News is it is turning drier and brighter over the next few days. Find out more with me in a little bit. Just a little bit of work on that accent, paul. Thats all. While many. Nil. Nil nil nil nil. While many. Nil. Nil nil nil nil. And now the from the nil. And now the from the latvian jury. Yeah , thats always the worst yeah, thats always the worst bit. Hey, heres a question for you. Yeah how old is too old to make a career comeback, do you think . What do you mean by in eurovision terms . No, no. No, no. General. General, there is ho. No. Oh, there is no age. Oh, there is no age. Well, william, its just that William Shatner wants to do another star trek movie at 93. Right. Right. And he hasnt done. Why not . And he hasnt done. Why not . He hasnt done one for 30 years. Generations with his last one week. Okay. Did he play. Did he play. So he wants to use, de aging technology to make him look younger. Right. Hes always looked quite young though, hasnt he . He just looks good for 93. He just looks good for 93. Hes got the hair of a 35 year old, hasnt he. Well i dont know how he. Anythings possible with al guys. Anythings possible. But hes exactly. But hes the only one. Hes the only one thats still alive, isnt he. Thats still alive, isnt he. How old of the star trek . Hes the only one thats still alive. The original nimoy. Theres yeah. Nichelle nichols, he went recently. Deforest kelley. Yeah, im surprised of myself. Im not even a star trek fan, but theyre all very good. Yeah. Very good. No, sulu is still about. Yes. Whats his name . Yes. Whats his name . Yes. Whats his name . Cant remember his actual name now. Name how. Name now. George takei. George takei. Yes, of course. Yeah, hes hes still going anyway. 103 george takei and looking great. He says, paul, well see you later on. Thank you. Get out. This isnt your slot. Sorry. Its 602. And it is the start of our program. The top story this morning, the ministry of defence has been hacked. And all fingers pointing this morning towards china. Towards china. Yeah. Now, the mod has confirmed to gb news that an external payroll system was hit andifs external payroll system was hit and its operated by a contractor which contained staff information, including names, bank details and in some cases , bank details and in some cases, home addresses. Theyve told us it was immediately taken offline for a full review. All payroll payments were made at the end of last month, and they dont expect any future payment delays ehhen lets talk to former labour mp denis macshane, who joins us now. I mean, this is hugely worrying, dennis, because it makes you wonder what on earth the chinese are trying to achieve with this. Oh, its very simple. Theyre not interested in the pay grades. The money paid in the mod. What they want are bank details, bank numbers, other connections. So then if they find any vulnerabilities, someones got a problem with marriage or whatever, then they beam in on that and we saw it. Its happening all over europe. The german far right party, the alternative for deutschland , alternative for deutschland, their politics isnt so important, but their chief european candidates almost had to stand down because he had a guy on his staff whos been exposed as a chinese spy. Alicia kearns, our very good chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, the Foreign Affairs committee, the house of commons. She was being investigated or examined for being tapped by the chinese earlier this year. And i mean, the wackiest story, if you like, in france, where actually president xi jinping of china is now on a big state visit with president macron. But the port of brest, which is a home to the French Nuclear submarine fleet and other warships right out of the atlantic coast, they suddenly found a rather lonely place. They suddenly found the last few years an awful lot of very Young Chinese ladies were enrolling for academic courses in the university and going out and maybe having building warm relationships with all the Nuclear Technicians and this, that and the other. And the french admiral was reported to the French National assembly on this. It is happening all over. And i mean, theyre being aggressive. A chinese , sorry, an aggressive. A chinese, sorry, an australian Helicopter Military helicopter was attacked by a chinese plane. The Prime Minister of australia, mr albaneses, Just Announced it was on a un patrol related to nonh was on a un patrol related to north keeping north korea under watch. And were not doing anything to push back. This is anything to push back. This is the tariff. Well, look on push back. Well, look on push back. Weve had weve had two people charged with espionage under the National Secrets act, including the person that was involved with alicia kearns. But there is, as you say, stephen, how do you push back . Because theres this dilemma. You have theres this dilemma. You have the financial pain that would come with cutting off such an important trade partner, giving these tiny sanctions sort of slap on the wrist. Were not slap on the wrist. Were not even calling them a threat, are we at the moment . Well, president macron is rolling out the red red carpet. I was with him. I know the i was with him. I know the namedrop i was with him last week in the elysee. But since you asked, we talked about the change of government in britain. But i was glad to see there the ambassador of taiwan and the representative of tibetans worldwide. The dalai lama is worldwide. The dalai lama is very frail now. So this chap sort of does the touring business. But france is luxury industry. Export industry would collapse overnight if the chinese werent buying louis vuitton. Look at our own foreign secretary whos refusing to recuse himself on dealing with china, even though he was taking an awful lot of money to promote chinese Investments Overseas and other work on behalf of china. Theyre taking us to the cleaners , and we dont have cleaners, and we dont have a policy, and its got to be across the board. But do