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Saint georges day parade. And then they closed all the pubs in then they closed all the pubs in the area. I know because i was here. Is this final proof of two tiered policing in britain and believe me, you will not want to miss this fantastic story. Well meet the man who served in the special forces during the Second World War. Hes been celebrating his 102nd birthday in style. Look at him. He looks younger than me. And thats all coming up in your next hour. I want to show always a delight to have your company, sir. Yesterday we saw scenes of the Saint Georges day rally and the police tooled up. They got on their horses, they got their riot shields out. They got their riot shields out. They got their batons out. In a way, we would simply never, ever see on a pro palestine march by the way, theres yet another one of those happening in about two hours time, right outside here. Then they close all the pubs and ill be asking the question, is this now turning into a class war on the white working classes, ill be joined by a barrister who thinks precisely that. Barrister who thinks precisely that. Get in touch with your that. Get in touch with your views. Do you think yesterday was a new low in policing . Send your views, post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay. But before all of that, its your headlines and its sophia wenzler. Thank you martin. Good afternoon from the gb newsroom at 3 00. Your headlines. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl in the engush including a young girl in the English Channel. Yesterday, the National Crime agency says they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. Those detained include two sudanese men, aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old south Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. Three people channel yesterday. Three people have been injured in a reported stabbing at a secondary school. Police say one person has been arrested after the incident at amman Valley School. Its now in lockdown amid reports that a teacher is one of those whove been injured. Parents are reporting a Large Police Presence in the area with two helicopters at the scene. The Prime Minister expressed shock at the news and the home secretary says hes being kept informed to other news. Now the deputy Prime Minister took aim at labour for failing to back the governments increased spending on defence standing in for rishi sunak, whos in germany, Oliver Dowden began todays pmqs with a joke aimed at the labour deputys tax affairs, suggesting she might claim the house of commons as her main residence. On the matter of defence. However, mr dowden said labour had been silent on whether it backs investment in the armed forces. An increasingly dangerous world. The Prime Minister was able to announce his plan for the biggest strengthening of defence spending in a generation , but it should come as no surprise that the Party Opposite refused to say whether they back it or not, because this comes from the right hon. Lady who voted to scrap trident and install in downing street someone who wanted to change the army into a peace corps. There you have it. Angela rayner hit back, though, saying that mr dowden had been obsessing over her living arrangements while the government quietly cuts funds for the army. For the army. Princess is that we havent cut the army to its smallest size since napoleon. And, mr size since napoleon. And, mr speaken size since napoleon. And, mr speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because hes worried they might get wiped out. Has he finally realised that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back to get his main into number 10, he was ditching their biggest election winner for a pint size loser. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister says britain will continue offering what he called unwavering support for ukraine as he appeared next to his german counterpart in berlin this afternoon. This afternoon. It is a war rages on our continent and new threats are rising around the world. And olaf, i want to congratulate you on your leadership in recognising the zeit and vendor and you taking the historic decision to increase germanys defence spending. And we stand here today together as the leading defence spenders in europe, unshakeable nato allies and the two Largest Military supporters of ukraine in europe. And together we will continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends. As you said , for as long as it takes. Said, for as long as it takes. Meanwhile, in the us, the senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a long awaited aid package for ukraine. Israel and taiwan. Its expected to be quickly signed by President Biden, ending months of uncertainty over whether the United States would continue supporting kyiv. It comes after the bill passed the house of representatives on saturday in a show of bipartisan support, despite considerable resistance among some republicans. Ukraines president zelenskyy says it reinforces the us as a beacon of democracy. The former leader of the democratic unionist party, sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has been released on bail. Northern irelands longest serving mp was suspended from the dup following his arrest last month for whats being described as historical sex charges , including one count of charges, including one count of rape. His wife has also been charged with aiding and abetting in relation to the same investigation. In his investigation. In his resignation letter, he said he would be strenuously contesting the allegations. Several the allegations. Several military horses on the loose in Central London this morning have now been contained. Video posted to social media appeared to show one of the animals covered in blood. At least four people were injured as the animals galloped their way through the busy city streets. Westminster police say streets. Westminster police say theyll now be transported by car. For the latest story, sign car. For the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to. Martin. Now its back to. Martin. Thank you sophia. Now we start with this afternoons breaking news. And three people have been injured in a reported stabbing incident at a school in carmarthenshire in South West Wales. One person has been arrested and im joined now by our Homeland Security editor, mark white. Mark, i believe you have an update for us on this story. Yeah, just a word. Now thats come out from the school, Almond Valley school in ammanford, saying that you will be aware of the incident that has taken place at the school today. The family members of all the injured persons have been informed. It says we would look to reassure parents and the pubuc to reassure parents and the public that the incident is contained so that significant in that, of course, there are lots of worried parents. They were in the hundreds. I think theyve reduced a bit now who were outside the school gates for some time, very concerned that their loved ones might have been caught up in this incident. But the school confirming to those parents that anyone who was directly caught up in this, their family members, have been informed. So if they havent informed. So if they havent been informed. The inference, of course, is that your loved ones are safe. But a worrying time, of course, for those parents and also for relatives and friends of members of staff. As the reports that were getting is that two members of staff may have been injured and a third person injured, were told that one person has been arrested and is in Police Custody at this time. Depher powys police say that they are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident. We heard from one of the School Governors as well, who was as well as confirming those reports that she had heard about two members of staff being injured. Also saying that the school has rehearsed, quite , school has rehearsed, quite, frequently. Lockdown procedures aside, reflection, of course, of the times we live in, we are more than aware of lockdown procedures in the likes of the us, where they have a very significant gun crime problem and mass school shootings. But and mass school shootings. But clearly, even here in the uk , clearly, even here in the uk, schools now alive to the potential threat out there and rehearse those lockdown procedures. Well, martin, were procedures. Well, martin, were told that the pupils are still being held in their classrooms at the moment. Now, the reason we understand that this is happening is because investigators are now going from classroom to classroom and speaking to those people. So it may be some time before those pupils are released and able to rejoin their families again. But a very significant and worrying incident that unfolded at this secondary school in ammanford with, were told, two air ambulances that responded to the scene, along with multiple paramedic vehicles and other Police Resources that has now all been contained. The injured have been removed from the scene and one person is in custody. And one person is in custody. Mark, what a harrowing story. Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething has said. This is a deeply worrying incident and andrew rt davies, leader of the welsh conservatives, called it extremely concerning. Mark white thank you very much for that full update with all the latest there from that wales school stabbing. Well of course have the regular updates on that very worrying incident throughout the show. But next to the news that show. But next to the news that three men have been arrested after five channel migrants, including a child, died yesterday , the National Crime yesterday, the National Crime agency has confirmed the men were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally, and entering the uk illegally, and the men were two sudanese nationals aged 22 and 19 and a south Sudan National who is 22. Well, yesterdays tragedy came at a time when there is increasing violence among migrants and people smugglers in northern france, and the uk is committed to giving france more than £670 million between 2018 and 2026, in a bid to tackle the migrant crisis. But 402 people crossed the channel yesterday alone. Well, im joined now by peter allen, whos a journalist based in paris. Peter, welcome to the show. Incredibly to the show. Incredibly concerning scenes yesterday and reports emerging that, 50 people were on the dinghy, an extra 62 then rampaged onto the craft , then rampaged onto the craft, causing it to partially capsize. But the most concerning report were hearing, peter, is that the French Police simply stood by and did nothing, which of course asks the huge question why on earth are we sending millions and millions of pounds to france if nothing is happening to deter these people from coming over . From coming over . Well, quite. Well, quite. Martin, theres shock and anger here about whats happened. These incidents have become all too frequent. It was only in january that five migrants died off exactly the same beach near boulogne sur mer. But what was particularly horrific about yesterday is exactly as you say. There was a skirmish before hand on the beach. The picture ive got of what happened is that there were people , including women and people, including women and children, on the boat, and suddenly a gang of young men ran down the beach to effectively want to take the place of the women and children and their husbands, for example. And thats where the real trouble started. And the police did what started. And the police did what they always do over here, which is throw a tear gas canisters out. What thats going to do to stop people jumping onto a boat, i dont know, it didnt work in this case. And on the contrary, there was some very Serious Violence on the beach. And then once the gang was in the water, the French Police withdrew completely and left these young men to get on the boat. Completely and left these young men to get on the boat. And then men to get on the boat. And then what did we have . Potentially murders martin . I mean, im speaking as strongly as that because thats the word thats being used at the moment. These men were absolutely determined to make sure they had a place on that boat, and they didnt care who had to come off because they wanted that place. Theres a wanted that place. Theres a picture after this horrific incidence, would you believe , of incidence, would you believe, of this boat sailing to britain with all these young men sitting on the side, punching the air, cheering about whats happened and saying, look, weve got our place, were on the way to england. And would you believe it . Theyre being escorted by the french navy up until the line in the channel which the demarcation line between britain and french waters. And then the and french waters. And then the british authorities, take take them on and take them to england. I was speaking to the state prosecutor here yesterday evening, and he suggested that those responsible for this appalling tragedy might well be claiming asylum in britain today. That could be what happened has happened, although we have heard of these arrests now in britain, of course, as well, martin and peter, we are seeing pictures on screen now of that rescue mission of that dinghy coming over towards dover i and another astonishing point, peter, is that when the police intervened, when the craft was still quite close to the shore , when this capsize the shore, when this capsize happened and the skirmish occurred, the next thing that happenedis occurred, the next thing that happened is that 48 migrants were returned to france. Presumably those are the ones whove been shoved off this dinghy , but 58 simply refused to dinghy, but 58 simply refused to leave that dinghy despite what had happened. Despite the fatalities. And then peter the french navy escorted them towards british waters. Towards british waters. Astonishing. When you think were paying for this , its were paying for this, its astonishing, martin, and its utterly macabre. Utterly macabre. Can you imagine . It was so obviously a crime scene. You say, quite rightly, that people were taken off the boat and returned to bologna. Among those returned to bologna. Among those taken off were five dead people, including a young child, aged between 4 and 7. We dont know her full identity at the moment, but aged around that age, her father fell into the arms of, Charity Workers when he got to the shore and said, ive not only just seen my daughter dying in front of me, but ive also seen men whove taken her place in the boat , travelling off to in the boat, travelling off to england with big smiles on their faces. Can you believe a more faces. Can you believe a more macabre, horrific situation . And as you say, they were travelling to england with the help of the french authorities and then the british authorities, treated just like normal people who wanted to get over no concern at all for the people theyve left behind. The five dead people theyve left behind, unbelievable scenes. Martin. Unbelievable scenes. Martin. So, peter, the scene youre explaining there is not only horrific , but it paints a horrific, but it paints a picture of somebody whos potentially responsible, certainly in the eyes of the father of the girl who died responsible for that death, who simply sailed into britain , now simply sailed into britain, now in custody, that the next question is then can that father give evidence, identify this person . Can we can we take this case forward . This is an astonishing revelation, peter allen. It really is. The whole thing it really is. The whole thing is very, very complicated. Martin over here there is a judicial inquiry into whats happened. A judicial inquiry into whats happened. A prosecutor in boulogne has opened an inquiry into manslaughter. Boulogne has opened an inquiry into manslaughter. Thats the into manslaughter. Thats the charge at the moment. That can be changed. At the moment its a charge of manslaughter against people unknown. That means that they will be trying to make arrests over here. There have been some arrests in connection with this incident, but we dont know at the moment whether their alleged, people have carried out manslaughter or there are people who helped launch the boat. We dont know that at the moment. These inquiries can take a very, very long time. Anything up to two years sometimes. And they are often become incredibly complicated when they become cross channel inquiries. The british and the french dont have a great record of working together to bring criminals to justice. In this kind of a way, you would hope in a situation like this, when youre dealing with five deaths, things might be speeded up, cooperation might be speeded up, cooperation might be a lot better , but i wouldnt be a lot better, but i wouldnt hold my breath. Weve got to see whats going to happen. But as i say, an inquiry has been launched over here, and you would hope that it will be in conjunction with the british martin, peter allen, incredible stuff, a manslaughter case has been launched in france and perhaps the people responsible for that are now in britain in custody here because they were simply waved across the channel by the french peter allen. Incredible stuff. Thank you so much for joining incredible stuff. Thank you so much forjoining us on the show much for joining us on the show from paris today, ou. Now its the final week to see how your next holiday could be on us, with your chance to win a greek cruise for two £10,000 in cash and Luxury Travel gifts, its worth a prize worth over £20,000 and it could be yours. Dont miss out and heres all the details that you need to enter. Its the final week to see how you can win our biggest prize yet. Theres an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. 