that the dunya, this world or humanity in general was rotten. he said that if he had had more weapons and a machine gun, he would have killed thousands . machine gun, he would have killed thousands. he machine gun, he would have killed thousands . he described killed thousands. he described mr carney as an innocent victim who was killed because britain had created israel , which he had created israel, which he called the zionist entity . he called the zionist entity. he predicted that britain was on the verge of a flood, unrest and an explosion if israel did not leave gaza. he said that britain

would be a wreck. he claimed he was ready for his own shahada martyrdom . there is no evidence martyrdom. there is no evidence that the defendant had or sought access to a firearm in the uk, although in his evidence he said he had known someone in germany who did . he had known someone in germany who did. during he had known someone in germany who did . during the interview, who did. during the interview, he became irritated with the interpreter . after it ended, he interpreter. after it ended, he got up and blocked the door , got up and blocked the door, preventing the officers from opening it. his solicitor was so concerned he made an emergency call from inside the room when the door was opened from the outside , the defendant lunged at outside, the defendant lunged at one of the two female interviewing officers and he refused to release her. the other officer tried to separate them. all three fell to the floor, the officers were shaken and one suffered modest injury. the defendant was also convicted of deliberately assaulting two

emergency workers . he was emergency workers. he was charged on the 16th of october and in response to the two main charges, he continued to reiterate his beliefs and the justification for his actions, namely that the zionists have killed lots of children and people far more than those that he had killed, and that the zionists must go because they are criminal and killing innocent people . he also innocent people. he also repeated that the united kingdom was fully accountable for what was fully accountable for what was happening in palestine . the was happening in palestine. the legal principles relevant to the exercise of judgement i must carry out are summarised in the judgement of the lord chief justice in the crown, and stewart and others in 2022. the key responsibility of the judge is to have full regard to the features of the case before her, so that the sentence truly reflects the seriousness of the

particular offences. i am grateful to counsel on both sides for the assistance that they have given me . no they have given me. no pre—sentence report was requested and none was necessary . i have regard to the terms of schedule 21 and remind myself that reaching a conclusion in a case like this is not a matter of mathematical formula or mechanical application of a balance sheet of features pointing towards or away from a particular outcome . this was particular outcome. this was a murder and attempted murder carried out in revenge for the actions of israel. bombing in the gaza strip. in response to a terrorist attack . it was also a terrorist attack. it was also a reaction to the religious conflict with javid nuri . the conflict with javid nuri. the defendant said in clear terms afterwards that his intention was to influence britain's leaders and its people , and leaders and its people, and thereby advance a religious and political cause , namely that of

political cause, namely that of islam and the independence of palestine . in the mention of palestine. in the mention of british involvement in the creation of israel refers back more than 100 years of history in a letter known as the balfour declaration, written to . declaration, written to. a leader of the british jewish community. in 1917, the then foreign secretary committed the british government to establishing a national home for the jewish people in palestine, a period known as the british mandate. after world war i was full of conflict in the region. the conflict continued after the establishment of the state of israel in 1948, and as we all know, it continues still. schedule 21, paragraph two states that the appropriate starting point is a whole life order. if the court considers that the seriousness of the offence or of the combination of the offence and another offence associated with it, is

exceptionally high, and the offender was over the age of 21 when the offence was committed . when the offence was committed. the schedule makes it clear that a murder done for the purpose of advancing a religious or political cause will normally be an offence of exceptionally high seriousness , as it is on a par seriousness, as it is on a par with the usual outcome when a police officer is murdered in the execution of his duty. this is because they are both examples of crimes whose magnitude go far beyond the murder of an individual. they are an attempt to undermine and destroy foundational components of an ordered democratic country , where causes are promoted through lawful means , not through lawful means, not violence. the violence itself was short lived. nonetheless, i've come to the firm conclusion, given the defendant's explanation of his motives in the police interview, a whole life order is the correct starting point . in

correct starting point. in common with the other starting points in schedule 21, the starting point is not always the end point . the court must also end point. the court must also weigh all relevant features, including aggravating and mitigating circumstances , and mitigating circumstances, and detailed consideration of these may result in a minimum term of any length or in the making of a whole life order. as paragraph eight of schedule 21 shows. the criteria in section 69 of the terrorism act 2020 are met in this case, and the law is that i must treat that as an aggravating feature and say so , aggravating feature and say so, which i do. the defendant committed two acts of serious violence against people for the purpose of advancing a political or religious cause , and his or religious cause, and his attacks were designed to influence the government and intimidate the public through fear. there are other aggravating elements that there was premeditate in this case is

