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Of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. Well, good morning. Leading the program this morning. The infected blood scandal in independent inquirys final report is set to be published later on today. Yes. So the scandal has been subject of the biggest ever pubuc subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk. After tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood, while Political Correspondent Katherine Forster has more. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood . Sure this is the infected blood . Scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people. To haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected died. Sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. I had so many years of being unwell. Well, very ill actually, unwell. Well, very ill actually, but , just didnt know what was but, just didnt know what was the matter with me. She only found out decades later, and i literally fell back into the chair id been sitting into the chair id been sitting in thinking, this cant be right. The blood product factor eight was largely imported from the states , with blood often the states, with blood often coming from prisoners and drug addicts. Warnings it was not addicts. Warnings it was not safe were ignored for years. Safe were ignored for years. There are still two people dying every week that were infected as a result of this scandal. Author and sunday times Political Editor Caroline Wheeler has been campaigning for victims for decades. Ive spoken to many people whove said that theyve lost count of the number of funerals that theyve attended because of this, but also the financial effect that this has had people not being able to work for many, many years of their working lives. Some of them have made choices where they havent had families, they havent got married. Married. Colin smith was given infected blood during a routine ear operation aged two, despite an edict that it was not to be given to children. He died from aids at seven and at a boarding school for medically vulnerable youngsters, 122 boys were infected. Victims say they were infected. Victims say they were used as guinea pigs with no proper consent. The 30, still alive , are fighting for redress. Alive, are fighting for redress. Victims have appealed to politicians for many years. Politicians for many years. Finally, the then Prime Minister, theresa may, announced a full Public Inquiry in 2017. The final report is published this lunchtime. This was covered up for many years and the governments of all complexions have said there was nothing to see here, nothing that could have been done differently. Differently. Labour mp Diana Johnson, whos been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic and now we will get the answers, hopefully to what actually happened and who took the decisions which allowed that dirty blood to enter our nhs. And what we know is that this was probably the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. And on compensation, Caroline Wheeler believes this government is set to act. My understanding is set to act. My understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. We have a Whatsapp Group on of a few of us and we call ourselves blood friends. Two of those people are terminally ill. This is whats happening to people. They are dying. People. They are dying. Katherine forster gb news. Katherine forster gb news. Well, there we go. Okay so Political Correspondent at the spectator, james hill, joins us now for some analysis. Good morning. James, jeremy hunt is expected to unveil £10 billion worth of compensation , perhaps worth of compensation, perhaps even more today for victims. Is that going to be enough . Well, i dont think anything can really undo the sort of great stress that these people have endured for many years. Obviously, i think not only was, you know, the initial infection and what thereafter happened bad enough, but also the way in which successive governments have been involved in cover ups for many decades has obviously exacerbated whats gone on here, i think obviously, you know, the bare minimum that could be done is the necessary compensation, but also an apology from the Prime Minister, rishi sunak. But also an apology from the Prime Minister, rishi sunak. And Prime Minister, rishi sunak. And we just hope, perhaps, that this is going to go some way to helping those people, many of whom are terminal. And of course, its not just an issue of the past. We think if someone dies every 3 or 4 days, still, from tainted blood to this day, its such a shocking story. When you hear the reports and you read all the details about it and the fact that this was covered up. And to be honest, the can has been kicked down the road so many times, and yet now were told theres going to be a consultation period to work out exactly the sort of tariff system about how the money is going to be assigned to the victims. In all of this, more delays. Surely there could be a quicker way of resolving all of this. And are we sure that all of that 10 billion is going to go to all of those whove been infected, affected by this . Well, this is what we hope and obviously weve seen from other scandals, such as, for instance, the post Office Scandal recently about the concerns that a lot of this money ends up in the pockets of lawyers. I think, you know, ultimately you have to get a sort of, you know, middle ground here between making sure the money does go as quickly as possible to the victims, but also ensure that normal processes are followed. There should be about a five week penod should be about a five week period of consultation. Theyll obviously have to be an act of parliament to kind of sign off this 10 billion to go through as well. The families just hope that its not going to be caught up in any kind of july election. And thereafter delay for a matter of months as a consequence of that. Well, sir keir starmer has over the weekend pledged to make sure that if we do have a Labour Government then this situation wont be affected. But i do wonder, with £10 billion rumoured to be up for grabs, you did. You alluded to it there . So many victims are dying day by day by day. Is this going to have to be ratified by certain Government Departments which will inevitably, as isabel alluded to, kick the can down the road even further . How many more victims are going to be dying whilst we wait for this to happen . And also, will the victims be able to sue the government and indeed the nhs after this . So i think that the report today by sir Brian Langstaff, who has been the inquiry chair of this, is expected to be very damning and one of the reasons for the recent delay in this inquiry has been the process called maxwell ization, which is whereby everyone involved gets a chance to feed into the report before it comes out. And i think its because its going to be very damning of the institutions and individuals involved from the 70s. 80s 90s. So as a result of that, thats going to be one of that, thats going to be one of the delays. And what about the idea of criminal prosecutions . I mean, nobodys ever been prosecuted for this. Individuals who were responsible for, frankly , injecting humans with frankly, injecting humans with poison. And, you know , it was poison. And, you know, it was a long time ago, maybe some of these people have deceased, but will this perhaps open the door to not only civil cases, but but some criminal trials . There certainly will be those calls. I think you can look at other countries as well where these inquiries have wrapped up much sooner. So france and japan, for instance, are some examples. They had the opportunity to kind of go for criminal prosecutions there. So i think we will see those kind of things. And i think