we need a policy . In that sense, this is all smoke and mirrors. Youre not telling me we havent got significant assets within china ourself, as will america , as will many will america, as will many european countries, i expect. I remember when i was, chinese. Sorry, the minister for china gates, the Chinese Foreign ministry, and i had this huge briefing thing about that big from the foreign office. And i went for a pee. And when i came back, it had disappeared. Panic all round. And then we went for another pee as it were, had a cup of coffee and it reappeared again. So obviously they just photocopied it in a flash. Thats just the way they behave. Well, we have to call them out. Well, we have to call them out. We have to say, make clear, and it has to be done internationally. It wont be the Little England or the la Petite France or the grossdeutschland that does this. It will be all of us saying this must stop. Okay. Thank you very much. Denis macshane , former minister denis macshane, former minister for europe. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. And china and china. Appreciate it. And china and china. There and china and china. There you go. More relevantly. Thank you. Its interesting. I mean, on a very personal front, i think youre going to be concerned if youre going to be concerned if youre serving in the armed forces. Some veterans have been affected by this as well. So it is going to concern you, but i know the mod is offering support to and reaching out to those people whove been affected. So you just have to wait to see if youre contacted on that one. Yeah. To the middle east now, where israel has vowed to continue with its invasion of rafah in the south of gaza after rejecting a ceasefire offer from hamas. You know, the agreement was organised by qatari and egyptian mediators. But israel says the terms do not meet its demands. Well, this comes as israel ordered a partial evacuation of at least 100,000 citizens. Lets get the thoughts of the defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox, who joins us this morning, look , theres been so morning, look, theres been so much noise, hasnt there . Even from the likes of america, to try and stop this from happening. And yet its being described, isnt it, as targeted strikes on rafah that have begun, but a worrying moment the next 24 hours, i suppose. Yeah. Im next 24 hours, i suppose. Yeah. Im afraid next 24 hours, i suppose. Yeah. Im afraid weve heard yeah. Im afraid weve heard all this before about targeted strikes in and around rafah. There have been 1. 2 million. Theyve told 100,000 to get out of the way. Some started moving from early yesterday. They were moving for the sixth or seventh time since the war began. Were time since the war began. Were into the 214th day. No, youre absolutely right. Is that mr netanyahu . Netanyahu, the israeli Prime Minister, is determined to do this. He wants a fight to the finish. He wants to declare victory. The americans is not only anthony blinken, but bill burns , the blinken, but bill burns, the head of the cia, are extremely sceptical about the netanyahu plans. And thats where we are. And as you say, there are signs that the offensive has begun with bombing and now with ground operation, tanks have been seen moving in. I mean, in terms of israels position then on this, it is becoming increasingly thin , becoming increasingly thin, isnt it . I mean, when you look at what seems to be on the table with this deal, its a three stage plan, i think. Isnt it . And it does look pretty substantial. Substantial. Well, it does seem to offer the, the prospect that, what remains of the fighting force of hamas under yahya sinwar , which hamas under yahya sinwar, which is the point, will get out , is the point, will get out, because the Political Leadership and the sponsors of hamas, not only of qatar, but its particularly saudi arabia has been strong about this, saying youve got to win this, youve got to get this out, and we need a settlement with israel. The point on the other side is that there is a great fear, particularly from the liberal press, which is very strong in israel. Haaretz times visceral, particularly the english language, dailies are saying, now, look, youve split the country completely and youre just going on with the war. This is to netanyahu and his hardline settler allies in his government. Youre just going on, in order that you may survive, because once we have peace and the thing stops, youll be out of office, youll be on trial again, and thats the end of it. And its becoming a very personal survival game, according to the critics , very according to the critics, very divisive, even, as you say in israel, with some people convinced hes more interested in annihilating hamas than than trying to rescue any remaining hostages from there. Hostages from there. And what about here in the uk . Lots of papers reporting about these protests that weve seen at universities across america now reaching our shores. America now reaching our shores. A new tented camp in in oxbridge campuses as well. Is this something that were going to see more of, do you think as the humanitarian catastrophe increases over the next few days . Well, the humanitarian side of it, i would have liked to have gone into that, but its such a huge subject. Humanitarian law and the International Criminal court really are becoming factors in this. But lets look at protest. This. But lets look at protest. I think youre absolutely right. Protest is now a factor in the electoral cycle, and were going to see it big time in the engush to see it big time in the English Speaking world as we go into general elections in the uk and the us. Hmmhmm now, having said that, a lot of very interesting background writing is being written about it. This is being written about it. This is the symptom of a general gloom that politics isnt delivering in protest as her marvellous book by an lse professor called Jonathan White called in the long term, which points this out, its the absence