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Please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. Good luck. Good luck. Well, the Prime Minister says the uk and germany will provide unwavering support for ukraine and has urged other European Countries to stand against russian aggression. Im Martin Daubney on gb news. Britains news channel gb news is britains election channel. And from thursday, the 2nd of may, the people decide, as the country has the polls in as the country has the polls in a rush of elections. Well take you through the night as the first results come in. And well pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis. And on the weekend, the results wont stop and neither will we. Well explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election. Continuing coverage live from thursday the 2nd of may at midnight on. Gb news. Midnight on. Gb news. Welcome back. Its 324. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. Now lets get more on rishi sunaks visit to berlin, announcing more Security Cooperation with germany. And of course, it follows yesterdays announcement on a huge increase in uk defence spending. The Prime Minister said the uk and germany will provide unwavering support for ukraine and urged other European Countries to stand against russian aggression. Well, im joined now in our studio in westminster by our Political Editor, Christopher Hope. Chris, welcome always a delight. So yesterday we got the numbers 75 billion, in additional funding today for a strengthening of the alliance with the germans, rishi sunak calling it a new chapter. The biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation and an historic warming to the germans. Thats right. And one of the big, big, big press conferences for the pm to do with the chancellor of germany , i think chancellor of germany, i think it was him almost reclaiming the right to be the Foreign Affairs spokesman for this country. Hes succeeded that , hasnt he, to succeeded that, hasnt he, to David Cameron in recent months. His last trip overseas was to egypt. His last trip overseas was to egypt l his last trip overseas was to egypt. I think for the cop, the cop climate a summit which i went to with with the Prime Minister, not egypt, the middle east, with the Prime Minister, but its clear that he is. He was out there. He was on the front foot. He was quizzed in the questions after, how can you spend all this money on the defence . Can you keep cutting taxes . He said, yes. He said, this is a funded plan. Ill cut the Civil Service headcount to make this country safer. I mean, its kind of the tory mps are cooing with delight, liking , cooing with delight, liking, like having their tummies tickled like big, big pussycats overin tickled like big, big pussycats over in house the pump. They are delighted with this. Labour hasnt got an answer so far. Earlier, Emily Thornberry, whos the shadow attorney general . She was quizzed by this very fact for our breakfast programme. For our breakfast programme. Heres what she had to say. Said several weeks ago that we wanted to move towards spending 2. 5 on defence and indeed when we were in power last, that was about the amount of money that we were spending. But we will do it as as circumstances allow. We will be looking with some interest at whether or not the government produces any details in relation to this, because, you know, the Prime Minister yesterday essentially committed to spending another £75 billion on defence by 2030. So they produced this 22 page document and not a single line of it was on where the money was coming from. Now, hopefully itll come in the near future, just like were hoping that theyre going to give us the details on the £46 billion that its going to cost them to get rid of national insurance. They havent given us any details on that either. I mean, as we get closer to an election, were going to get more and more of this, you know, and i know that your programme will hold the government to account in the way that you hold us to account, and that if people want to say they want to spend money, they need to tell us where the money is going to come from, because in the end, its the public that needs to spend to pay for it. Well, shes changed her tune because 12 days ago it was labour saying , we will because 12 days ago it was labour saying, we will commit 2. 5 gdp to defence. Thats what rishi sunak did yesterday. Now shes saying thats we wont do that. Well, the difference is labouris well, the difference is labour is saying when its affordable because theyre very nervous about spending money that they havent got, and they can be accused of being profligate with our money if they become the government. Rishi sunak says his plan is costed and hes set the set the costs out and the terms out. And that means he can say, look, here are my workings. Where are here are my workings. Where are labour workings . Labour is saying, wait till you have a Spending Review on defence in the first year of a Labour Government and then well work it out. So you have got a clear dividing line, martin. If the election vote, tory will guarantee getting to 2. 5 by 2030. And here are workings. 2030. And here are workings. Labour cant say that. And thats a problem for labour at the moment. I think because its funny because Emily Thornberry there was like saying, well this is uncosted they cant afford it. That sounds like what normally the conservatives say. Well, you know, the other way around. She, she attacked the tory party over their plans to get rid of the national insurance, saying its 46 billion. To be fair to the tory party, were they here, they would say, well, thats an ambition. At some point in the next few parliaments. Its not really a set in stone thing. This is a set in stone thing. This is a set spending plan for the next 5 or 6 years from the pm and it has, i think, caught labour napping slightly. It hasnt gone as far as 3 of gdp, just 2. 5, which grant shapps is calling for the defence secretary. As recently as last month, in a daily mail. So but it is it is showing clear ambition. When showing clear ambition. When bofis showing clear ambition. When Boris Johnson announced it in 2022, there was no idea of how to get there. Differences. Heres a plan of action and sad news. We must mark the passing of frank field, kwasi multi generational labour luminaire. What i was struck by today chris, everywhere you looked in from the telegraph , looked in from the telegraph, the express, you know, the true blue tory media, everybody saying kind words about frank field. Field. Yeah. He reached across the divide in a way that few politicians can do. Hes a kind of politician. You can imagine , of politician. You can imagine, a statue going up for him in his birkenhead seat. The representative for 40 years died age 81, minister under tony blairs government. Age 81, minister under tony blairs government. He was urged to think the unthinkable, famously by tony blair on welfare reform. The labour didnt quite like what they came up with. I mean , he was up with. I mean, he was basically a true free thinker , basically a true free thinker, he didnt like food banks. He fought very hard for getting more money for the poor. He thought he worked hard on the food bank agenda. Yeah, i food bank agenda. Yeah, i certainly a few times when i was at the telegraph , a truly great at the telegraph, a truly great man, respected across the board and much missed and lots and lots of anecdotes across the board today of members of the pubuc board today of members of the public who said that they approached him on a train or in the streets, both in, in birkenhead or in london, on his way down here. And all of them said that he always took the time to chat to them about politics, was convivial, was always impeccably dressed , even in his final years dressed, even in his final years when he was clearly ill but sadly missed. Irrespective of your political stripes and very quietly spoken, he was elevated the house of lords in 2020, he had just had a burning desire, i think, to help those less fortunate than than us, and he did all he could to help them. Did all he could to help them. And hes widely respected across the divide. And you heard the remarks from speaker of house of commons Oliver Dowden, standing in for rishi sunak at pmqs, and also from the deputy leader, Angela Rayner. Hugely missed character, and i think this is the kind of politician which most mps should aspire to be. Chris, thank you very much for joining us and frank field, forjoining us and frank field, rest in peace now. Theres lots more still to come between now and 4 00, and ill bring you a wonderful story about the Second World War hero who celebrated his 102nd birthday in style. I take it from me , he looks take it from me, he looks younger than me. But first, its time for your latest News Headlines. And its ray addison. Headlines. And its ray addison. Thanks, martin. Its 330. Our top stories this afternoon. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl in the English Channel yesterday. The National Crime agency says they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. Now those detained include two sudanese men aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old south Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show that more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. Yesterday. Three people have been injured in a reported stabbing at a secondary school in the south of wales. Police say one person has been arrested after the incident at amman Valley School. Wales air ambulance provided three Critical Care teams and two air ambulances. The school says the families of the injured have been informed. The deputy Prime Minister took aim at labour today for failing to back the governments increased spending on defence, standing in for the Prime Minister. At todays pmqs, Oliver Dowden said the party had been silent on whether it backs investment in the armed forces. Investment in the armed forces. But labours deputy leader Angela Rayner says the government has been quietly cutting funds for the army. Cutting funds for the army. Princess is that we havent cut the army to its smallest size since napoleon. And mr size since napoleon. And mr speaken size since napoleon. And mr speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because hes worried they might get wiped out. 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Midnight on. Gb news. Welcome back. Your time is 337. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news is former dup leader sir Jeffrey Donaldson has appeared in court charged with rape and a number of other historical sex offences. Sir jeffrey made his way through a media scrum when he arrived at Newry Magistrates Court earlier and his wife, lady eleanor donaldson, also appeared in court to face charges in relation to the same police investigation. Well, im joined now by gb News Northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. Dougie, reporter dougie beattie. Dougie, welcome to the show. And whats the latest . The latest . Well good afternoon martin. Welcome to newry courthouse. And i must say, ive been a member of the media in Northern Ireland for decades, and this was one of the biggest news days i have seen. And thats because the Jeffrey Donaldson was such a big Political Animal here. I mean, if you take a look at his cv, i mean, he he ran the campaigns for enoch powell back in the 80s. He was the longest serving mp in Northern Ireland. And he is also one of the co signatories of theresa mays government, the confidence and supply arrangements. So hes been right at the forefront of politics. So you can imagine at the end of march when hes arrested with these allegations, the media were here in their droves, as was the security presence. Sirjeffrey had droves, as was the security presence. Sir jeffrey had to droves, as was the security presence. Sirjeffrey had to run presence. Sirjeffrey had to run the gauntlet through them , as the gauntlet through them, as did his co accused, lady eleanor donaldson. They both appeared in donaldson. They both appeared in the dock to prison officers flanking either side of them while they heard the charges being read out. Now, there was 15 charges between the two of them, 11 of those going to Jeffrey Donaldson, one of rape, one of gross indecency and nine of Sexual Assault. His wife had four charges of aiding and abetting , and that was over a 21 abetting, and that was over a 21 year period. Now theyve both year period. Now theyve both been released on bail. The court will sit again here on the 22nd of may, but on the way out of, the court here behind us by that stage, a large crowd of people had gathered around and they mixed in with the media, and the police had a serious time trying to push not only those crowds back, but ourselves as he and his wife both come under massive insults. So the court will sit again on the 22nd of may, and there it will hear further evidence. Although it is not expected sir jeffrey or his wife will appear on that date. Okay. Thank you. Dougie donnelly, live there from Newry Magistrates Court now lets bnng Magistrates Court now lets bring you some breaking news on the reported school stabbing in southwest wales. And pupils are being released from amman Valley School, which has been in lockdown following an incident in which three people were injured at about 11 00 this morning. Many of the parents who had gathered outside the school tearfully hugged their children after they walked out of the school from 3 20 pm. And one person has been arrested. Now person has been arrested. Now moving on. A man who served in the special forces during the Second World War, a celebrated his 102nd birthday in style at a five star hotel in london, and heianed five star hotel in london, and he invited gb news along to share his wonderful day. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, welcome back. Your time is 344. Im Martin Daubney , and this is gb Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, a reminder of the news i broke a few minutes ago. And pupils are being released from amman Valley School, which has been in lockdown following an incident in which three people were injured at about 11 00 this morning. And one person has been arrested. Now the last surviving member of a special forces regiments during world war ii has fulfilled his dream to dine at the ritz hotel in london as he celebrated his 102nd birthday in style. Chelsea pensioner john morris volunteered for the pensionerjohn morris volunteered for the raiding support regiment and took part in the allied invasion of italy. Well, cameron walken went along to meet him. Its not glamorous. To meet him. Its not glamorous. We its not glamorous. We thought it was actually when youre young. Youre young. John morris is the last surviving member of his sas regiment from the Second World War. Before joining the special forces , his Service Began in forces, his Service Began in kent, shooting down german bombers targeting london. The only thing i shot down, actually, was a chimney kitchen chimney, actually, by mistake, nobody had any breakfast that morning. I wasnt very popular. John was one of the last people to receive a 100th birthday card from Queen Elizabeth ii. All birthday cards from the children from Christ Church school celebrating his 102nd birthday this week. Local School Children made him cards thanking him for his bravery. I think kids should know more about the sacrifice their forefathers made, not me. Im no hero, but they, like they were the raf boys had died and people like that. They dont realise that they dont know much about it. They dont even know who hitler was. Half of them. John, whos now a chelsea pensioner, kindly agreed to share his wartime memories. In 1943, he was sent to north africa with the Royal Artillery and past special forces selection , taking part in the selection, taking part in the allied invasion of italy. Allied invasion of italy. 