beyond doubt. mr allitt was threatening in his manner towards mr nouri , in particular towards mr nouri, in particular in the days leading up to the 15th of october and the fear he caused was such as to lead to a report to the police . the reason report to the police. the reason was that mr nouri had decided to leave the muslim religion on the night itself. he deliberately armed himself with two knives, and the defendant waited until his victim was asleep and in a vulnerable state before breaking into his room . he took one of into his room. he took one of those knives out of the for house use as a weapon, and used it to kill . turning to it to kill. turning to mitigation advanced on the defendant's behalf, mitigation advanced on the defendant's behalf , there are defendant's behalf, there are five factors which require consideration . it is submitted consideration. it is submitted that i should conclude that there was an intention to cause really serious harm , the very really serious harm, the very thing the defendant denied at his trial, rather than an intention to kill . i reject that

intention to kill. i reject that argument. ahmed allied intended to kill both of his victims and succeeded in killing one. the psychiatric assessment of mr ahmed was carried out prior to his trial, and again on the day the trial began. there was no evidence of mental ill health relied on prior to the conviction . subsequently, two conviction. subsequently, two reports have been served psychosis and any other serious mental illness have been excluded. the diagnosis is that of a recognised medical condition, a minor mental illness called an adjustment disorder , which would have disorder, which would have impacted on the defendant's judgement . doctor turner judgement. doctor turner identifies the cause of this temporary condition as the combination of pressures under which the defendant found himself from conflict in the house with mr nouri, his own impecuniosity, his drawn out wait for a decision on his asylum application and

permission to work , worry about permission to work, worry about his mother's ill health together with the acute emotional impact on his religious sensibility of the suffering caused to muslims by the hamas israel conflict . in by the hamas israel conflict. in my judgement, the adjustment disorder provides very limited mitigation. it explains to some degree his antagonism in the shared house, but it does not reduce his culpability for murder or attempted murder at all, because it is not sufficiently connected to such a serious level of violence . the serious level of violence. the defendant told the psychiatrist that his mental state settled down ten days after his arrest, that he regretted what he had done, and he felt very guilty . done, and he felt very guilty. the expression of regret and guilt was not reflected in guilty pleas to any criminal offence , not even the assaults offence, not even the assaults on the police officers . i have on the police officers. i have had the opportunity to observe

mr ali at length, particularly dunng mr ali at length, particularly during his evidence . i have seen during his evidence. i have seen no sign of apology or remorse . no sign of apology or remorse. this is a lack of mitigation and demonstrates that what he said to the psychiatrist was not born of genuine contrition . in my of genuine contrition. in my judgement, the only mitigation of any weight over all is in the lack of evidence of prior terrorist inclination already identified. however as i have noted, that does not equate to there being no evidence of premeditation or preparation . premeditation or preparation. the defendant's antagonism towards javid nuri had been growing, and mr nouri was frightened of him. the defendant has subsequently tried to minimise the religious element to his attacks , telling the to his attacks, telling the psychiatrist that he did not say allahu akbar when stabbing mr nuri, and although he had to admit to the jury that he had

said this, he tried to minimise it by saying he was crying out to allah because he thought mr noun to allah because he thought mr nouri was going to kill him. >> okay, so that was asylum seeker ahmed ali being sentenced to a whole life order for murdering a pensioner. alan riley has the background of what happened. riley has the background of what happened . a place that i don't . happened. a place that i don't. >> underground. down, down on the ground. down on the ground . now! >> down on the ground. this is the moment. asylum seeker ahmed ali was caught by police . ali was caught by police. >> you're under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder . suspicion of attempted murder. >> ahmed times two. you don't have to say anything , but it may have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something later. lie—in in court. >> the moroccan national was found guilty of murder and attempted murder, which he said was prompted by the war in gaza and 999 call recorded the screams of his housemate javid nouri, who alid stabbed with a

kitchen knife in the hartlepool home. they shared jesus christ harmondsworth get up, please . harmondsworth get up, please. >> i said , hey , when a badly >> i said, hey, when a badly injured mr nouri fought him off, ali fled the house and fatally aned ali fled the house and fatally knifed 70 year old terence carney six times whilst in custody, ali said in arabic that he would have killed thousands more people if he could . more people if he could. >> could incumbent at the end of his police interview , ali his police interview, ali attacked two female officers, causing his solicitor to contact emergency services . emergency services. >> deputy chief constable victoria fuller , of cleveland victoria fuller, of cleveland police, spoke after a jury found ali guilty last month. >> the shocking events in

