With sam. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. The headlines im sam francis. The headlines at 12 00 to israel first, where Israeli Forces say they believe 100 hostages are still alive in gaza after recovering the bodies of three israelis whod been captured by hamas. Israeli forces say theyve been battling hamas fighters in northern gaza overnight in some of the fiercest engagement since returning to the area a week ago in the south of the territory, militants have also been attacking tanks around rafah. Attacking tanks around rafah. Meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands are expected to to take the streets in the capital this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas. Demonstrators from stop the war and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. A conservative mp has accused his local Water Company of being incompetent after supplies were contaminated by par
Now, this, Sex Education guidance is due to be published tomorrow. But as always happens, it seems to have been leaked almost in its entirety to the press. And theres lots of different rules. So under 19 is complete ban on Sex Education. Theyre allowed to talk about under nines. Under nines. Sorry a complete ban on Sex Education. Apart from talking about nice things like families and, being nice to each other and having respect and all that, whats the most controversial thing, i guessis most controversial thing, i guess is a overall ban on teaching gender ideology, or essentially that you can change your gender . Yeah, i suppose some critics are saying that this is going to be over interpreted, and that schools are sort of going to tear books out of libraries and not not be able to say that transgender people exist, because some schools back in the days of section 28, when you werent allowed to teach that gay people existed or you werent allowed to teach lgbt issues , schools over inte
Some people think it may be as few as 300,000 animals, so we might be losing 1 6 of the continental population of africas elephants every year. Peters in many countries in africa, the elephant is already ecologically extinct. [gunshots, elephant trumpets] narrator every 20 minutes, an elephant is killed for its tusks. The reason greed. The price of ivory has skyrocketed. Raw ivory sells for as much as 3,000 per pound on the black market, but the cost for humanity is unfathomable. Elephants may be gone in 10 years. Ruggiero the problem begins very simply with demand. Narrator and china drives the demand for ivory. Knights china now is estimated to be 70 of the worlds ivory market. There is a tradition of ivory carving, but also, of course, the massive growth of the chinese economy. Narrator around 300 Million People make up chinas middle class today. Thats more than the population of the United States, and they are looking to spend their money on luxury goods. Ivory has particular appea
Mob . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Your next hour. Like king canute trying to stop the tide, a raft of politicians have been howling into the void, trying their damnedest to stop the boats. So damnedest to stop the boats. So far, nothing has succeeded. Today sir keir starmer launched his plan a new elite border force. Will that work . Is it yet more empty rhetoric . Well have full analysis from Security Experts who they think it could just be yet more hot air. Now get in touch all the usual ways and also , dont forget theres and also, dont forget theres another story were covering today. Just broken a moment ago. Ill also talk, of course, about the man whos been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years for the murder of pc sharon barwinski, who was shot dead during an Armed Robbery in bradford in 2005. And of course, i want to hear from you, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay and thats your News Headlines and its sophia wenzler. Ma
Caught my eye this week. Dont you make me dizzy from your kisses. Will you take my hand . Its been. Yes. Its all in the name of eurovision. Of course. Thats to come. But before we get started, lets get your latest news with sam francis. Sam francis. Nana, thank you very much. And good afternoon to you. Its and good afternoon to you. Its just after 3 00. The top story from the newsroom this hour. From the newsroom this hour. Former home secretary Suella Braverman has told gb news that rishi sunak needs to urgently change course following what she called dire local Election Results. The Prime Minister has promised to take the fight to labour despite losing 397 Council Seats and losing control of ten councils. Miss braverman says mr sunak must now make bold decisions. Theres no time to change leaders, so the Prime Minister is going to be leading us into the next general election, whether we like it or not. What he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the