also that anyone involved in these kind of scandals, as weve seen from, for instance, the post Office Scandal where Paula Vennells has been very much in the headlines. Therell be a lot of pressure for them to come forward into the spotlight as well. You mentioned it there. Some people that were named in the sunday times in recent weeks of having apparently, i mean, theyre dead. So they cant defend themselves. But apparently, having known that this blood was dirty, it was coming from america. Instead of using british clean blood, and they were allegedly getting, bnbes they were allegedly getting, bribes, payoffs from the pharmaceutical companies for choosing us blood. Is there any thing of that of note in the inquiry set to be alluded to . Well, i think itll definitely be kind of going on. The relationships between the department of health, the nhs and these pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical companies as well. I think also just the way in which the sort of the nhs sort of road in behind some of these Civil Servants and the department of health as well, and sort of was able to hush it up because they thought they were actually from good intentions, actually , you good intentions, actually, you know, it should have been much more investigation done sooner. And lets hope they try and get some redress for these grievances and the way in which the mechanisms were conducted. Absolutely. James heale, thanks very much indeed. Just to say, after 7 00 this morning, were going to be speaking to one of the victims of this infected blood scandal. He himself a haemophiliac, and he was given these products at a school for disabled children, ruined his life. And he will give us his reaction. What he wants to see from the inquiry published a little bit later on. That school after seven that school down in hampshire, the treloar school, i mean just as a as a story on its own was fascinating. All these young kids were sent off to board. Theyre all haemophiliacs, around 90 of them, and they were used as guinea pigs by doctors , used as guinea pigs by doctors, by medical experts. And theres only a few of them left. So richard warwick, he was one of the students. He will be with us a bit later on. Yeah. And you were telling me you have a personal sort of interest in the whole story because your brother has haemophilia. Ive got skin in the game. Yeah, my brother is a haemophiliac. Hes a bit older than me, but i remember back in the day, my mother taking him down to hospital when he needed factor eight, and one of the doctors who actually he was accused of in recent weeks of being one of the doctors who knew about the infected blood. He was accused in the sunday times of taking money from pharmaceutical companies. That surprised me, reading that his name was jeff savage. Hes passed away now because doctor savage was the person who warned my mother not to give so called mucky blood to my brother because he knew he was ringing the raising the alarm. But now, for some reason, it seems hes been thrown under the bus. An easy scapegoat then, perhaps because hes dead. But a sliding doors moment in your family anyway. How things could have been very different. If youre affected in any way, let us know as well this morning. Wed love to hear from you and also whether youre not or whether or not you think that this is enough. An apology from the government. £2 billion. Do we need to hear an apology from sir keir starmer as well . Because this is the responsibility of failure of successive governments. So let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com forward slash usa okay. Moving on now the president of iran, ibrahim rac, has been confirmed dead after a helicopter carrying him and other officials has been located following its crash in a mountainous region in the north of the country. Well the president was travelling in a convoy of three helicopters on the way back from a visit to the border with azerbaijan. Varne border with azerbaijan. Varne joining us now is Security Specialist, will get. Good specialist, will get. Good morning will, thank you for joining us, give us the latest on this situation because overnight it seems there was a little bit of, not so clear detail, should we say, about whether theyd located the crash site, whether there was communications from the helicopter . What is the actual situation . Well, i mean, as far as we know, again, information is reasonably sketchy, and were still waiting, obviously, for a very clear picture. But from what we understand, and, the weather was very inclement, very foggy , to be honest, having foggy, to be honest, having travelled in many sort of rotary , aircraft myself, usually helicopter pilots will be very cautious about travelling in that kind of conditions because ultimately, you know, the difference between rotary and fixed wing is the chances of recovery if everything goes wrong, is very, very slight because its literally going to drop out of the sky. So what happened obviously was the conditions were very bad , conditions were very bad, certainly up in this northwest region, obviously, of iran, where it borders azerbaijan. The president had been up there to look at and celebrate the opening of a new dam that had been built , opening of a new dam that had been built, and the opening of a new dam that had been built , and the helicopter been built, and the helicopter basically lost contact and dropped, there were suspicions that he was dead. These are now that he was dead. These are now being confirmed by the iranian red crescent, who are the sort of the equivalent, if you like, to the International Red cross. To the International Red cross. They went out and did a major search and rescue. Russia lent a lot of assets as well, being an ally to iran to try and find obviously and recover anybody. There was an initial communication by radio, by the crew of that helicopter when it had crashed. But again, that was then subsequently lost and theyve now confirmed all the passengers dead and because of who it is being president ibrahim rac obviously people will always question whether or not there was any foul play in all of this. Obviously we cant speculate, but the fact that we do know theres a history of these sorts of flying accidents happening, senior members of the government have died in iran in several cases in iran, the weather was terrible. And talking about assets a moment ago, i mean, i believe that the helicopters are all quite outdated. So on the all quite outdated. So on the surface of things, does it look like foul play to you . I wouldnt say, i mean, i wouldnt say its leaning towards foul play. I mean, yes, its in very close proximity to the recent counterattack by iran against israel. You know, there would be a lot of reasons for third actors, you know, third party actors, you know, third party actors to certainly get involved. But i would say its more down to technical failure, which sadly is always the case with the rotary wing, the second thing is the fact that the weather was terrible, as you say. You know, the helicopters were bought in 1979 and getting parts would have been very difficult as well as iran is under sanction. Just crazy. Just doesnt seem worth it for a for a dam opening. Why youd get into a chopper in bad weather. It seems a bit bizarre. Well, the thing that really surprises me, i mean, having done a lot of journey management for sort of prominent individuals, you dont necessarily put people all on the same plane. So you have the president , you the same plane. So you have the president , you had the head of the foreign ministry, you had a lot of dignitaries on the same helicopter. So the problem is, is that then cuts into resilience. But rice didnt really have a great deal of influence overseas. He was purely domestic. The khomeini still remains really the ultimate