of hope in so much of the politics. Look at the politics of local government politics. I dont criticise gb news for this, but most of the coverage was actually a game show forecasting whos up, whos down, whos winning. Not what its about, not what you can not what you can deliver. And to go back to your very strong point, protest is part of that. Yes they do feel aggrieved about, palestine and human rights there, but its part of a general feeling of grievance as well. And to answer your well. And to answer your question, ive been very long winded and apologise as the answer is absolutely yes. This is going to be a feature of our National Politics us, uk and certainly in countries like france and germany for the rest of the summer at least, and probably a lot more, its whether it makes a difference though, robert, i mean , so though, robert, i mean, so i mean, you could argue when you look at bidens position , i look at bidens position, i mean, one thing that they seem to have done is put on hold some munitions delivery to israel. I mean, is that a result of the protest . Is that just because of the general unease in the white house about whats happening . House about whats happening . I assume thats coming down the track. And this is quite clearly what blinken and burns have been saying to netanyahu , have been saying to netanyahu, because even things like, iron dome , you know, the famous, dome, you know, the famous, missile, it is very well famous now Missile Defence system, which is a complex of radars, of sensors , absolutely cutting edge sensors, absolutely cutting edge stuff and missiles. It does require a lot of american input in terms of part and technology. And theyre saying, go on with a war war and no jaw jaw as churchill, put it. And were going to start rowing back. This is the first sign that its going to happen. But if, if, netanyahu is going to say no to any possible solution, a political solution, a negotiated solution, which he appears to be saying at the moment were going to hear more of that. I think that things are getting very tough because biden doesnt want this a polluting his election campaign. Campaign. Okay. Robert fox, thanks very much indeed for your analysis this morning. Thank you. All right. It is 6 14. Lets have a look at some of the other stories heading into the newsroom this morning. And the United States and most eu nations are set to avoid the inauguration of russian president vladimir putin. The ceremony is going to take place at the kremlin today, and will swear him in for a new six year term. Hes already a longer serving leader than joseph stalin, with Putin Holding a continuing position as president or Prime Minister since 1999. The liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey , says hell table sir ed davey, says hell table a motion of no confidence in the government today in an effort to pressure rishi sunak to call a june general election. Sir ed june general election. Sir ed claims the disastrous local Election Results show the country has, in his words, had enough of rishi sunak and his out of touch government and the met gala has taken place in new york. If you care about these sort of things, garden of time was the theme, if you like, zendaya was there. Jennifer lopez, someone called bad bunny. No idea who that is. No idea who that is. No. And Chris Hemsworth, you know, it costs about 70,000 a ticket. Yeah the exclusive event is a benefit for the new York Metropolitan Museum and marks the opening of its costume institutes annual fashion exhibit. Absolutely crazy. Exhibit. Absolutely crazy. It is crazy. And yeah, its kind of a bit grotesque, isnt it, when theres all sorts of tragedies going on around the world, but its always interesting and entertaining to see people taking it so incredibly seriously as they contort themselves into some strange shapes. Ill never forget the year that kanye , and forget the year that kanye, and Kim Kardashian both turned up with what can only be described as well masks or gimp suits. Youre right there, conor. Just walking across the screen. Were on air, my lovely. On air, my lovely. I forgot we were on air. His face. Oh, bless him. Yeah were face. Oh, bless him. Yeah were talking about the met gala anyway. I mean, look, i have to say, conon i mean, look, i have to say, conor, our floor manager, would not get in the met gala dress like that. And i say, wheres the sparkle . Wheres the razzmatazz . Conor oh, dear. Well, that woke us up, didnt it, anyway, what are your best and worst memories from the met gala . Perhaps it just passes you by altogether. A bit like it does arcana. Never mind. Hes absolutely. Anyway, talking of sparkly outfits, the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in malmo. Yes, and stevens already been educating me about his favourite contestants for this yeah favourite contestants for this year. Weve had a sing along pre show. Shes unforgettable , its shes unforgettable, its a bangen shes unforgettable, its a banger. Its marcus and martinus who are the, the swedish entry. I mean, they probably wont win because you never win when youre doing it at home, but its a really catchy tune. Sweden always knocks out. Theyre very, very good, and they are identical twins. And i didnt realise this. And i said, well , only didnt realise this. And i said, well, only one of thems performing, the other ones always in the background. And steven said, no, its the same. Its different people. They just look the same. Its called being twins. So who is tipped to win this year and which countries should we keep a watchful eye on . Lets speak to entertainment reporter for the sunday mirror, Sarah Louise Robertson good morning to you. I hope youve been getting as excited as we have. Who should we be keeping an eye on, in your opinion . Hi guys, yes i am, it all kicks off today actually, and i was writing about at the weekend, so the favourites are actually switzerland, stephen, not sweden. This year not sweden. This year switzerland are running at 2 to 1 a