75,000 british and colonial troops were killed in italy as the germans fought back very well. Well. Ultimately, the allies were successful, but a much more powerful natural threat was not far away. Mount vesuvius, famous for destroying the roman town of pompeii in ad 79, erupted and i woke up in the morning. I heard this rumble, looked outside and this wall of lava coming down. So never go on a volcanic island where i am, because its very dangerous. Because its very dangerous. That year, allied forces landed on the beaches of normandy, known as d day. The operation led to the liberation of western europe and was one of the most famous and widely praised successes of the war. Far away in italy, john and his comrades were branded with a less than flattering nickname turned into a popular wartime song, laura dunn 3d days. We did the north african landing , we we did the north african landing, we did the battle of britain, and we did the italian landing. We did the yugoslavia , landing. We did the yugoslavia, albania, and they called us d day dodgers away, lady day, george was out in italy i john celebrated his 102nd in style. First, a party with the Chelsea Pensioners, followed by a champagne lunch organised by friend and irish guards and bassador frederick crum. The reds always had a wonderful relationship with the Chelsea Pensioners. We celebrate in style and hes never been to the ritz so that will be worthy of the 102nd birthday, right . John thats right. Cameron walker gb news. Cameron walker gb news. The magnificent thought of the very best of british. And im joined in the studio now by gb news senior political commentator nigel lawson and the writer, columnist and journalist emma woolf. Welcome both of you to the show. Lets start with that story there. Emma warms the cockles. John morris 102. Whatever that blokes drinking, id like a pint of beer. Looks younger than me. He does. He does. And isnt it great to agree . And isnt it great to agree . Someone over 100 in such . Someone over 100 in such . I mean, mentally so sharp. Physically in great shape. What . What i think when i see people like that is i think what a shame that our young people now dont have that same drive. I mean, they were young, they were teenagers , these young men, were teenagers, these young men, when they went down, same as my father when they went to war, went to fight for our country, and they had a purpose and they had a mission and they had a motivation and i think the problem with young people is that they dont have any of that. They dont have any direction, they dont have any sense of discipline or , you sense of discipline or, you know, i mean, look at john morris and look at the life that hes led. And talking of legendary lifes nigel, lets reflect, if we can, upon the sad passing of frank field, a labour luminaire across many decades and a man you knew. You knew. Yeah, we were friends for years. And i mean, frank was sort of bubbung and i mean, frank was sort of bubbling with new ideas, tony blair brought him in to think the unthinkable on welfare. And boy, did he think the unthinkable. And hed come up with a with a load of different ideas. A load of different ideas. I mean, some not all of them were wonderful. I remember him telling me one day about, how to deal with neighbours from hell, and his idea was to house them under motorway bridges and you kind of looked at him and said, frank, are you sure thats going to work . Actually, anderson idea. Actually, anderson idea. Yes, exactly. No. Yes, exactly. No. When it came to actually. When it came to actually. Right or left, frank could be either side. He was a brexiteer , either side. He was a brexiteer, so although he was labour through and through , he could through and through, he could still see the other side of the coin and many, many anecdotes are struck by today. Emma, irrespective of where he looked and the depths of the Daily Telegraph comments and Daily Telegraph comments and daily mail comments. So many people, true blue conservatives, said they met frank either up north in birkenhead or in london, or on trains or just travelling about, and they stopped and they shook his hand and spoke to him, and he always took time to speak to people about politics across the spectrum. Its been just, you know, what a wonderful man. And you know, we shall not see his like no one has had a bad word to say about frank field, have they . And i think nigel puts his finger on it. Exactly. Its that ability to see, to see both sides, but also to, to, to take the to take the other point of view, and to be genuinely a conviction politician. And sadly, i think were lacking were lacking those john morris and frank field made of the right stuff. Yeah. Now lets move on to yeah. Now lets move on to another debate. Lets start with you , nigel. Two tier policing you, nigel. Two tier policing conversation. We talk about a lot. Yesterday came to a head on Saint Georges day. The police Saint Georges day. The police very differently attired. You can see on your screens there they were in full riot gear and they were in full riot gear and they later appeared on horseback. They went into the crowd. These lads were on a Saint Georges day rally. They later on close all of the pubs across westminster after i think four arrests and its making people say, nigel, you dont see this sort of policing at the pro palestine protests. In fact, theres one of those due to kick off in about two hours time. Have we got two tier policing and did yesterdays policing proved that. No we havent, i mean i watched that demo from my window in the house of commons and what you could see is this was before the trouble started. What you could see is that there was an undercurrent where there might be trouble. So what the police were doing, they were preparing for it. They werent in riot gear at that point. They were carrying their helmets, but they werent in full riot gear, the demonstrators had agreed a place not far from here, richmond terrace. So a couple of minutes walk from here had agreed a place where they would gather. Place where they would gather. They then tried to break out of that, and through the police cordon. And thats when the cordon. And thats when the violence started. Thats not two tier policing. What the police did was what they would do with any group who did the same thing. Emma, ive been on the protests of both sides. Ive been on on the Armistice Day one where it kicked off. Ive been on the pro palestine marches where it kicks off. Well, they threw they threw stuff at me , threw they threw stuff at me, and the police was soft soaping. They were standing aside and they didnt have any riot gear drawn. Do you think we are witnessing two tiered policing . Yes, i do, and i think its everybody in london is specifically is aware of this. I specifically is aware of this. I dont understand why it needs to be incendiary that we would celebrate as english as the english. We would celebrate Saint Georges day. I dont know why we need to feel apologetic about that. Its not racist or xenophobic in any way. The world celebrates , though, wasnt it . Celebrates, though, wasnt it . I mean, its not the event that absolutely. Youre right. Celebrate sir georges day. Absolutely vie the kind of people who were doing it were , people who were doing it were, were there to cause some violence. Violence. But but youre reading into that. Some of them are proud engush that. Some of them are proud english people that its. I didnt mean all of them. Yeah, youre absolutely right. Yeah. And its inflames it when the police, as you say, theyre sort of expecting unrest and it sets the scene for something thats going to be violent, could they not be proud . English people wanting to celebrate Saint Georges day, the same way that the welsh celebrates saint davids, the same way that the scottish fly, the saltire . We dont object to that. And emma, after i left the studio yesterday and there were a load of them in the pubs around here, the pubs were shut, as i said earlier, at 7 30. One thing they specifically mentioned to me, nigel, was that they saw the Police Statement go out where the metropolitan Police Called them far right, and that specifically got their shackles up. So why are you calling us far right . We are patriots. Were here to do a Saint Georges rally. The police using that kind of language was inflammatory. Thats what they said. What do you reckon that. Said. What do you reckon that. Well, i mean, not all of them were far right. And as im just saying to emma that some of them were there to absolutely celebrate Saint Georges day , celebrate Saint Georges day, had, you know, any of them were far right. Tommy robinson was there. You you cant get much brighter than tommy robinson. He came to address that address, that crowd. So, yes, i think that crowd. So, yes, i think that it was perfectly reasonable to think we are dealing with a number of far right people. Doesnt make all of them far. Right. Okay. Thank you gents. Well see you in the next hour. Now see you in the next hour. Now pupils are being released from amman Valley School in South West Wales. Its been in lockdown of course, since following an incident in which three people were injured at about 11 00 this morning. One person has been arrested. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, but now its time for your weather with Aidan Mcgivern. With Aidan Mcgivern. A brighter outlook with boxt solar. Sponsors of weather on. Solar. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. The odd shower towards the south today, but otherwise its fine with sunny spells, especially for much of scotland and Northern Ireland where weve got an area of High Pressure towards the north west of the uk. However weve still got this northerly breeze bringing Cool Conditions countrywide and its going to feel especially cool on the nonh feel especially cool on the north sea coast. Any showers in the south will disappear into the south will disappear into the evening , the south will disappear into the evening, but the south will disappear into the evening , but therell be the evening, but therell be further showers into the north and east of scotland. Northeast england and 1 or 2 developing across wales and western england. Now where we avoid the showers, where we get some clear spells , temperatures will fall spells, temperatures will fall away at such a frost first thing on thursday , a chilly start on thursday, a chilly start especially for parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, central england. However, despite the chill, plenty of sunshine first thing and we keep the largely fine and sunny weather for western scotland , weather for western scotland, northwest england, for example. Elsewhere, a bit more cloud compared with today and a few more showers developing, particularly for parts of england and wales, eastern scotland. Still, that cool breeze for the north sea coast. 8 or 9 celsius at best for some nonh 8 or 9 celsius at best for some north sea areas, but otherwise highs elsewhere into the double figures. Now friday starts off frosty, a chilly start in the east of england in particular, but otherwise a few showers and some sunny spells expected. More unsettled weather arrives from the south through the weekend. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather gb news. Hey. Very good afternoon to you. Its 4 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. On todays show, pupils the uk. On todays show, pupils are being released from a school in south wales which had been in lockdown following reports of a stabbing there. Three people have been injured and one arrested , and three people have arrested, and three people have been arrested after five migrants died in the latest channel tragedy yesterday. And its emerged French Police stood by and simply allowed a dinghy crammed with a record 112 Asylum Seekers to set sail for england. Seekers to set sail for england. And is it time to pull the plug on the hundreds of millions of pounds we pay the french and tough talk on security from rishi sunak. Hes in berlin talking up a partnership with germany to provide unwavering support for ukraine. But can the uk really afford this multi billion pound rise in defence spending . And thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show, as always. A delight to have your company shortly well be talking about the rwanda bill. Is it the Silver Bullet to end the chaos, end the arrivals. Well, since it came in okay, it hasnt been passed in law yet since it was voted through. Weve seen a record amount come over, including another tragedy. Is including another tragedy. Is this really the answer or is it a multi billion pound White Elephant . Get in touch the usual ways. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com. Forward slash your say get stuck in and ill read out the best. So long as you keep them well, not too fruity. But before all that , its time but before all that, its time for your latest News Headlines. And its ray addison. Thanks, martin. Coming up to 4 02, our top stories this hour. Pupils are being released after three people were injured in a reported stabbing at a secondary school in the south of wales. Amman Valley School has been in lockdown since 11 am. Police say one person has been arrested. Wales air ambulance provided three Critical Care teams and two air ambulances. Three Critical Care teams and two air ambulances. Parents two air ambulances. Parents gathered outside the school. They could be seen tearfully hugging their children as they emerged. Emerged. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl in the English Channel yesterday. The National Crime agency says they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. Those detained include two sudanese men, aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old south Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show that more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. The Prime Minister insists his defence spending pledge is fully funded , though he declined fully funded, though he declined to rule out cuts in other areas. To rule out cuts in other areas. The government has committed to reaching 2. 5 of gdp by 2030 and is encouraging other members of the Nato Alliance to match that amount. Speaking in berlin next to his german counterpart, rishi sunak said rising conflicts around the world are making defence spending more urgent. Urgent. It is a war rages on our continent and new threats are rising around the world. And olaf, i want to congratulate you on your leadership in recognising the zeit and vendor and you taking the historic decision to increase germanys defence spending. And we stand here today together as the leading defence spenders in europe , unshakeable nato allies europe, unshakeable nato allies and the two Largest Military supporters of ukraine in europe. And together we will continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends. As you said , for as long as it takes. Said, for as long as it takes. The deputy Prime Minister says hes confident that the government will keep its election manifesto promise to ban no fault evictions. But but there was some uncertainty at todays pmqs over when the long promised ban might take effect. Take effect. So after Community Secretary michael gove said it would be up to the house of lords to decide the rate of progress, labours deputy leader Angela Rayner, says the government has made empty promises for 14 years. They failed renters, they failed leaseholders and they failed leaseholders and they failed mortgage holders. But mr speaker , i read with interest speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because hes worried they might get wiped out. Has he finally realised that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back to get his main into number 10, he was ditching their biggest election winner for a pint size loser. The former leader of the democratic unionist party, sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has been released on bail. Northern irelands longest serving mp was suspended from the dup following his arrest last month for whats been described as historical sex charges , including one count of rape. His wife has also been charged with aiding and abetting in relation to the same investigation. In his resignation letter, he said he would be strenuously contesting the allegations. The allegations. The government is set to face a high Court Challenge against its xl bully ban Campaign Group dont ban me, license me has been given permission to bring legal action against the department for environment and rural affairs, the large bulldog type american breed was added to the banned list in october last yean the banned list in october last year, following a series of attacks. Campaigners argue that the ban is unlawful and irrational, but government lawyers say the challenge should be dismissed. Several military be dismissed. Several military horses on the loose in Central London this morning have now been contained. Been contained. Video posted to social media appeared to show one of the animals covered in blood. At least four people were injured as they galloped their way through the busy city streets. Westminster police says theyll now be transported to receive Veterinary Care for the latest stories , sign up to gb 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 back to. Martin. Thank you ray. Now we start with this afternoons breaking news and pupils have started to leave a school in carmarthenshire in southwest wales, after a reported stabbing incident earlier this morning. The school was in lockdown for a number of hours and three people were injured and one person has been arrested. Im joined now by our home and security editor mark white. Mark astonishing how to think that at home time at pick up time today, those pupils running into their parents arms, having been through this incredible ordeal. Yes. And those pupils are now being allowed out of the school, having been locked down for a number of hours and interviewed by police at the scene as they go by police at the scene as they 9 by police at the scene as they go , as he went classroom to go, as he went classroom to classroom to speak to them about the incident, to gain any information that they might have about what unfolded at the amman Valley School earlier today. We Valley School earlier today. We know that three people were injured. One person has been arrested. We are expecting an update from depher powys police , update from depher powys police, a senior officer who will be reading a statement not taking any questions, were told, but reading a statement outside the school at 530 today to give us an indication, hopefully, of what the exact facts are, beyond the statement that three people have been injured. We have had have been injured. We have had reports and, karen davis , whos reports and, karen davis, whos one of the School Governors, has been quoted as saying that shes been quoted as saying that shes been told two teachers were injured in this incident. The third person who was injured. We have no details on them, but one of the injured, we understand was flown some 70 miles to hospital to the university of wales hospital in cardiff for treatment, the incident itself is has been contained, police are investigating what, was behind this incident. Are investigating what, was behind this incident. But behind this incident. But clearly, as you said, a great deal of concern amongst those parents, martin, because hundreds of parents were outside the school gates not knowing if their child had been caught up in the incident for quite some time afterwards until we got a, a statement that really came through from the school, about an hour and a half ago that said, all of those , who were said, all of those, who were injured, the parents of those pupils have been informed that their loved ones were caught up in this. So if you hadnt been notified by the police, then you could assume