Supreme Leader in dictating what happens with iran overseas. So you think that there could be quite smooth sort of transition of power in terms of president s, because the ayatollah, Supreme Leader is the man who effectively calls the shots . Well, he does call the shots. Yeah. I well, he does call the shots. Yeah. I mean, what will happen initially is that the head of the head speaker, if you like, for the parliament, certainly the Vice President , for the parliament, certainly the Vice President , and they will be involved in trying to decide exactly who is going to potentially take over. And it could be either it goes to election, which i think is highly unlikely, or as you very rightly say, the khameneis going to decide. And i think theres a good chance my moneys on his son mojtaba. Oh, there we go. Interesting. Oh, there we go. Interesting. Okay. Will geddes always fascinating to talk to you. Thanks very much. Thanks yeah. Queen elizabeth, of course. Famous for not allowing prince william, prince harry, her son to king charles ever travel in the same choppers. Put all your eggs. Have you beenin put all your eggs. Have you been in the helicopter . I have been in a helicopter, i wouldnt dare. Im too. Im too scared. Youre quite cautious, especially now ive got kids about you. Yeah, i really want to do it. Because ill tell you. My wedding anniversary. And i quite fancy a helicopter ride over the city or something. But my husbands a bit like you. Hes not keen, but i wouldnt put my kids in at the same time. No, there was one in vegas last year when i was there, and i was about to do it. Then i thought, is it worth the risk . Yeah, yeah. So yeah. So yeah. Right. 615 is the time. Lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom on this monday morning. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is expected to find out today whether he can officially appeal his extradition to the United States. Back in march, the Public Inquiry<\/a> in the uk. After tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood, while Political Correspondent<\/a> Katherine Forster<\/a> has more. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood . Sure this is the infected blood . Scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people. To haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected died. Sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. I had so many years of being unwell. Well, very ill actually, unwell. Well, very ill actually, but , just didnt know what was but, just didnt know what was the matter with me. She only found out decades later, and i literally fell back into the chair id been sitting into the chair id been sitting in thinking, this cant be right. The blood product factor eight was largely imported from the states , with blood often the states, with blood often coming from prisoners and drug addicts. Warnings it was not addicts. Warnings it was not safe were ignored for years. Safe were ignored for years. There are still two people dying every week that were infected as a result of this scandal. Author and sunday times Political Editor<\/a> Caroline Wheeler<\/a> has been campaigning for victims for decades. Ive spoken to many people whove said that theyve lost count of the number of funerals that theyve attended because of this, but also the financial effect that this has had people not being able to work for many, many years of their working lives. Some of them have made choices where they havent had families, they havent got married. Married. Colin smith was given infected blood during a routine ear operation aged two, despite an edict that it was not to be given to children. He died from aids at seven and at a boarding school for medically vulnerable youngsters, 122 boys were infected. Victims say they were infected. Victims say they were used as guinea pigs with no proper consent. The 30, still alive , are fighting for redress. Alive, are fighting for redress. Victims have appealed to politicians for many years. Politicians for many years. Finally, the then Prime Minister<\/a>, theresa may, announced a full Public Inquiry<\/a> in 2017. The final report is published this lunchtime. This was covered up for many years and the governments of all complexions have said there was nothing to see here, nothing that could have been done differently. Differently. Labour mp Diana Johnson<\/a>, whos been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic and now we will get the answers, hopefully to what actually happened and who took the decisions which allowed that dirty blood to enter our nhs. And what we know is that this was probably the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. And on compensation, Caroline Wheeler<\/a> believes this government is set to act. My understanding is set to act. My understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. We have a Whatsapp Group<\/a> on of a few of us and we call ourselves blood friends. Two of those people are terminally ill. This is whats happening to people. They are dying. People. They are dying. Katherine forster gb news. Katherine forster gb news. Well, there we go. Okay so Political Correspondent<\/a> at the spectator, james hill, joins us now for some analysis. Good morning. James, jeremy hunt is expected to unveil \u00a310 billion worth of compensation , perhaps worth of compensation, perhaps even more today for victims. Is that going to be enough . Well, i dont think anything can really undo the sort of great stress that these people have endured for many years. Obviously, i think not only was, you know, the initial infection and what thereafter happened bad enough, but also the way in which successive governments have been involved in cover ups for many decades has obviously exacerbated whats gone on here, i think obviously, you know, the bare minimum that could be done is the necessary compensation, but also an apology from the Prime Minister<\/a>, rishi sunak. But also an apology from the Prime Minister<\/a>, rishi sunak. And Prime Minister<\/a>, rishi sunak. And we just hope, perhaps, that this is going to go some way to helping those people, many of whom are terminal. And of course, its not just an issue of the past. We think if someone dies every 3 or 4 days, still, from tainted blood to this day, its such a shocking story. When you hear the reports and you read all the details about it and the fact that this was covered up. And to be honest, the can has been kicked down the road so many times, and yet now were told theres going to be a consultation period to work out exactly the sort of tariff system about how the money is going to be assigned to the victims. In all of this, more delays. Surely there could be a quicker way of resolving all of this. And are we sure that all of that 10 billion is going to go to all of those whove been infected, affected by this . Well, this is what we hope and obviously weve seen from other scandals, such as, for instance, the post Office Scandal<\/a> recently about the concerns that a lot of this money ends up in the pockets of lawyers. I think, you know, ultimately you have to get a sort of, you know, middle ground here between making sure the money does go as quickly as possible to the victims, but also ensure that normal processes are followed. There should be about a five week penod should be about a five week period of consultation. Theyll obviously have to be an act of parliament to kind of sign off this 10 billion to go through as well. The families just hope that its not going to be caught up in any kind of july election. And thereafter delay for a matter of months as a consequence of that. Well, sir keir starmer has over the weekend pledged to make sure that if we do have a Labour Government<\/a> then this situation wont be affected. But i do wonder, with \u00a310 billion rumoured to be up