Good. And letting you drive the show. Well , fantastic. Sounds about well, fantastic. Sounds about right. How are you at home celebrating International Womens day . Of course. I promise not to interrupt you at all. Of course, it is also mothering sunday this sunday, so dont forget. Please do send your mother some flowers. A text is not enough. Are you going to go and see your mum or just i am . Your mum orjust i am . Of course i am. Of course i am, mum. I will see you on sunday. Im going to see my mother and my grandmother. Well, that is brownie well, that is double brownie points anyway. Let us know what youre views at youre up to. Gb views at gb news. Com do approve news. Com do you approve of international do International Womens day . Do you be you think there should be a mens day . Two . Or is that every other year . Other day of the year . But first, headlines. First, your headlines. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. Its 12 02. Im sophia wenzler. Its12 02. Im sophia wenzler in the g
Its 3 00. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Huge crowds are the gb newsroom. Huge crowds are marching through Central London and glasgow demonstrating against the war in gaza. Thousands of people taking part in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest, demanding an immediate ceasefire in london. The gathering has reached the us embassy, where a stage has been set up for speeches. Earlier, officers warned a robust plan is in place to tackle hate crime after the Counter Terror sa said the capital has become a no go zone for jews. The capital has become a no go zone forjews. The met police zone for jews. The met police says the protests in london have cost the force more than £32 million over the past five months. The meanwhile, the head of Foreign Affairs committee has accused israel of blocking aid, getting into gaza humanitarian suppues getting into gaza humanitarian supplies are being airdropped as the crisis in the region deepens. A ship carrying aid is also said to be ready to
Headlines with sophia wenzler. Thanks, martin. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira and says shes whole heartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Her comments come after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly with the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation. Canova examined more than 100 murders and abductions unked than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. Than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. The linked to the unit. The investigation was conducted by Bedfordshire Police over a seven year period, costing around £40 million. Now a psni chief constable, john butcher, says there was strong evidence of a very serious criminality. St
Political adviser. Next. For a lot more this morning, but we really want to hear your views on this nhs fitness app. Im calling it a fitness app. That sounds quite sort of benevolent. So it basically logs how many steps youve done, sends data back in real time to the government. I mean, youre going government. I mean, youre going to be the first person to download arent you, bev . Download that, arent you, bev . No about big no i mean, talk about big brother watching. Brother is watching. We this was coming down we said this was coming down the line. Sunak and jeremy the line. Rishi sunak and jeremy hunt get very excited about i, i dont know whether you saw how many times they mentioned the word app the budget, jeremy word app in the budget, jeremy hunt, know, an app is hunt, you know, an app is a solution to everything. Is it the well, of the plans well, some of the plans include doctors gps, include a doctors gps, receptionist you an app, receptionist calling you an app, calling you
And fast jets. The idf have confirmed that tonight they will expand their ground war in gaza significantly. Theyve issued significantly. Theyve issued another warning to civilians in northern gaza to get out of the area and to head south. And meanwhile , the Uk Foreign Office meanwhile, the Uk Foreign Office hasissued meanwhile, the Uk Foreign Office has issued an urgent warning to british nationals in israel, warning of the possibility of increased rocket attacks in the hours and days ahead. In response to this major escalation. Escalation. Well, tonights escalation follows consecutive nights of israeli incursions into gaza, an almost three weeks of aerial bombardment and shelling and explosions have been seen on the border with gaza, where Israeli Forces have been massing since the hamas attacks on the seven of october. The terror groups confirmed its fighters are involved in ongoing clashes. The Israeli Air Force is also carrying out extensive strikes on the network of tunnels and o