that your child was not caught up in this incident. Thank you, mark white. Ill tell you what. If i was one of those parents, i think id hug my child and not let go of him all night. Well, thank you mate. Well of course, bring you regular updates from that very worrying incident throughout the show. But now to the news that three men have been arrested after five migrants, including a child, tragically died yesterday and the National Crime agency has confirmed the men were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. The men were two sudanese nationals aged 22 and 19, and also a south Sudan National who is aged 22. Now. Of course , the is aged 22. Now. Of course, the tragedy in the channel happened just hours after the rwanda bill cleared parliament and priti patel, who negotiated the deal with rwanda two long years ago, is adamant that the plan will work. She said it is important to recognise that other countries are looking to copy our partnership with eu nations, taking an interest in the plans i put forward because of the positive difference that they can make. She also , and im can make. She also, and im joined now in the studio by our Political Editor, chris hope , Political Editor, chris hope, and also the conservative mp for torbay, kevin foster. And also the conservative mp for torbay, kevin foster. Welcome to torbay, kevin foster. Welcome to you both, gents. Chris, lets start with you. So rwanda was meant to be the Silver Bullet. It was meant to put a stop to this hasnt been passed into law yet. It has been voted through. Yet. It has been voted through. But since it has been voted through, if anything , weve seen through, if anything, weve seen the floodgates open and yet another tragedy. I was fascinated by those remarks from priti patel because theres a battle for the right of the party going on, priti patel is saying im backing, im more of a moderate person for any future leadership contest. If there is going to be one. She is almost defining herself against Suella Braverman , who against Suella Braverman, who was making the very point youre making. She thinks its not going to work. Along with robert jenrick, the former immigration minister who quit over the idea of individual challenges. And thats why youve got this scepticism in the party, whether its going to work, the hope is that it will work for the governments point of view. Its not law yet. Martin the king signs off probably tomorrow when that happens, that triggers all sorts of things happening behind the scenes. Kevin foster might know more of this, but youll have letters going out to those who can be. They are told theyre going to go on the first flights out to rwanda, if it was really going to work, though, i think forget those whove been here for 13 months, you need to say the next people arriving here are going to rwanda. Start stopping. The arrivals dont deal with the kind of those who are here already. Earlier, we spoke to labours jenny chapman, frontbencher and a cabinet office, and said we said to her will labour axe this even if it works . And she has something works . And she has something very interesting to say. Earlier on pmqs live if it did, as a main , major, major leap of main, major, major leap of a thought experiment, then we might be having a different conversation. But theres absolutely no evidence that this is going to work because were up against the people traffickers and the people smugglers and the newsflash is they lie to people. They take their money, they put them in boats. They make them risk their lives. Theyre lying risk their lives. Theyre lying to people. And that is not going to people. And that is not going to stop because we spend half £1 billion spending a really small number of people to rwanda. When youve got hundreds of thousands coming. Coming. Okay, lets bring in kevin now. So kevin foster, youre now. So kevin foster, youre obviously an advocate of the rwanda bill. You think its going to work. Tell us why , when going to work. Tell us why, when we have only 150 watertight cases earmarked to leave the country, that will make any difference when over 400 arrived in a single day yesterday. In a single day yesterday. Well, the core part of the rwanda plan is, is breaking the bafis rwanda plan is, is breaking the basis of the people smugglers business model, which is the idea that youve left a safe and democratic country. Youve come here even if you we turn down your claim, we cant return you to the third country youve left. And also because of the either domestic policies or the situation in your own country. So for example, someone like syria, we cant return you there. So to break that model where then the people will argue to you, well, that means youll end up staying in britain regardless of the decision. Actually we can say, well, if it was safe to you were looking for, we can meet that by working with a third country, rwanda. You can be transferred there. There are specialists in resettlement of refugees and it breaks that link between playing as people smuggler and then remaining here in the uk. And in terms of the impact, when we first announced it, we did see a drop. Well this is the core now is about the weather. Operationalising this plan. And then as part of wider measures to tackle the overall problem next, the fangs are going to be bad from the lawyers from the echr. The ngos, the home office, the charities, the archbishops , the charities, the archbishops, the charities, the archbishops, the church. Theyll all be out to try and stop this getting off the ground, as we learned through brexit. And i hate to bnng through brexit. And i hate to bring that up, but i think the historical hangover is similar. Are you confident that despite the entire weight of the establishment going out to try and derail rwanda, it will go ahead . Well, i think the difference compared to the brexit is, is we have a clear and decisive majority in the house of commons backing this and deal with the problems going back five years ago, was that every time the government tried to get a deal through or to try to actually agree, for us to leave , people agree, for us to leave, people would not agree to it. This time around, theres a decisive majority and a clear will of the elected house of parliament to get on with this and i think many people across the country wanting to see a solution implemented to this problem. And we know across europe, others are looking at the rwanda plan because they face exactly the same challenge. What do we do with people who we cant return to the third country that was safe and democratic. Theyve left. We cant, for whatever reason, return them to the their own country, i. E. Because they just wont accept enforced removals. Well how do we break that . And thats where bringing in Something Like the rwanda plan makes that difference. How soon can you get the regular rhythm of flights taking off . Kevin foster, because your former Home Office Minister in charge of migration, again, i suspect the government will give a timescale thats slightly longer than they expect it to be, because it is not in july. Its not a its not a simple process from the as we talk about actually bringing people into detention at the moment, you give someone a notice that theyre being considered for rwanda. You need to bring them into immigration detention for very obvious reasons. You then need to work the case. Any final objections to their to their removal, and then actually the physical process of getting them onto a plane is not as simple. And if people think that someones just going to walk onto the plane, thats certainly not the experience weve had on removals flights. But it can be done and i hope, im sure it will be done. Okay, lets move on to defence, of course. Chris rishi sunakin defence, of course. Chris rishi sunak in berlin after yesterdays warsaw flying visit, £75 billion announced yesterday, 2. 5 gdp moving forward today, a new chapter with germany promised the big question is will this woo the electorate . Well, youre seeing the prime here doing a one, two, three on getting on the electoral front front foot. Last friday, he announced plans to deal with people who shouldnt be claiming benefits cutting, cutting, getting back to work, you should be at work. In the governments view, monday you heard the rwanda plan being set out. And tuesday that was yesterday. Tuesday that was yesterday. Theres a huge number of amount of money being spent on defence. Labour so far hasnt got an answer on defence because theyre going to wait for their Spending Review. And hes saying evenin Spending Review. And hes saying even in terms in berlin, the press conference with olaf scholz next to him, i will cut taxes and do this. Its quite its quite a change. I think , in its quite a change. I think, in a rather sunak being in a crouch, i think against all the critics, hes now punching his way out of his paper bag, probably because weve got this local Election Results next week in a mayoralty elections , which in a mayoralty elections, which could be awkward for the tories. Hes got some fight left in him. Lets has to be said. Earlier on, Emily Thornberry wasnt quite so forgiving. Lets see what she had to say. See what she had to say. Said several weeks ago that we wanted to move towards spending 2. 5 on defence and indeed, when we were in power last, that was about the amount of money that we were spending. But we will do it as as circumstances allow. We will be looking with some interest at whether or not the government produces any details in relation to this, because, you know , the to this, because, you know, the Prime Minister yesterday essentially committed to spending another £75 billion on defence by 2030. So they produced this 22 page document and not a single line of it was on where the money was coming from. Now, hopefully itll come in the near future, just like were hoping that theyre going to give us the details on the £46 billion that its going to cost them to get rid of national insurance. They havent given us any details on that either. I mean, as we get closer to an election, were going to get more and more of this, you know, and i know that your program will hold the government to account in the way that you hold us to account, and that if people want to say they want to spend money, they need to tell us where the money is going to come from, because in the end, its the public that needs to spend to pay for it. So there you go. Kevin foster. Fair to say Emily Thornberry a little bit, angry there, shall we say. Shes saying youve got to hold you to account. Wheres the money coming from . So, kevin, where is the money coming from . Well, i find it interesting getting a lecture on defence from someone whos so keen to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister, in fact, was one of his closest lieutenants in the labour party. But parking that particular observation, you know, we will clearly set out our fiscal plans, but 2. 5 and the core is can we afford not to spend this . Were seeing rising threats in the east. Were seeing whats happening in china, were seeing russia, were seeing russia and the war in ukraine. And, you know, we are facing a situation similar to the 1930s, where countries had to start looking at the threats that were there at that time. People argued, we cant afford to increase defence and we know what came next. Is the pm overstating it . He says that in that speech yesterday, he wants to put the uk defence on a war footing. Were not on the brink of war, he said. Nor do we seek it. I mean, this is these are language which is extraordinary. You wouldnt expect this even a few years ago. Well, you know, a few years ago we hadnt had one country in europe attack another country in europe. And this type of peace between nations in europe that existed since may 1945. So yes, we havent we wouldnt have used that type of language a few years back because we didnt have the type of situation we have the type of situation we have in ukraine, now, today, a few years ago. And that is what is changing this scenario is, you know, we have seen an aggressor prepared to attack another country and seeks to conquer it. And we have to be very clear to our allies that we will stand with them, because the surest way to secure the peace is to prepare for war. Well , lets see if rishi well, lets see if rishi sunak talking tough on the world stage , lands with the electorate stage, lands with the electorate back here in blighty. Kevin foster , thanks for joining us. Foster, thanks for joining us. And also chris hope. Always a pleasure. Thanks, gents. Now moving on. The shadow attorney. Weve done that bit. Moving on. It is time for the Great British giveaway. So you can see now your next holiday could be on us here gbnews with your chance to win a greek cruise for 210 grand in cash and Luxury Travel gifts. On top is a prize worth over £20,000 and it could be yours. Dont miss out and heres all the details you need to enter. Its the final week to see how you can win our biggest prize yet. With thanks to variety cruises, a Family Company sailing since 1942, you have the chance to win a £10,000 seven night small boat cruise for two with flights, meals, excursions and drinks included. Excursions and drinks included. 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I Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel. Welcome back. Its 424. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, the share of british electricity generated by burning coal and gas fell to a record low of just 2. 4 earlier this month. The share of power coming from fossil fuels hit the new low at lunchtime last monday, and lasted for an entire hour. Well, im joined now by angela knight, whos the former ceo of energy uk. Angela, welcome to the show. Always a pleasure. So the show. Always a pleasure. So does this spell the end for fossil fuels or was this a good day when actually the wind was blowing and the sun was out . Blowing and the sun was out . And i suspect the demand was also quite low , so if one puts also quite low, so if one puts the whole thing into context, you know, its impossible to build quite so many wind farms as weve built in this country over this last short few years, and particularly some of those that are offshore without us having , a that are offshore without us having, a steady that are offshore without us having , a steady increase that are offshore without us having, a steady increase in the amount of electricity we generate from renewables. So actually, thats a good thing. And im glad to see that its happening on the other side of the equation, though, because most renewables are intermittent, we can debate what nuclear is, but most renewables are intermittent. That means are intermittent. That means that theres got to be an equivalent amount of backup or Battery Storage or some such available for when the wind doesnt blow and the sun doesnt shine and its cold and were all at home and weve put the heating on. So yeah, there is a balance to be had. And whilst balance to be had. And whilst i think it is a good thing that theres this attention on renewables , what worries me is renewables, what worries me is theres nothing like the attention that needs to be there, both on replacing our old nuclear, but also ensuring that weve got gas fired power stations and gas available because we will need those and well need them for a long penod well need them for a long period of time to come. And angela, its very, very important to point out, is it not, that the figure referred to here . Is the mains power taken not the total power taken to Power Industry cant run cement mills or brickworks off of mains electricity. Thats a completely different thing. So thats a key point. Being able to plug in is completely different to being able to fire up for industry, and the facts remain , do they and the facts remain, do they not, angela, that even now were running at what, 70 reliance on gas. So this is this, cherry picking of stats here. Theres a lot of cherry picking on stats goes on everything and energy to my mind off on far more than anything else because people have this sort of Emotional Link with the environmental agenda. And so theyll see the environment piece as being absolutely right up at the top, and theyll just plug up at the top, and theyll just plug it and plug it regardless. Theres another thing about this statistic as well. In front of us, it is for a half hour period. Its not, you know, the normal day is 24 hours. We shouldnt detract though from the point that actually weve got more Renewable Power. And got more Renewable Power. And thats a good thing. At the same time, we should not detract from the point that we need long time power, reliable, produced by fossil fuels in this country and also by nuclear. And thats why i said earlier that unfortunately, the focus is only on one part of the whole story, and nobody talks much really about the fact that you have to take the electricity from one part of the country to another part of the country to another part of the country. Its the National Grid and the National Grid was built to have a few large power stations dotted aboutin large power stations dotted about in appropriate geographic positions. Now its taking on huge number of small, electric , huge number of small, electric, small power plant electricity produced from renewables. And produced from renewables. And the consequence of that is that we have to rebuild the grid. So were talking about billions and billions of pounds of, investment required in the grid alone , as well as much more on alone, as well as much more on nuclear. Weve got to retain and make sure that our gas is modern andifs make sure that our gas is modern and its upgraded , where and its upgraded, where necessary. And this is going to cost a lot of money. So, yes, cherry picking statistics might be good fun, but it doesnt give the whole answer to something thatis the whole answer to something that is very