for grabs, you did. You alluded to it there . So many victims are dying day by day by day. Is this going to have to be ratified by certain Government Departments<\/a> which will inevitably, as isabel alluded to, kick the can down the road even further . How many more victims are going to be dying whilst we wait for this to happen . And also, will the victims be able to sue the government and indeed the nhs after this . So i think that the report today by sir Brian Langstaff<\/a>, who has been the inquiry chair of this, is expected to be very damning and one of the reasons for the recent delay in this inquiry has been the process called maxwell ization, which is whereby everyone involved gets a chance to feed into the report before it comes out. And i think its because its going to be very damning of the institutions and individuals involved from the 70s. 80s 90s. So as a result of that, thats going to be one of that, thats going to be one of the delays. And what about the idea of criminal prosecutions . I mean, nobodys ever been prosecuted for this. Individuals who were responsible for, frankly , injecting humans with frankly, injecting humans with poison. And, you know , it was poison. And, you know, it was a long time ago, maybe some of these people have deceased, but will this perhaps open the door to not only civil cases, but but some criminal trials . There certainly will be those calls. I think you can look at other countries as well where these inquiries have wrapped up much sooner. So france and japan, for instance, are some examples. They had the opportunity to kind of go for criminal prosecutions there. So i think we will see those kind of things. And i think also that anyone involved in these kind of scandals, as weve seen from, for instance, the post Office Scandal<\/a> where Paula Vennells<\/a> has been very much in the headlines. Therell be a lot of pressure for them to come forward into the spotlight as well. You mentioned it there. Some people that were named in the sunday times in recent weeks of having apparently, i mean, theyre dead. So they cant defend themselves. But apparently, having known that this blood was dirty, it was coming from america. Instead of using british clean blood, and they were allegedly getting, bnbes they were allegedly getting, bribes, payoffs from the pharmaceutical companies for choosing us blood. Is there any thing of that of note in the inquiry set to be alluded to . Well, i think itll definitely be kind of going on. The relationships between the department of health, the nhs and these pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical companies as well. I think also just the way in which the sort of the nhs sort of road in behind some of these Civil Servants<\/a> and the department of health as well, and sort of was able to hush it up because they thought they were actually from good intentions, actually , you good intentions, actually, you know, it should have been much more investigation done sooner. And lets hope they try and get some redress for these grievances and the way in which the mechanisms were conducted. Absolutely. James heale, thanks very much indeed. Just to say, after 7 00 this morning, were going to be speaking to one of the victims of this infected blood scandal. He himself a haemophiliac, and he was given these products at a school for disabled children, ruined his life. And he will give us his reaction. What he wants to see from the inquiry published a little bit later on. That school after seven that school down in hampshire, the treloar school, i mean just as a as a story on its own was fascinating. All these young kids were sent off to board. Theyre all haemophiliacs, around 90 of them, and they were used as guinea pigs by doctors , used as guinea pigs by doctors, by medical experts. And theres only a few of them left. So richard warwick, he was one of the students. He will be with us a bit later on. Yeah. And you were telling me you have a personal sort of interest in the whole story because your brother has haemophilia. Ive got skin in the game. Yeah, my brother is a haemophiliac. Hes a bit older than me, but i remember back in the day, my mother taking him down to hospital when he needed factor eight, and one of the doctors who actually he was accused of in recent weeks of being one of the doctors who knew about the infected blood. He was accused in the sunday times of taking money from pharmaceutical companies. That surprised me, reading that his name was jeff savage. Hes passed away now because doctor savage was the person who warned my mother not to give so called mucky blood to my brother because he knew he was ringing the raising the alarm. But now, for some reason, it seems hes been thrown under the bus. An easy scapegoat then, perhaps because hes dead. But a sliding doors moment in your family anyway. How things could have been very different. If youre affected in any way, let us know as well this morning. Wed love to hear from you and also whether youre not or whether or not you think that this is enough. An apology from the government. \u00a32 billion. Do we need to hear an apology from sir keir starmer as well . Because this is the responsibility of failure of successive governments. So let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com forward slash usa okay. Moving on now the president of iran, ibrahim rac, has been confirmed dead after a helicopter carrying him and other officials has been located following its crash in a mountainous region in the north of the country. Well the president was travelling in a convoy of three helicopters on the way back from a visit to the border with azerbaijan. Varne border with azerbaijan. Varne joining us now is Security Specialist<\/a>, will get. Good specialist, will get. Good morning will, thank you for joining us, give us the latest on this situation because overnight it seems there was a little bit of, not so clear detail, should we say, about whether theyd located the crash site, whether there was communications from the helicopter . What is the actual situation . Well, i mean, as far as we know, again, information is reasonably sketchy, and were still waiting, obviously, for a very clear picture. But from what we understand, and, the weather was very inclement, very foggy , to be honest, having foggy, to be honest, having travelled in many sort of rotary , aircraft myself, usually helicopter pilots will be very cautious about travelling in that kind of conditions because ultimately, you know, the difference between rotary and fixed wing is the chances of recovery if everything goes wrong, is very, very slight because its literally going to drop out of the sky. So what happened obviously was the conditions were very bad , conditions were very bad, certainly up in this northwest region, obviously, of iran, where it borders azerbaijan. The president had been up there to look at and celebrate the opening of a new dam that had been built , opening of a new dam that had been built, and the opening of a new dam that had been built , and the helicopter been built, and the helicopter basically lost contact and dropped, there were suspicions that he was dead. These are now that he was dead. These are now being confirmed by the iranian red crescent, who are the sort of the equivalent, if you like, to the International Red<\/a> cross. To the International Red<\/a> cross. They went out and did a major search and rescue. Russia lent a lot of assets as well, being an ally to iran to try and find obviously and recover anybody. There was an initial communication by radio, by the crew of that helicopter when it had crashed. But again, that was then subsequently lost and theyve now confirmed all the passengers dead and because of who it is being president ibrahim rac obviously people will always question whether or not there