hartlepool on the 15th of october 20 vie 23, which led to the tragic death of 70 year old terence carney, shook the local community to its core. >> the family of pensioner mr carney have said. for them, things will never be the same again. anna riley, gb news, middlesbrough and let's remember terence carney, the hartlepool pensioner who was a victim of that deranged religious attack at the hands of that person there. >> his family said at the time he was a beloved husband, father and grandfather and things will never be the same again. we're joined now by matthew stadlen and emma webb again. let's discuss this, matthew, this guy ahmed ali, came here in 2020. he was seeking asylum. he was staying in state funded accommodation . he's from accommodation. he's from morocco. should he be deported? why should we have to house him in our prison system? he got a whole life order there in the

sentence. why should we have to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds, if not millions, housing him here in a prison in the uk? >> well , on him here in a prison in the uk? >> well, on what legal basis? he wouldn't be deported because of course we are entitled to deport foreign criminals. i suspect it's to do with the fact that he is an asylum seeker and where we don't deport foreign criminals. thatis don't deport foreign criminals. that is because there would be a risk to their lives in their home, in their home country. i imagine now there'd be plenty of people watching this morning who will who will start to think, well, why aren't we using capital punishment and so forth? my capital punishment and so forth? my reaction to acts of extreme and sickening violence such as this man subjected two people. one of them also an asylum seeker. my reaction to extreme violence is not to respond with violence, but i am very pleased to see that he's got a whole life sentence. >> emma webb i think if for most people, if the if the consequence of deporting him back to morocco was that his life would be in danger, most people would say who cares, i think it's a tricky one because

if he is deported back to morocco, would he just live his life as a free man? would he be imprisoned there versus here, having a whole life order, having a whole life order, having justice be done through punishment, being in jail for the rest of his life. but of course, that would then be a taxpayer's expense. and as an asylum seeker who i believe hasn't been granted asylum yet, he really has no right to be on the tax payers pound. so i think it is a tricky one because i'm not personally in favour of capital punishment, because i think that there are serious doubts about, our ability as, as human beings to execute that kind of justice. but i've seen them do. but i think if there is ever going to be a strong argument for the death penalty , argument for the death penalty, it's in a case like this. >> can i ask you about what kind of state is our country in? because we heard from the sentencing there from the judge who said that the first person he tried to murder his flatmate because he converted to christianity from islam, he said , i expected this in my home country to be executed for

converting , not country to be executed for converting, not in country to be executed for converting , not in great converting, not in great britain. is that what we're deaung britain. is that what we're dealing with now? i think that this is a really important part of this case that we need to discuss properly, because this is, a much, much broader issue. >> in fact, i not that long ago did a, did a documentary on this where with some of a pakistani family who were on death row in pakistan for insulting the prophet muhammad. so the threat to people's lives for apostasy is being imported into great britain. and this is going to be a problem for many people who are converting to christianity, except, of course, those who are not doing it legitimate . not doing it legitimate. >> webb. matthew stadlen, thank you for joining >> webb. matthew stadlen, thank you forjoining us >> webb. matthew stadlen, thank you for joining us today. that's it for me. nana on britain's newsroom handing over now to patrick and emily and patrick. congratulations on a whopping show last night. >> oh, thank you very much. thank you. yes it certainly made a few headlines. but what have we got on today, emily? >> yes. well we're just hearing we're going to be, debating really whether we should be paying really whether we should be paying for this whole life prison sentence for this asylum seeker who brutally murdered a pensioner . should we be paying

pensioner. should we be paying for it or should he be deported? yeah. >> is it also right to deport an individual from palestine who said that she felt joy when hamas attacked on october 7? how many more people like that are there? and the rich list is back, went on it. could it be? >> not yet. could it be that the prime minister is actually ficher prime minister is actually richer than the king? >> yes, absolutely. a geert wilders storming through in the netherlands and some shocking stuff coming out about the nhs . stuff coming out about the nhs. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today , warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon and

actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland. well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop . these will mainly fall develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the southwest southwest england , parts of southwest england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers . avoid the risk of showers. across the east coast, though an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day. so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas

should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry. this area of rain will push further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england, southern areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day, and once again also across central areas of scotland. but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day. bye bye . bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

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britain. it's 12:00 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's12:00 on friday, the 17th of may. >> well, in the last few moments, moroccan asylum seeker ahmed ali ali has been sentenced to a minimum term of 44 years for brutally murdering pensioner terence carney. he told police it was for the sake of palestine . why are we paying for his prison sentence and should we deport people who say they are proud of hamas ? proud of hamas? >> a palestinian student claims she's had her visa revoked for doing just that. >> and the rich list is out. yes, we're not on it, unfortunately, but it's rishi sunak richer than the king who's making megabucks off the migration crisis. and could britain be home to the first 9yp5y britain be home to the first gypsy billionaire? >> i mean, hearing the sentencing remarks about this case. no sense of remorse. they made clear to say that there was

no sign of mental illness, no