important for all of us in this country and for business. And unfortunately, theres never been a proper debate of who pays, how much and for what. And angela, briefly, if we could, youve hit a key point there because all of the additional grid thats extra costs and green energy, proponents like to say all the time, well, its the cheapest form of energy there is because of course, the wind and the sun is free. But the cost of building turbines, the cost of building solar panels , the cost of solar panels, the cost of building the grid to get it to our houses , that all adds up. Our houses, that all adds up. How cheap actually is green energy compared to more traditional forms . Well, you see, i dont think it is because when the focus is just on green energy, has the price of the windmills come down . The answer is yes. Has the price of the solar panels come down . And the answer is yes. But one unit of electricity from renewables also requires another unit of reliable backup. So one unit, therefore of renewable electricity from one power station, one Renewable Power station, one Renewable Power station, renewable , wind farm, station, renewable, wind farm, say, requires an equivalent of a reliable backup. Therefore, whatever the cost is of a renewable, its actually more than twice it because of that backup requirement. Than twice it because of that backup requirement. But unless were all prepared to say, oh well, no, its okay, well only well only switch on the lights when the wind is blowing and industries say, well, i only do manufacturing when the wind is blowing , which of course manufacturing when the wind is blowing, which of course is a nonsense. And that ability to properly account for a renewable backup and the transmission, the whole package , if you like, the whole package, if you like, the ability to do that. Is there , ability to do that. Is there, but it has been ducked, by, all Political Parties, in favour of just focusing on the one thing called carbon reduction. And lets decarbonise our electricity system. And you have to take people with you. Its no no use having the big vision thing unless people are with you on that. I mean, the current proposal to try and get to us net zero and cut out, just have electric cars and so on. I mean, the deadlines are ridiculous. Theyre impossible. And now weve got another deadline. Apparently thats been reduced from 2035 to 2030. It simply cant be done. And actually it cant be done. And actually it cant be done from an engineering perspective. It cant be done from a financial perspective. And how much are perspective. And how much are people prepared to pay . Because in the end, theres nobody else thats going to pay for all this except for us as consumers or us except for us as consumers or us as except for us as consumers or us as taxpayers. And most of that as taxpayers. And most of that us is exactly the same people. Us is exactly the same people. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Angela knight, whos expertise. Angela knight, whos the former ceo of energy uk. Fantastic. I really enjoyed that. Now theres lots more still to come between now and 5 00 and ill discuss very worrying claims of prison wars between muslim and white gangs. But first, its time for your latest News Headlines. And its ray addison. Thanks, martin. 4 32. Now in the us, President Biden has just signed a new aid package for ukraine into law. It ends months of uncertainty over whether the us would continue supporting kyiv, and comes after the bill passed the house of representatives on saturday in a show of bipartisan support. Ukraines president zelenskyy says it reinforces the us as a, quote, beacon of democracy. We quote, beacon of democracy. We have some breaking for news you now. A man has been charged after a nine Year Old Girl was kidnapped in knightsbridge in Central London. 56 year old robert prussack was charged with multiple offences, including kidnap and Sexual Assault on a female under 13 years old. The child was reported missing on Brompton Roadin reported missing on Brompton Road in london on monday. This is a breaking story. Well bring you more on this as we get it. Our pupils are being released after three people were injured in a reported stabbing at a secondary school in the south of wales. A man Valley School has beenin wales. A man Valley School has been in lockdown since 11 am. Police say one person has been arrested. Wales air ambulance provided three Critical Care teams and two air ambulances. Parents gathered ambulances. Parents gathered outside the school could be seen tearfully hugging their children as they emerged. As they emerged. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl in the English Channel yesterday. The National Crime agency says they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. Those detained include two sudanese men, aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old south Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show that more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. Yesterday. The deputy pm says hes confident the government will keep its election manifesto promise to ban no fault evictions. But there was some uncertainty at todays pmqs over whether the long promised ban might take effect after Community Secretary michael gove said it would be up to the house of lords to decide the rate of progress. Labours deputy leader, Angela Rayner, says the government has made empty promises. Promises. 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. Thank you ray. Now theres a brand new way to get in touch with us here gbnews. And heres bev turner with all the details. Bev turner with all the details. We are proud to be gb news the peoples channel. And as you know, we always love to hear your views. Now theres a new way of getting in touch with us gbnews. Com. Forward slash your say by commenting you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. You can even talk to me, bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. Simply go to gbnews. Com yoursay say gb news is britains election channel. And from thursday, the 2nd of may, the people decide as the country heads the polls in a rush of elections. Well take you through the night as the first results come in, and well pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis. Very best guests and analysis. And on the weekend, the results wont stop and neither will we. Well explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election. Continuing coverage live from thursday the 2nd of may at midnight on. Gb news. Midnight on. Gb news. Welcome back. Your time is 439. Im Martin Daubney and youre with me on gb news now. 13,000 bobbies on the beat. Well, thats what labours promising to fund. If it forms the next government. Well, the the next government. Well, the party has outlined its plans to set up a National Police savings body to buy police cars. It equipment and even Forensic Services and new figures revealed massive ranges in the price of police items, with the cost of patrol vehicles nearly doubung cost of patrol vehicles nearly doubling in some parts of the country. Well, they believe that the savings made by buying kit nationally will pay for 13,000 extra Neighbourhood Police officers. Well, im joined in the studio by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and the writer, columnist and journalist and great friend of the show, emma woolf. Welcome to you both. Nigel lets start with you. The Labour Party Got to say, first of all, they were talking on part privatisation of the nhs. Wes streeting talking tough on defence now, talking tough on defence now, talking tough on defence now, talking tough on law and order. Starting tough on law and order. Starting to feel a bit like 1997 but without dream , it is a bit, without dream, it is a bit, a lot of this is coming out of the new labour playbook, and i mean, good reason for that. I mean, tony blair won three elections on the basis of it. We flirted with the with left wing policies with the with left wing policies with Jeremy Corbyn, whatever you thought of that, the electorate absolutely rejected them in 2019. And now were back to a more to a change to a more moderate labour party, which is left of centre still, but it is more moderate than the one that we saw a couple of years ago. I wont make any jokes about. Hopefully diane abbott wont be doing the maths on the police force numbers. But emma, on a serious point, this this does sound very much like a conservative party. Its a very centrist Old Fashioned labour party. Tony blair could be in charge of this. My question is, i wonder how much blair is involved. I wonder im horrified to find myself absolutely behind this and absolutely agreeing with them. Yes, we need more police on the streets. Theyre saying, take back our streets. I think the police in recent years, its not about resourcing. I think theyve become horribly sidetracked by the demos, by cybercrime, by hate crime, by all the other things theyre not doing. Theyre not bothering about people, about low level crime, burglaries, shoplifting, muggings , all the things that muggings, all the things that actually affect peoples everyday lives. When you look at the figures about these disparities of police procurement, its scandalous in. So, for example, to extract data from a mobile phone in derbyshire costs over five grand in staffordshire it costs about £1,000, High Performance police vehicles. In merseyside youll pay vehicles. In merseyside youll pay £55,000 for a police High Performance vehicle. In performance vehicle. In lancashire youll pay £27,000. So literally the amount of thousands, well, millions. I think they will pay for extra Police Officers on the street if they get this. You know, if they get the keys to number 10. I think this policy absolutely makes sense. And i think people, irrespective of political stripes, nigel, they are crying out for just more stripes, nigel, they are crying out forjust more bobbies on the out for just more bobbies on the beat, more policing of how we remember it, where you had a Community Officer in your Community Officer in your community who you knew who you could trust. He wasnt going to arrest you for making a transphobic tweet, but would actually get stuff done. Thats the point. And the thats the point. And the 13,000 Police Officers, theyre talking about, their Neighbourhood Police, these are people who will be on the beat, who will live amongst their local communities, on top of that, youll have, the rest of the Police Support officers. The Police Support officers. Again, same thing in your neighbourhood, in your communities. So the idea is to communities. So the idea is to actually make police more visible. Yvette cooper keep visible. Yvette cooper keep saying too many people dont see a police, police man or woman on the street from one week to the next. The point labour are talking about is theyre going to change that. And its that broken windows syndrome, isnt it . When you know the sense of lawlessness, the sense that the streets simply are not police. Yeah, the sense that you can walk into a local shop and fill your rucksack with, with high value items. Thats what gets, you know , thats what gets things know, thats what gets things run down. And people just committing crime with impunity. Yeah. Great. I want to move on to another topic now. Its caught another topic now. Its caught my eye today and thats a new report saying that the trans census data is, quote , totally census data is, quote, totally unreliable. This is michael biggs, an associate professor at oxford university, saying that people simply didnt understand the question and therefore the actual number of people who say theyre trans might be massively off. Yes, and it could be. And there are no decent statistics on this that the only one youve got are the number of people a year who get gender recognition certificates , which allows them certificates, which allows them to change their gender on official documents , birth official documents, birth certificates, passports, things like that. So, if its 250, theres 250 we know about there are other estimates that say there are up to 500,000 people who are trans in this country. That seems hugely high. Somewhere along the line, theres this huge discrepancy and the figures are not being collected properly. Emma, i think itd be really interesting to know, and i hope i dont offend anyone by saying this. Id be really interested to know how many people are gay in this country, because i think ive seen, you know, in my in, in my lifetime, ive seen many, many, many more people who are gay than previously. Lots of people can feel more able to come out now. But this trans thing, what is the obsession . Thing, what is the obsession . What is our obsession . Its such a tiny minority of the entire population. We seem to have an obsession. Its dominates the political agenda in a way that other such , you know, kind of other such, you know, kind of niche issues, dont we . Well, cant we agree , cant we agree cant we agree, cant we agree that no matter who you love, how you dress, who you sleep with, how you feel, we respect you. Why do we have to obsess about people happy with our lives . Im about peoples genitals. Absolutely happy with that, about people mutilating their bodies in order to. Why cant we just accept people and respect them . Well, i think thats absolutely right. I think theres no reason why we shouldnt. And youre also right that the trans issue seems to be something we debate, probably over debate. What mps tell me is over debate. What mps tell me is it just doesnt come up on the doorstep. People are not that doorstep. People are not that concerned about it. And it seems to be the chattering classes, which i suppose we belong to which i suppose we belong to which which are talking about this far more than the rest of the population. We all care about the cost of living and things like that. They do. But we also belong to the common sense class and astonishing fact that leaps out of this is the highest percentage of trans people. If you believe the census data in britain is in newham and brent, do you know newham . Brent . I used to live in brent. So you know full well that its not i wouldnt think its a trans hotbed, but it is a hotbed of people whose first language isnt english. And this report says that people simply dont understand the question. So theyre ticking the question. So theyre ticking a box to say theyre trans when they havent got a clue what it means, in which case the question has got to be done differently and youre what we need to do is the reason for collecting this data is to make policy. What you must have is the integrity of the figures. Therefore, this data is not being collected properly. And theres a suggestion that the questions will sort of, you know, were purposefully worded in a sort of slightly confusing way. Were you born into the body thatis way. Were you born into the body that is the same as the gender that is the same as the gender that you identify with . All of that you identify with . All of that kind of stuff, which , if that kind of stuff, which, if engushis that kind of stuff, which, if english is not your first language, could be very confusing. These kind of double negative gender ideology questions and as you say, emma woolf. And yet this data which by this reckoning, is flawed, is setting all sorts of policy and political agenda. Emma woolf nigel nelson, thank you very much for joining nigel nelson, thank you very much forjoining us. Always a much for joining us. Always a pleasure. And well see you again in the next hour. Still to come, a claim that violence between muslim and white gangs is rife in uk prisons. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel welcome back. Its 450. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, on to a behind the scenes look at the british prison system. And a former inmate has told of the turf wars between extreme islamists and white supremacists. Chris atkins has written a book in which he details the tactics that lags. Use which include creating makeshift knives by sharpening toothbrushes and also throwing boiling water filled with sugar. He claims vulnerable young inmates are targeted for recruitment , with inmates are targeted for recruitment, with management unable to tackle this growing problem. Well, joining me now is kevin hurley , the former city of kevin hurley, the former city of London Police head of counter terror. And welcome to counter terror. And welcome to the show, kevin. Always a pleasure. How serious an issue pleasure. How serious an issue do you think that is . We talk all the time about prisons at breaking point and of the inmates gaining control to the point. Yesterday we heard there could be riots like strangeways. How much of an issue is islamist extremism within this system . Extremism within this system . Its becoming very serious. Its becoming very serious. And the Prison Service really cant do too much about it. Theyre very short staffed. Theyre very short staffed. Theyre very short staffed. They dont actually have the equipment, and basically people. Equipment, and basically people. Will join these gangs for protection because the islamist gangs hold sway in some of the most serious category a prisons. Most serious category a prisons. So if you want to survive and avoid having boiling water with sugarin avoid having boiling water with sugar in it designed to stick to your skin or end up getting stabbed with the equivalent of a knitting needle, you need to get some protection. And its a big problem. And its a big problem. Only maybe two prison officers on a wing with maybe 4050 prisoners. They cant really do much about it because most of the work of prison officer is done by chatting, persuading , aiding, by chatting, persuading, aiding, and so on. Its not about force and, and, and, pushing people around. Its about really cajoling, chatting, persuading , theyve chatting, persuading, theyve got a big problem themselves, and i suspect it wont be long before theres potentially a prison officer is killed in one of these situations because there have been some very serious assaults on them in the past. Past. And, kevin, we hear all the time that our jails are so full that were letting cons out early. Were putting were less early. Were putting were less likely to send them down in the first place. People leaving the Prison Service in numbers because, of course, the terrible working conditions, overcrowding. This is the perfect storm, isnt it, for this kind of extremism to take hold and a total inversion of the power dynamic. Yeah. I you know, weve dynamic. Yeah. I you know, weve mishandled it in the past, and sometimes we thought the right thing to do was bring in, some imams who would help de radicalize and in fact, some have been found in the past that actively, actively or actively encourage the extremist type behaviour. But it all comes down to they dont have the staff and they dont have the staff and they dont have the facilities to keep people separate. I would, keep people separate. I would, i mean, i would, wouldnt i . If i went to prison, it would be quite terrible for me as an ex cop. But the thought of going into a category, a prison where not only youve got what you might call your standard gangsters, but gangsters all over the world, but these particular gangs ruling the roost must be quite terrifying, and youd have no option but to join another gang often, you know, we follow the social trends in america. And of course, the prisons in america are run by extremist gangs of one form or another, whether theyre white. Skinhead type extremists or at the other end , extremists or at the other end, black street gangs. And increasingly now in places like minneapolis, where theres large , muslim population, youre now getting , islamist , muslim population, youre now getting, islamist gangs developing within their federal penitentiary , sorry, their state penitentiary, sorry, their state penitentiary, sorry, their state penitentiary system. Penitentiary system. Okay. Kevin hurley, thank you very much for joining okay. Kevin hurley, thank you very much forjoining us. A very very much for joining us. A very concern thing, state of affairs and indeed, indeed , ian and indeed, indeed, Ian Aitchison conducted a 2016 review into extremism in british prisons. And, kevin, nothing really seems to have changed. The conclusion was muslims have won the power battle between prison gangs, says the hero of the London Bridge attack. Also, steve gallant, who we spoke to previously, kevin hurley, thanks for joining us on the show. Always a pleasure to have your expert insight. Our pupils are expert insight. Our pupils are being released from a school in South West Wales , which was South West Wales, which was placed in lockdown after three people were injured in a reported stabbing this morning. One person has been arrested. One person has been arrested. Im Martin Daubney on gb news on britains news channel heres your weather with Aidan Mcgivern i a a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. The odd shower towards the south today, but otherwise its fine with sunny spells, especially for much of scotland and Northern Ireland where weve got an area of High Pressure towards the northwest of the uk. However, weve still got this northerly breeze bringing Cool Conditions countrywide and its going to feel especially cool on the nonh feel especially cool on the north sea coast. Any showers in the south will disappear into the south will disappear into the evening, but therell be further showers into the north and east of scotland, northeast england and 1 or 2 developing across wales and western england. Now where we avoid the showers , where we get some clear showers, where we get some clear spells, temperatures will fall away at such a frost first thing on thursday. A chilly start especially for parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, central england. However, central england. However, despite the chill, plenty of sunshine first thing and we keep the largely fine and sunny weather for western scotland , weather for western scotland, northwest england, for example. Elsewhere, a bit more cloud compared with today and a few more showers developing, particularly for parts of england and wales, eastern scotland. Still, that cool breeze for the north sea coast. 8 or 9 celsius at best for some nonh 8 or 9 celsius at best for some north sea areas, but otherwise highs elsewhere into the double figures. Now friday starts off frosty, a chilly start in the east of england in particular, but otherwise a few showers and some sunny spells expected. More unsettled weather arrives from the south through the weekend. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers spotty hours of weather on gb news. Very good afternoon to you. Its 5 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. Breaking news in the last couple of minutes. And a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing at amman Valley School in wales. Well Valley School in wales. Well bnng Valley School in wales. Well bring you more details on that soon. And after weeks of the metropolitan police being accused of soft soaping, pro palestine protests yesterday, riot police have mounted. Cops steamed into a Saint Georges day parade. Its his final proof day parade. Its his final proof that we got two tiered policing in britain and believe me, you will not want to miss out on this corker of a story. Well meet the man who served in the special forces during the Second World War. Hes been celebrating his 102nd birthday in style. Look at him. He looks younger than me. Thats all. Coming up in your next hour. Than me. Thats all. Coming up in your next hour. Thanks for in your next hour. Thanks for joining me on the show. Always a delight to have your company. Ive been joined in the studio by stephen barrett. You know him by stephen barrett. You know him as a regular on the show and experts on matters of the law. Ill be having a conversation with him about the two tier policing situation in britain. Have we got it . Whats going on yesterday . Undeniably the police operated in a very, very different way than you will have seen on any of the pro palestine marches ive been on both sets of those marches. Ive seen it first hand. It is very different up close and personal. Why is this happening . What can be done about it . Let me know your opinions. As ever. Send your opinions. As ever. Send your views in by getting on to gb news. Com forward slash your say. Get in touch and ill read some comments out before the end of the show. But before all of that, its time for your headlines. And its ray addison. Thanks, martin. Good afternoon. Its 5 02. Im ray addison in the gb news room , and we start the gb news room, and we start with some breaking news. A teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a teenage student were stabbed at a school in wales. The suspect remains in custody. Pupils were released after three people were injured in that stabbing at amman Valley School in south wales. The school has been in lockdown since 11 am. Wales air ambulance provided three Critical Care teams and parents gathered outside the school. They could be seen tearfully hugging their children as they emerged. Emerged. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl , while trying to cross the channel yesterday, the National Crime agency says there were they were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. Those detained include two sudanese men aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old. South Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show that more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. A man has been yesterday. A man has been charged after a nine Year Old Girl was kidnapped in knightsbridge in Central London. 56 year old robert prussack was charged with multiple offences including kidnap and Sexual Assault on a female under 13 years old. The child was reported missing on Brompton Roadin reported missing on Brompton Road in london on monday. Now the Prime Minister insists his defence spending pledge is fully funded, though he declined to rule out cuts in other areas. The government has committed to reaching 2. 5 of gdp by 2030 and is encouraging other members of the Nato Alliance to match that amount. Speaking in berlin next to his german counterpart, rishi sunak said that rising conflicts around the world are making defence spending more urgent. It is a war rages on our continent and new threats are rising around the world. And olaf, i want to congratulate you on your leadership in recognising the zeit and vendor and you taking the historic decision to increase germanys defence spending. And we stand defence spending. And we stand here today together as the leading defence spenders in europe, unshakeable nato allies and the two Largest Military supporters of ukraine in europe. And together we will continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends. As you said , for as long as it takes. Said, for as long as it takes. The deputy pm says hes confident the government will keep its election manifesto promise to ban no fault evictions. But there was some uncertainty at todays pmqs over when the long promised ban might take effect. Thats after take effect. Thats after communities secretary michael gove said it would be up to the house of lords to decide the rate of progress. Labours deputy leader, Angela Rayner, says the government has made empty promises after 14 years. They failed renters, they failed leaseholders and they failed leaseholders and they failed mortgage holders. But mr speaken failed mortgage holders. But mr speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because hes worried they might get wiped out. Has he finally realised that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back to get his main into number 10, he was ditching their biggest election winner for a pint size loser. The head of tiktok says the social media app isnt going anywhere after President Biden signed a law that could see it bannedin signed a law that could see it banned in the United States after growing concerns over the potential for the Chinese Government to influence the apps algorithm and content. The new law would force its chinese owner to sell the app or face a ban. The ceo of the app, which is used by 170 million americans, says he expects to win a legal challenge staying in the us, and President Biden has signed a new aid package for ukraine into law. A short while ago. Today ends months of uncertainty over whether the us would continue supporting kyiv, and comes after the bill passed the house of representatives on saturday in a show of bipartisan support. Ukraines president zelenskyy says it reinforces the us as a, quote, beacon of democracy. The government is set to face a high Court Challenge against its xl bully ban. Campaign group dont ban me licensed me has been given permission to bring legal action against the department for environment and rural affairs. The large bulldog type american breed was added to a banned list in october last year following a series of attacks. Campaigners argue that the ban is unlawful and irrational. Argue that the ban is unlawful and irrational. However, and irrational. However, government lawyers say the challenge should be dismissed. Challenge should be dismissed. Several military horses on the loose in Central London this morning have now been contained. Morning have now been contained. Video posted to social media appeared to show one of the animals covered in blood. At least four people were injured as they galloped their way through the busy city streets. Westminster police says they will now be transported for care. Well, for the latest stories sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code thats on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now back to. Martin. Thank you ryan. We start with this afternoons breaking news and a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a teenage student were stabbed at amman Valley School in wales. And lets cross now. Live to gb news. Reporter peter jack carson, who is outside amman Valley School. Jack, a dramatic case. Whats the latest . The latest . Yeah, well, just in the last few moments, martin, weve had that updated statement from the police which said that just after 11 20 am. They were called to amman Valley School. This morning after reports of an incident. And now we can confirm incident. And now we can confirm that a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The police confirming that three people were injured in this incident and taken to hospital, they say with stab wounds and the families of all of those members involved have been have been informed of the injuries , of informed of the injuries, of course, that theyve sustained. We know from a statement from the Welsh Ambulance service that Critical Care was delivered here on site. There was air ambulances, there was a big Emergency Response immediately and people around here in this area say this is a very unlikely event. Area say this is a very unlikely event. When they saw those event. When they saw those Emergency Services turned up new, of course, something serious was happening. The police said theyre working with the school and agencies to ensure that the appropriate support is available to those students who may well have witnessed what has been described, as well by some witnesses, as horrifying as an incident. The police say this is a very distressing incident and their thoughts are with the victims and their family and everything. Everybody impacted by what has happened. We understand that it is two teachers and a teenage pupil that have been taken to hospital with those stab wounds and as i said, a one teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Now, throughout the day, weve been heanng throughout the day, weve been hearing different, differing reports. But again, that confirmation from the police that it was two teachers and one student that had been stabbed and the forensic officers have been seen, at the site of the school here. Its attached to a leisure centre. Its a busy part of, of this town here, but of course, now completely closed off the head girl who wasnt actually here, was working from home today, said that she got a message from one of her friends that was studying for a psychology exam to say theyd received a message, to say it was code red, and the school was in lockdown. So it was a pretty instant response to when that incident was was called to the police around 1120 this morning. We are expecting a statement from superintendent ross evans from superintendent ross evans from whos the carmarthenshire , from whos the carmarthenshire, commander shortly, at around half past five. And well bring you the latest once hes spoken here. Thank you. Jack carson live outside amman Valley School. Shocking story of that school stabbing a teenage girl now held on suspicion of attempted murder. Now, lets talk about the events in Central London yesterday and asked the question on do we have two tier policing in the country . Well, gb news in the country . Well, gb news viewers can see footage on your screen now that was posted on social media by the metropolitan Police Yesterday afternoon , and Police Yesterday afternoon, and the met said at the time that officers were already dealing with disorder an hour before the Saint Georges day event was due to start, and they added when they tried to get the group of people to turn around, they reacted by violently forcing their way through. Well im joined in the studio by the barrister and writer stephen barrett. Stephen, welcome to the barrett. Stephen, welcome to the studio. Its a delight to have your company. Studio. Its a delight to have your company. Weve been having your company. Weve been having this conversation now for many, many weeks , mainly since october many weeks, mainly since october the 7th. Ive been on these protests. Ive been on protests on both sides. Ive seen up close and personal, and there is absolutely a feeling that the police get tooled up and are ready to go on one type of protest and on the other they stand back and observe is that justified . Well, i think i think we have to say yes now. And, baroness fox said it earlier. Earlier. She used the phrase differential treatment. I quite like that. If you if two tier policing offends you, then use differential treatment. But there is something going on because when we get violent and aggressive protests in a certain way, then the metro politan Police Commissioner will go on the television and be what i call performatively powerless. He will deny that he has any legal powers. He will look in his legal cupboard and he will find it bare. And he will. He will pull a sad face and tell us, oh, well, i would do something if i could, but all of a sudden i cant. And yet when, when this protest happens, all the legal powers in the world were suddenly given to him. And i want your viewers to know martin. Its been its been ever since the blair government. Well, actually , margaret well, actually, Margaret Thatcher started giving them extra powers that theyve been handed powers like sweeties by every successive Prime Minister weve ever had. They have a massive bag. I mean , this is massive bag. I mean, this is like the worlds biggest, halloween , halloween basket. Halloween, halloween basket. They have just endless sweeties to use and to turn around and pretend they dont have them. Is, is i mean, its absurd. And thats why i called him out and i wrote my article saying, giving the example of some of the powers that they have, i think, i think we, we see the point where we have to say that its pushing at the boundaries of plausibility that that they dont know about these powers, given that they suddenly find them when they find a group, they dont like, and then they suddenly lose them when they find a group they do like. And how notable. I mean, just how notable that this all tracks along modern identity politics and that certain groups who are clearly considered at the bottom of the pyramid in identity politics, i. E. White working class men, are more than, you know, piled in on. But certain groups who are elevated in that what i that that rather odd political structure there, i get the benefit of it and i think , you benefit of it and i think, you know, that isnt that isnt free, that isnt fair that is not the rule of law. Now, weve contacted the metropolitan police for comment throughout the day. They havent got back to us yet, but of course they will deny these allegations strongly. And they would say, and ive talked to them myself, ive implored them , them myself, ive implored them, steven, to arrest men at the pro palestine marchers who were projecting those images onto big band. Projecting those images onto big band. They didnt want to do band. They didnt want to do anything about that. I implored them to arrest man with full face balaclavas on at those marches, and they definitely didnt want to get involved. And there were no signs of horses or riot shields. But then they would say that the people on Saint Georges day were looking for trouble. They would say that, wouldnt they . But i spoke with a bunch of them yesterday who said that wasnt the case. What are they meant to do . Are they in a bind . No, they are meant to police us all in exactly the same way. Us all in exactly the same way. They are supposed to be free and fair and impartial in the application of their powers, and theyve lost impartiality vie because they focus instead on things called Like Community coherence and pleasing certain people. People. And one of the great things i get to do in public life is i get to do in public life is i get to do in public life is i get to remain impartial, because i dont mind who i upset. Now that is a sort of licence to upset everybody. So im not not terribly lucky in that regard. But the minute you want to please people, the minute you want some people to like you, then youre not going to apply rules in a consistent way. And thats where the metropolitan police has gone. I always say that, you know, its the road. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. So, you know , good intentions. So, you know, they want they see groups and they want they see groups and they want they see groups and they want to please them. And they want to please them. And they want to please them. And they want them to not feel punished. They want to feel them, not to feel victimised. They want them to feel that we are the good guys. And as are the good guys. And as a result, unfortunately, theyre just not applying the law. And when you do that, things dont work. And as oppose the problem, theyve theyve had endless reports of their own where theyve referred to themselves as institutionally, systemically racist. Are they wearing such a hair shirt of that burden that theyre almost going out of their way now to prove their the opposite thing . Well, this is what happens. You see, they get people human. Were only were all only human. So humans feel shame and then they feel guilty and then they want to make up for it. And in order to make up for it, theyll do theyll do almost anything. And clearly the metropolitan police in particular have been very heavily shamed, quite rightly. But but nonetheless, they have been quite heavily shamed in the past. And then they try and make up for it. And what we end up with is unequal policing. And i do question how much longer the british people will tolerate unequal policing, because it is so contra to everything that we believe. I mean, i had cause to read the peelian principles and robert peelian principles and robert peel believed in equal policing and you know that the only reason we have a police force is to have equal policing. And i belong to one of these identity groups myself. Im openly groups myself. Im openly bisexual, so i dont want special treatment either. We all want equal treatment. That is want equal treatment. That is what will work. Yeah. Now the police, they maintain and they will repeat that there was a set route for the march, given they they claim that the group went outside of the agreed limits when they blocked the limit , they, the blocked the limit, they, the Saint Georges rallied, forced their way through. The police will say they were operating within the framework. They gave out that would be what they say. And they say the same thing on the pro palestine protest. Theres an agreed route and if you break it, they are entitled to enforce that. Thats what they would say , but they dont. They would say, but they dont. You see, i dont, unfortunately for the metropolitan police, i dont have the memory of a goldfish. And we have seen the pro palestine marches go off the route. We saw an impromptu, what was it, al quds demonstration. Was it, al quds demonstration. You know, weve seen the most outrageous of behaviour. Completely ignored. We saw an order put in place, the face coverings could not be worn and then face coverings worn and nothing done by officers on it. So im afraid. And i do think this is the this is the poison of our age, that we live with this argument where theres two stage. Martin, the first thing the Authorities Say is its not happening. And then without missing a beat, once you catch them out, they turn round and 90, them out, they turn round and go, oh, well, anyway, its a good thing. And actually, what we need to go back to is when they do that, we need to turn around and go, go Old Fashioned and say, well, hang on a second. Your first statement was a lie. And actually thats not right. And actually thats not right. And i want to live in a truthful society based on the rule of law. I dont like this sort of shallow. Its very narcissistic. Its very vain. They, you know, the metropolitan police care much more about how theyre coming across than they do seem to care about solving crime. And thats not helpful for what were all trying to achieve. Okay. Steven barrett, thank you very much for joining us okay. Steven barrett, thank you very much forjoining us and you very much for joining us and giving us your expert insight as even giving us your expert insight as ever. Thank you very much. Now ever. Thank you very much. Now moving on. Its the final week to see how your next holiday could be on us here gbnews. With your chance to win a greek cruise for two £10,000 in cash and Luxury Travel gifts, its a prize worth over £20,000, and it could be yours. Dont miss out and heres all the details that you need to enter. Its the final week to see how you can win our biggest prize yet. Theres an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend. However you like. 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Good luck now theres a new line on rishi sunak planned deportation flights to rwanda. Apparently ryanair is now offering to fly migrants to kigali. More on that migrants to kigali. More on that soon. Im Martin Daubney on gb news. Britains news channel gb news is britains election channel and from thursday, the 2nd of may, the people decide , 2nd of may, the people decide, as the country has the polls in as the country has the polls in a rush of elections. Well take a rush of elections. Well take you through the night as the first results come in. And well pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis. And on the weekend, the results wont stop and neither will we. Well explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election, continuing coverage live from thursday the 2nd of may at midnight on. Gb news. Midnight on. Gb news. Welcome back. Your time is 523. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. Now, a development on the rwanda bill which passed through parliament. If you recall earlier in the week, because ryanair Ceo Michael Oleary has stepped in and offered to help the government with some of those flights, an astonishing development. And im joined in our studio by our Political Editor , christopher Political Editor, Christopher Hope to discuss this. Chris, weve been saying for weeks and weeks and weeks, months and months, no commercial airline wants the Reputational Risk. The raf wont even get involved. Raf wont even get involved. Even the airfields themselves are too afraid to put themselves forward because of the protests. And now is this just a stunt . And now is this just a stunt . Well, the issue of Reputational Risk is one pushed out by the schemes critics. But in truth, the government doesnt know. No one wants to get involved yet. And in fact, rishi sunak said that an airline is standing ready, an airfield is standing ready, an airfield is standing ready. I think the ryanair ceo, Michael Oleary, been around. Ive known him from way back when, in the early part of the century, when i was covering with business for the telegraph, he said, yeah, well happily take them. If youve got some space in winter, theyve got a huge boeing fleet. Got a huge boeing fleet. Ryanair. Why cant we just, you know, if it will get some money from the government to use the spare capacity. He says if it was a winter schedule and we had spare aircraft sitting around, if the air government were looking for additional deportation flights or any other flights, we would happily quote for the business. Hes saying that because tomorrow the quoting starts when we expect the king to give us legal assent. Royal assent to this bill passed on monday. After much gnashing of teeth. And the peers, theyll theyll be open for bids for try and do it. Heres Michael Oleary saying theres some money to be made. I wonder whether if this is a start of a turning point on this policy. We heard from jenny chapman, baroness chapman, saying that labour could reverse its its saying were going to axe the scheme if 10,000 people take off, but yeah, its interesting. It is. It could be quite the lifeline. I dont think any of us saw that coming. I still feel like its a bit of a curve ball. Ive been taken somewhat by surprise. But lets talk about rishi sunak second day of his transcontinental attempt to woo our european allies. Yesterday it was poland in warsaw. Today, it was poland in warsaw. Today, berlin, germany, a new alliance after yesterdays £75 billion rollout. Rishi sunak do you think he starts to look like . Well, its starting look pretty Prime Ministerial. Hes showing his election fangs. Martin to go back to three three working days. 123 assault on labour started with getting the people who should be at work back into work. The government would say get them off benefits into work. That was friday. Next working day monday, he said his rwanda plan with how well get the planes off, off, off, off the off the ground when theyre cleared by the lords yesterday. Huge hike in in labourin yesterday. Huge hike in in labour in in in defence spending. Labour itself has been left reeling. We heard earlier left reeling. We heard earlier though from Emily Thornberry. Shes a shadow attorney general , shes a shadow attorney general, said several weeks ago that we wanted to move towards spending 2. 5 on defence and indeed when we were in power last, that was about the amount of money that we were spending. But we will do it as as circumstances allow , well be circumstances allow, well be looking with some interest at whether or not the government produces any details in relation to this, because , you know, the to this, because, you know, the Prime Minister yesterday essentially committed to spending another £75 billion on defence by 2030. So they produced this 22 page document and not a single line of it was on where the money was coming from. Now, hopefully itll come in the near future, just like were hoping that theyre going to give us the details on the £46 billion that its going to cost them to get rid of national insurance. They havent given us any details on that either. I mean, as we get closer to an election, were going to get more and more of this, you know, and i know that your program will hold the government to account in the way that you hold us to account, and that if people want to say they want to spend money, they need to tell us where the money is going to come from, because in the end, its the public that needs to spend to pay for it. Well, that was Emily Thornberry earlier seeing a bit rattled, i think. Is this because 12 days ago, chris, the Labour Party Said that they would commit to an 4 two gdp. Now the tories have done it first and shes changed her tune. They said when we can afford it. As the tory government said back in 2022, two Prime Ministers go Boris Johnson. The position has been one. We can afford it. Well get the 2. 5 by 2030. The difference is rishi sunak has found out how he thinks he can afford it by cutting Civil Service jobs. Labour cant do that. Theyll save money on the Civil Service job cuts. The government says labour cant do it because they cant risk offending the public and public and commercial services union, which represent pubuc services union, which represent Public Service Service Sector workers. And thats the problem. Thats why i think theres a problem here for the labour party. They are going to have to sit with being weak on defence going into the Election Campaign and the only firm those plans up after the election, if they win power with a big strategy document. So i think the tories have had a quite a good few days. It does actually feel for the first time, perhaps in quite some time. Chris that the labour party are having to be the ones responding to what the conservatives are doing. As you keep saying, rishi sunak seems to be in the in the foetal position, taking quite a battering. Wes streeting taking a lead on the part. Privatisation of the nhs. This, this looks like maybe theyre getting on a front foot last. Yeah. And it needs to. Its self preservation. Hes got a difficult week next week, the back end of it with the local elections , the mayoral elections elections, the mayoral elections in some of our biggest cities, the tories are trailing way behind in the polls. Hes come out fighting probably just in time. He wants to lead this party into the next election. And a past few days has shown me why, how hell do it. Do you think it will work . Because elections arent won and lost on defence policy, on foreign policy, its the pounds and the pence in the pocket and its on things like immigration. Could ryanair be the curve ball none of us saw coming . Well it could be if they can. I think that Foreign Affairs definitely is not an election winner really. Although it can damage the government as it did with iraq war in 2005 and the labour administration. But i think its keeping us safe. And think its keeping us safe. And thats what the tories can almost try and say will guarantee it. Labour cant guarantee it. Labour cant guarantee it. Labour cant guarantee it. And that is called an election. Dividing line. I wonder if it would be enough. When will the next poll be out, do you think . When can we expect to see a poll that will reflect all of this . Because theyre desperate for an upfick because theyre desperate for an uptick the weekend . Probably, i think i mean, whether anyone outside of our really informed viewers on gb news or enough of them are watching it. I mean, it takes a while for this stuff to sink through, but they should really be driving home this message that we will keep you safe. Labour cant say that yet, because theyre not going to say how theyre going to get to 2. 5 of spending on gdp. Superb stuff. Always a pleasure to have you in the studio, chris. Hope, our Political Editor. Im still reeling about the ryanair thing. Maybe thats just me. Theres lots more still to come between now and 6 00, and were expecting an update from the school in wales where a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a teenage pupil were stabbed there earlier today. But first, its time for your latest News Headlines and its ray addison. Its ray addison. Thanks, martin. Its 530. And as weve been hearing, a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teenage teachers and a teenage student were stabbed at a school in wales. The suspect remains in custody. A man valley remains in custody. A man Valley School was put into lockdown shortly after 11 am. After three people were injured. Emergency services responded, including wales air ambulance. Including wales air ambulance. Pupils have now been released to their worried parents, who were gathered outside of the school gates. Three men have been gates. Three men have been arrested following the deaths of five migrants, including a young girl, as they attempted to cross the channel yesterday. Those detained include two sudanese men, aged 22 and 19, and a 22 year old south Sudan National. It comes as figures from the home office show that more than 400 migrants crossed the channel yesterday. A man has been yesterday. A man has been charged after a nine Year Old Girl was kidnapped in knightsbridge in Central London. 56 year old robert prussack was charged with multiple offences including kidnap and Sexual Assault. The child was reported missing on Brompton Road in london on monday. 