was any foul play in all of this. Obviously we cant speculate, but the fact that we do know theres a history of these sorts of flying accidents happening, senior members of the government have died in iran in several cases in iran, the weather was terrible. And talking about assets a moment ago, i mean, i believe that the helicopters are all quite outdated. So on the all quite outdated. So on the surface of things, does it look like foul play to you . I wouldnt say, i mean, i wouldnt say its leaning towards foul play. I mean, yes, its in very close proximity to the recent counterattack by iran against israel. You know, there would be a lot of reasons for third actors, you know, third party actors, you know, third party actors to certainly get involved. But i would say its more down to technical failure, which sadly is always the case with the rotary wing, the second thing is the fact that the weather was terrible, as you say. You know, the helicopters were bought in 1979 and getting parts would have been very difficult as well as iran is under sanction. Just crazy. Just doesnt seem worth it for a for a dam opening. Why youd get into a chopper in bad weather. It seems a bit bizarre. Well, the thing that really surprises me, i mean, having done a lot of journey management for sort of prominent individuals, you dont necessarily put people all on the same plane. So you have the president , you the same plane. So you have the president , you had the head of the foreign ministry, you had a lot of dignitaries on the same helicopter. So the problem is, is that then cuts into resilience. But rice didnt really have a great deal of influence overseas. He was purely domestic. The khomeini still remains really the ultimate Supreme Leader<\/a> in dictating what happens with iran overseas. So you think that there could be quite smooth sort of transition of power in terms of president s, because the ayatollah, Supreme Leader<\/a> is the man who effectively calls the shots . Well, he does call the shots. Yeah. I well, he does call the shots. Yeah. I mean, what will happen initially is that the head of the head speaker, if you like, for the parliament, certainly the Vice President<\/a> , for the parliament, certainly the Vice President<\/a> , and they will be involved in trying to decide exactly who is going to potentially take over. And it could be either it goes to election, which i think is highly unlikely, or as you very rightly say, the khameneis going to decide. And i think theres a good chance my moneys on his son mojtaba. Oh, there we go. Interesting. Oh, there we go. Interesting. Okay. Will geddes always fascinating to talk to you. Thanks very much. Thanks yeah. Queen elizabeth, of course. Famous for not allowing prince william, prince harry, her son to king charles ever travel in the same choppers. Put all your eggs. Have you beenin put all your eggs. Have you been in the helicopter . I have been in a helicopter, i wouldnt dare. Im too. Im too scared. Youre quite cautious, especially now ive got kids about you. Yeah, i really want to do it. Because ill tell you. My wedding anniversary. And i quite fancy a helicopter ride over the city or something. But my husbands a bit like you. Hes not keen, but i wouldnt put my kids in at the same time. No, there was one in vegas last year when i was there, and i was about to do it. Then i thought, is it worth the risk . Yeah, yeah. So yeah. So yeah. Right. 615 is the time. Lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom on this monday morning. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a> is expected to find out today whether he can officially appeal his extradition to the United States<\/a>. Back in march, the High Court Said<\/a> assange could launch a new bid to stay in the uk if the us failed to provide assurances that he would be treated fairly. Officials in slovakia are investigating whether an attacker who shot the countrys Prime Minister<\/a> was acting alone. 59 year old robert fitzroys condition is no longer life threatening, but is still very serious after he was hit multiple times on wednesday. A man has been charged with attempting to assassinate him, with officials suggesting the attack was politically motivated and the use of Artificial Intelligence<\/a> could revolutionise Breast Cancer<\/a> treatment and offer hope to millions. It comes as the Prime Minister<\/a> is set to address a major tech summit hosted by south korea, about the opportunities emerging from the new technology. The pm will be a virtual co host, dialling in from london alongside the south korean president. Now, an interesting story for you at home. Let us know what you at home. Let us know what you think about this. The government says they have. Well, its been reported that the government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post Brexit Border<\/a> controls with the eu. Thats according to the independent National Audit<\/a> office. So while the government hopes to have the, quote, worlds most effective border by 2025, the nao says its strategy lacks a clear timetable and a delivery plan. So will brexit secure britains Border Control<\/a>s as promised . Well, economist and visiting professor and senior fellow at the centre for brexit studies, vicky price, joins us this morning. Good to see you. Look, morning. Good to see you. Look, a lot of people are used to having this kick down the can time and again by successive conservatives post brexit. And the cost of this has been laid bare \u00a34. 7 billion, are we still to believe that this is finally going to come into action next year with this, what was it described as the best ever Border Control<\/a> weve ever had . Border control weve ever had . It was some sort of super border i well, the National Audit<\/a> office doesnt seem to think so, and thats quite important because they looked at all this in detail. This is if i understand this correctly, the seventh report that they have produced on this , just tracking produced on this, just tracking the improvements that have taken place or not, as the case may be, and thats been a serious issue because of course, you mentioned the costs already in terms of what the government has spent on on setting up facilities and, and of course, some of the private sector has been involved in that, of course, and have benefited from this, but a lot of it isnt properly used because we have very few controls of things coming in, at least until recently. Whereas there are quite a lot of controls and things going out. So our exporters have been quite badly affected by this, with huge costs to business, with loads of smes in particular that have given up trading with europe completely because its so costly and unclear. I think the estimate is Something Like<\/a> 7 billion costs per annum of all those procedures, customs demands and all that. Despite the fact we dont actually have any tariffs on goods with the eu as part of our agreement, and in addition, of course , what you addition, of course, what you have seen is that quite recently, we have finally seen an introduction of checks for things coming in from the eu where there may be Health Concerns<\/a> such as plants and animal products, and also live animals. And that in itself has added quite a lot of cost. The estimate of that particular initiative is about half \u00a31 billion a year for anyone who is importing and a lot of this will be passed to the consumer. But the real question is, have we progressed sufficiently in terms of ensuring that the promises that were made, that the border was going to work properly , are was going to work properly, are actually met . And the n10 has decided that in the report that we are a long way off from that. Just just to come back to you, i mean, the 4. 7 billion figure just blows my mind when you think that successive governments have been avoiding trying to pay this 10 billion in compensation that were talking aboutin compensation that were talking about in the previous story, in this blood scandal, this is almost half that cost. And thats just in the few years since brexit has happened. Are things likely to change, do you think if we have a Labour Government<\/a> because we know that they have openly talked about closer alignment with the eu, what would that mean in terms of this friction that is costing, well, a 4 on gdp per year at the moment . The moment . There could be an improvement. I mean, the question is, do you need all this if you align a lot more with the regulations in europe. So in other words, if you have, for example, even on animal products and other plants and so on coming in, if you accept and are members of the eu Regulatory Regime<\/a> in this respect, so that the tests are done, is used to be the case and therefore accepted here. So you have no real reason for having any extra checks, then a lot of that cost would really not be needed. And i think thats a thats a very important point. They have also been some extra issues the whole Northern Ireland<\/a> issue for example. So where are the checks if any , and so on. So that has if any, and so on. So that has created a huge amount of uncertainty of course, to exporters and importers or anyone whos moving goods around as well. So there has been an as well. So there has been an extra cost added to it. And there is meant to have been a digital system which has been which would have been set up in order to ensure that it cuts also quite a lot of the costs thatis also quite a lot of the costs that is involved. And a risk based system was also what was introduced for a while and perhaps will be an effective one for the future to reduce and minimise some of the costs. But yes, i think if we had better relations with europe and if we went back to perhaps being part, i mean, obviously, you know, none of the parties right now is talking about, you know , going talking about, you know, going back in a full way as we were. But if we had more arrangements where there were there was acceptance of some of those regulations , which there has regulations, which there has been actually the case in a number of areas , then that would number of areas, then that would cut the cost very significantly. Okay. Vicky price at the centre for brexit studies, thanks very much for joining us this morning. Thank you. Okay, its meant to be a bit balmy this week isnt it . Yes. The kind of weather we like yesterday was nice. It was stunning. Well, you live by the sea, so you got to enjoy it. I dreams ice lollies. Nice bit of a tan. Nice bit of a tan. Very nice. Well, catherine chalk will tell us what to expect this week. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western ireland , across parts of western ireland, Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder , but odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast. But elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland. Perhaps just the odd scotland. Perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. Ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time , then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies , perhaps a few showers, skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures , underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. 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Did you see that the west ham had equalised . Yeah, manchester. So Manchester City<\/a> have won the title for the fourth year running and arsenal i mean lets face it, arsenal, you had a great season and pushed very close 16 out of 18 last 18 games lost one. So all the talk about oh arsenal bottling it certainly they did not do that. Theres no question about that. And im more than happy to say that. But there was that rumour that went around. It was just really bizarre. I dont know how these things start that. So especially with social media these days , i dont know media these days, i dont know what the wi fi is like at the emirates, but the rumours were because they had to do better than Manchester City<\/a>. Yeah, dunng than Manchester City<\/a>. Yeah, during the last game of the season to actually win the title. So rumours were that west ham had scored against man city, which was not true at all. And everybodys cheering. Its like, no, its not true. Half the stadium erupted. Absolutely. And the commentators on bt sport or tnt, whatever its called now, they had to say i know you guys at home can hear the crowd cheering because theres been an equaliser. There hasnt, there hasnt. Hasnt, there hasnt. It was very bizarre. But you know that they have multiple premier League Trophies<\/a> that go to each ground. To each ground. I was reading about this. I was reading about this. Yeah. Yeah this this happened i remember being told about that being involved in something about this quite a few years ago. But if theres like a, lets say theres three teams that were up there that could possibly win the premier league trophy, theyll have three. So theyll have the trophy at each ground. Theyll only that they have a team that go with the trophy, that have all the equipment ready just in case. Because obviously if one of them wins, you cant not have a trophy there. Of course. So there are three. I read this and i wanted to know who had the genuine trophy and who had the replica. This. And who had the replica. This. The thing is, theyre exactly the same. Theyre exactly the same. So theres actually theres also been footage at the emirates where they had the secret, you know, the rehearsal. So they bring the cup up so everythings ready because theyve got to be ready. Otherwise then they just put it away and then the team will disappear. Yeah. And then theyll go with it. Ill tell you what, it was a massive shame because i knew city would win it. And you know, they deserve to win it at the tail end of the season. They just go into, you know, just mega mode, dont they do. But i sat down to watch the man city game, the start of it. And i thought, you know what . If city can get to half time or west ham get to half time, nil nil, maybe even nick a goal. You know, who knows what would happen. But within 76 seconds they score. Phil foden scored an absolute rocket. And i said right, stuff this. Im going to the garden. Its all over. Everton went one up against arsenal so arsenal won two one. Liverpool won two nil against wolves. So its jurgen klopp i won two nil against wolves. So itsjurgen klopp i mean its its jurgen klopp i mean its the end of the era isnt it . And no matter what anybody says about jurgen klopp and ive always been always hated the way that he would carry on if someone asked about early kick offs and hed get very upset and then start getting cocky with everybody, but you know what . What a great manager. And hes been brilliant for liverpool. Two league cups, fa cup, premier league , champions league. If we league, champions league. If we can throw the Club World Cup<\/a> in there as well. So is end of an era and, and a great, a great character as well, a great character, a loss for the league. Arne slot will be the man that comes in and takes over. Oveh and he announced that, didnt he, klopp . Didnt he announce the new manager in his klopp and arne slot . Yes, yes. Klopp and arne slot but Crystal Palace<\/a> beat aston villa five nil so he aston villa, who ended up in fourth place, whether they were on the beach or not, is one thing, but Crystal Palace<\/a> have had a great end to their season, so who knows where theyre going to go and then down Sheffield United<\/a>, burnley and luton end up going down. Ill tell you the other thing that drives me crazy and i mentioned this last week and i think isabel was here when i mentioned this as well, was when