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Anti british . Jade has this. Theres an undercurrent at every pro hamas march, yet nothing is ever done. Its two tier policing and most people know that well, somebody who isnt afraid to talk about that. In fact , she monstered it last fact, she monstered it last night is Michelle Dewberry , who night is Michelle Dewberry, who joins me now, of course, dewbs co six till seven. Michelle always a pleasure. Whats on your menu tonight, martin . Well, yeah, of course. You know, you imagine if your kids, your grandkids are at school and your grandkids are at school and you get that call to say that that school is in lockdown. I mean, it must be absolutely terrifying. So i want to look at what on earth is going on when it comes to young people and some of their behaviour. It comes to young people and some of their behaviour. We hear some of their behaviour. We hear about things like stabbings and knife crimes all the time. But what is the answer to it all and anyone out there . Have you got a simple answer . If you do, can you tell me it please . Because im at a loss as to how on earth we fix all this. But i also want to ask. Theres been a committee taking place today, looking at arms sales over to israel. Arms sales over to israel. Should this still be happening . Should this still be happening . Should it be paused . Fascinating to hear everybodys views on that. Well, i can tell you now, my panel completely disagree. I my panel completely disagree. I also want to ask as well whether or not council should essentially, martin, be selling the family silver to help clear up their debts. The family silver to help clear up their debts. And if ive got up their debts. And if ive got time, i want to squeeze it in. Should serving politicians be presenting shows on radio and television . Do you think they should . Well, its obviously a topic close to our home, i think. Well why not . So long as they dont present news, those are the regulations, michelle, about that school in wales. Can you imagine picking your kid up at home time as normal with them, having go through what theyve been through today . Michelle, i dont think id ever let my kid go well, but you know what i find interesting . And obviously i dont condone breaking of the rules, but if i got a call to say that my child was at school nurse or wherever , was at school nurse or wherever, and there was an incident and there was in lockdown, i would be straight at those doors and id be doing everything that i possibly could to get in and get my child out of there. It must be absolutely terrifying. Be absolutely terrifying. Okay, thats all dewbs co 6 or 7 Michelle Dewberry. Thank you so much forjoining us on the show. Now, a man who served in the special forces during the Second World War, a celebrated his 102nd birthday in style at a five star hotel in london. And heianed five star hotel in london. And he invited gb news along to share his special days welcome back. Its five 3039. Im Martin Daubney on gb news now. The last surviving member now. The last surviving member of a special forces regiment dunng of a special forces regiment during world war ii has fulfilled his lifelong dream to dine at the ritz hotel in london. As he celebrated his 102nd birthday in style. Chelsea 102nd birthday in style. Chelsea pensioner john morris volunteered for the pensionerjohn morris volunteered for the raiding support regiment and took part in the allied invasion of italy, and Cameron Walker went along to meet him. Meet him. War is not glamorous. Meet him. War is not glamorous. We war is not glamorous. We thought it was actually when youre young. Youre young. John morris is the last surviving member of his sas regiment from the Second World War. Before joining the special forces, his Service Began in kent, shooting down german bombers targeting london. The only thing i shot down, actually was a chimney kitchen chimney. Accidentally by mistake. Nobody had any breakfast that morning. I wasnt very popular. John was one of the last people to receive a 100th birthday card from Queen Elizabeth ii. Elizabeth ii. All birthday cards from the children from Christ Church school celebrating his 102nd birthday this week. Birthday this week. Local School Children made him cards thanking him for his bravery. I think kids should know more about the sacrifice their forefathers made. Not me. Im no forefathers made. Not me. Im no hero, but they , like they were hero, but they, like they were the raf boys who died and people like that. They dont realise like that. They dont realise that they dont know much about it. They dont even know who hitler was. Half of them. John, whos now a chelsea pensioner, kindly agreed to share his wartime memories. In 1943 he was sent to north africa with the Royal Artillery and past special forces selection, taking part in the allied invasion of italy. Invasion of italy. 75,000 british and colonial troops were killed in italy as the germans fought back very well. Well. Ultimately, the allies were successful, but a much more powerful natural threat was not far away. Mount vesuvius, famous for destroying the roman town of pompeii in ad 79, erupted. Pompeii in ad 79, erupted. Ad i woke up in the morning, i heard this rumble, looked outside and this wall of lava coming down. So never go on a volcanic island where i am, because its very dangerous. That year, allied forces landed on the beaches of normandy, known as d day. Landed on the beaches of normandy, known as d day. The normandy, known as d day. The operation led to the liberation of western europe and was one of the most famous and widely praised successes of the war. Far away in italy , john and his far away in italy, john and his comrades were branded with a less than flattering nickname , less than flattering nickname, turned into a popular wartime song. Already done three days we did the north african landing , did the north african landing, we did the battle of britain , we did the battle of britain, and we did the italian landing. We did the yugoslav savoia, albania, and they called us d day dodgers for, well, a dictator charges out into late i john celebrated his 102nd in style. First, a party with the Chelsea Pensioners , followed by Chelsea Pensioners, followed by a champagne lunch organised by friend and irish guards ambassador frederick crum. The ritz always had a wonderful relationship with the Chelsea Pensioners. We celebrate in style and hes never been to the ritz, so that will be worthy of the 102nd birthday, right . John thats right. Cameron walker gb news. Cameron walker gb news. Fantastic stuff. And happy birthday, john morris. The very best of british. Now im going to talk to you about deep fakes and why they could play a crucial role in the next general election. Im Martin Daubney on welcome back 546. Were on the final furlong. Im martin final furlong. Im Martin Daubney on gb news now. Could deep fakes play a crucial role in the next general election . In the next general election . Well, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have already been victims of deep fakes. But what are they . And how dangerous could they be . Well, joining me now in the studio is the broadcaster and lawyer andrew eborn, and im rejoined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson to find out how big a deal this could be. Andrew lets start with you. So in a nutshell, what are deep fakes and why should we be concerned . And whos been probed . Oh, ill tell you what everybody should be terrified about deep fakes. Because basically i can make you do, say, dance whatever i want you to do. All as a result of artificial intelligence. And whats happening is that 2 billion people are going to the polls this year. And at the same time, ai is going to have the biggest influence on elections ever. And you might remember, we had , good you might remember, we had, good old, rishi who was pulling a pint and they did that fake pint. They made it look as though he wasnt pulling it properly. I put up a couple of images there. The one on the left makes it look really dodgy. Look at the girls eyes. And shes sort of saying, well, hang about. What on earth are you doing . What on earth are you doing . So the one on the left is the fight. The one on the left is it makes him look like an incompetent pineapple, which, of course would decimate his votes. He would, in my eyes anyway. And the one on the right is the original. So all of these things i always say question everything. Its a diseased Information Age, and you have to work on that sort of basis, especially i will influence basically whats going to happen. And its been rolled out in other countries too. Tell us about some others. So slovakia, basically the elections there might have been the first swung by deepfakes, a pro kremlin populist one in power there. And what happened days before the election, a video emerged. An audio as well, with him sort of saying how hes going to rig the election and all the people suddenly say, well, hang on, if hes going to rig the election, were going to vote against him. So he lost. So he lost. They had that in Different Things in indonesia. They had an avatar of a previous person endorsing one of the candidates, and they have all these audio recordings as well. So fake audios are going all over the place at the moment. And weve had a few in this country as well. So tell us about a case you mentioned of a politician speaking in a foreign language, obviously designed to try and appeal to people of that ethnic persuasion, but it was a fake. Who was it . So the number of people say it was basically in india, they had that with a different elections there. And the member of the party was turning around, and hes spoken all the different dialects, and people were incredibly impressed that he could do that, because he could appeal to that. But also in new york, the mayor there was basically phoning lots of people up, and he was speaking mandarin , he was speaking french and all the different peoples, whatever language they wanted on that sort of basis. And he openly admitted, well , and he openly admitted, well, of course im using this. Im trying to appeal to the people. So Im Using Technology to do that. Well, it sounds like a very 21st way, 21st century and persuasive way to get votes. And i believe andrew, youve actually made yourself into several multilingual political genii. Why dont we start with you, andrew, as an englishman, which, of course you are. Which, of course you are. Hello, im andrew eborn. Were living in a diseased Information Age. Theres never been a more important time to question everything. So join me , question everything. So join me, andrew eborn for andrew ebans fake or fact. Fake or fact. So thats the genuine andrew. Now here is the italian andrew eborn salvation. Andrew eborn viviamo in un era malata delle informazioni non e stato un aumento piu importante per tutto un via me andrew eborn, per il programma di andrew eborn fake or fact , im gonna say mamma or fact, im gonna say mamma miai im convinced. But thats not all. Were just getting warmed up. Lets look at the chinese. Andrew eborn. Was born. Chinese. Andrew eborn. Was born. Shin bet. Shin bet. Shin bet. So , andrew. Now, on the one so, andrew. Now, on the one hand, were having a laugh. Yes. Its a very fun thing, but, nigel nelson, i want to bring you in because this will start to be increasingly deployed , to be increasingly deployed, both in ways to appeal by pretending to be multilingual, but also in ways to attack. Weve already seen attacks on, on on labour mps and indeed on rishi sunak. Matt hancock had the worst pint on the planet. Rishi sunak followed. People do believe these things, dont they . That could be a problem. Thats the danger and i think that what weve just seen there is great fun. Thats fine, the real problem is what happens when the russians start doing it. So Russian Foreign policy since the cold war has been to destabilise the west by planting fake news disinformation. This takes it to a whole new level, what they used to do was, was so called auto generated bikini bots. So it was , stolen pictures bots. So it was, stolen pictures of scantily clad young women pumping out messages every ten minutes. Used in 2016 for Donald Trumps election. They kept repeating his tweets, so amplifying everything that happened. Amplifying everything that happened. But also they can happened. But also they can plant conspiracy theories, covid and conspiracy theories as an example. They can divide people by pretending to be on different sides. And so it goes on. This takes it even further and is much more serious because its much more serious because its much more serious because its much more believable. And andrew has this actually, provably affected elections already . Oh, absolutely. I gave those examples in argentina. It worked. And that sort of basis in slovakia it sort of basis in slovakia it sort of basis in slovakia it sort of morad tahbaz. And whats interesting, i did one take on that just this afternoon, and its a really brilliant software. Lazar vukovic and dmitri kibkalo and what theyve done, you can basically dub into several languages automatically. So you imagine how powerful that is. And things are only going to get better and better on that sort of basis. So it will happen. I always say question everything. Were living in a diseased Information Age where if its too good to be true, it definitely is. And nigel, weve already seen, you know , chinese seen, you know, chinese interference. You know, tiktok is being talked about today as a way of affecting british politics. As you said , the politics. As you said, the russians. So exterior hostile actors could also compromise this sort of technology. Thats where it becomes really dangerous at the moment, if Political Parties wanted to use it, the answer is they should say so, some news websites in this country use it, but they actually tell you theyre using ai but they actually tell you theyre using al to generate some content. The big danger is if a hostile power wants to get what wants to use this stuff, and we just wont know where its coming from , andrew, should its coming from, andrew, should we be concerned or will it be obvious to spot. No, it wont be obvious to spot. No, it wont be obvious to spot at all. And its got better and better. The audio fakes. This is why you fool everybody. Because were living, as i say, in an age when fact is stranger than fiction. You know, you get all fiction. You know, you get all sorts of videos released, all sorts of videos released, all sorts of videos released, all sorts of scandals coming out. Most of those will be false now, and i guarantee were going to get far more of these fake videos every single day. Im seeing more and more of them. Superb. Thank you very much. Andrew eborn and nigel nelson. The concept of deep fakes. How concerned should we be now . Earlier in the show, we spoke about an incident yesterday afternoon when the metropolitan Police Officers clashed with people who were at a Saint Georges day march, where the last few minutes the metropolitan police has told us that the Police Officers did not close down any pubs. They told us that they engaged with licensed premises in the westminster area, as is common as part of such an event, and one pub chose to close voluntary. I was in the area, thats not quite what i saw, but look, the police have just repeated that there was a voluntary closure on Saint Georges day. There had been a number of arrests at a pub further up towards trafalgar square, and so a voluntary they are saying the last few minutes the met have told us that they did not close down any pubs. They engaged with licensed premises in the westminster area, as is common, and one pub chose to close voluntarily. Chose to close voluntarily. Well, thats it from me, but dewbs co is up next. Dont forget from breakfast at 6 am. Its stephen and ellie and then its stephen and ellie and then its britains newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev. And then tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. Afternoon britain from midday. Ill be back at 3 00. Thatll be my mush on your screens there. And im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. But now its time for your weather with Aidan Mcgivern. A brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. The odd shower towards the south today, but otherwise its fine with sunny spells, especially for much of scotland and Northern Ireland where weve got an area of High Pressure towards the northwest of the uk. However, weve still got this northerly breeze bringing Cool Conditions countrywide and its going to feel especially cool on the nonh feel especially cool on the north sea coast. Feel especially cool on the north sea coast. Any showers in north sea coast. Any showers in the south will disappear into the south will disappear into the evening, but therell be further showers into the north and east of scotland, northeast england and 1 or 2 developing across wales and western england. Now where we avoid the showers, where we get some clear spells , temperatures will fall spells, temperatures will fall away at such a frost first thing on thursday , a chilly start on thursday, a chilly start especially for parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, central england. However, despite the chill, plenty of sunshine first thing and we keep the largely fine and sunny weather for western scotland , weather for western scotland, northwest england, for example. Elsewhere, a bit more cloud compared with today and a few more showers developing, particularly for parts of england and wales, eastern scotland. Still, that cool breeze for the north sea coast. 8 or 9 celsius at best for some nonh 8 or 9 celsius at best for some north sea areas, but otherwise highs elsewhere into the double figures. Now friday starts off frosty, a chilly start in the east of england in particular, but otherwise a few showers and some sunny spells expected. More unsettled weather arrives from the south through the weekend. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on attempted murder and multiple people hurt. Attempted murder and multiple people hurt. Im asking you, how on earth do we stop this kind of stuff . Also, should we still be exporting arms to israel . Im asking off the back of a Parliamentary Committee session today, which looked at exactly that question, and Many Councils right now are in an absolute mess, lets face it. But im asking you, is the answer then essentially selling off their family jewels , their assets . Is family jewels, their assets . 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