you get the people, they, the players do their lap of appreciation, they call it, which is where they would go out on the pitch. At the end of the season, you get the players would come out and then theyd wave to the fans, which is a great thing. Its what they should do. Go out and say thank you for all the great support. But then over the past 4 or 5 years, then youd get the situation where the players would come out with the kids , would come out with the kids, you know, and its all quite cute and theyve got daddy written on their shirts. Thats okay, very nice. Then its moved on. So now its the wives will come out. Now the friends ive no teams. Ive heard stories about players that have asked for 20 people to go with them with so they can have their agent out there with their friends. I know i would be like that. Would you can i bring my mum . But the thing is, its like its bring your family to work day, but the whole its not because its all about them saying thank you to the fans and then they forget the fans just like, oh, lets walk around the pitch, okay, well do this. Selfies. Selfies. It drives me. It drives me. Itsjust it drives me. Its just bananas, isnt it . Its just for instagram and twitter. It is. Yeah. But the whole point is about the fans. This is what its all about. This is what you need to say thank you to. And then it ends up its all about them. Maybe they should do like a lap of honour just for the fans and then bring in the crowd exactly after that, do your thing , bring exactly after that, do your thing, bring if exactly after that, do your thing , bring if they want to thing, bring if they want to have a kick around on the pitch afterwards, thats fine too. We could sort that out. We could sort that out. I know im not very happy, so thats what im going to be waving around the table. Just briefly. Just briefly. What happened in the boxing on saturday night . Well, i think we know about that. I mean, its really the fallout. Its Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> and tyson fury. It was it was a hell of a fight. I mean it really was. And usually with my sleeping patterns im usually nodding off by the time it gets to 10 00. But i was shouting and screaming. Got to the ninth round where usyk just just battered, tyson fury. It went to a split decision. It looked like tyson was ahead, but it ended up usyk. Tyson actually blamed the usyk. Tyson actually blamed the judges, saying, oh, its probably because they feel sorry for him because hes from ukraine. Thats nonsense. Usyk ukraine. Thats nonsense. Usyk won the fight. So now were looking is there going to be a rematch . Looking at october, tyson hasnt definitely said yes. This is not about the money now because hes made \u00a3150 million. Its all about pride. But if they do it again, looks like october. And it was it lived up to all expectations. It was there wasnt a lot of sleep on saturday night for many people. Was that. Was that. Oh yeah, of course youre right on the tiles werent he. Was that that was friday. But are we not talking about that . Okay were not talking about that. Were not talking about that. No no no no no not isabel i do love tyson for you because he makes all this money 116 million for saturday night or whatever it was. And yet him and his missus still shop in aldi. Still trying to get the buy one, get one free. Yeah, theyre very normal, arent they . Yeah. Relatable sort of relatable with all their millions. Yeah. All right. Thanks Katie Seymour<\/a> tried to relate myself, but im not quite there yet. Near the aldi shop. Thats not it. Other supermarkets are available. All right, still to come, Christopher Biggins<\/a> and dawn neesom are going to be here taking us through whats making the news in the papers. Plus well be speaking to paymaster general john glen mp. This is breakfast on gb news with ben leo and Isabel Webster<\/a>. Welcome back. We can Talk Straight<\/a> away. Now to the government. Were joined by the paymaster general and minister for the cabinet office. John glen, very good morning to you. A big day today, not only for the government, for successive previoUs Government<\/a>s, but also for all those whove been, unfortunately , caught up in this unfortunately, caught up in this what, frankly, can only be described as a scandal. Im talking about, of course, the blood poisoning and an apology to be given by the Prime Minister<\/a>, which is to be welcomed and commended. But what can you tell us about this \u00a310 billion . When will the victims be able finally to get their hands on what they quite rightly, are owed . Rightly, are owed . Well, at the request of the communities , ive spent ten days communities, ive spent ten days very recently going round the country. Ive been in belfast, cardiff, leeds , birmingham, cardiff, leeds, birmingham, edinburgh , talking to the edinburgh, talking to the victims, people who have hiv and hep c from infected blood at their request. We will not be their request. We will not be talking about compensation today. This is a day for sir Brian Langstaff<\/a>s report to be given. This is six years in the making. An enormous amount of work has gone into it, and we want to listen to what that report has to say. It hasnt even been published yet. The government havent seen it and come to terms with what is likely to be one of the biggest. If not the biggest, crisis in the nhs. Nhs history. And this is a significant scandal and it goes back 50 years. Successive governments will have been involved in it and its really important that we listen to that inquiry, given how long its beenin inquiry, given how long its been in the making. Mr glen, good morning. Mr glen, good morning. Beanng mr glen, good morning. Bearing in mind what happened in the contaminated blood scandal, we had a lot of mistrust over the Health Establishment<\/a> during covid as well. During with regards to lockdown policy, for example, can brits trust the nhs today . Can we trust government today . Can we trust government to keep us safe . What does this say about the state of the Health Establishment<\/a> in the uk at the moment . Well, i mean this scandal with infected blood goes back a very long time. There are lots of issues around what happened in the 70s and 80s, how we were treating haemophiliacs, what was the processes, what were the processes in place in terms of blood transfusion . What were the safety checks or not that were in place, and what decisions were made by the British State<\/a> . This happened a long time ago. Obviously, i recognise that restoring and trust in of these communities is going to be very, very difficult. But what we have very difficult. But what we have got to do is listen to the inquirys reports. This got to do is listen to the inquirys reports. This is the inquirys reports. This is the day for those people whove bravely come forward, and ive met many of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that that have stood by these communities over recent years and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report today. And im keen to honour that. Yes. Except weve also spoken to huge number of victims over the course of, of all of this. And theyve told us that they are obviously also extremely concerned about compensation. Now you might feel that we should be talking about the inquiry and we will be and we want to hear what lessons can be learned. But what assurances can you give to people who have been routinely fobbed off in whats only, you know, a lot of people would call a cover up that they will be compensated adequately and that theres \u00a310 billion that were being told has been earmarked for them, wont go in majority to lawyers or to whatever else it might be. Well, sure. Well, im sure youll know that we passed legislation through the house of lords on the 30th of april, just a few weeks ago. That obligates the government to set up the infected Blood Compensation Authority<\/a> that will be set up immediately when royal assent is given next month or very soon after. And i have been working with a group of experts for the last four months whove been trying to translate the recommendations of Brian Langstaff<\/a>, he said. There there would be no further word on compensation into a scheme, but im not going to be talking about the details of that today that will come very soon after. So they can be reassured that the government has been working very swiftly to put all of this together. And the purpose of those meetings , those 18 those meetings, those 18 meetings across the uk were to inform them of that what legislation had passed and also then to respect their wishes by not talking about it on the day of the inquirys report . Mr glenn, theres been some quite damning revelations over the years, and especially in recent weeks as weve neared the conclusion of this inquiry about nhs doctors. Even maybe Civil Servants<\/a> who had been taking money from Us Pharmaceutical Companies<\/a> to choose contaminated us blood and instead shun clean uk blood. Whats your thoughts and whats the governments position on criminal prosecutions . And also the government being sued as well, or the state . Well, youve raised a number of issues that have been speculated upon about whats going to come out in this report today. It hasnt been published yet. Itll be published an hour or two. The government havent had advanced sight of it. So there are lots of issues there that will need careful and swift examination and a thorough response from government. But im not going to speculate about something that i havent read. I dont think thats appropriate, but the issues you raise are very serious and they demand a thorough response from government. And thats what in due course, we will give you, give us a thorough response in relation to Border Control<\/a>s. And im talking about, in the post brexit period, the National Audit<\/a> office today are saying that since the post brexit transition period concluded at the end of 2020, the government has delayed controls five times to the tune of \u00a34. 7 billion. What a waste of money. We were promised the worlds most effective border by 2025. Can you tell us whether or not that will be happening . Will be happening . Well, youll forgive me. Well, youll forgive me. Thats not my, specific area of responsibility. I havent seen that report this morning. I think a lot of people will find that comment on it when ive read it. Really well , let that comment on it when ive read it. Really well, let me just say, i mean, the government, the government have done quite a lot over recent months to, attend to the real challenges we face on our borders. And we have significant borders. And we have significant return agreements in place with albania. Weve seen a significant drop of around a third of the number of small boats crossings. This third of the number of small boats crossings. This is a problem that many of our friends and neighbours in other countries are experiencing, and we are working very hard. Obviously the legislation has passed, for the rwanda bill, and i think you can say that on every level, this government is engagedin every level, this government is engaged in finding ways of deaung engaged in finding ways of dealing with what is a very complicated problem. Mr glenn, just talking about small boats and illegal migrants, the number who have crossed the channel so far this yearis crossed the channel so far this year is approaching 10,000. So more than 100 people arrived in britain yesterday. And that compares to just over 7000 last yeah compares to just over 7000 last year. So the Prime Minister<\/a> has pledged to stop the small boats. Doesnt seem to be working, does it . It . Well, i think you can take a snap, figure of one week or a few months. But what we do know few months. But what we do know is that over the last year, the numbers are down by around a third. And weve passed legislation very recently which will provide a significant deterrent effect. I think that that most people understand that this is a complex, area of policy related to other countries as well. And thats why its important that weve got those return agreements in and stronger controls and understanding with what is going on with the french government. On with the french government. But there isnt a single policy intervention in one moment that can stop all those crossings. Can stop all those crossings. What we do see, though, is an absolute determination by the government to legislate for, to come to understandings with other governments, to, stop the boats and reduce those numbers even further. Okay. John glenn, paymaster general and minister for the cabinet office, thank you for your time this morning. Appreciate it. Okay. There we go. Lets take a look at some of the newspaper front pages this morning. Dawn neesom is here. And mr biggins, Christopher Biggins<\/a>, sorry , its Christopher Biggins<\/a>, sorry, its still very early, isnt it . Im getting used to these early coffee over here, lets start with the telegraph, shall we . Its reporting on the Prime Minister<\/a>s horror and regret over the infected blood scandal. The daily mail also leads with the infected blood scandal, calling it the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. The times, focusing on the labour party. They are reportedly considering making it easier for people to change their gender as part of an election promise to appease the left of the party. Kemi badenoch says that they are weaponising the issue, and the sun reports that the woman who inspired the Netflix Series<\/a> baby reindeer have you seen that . Shes allegedly sent hundreds of emails to sir keir starmer, i havent seen it, but i do really want to watch it. It is the show everyones talking about. Oh, its excellent. Oh, its excellent. Is it really good . Really, really good. Scare me, though. I think it might might not watch it though. Yeah well no no no do watch it. Be scared. A great story in the sun. A double page spread. Basically theyve got hold of emails from somehow. Sir Keir Starmers<\/a> inbox, from this woman who went on piers morgans show saying that she was innocent and shes not a stalker, it turns out, apparently, from the looks of this article , that, shes of this article, that, shes been at it with sir keir starmer as well. What do you make begins about seeing her . I mean, shes been doing tv interviews. Shes appearing in the front of the papers. I mean , quite brazen, papers. I mean, quite brazen, isnt it, when youre being a shes as mad as a box of frogs. I mean, she is absolutely careful. Well, i mean, thats only me watching these programs. I mean, i saw the piers morgan, you know , and she obviously is, you know, and she obviously is, you know, and she obviously is, you know, and she obviously is, you know, im not going to say any more, but shes theres not shes not all there. And i think shes not all there. And i think what shes done to keir starmer is just terrible. Yeah, i mean, is just terrible. Yeah, i mean, all this is true. Yeah, you know, i find that quite extraordinary that these, these accusations from her have had one thing in her defence. Lets play devils advocate here, in the Netflix Series<\/a> dawn, she is accused or portrayed as going to prison for stalking. No journalist to this day, even piers morgan or his team. You know very well resourced. Theyve not been able to find any conviction in the courts. So has she. I must confess im with isabel on this one. I havent had the chance to actually see the netflix show and all. Ive doneis the netflix show and all. Ive done is been able to catch up on the newspapers, but it is absolutely a fascinating story how something allegedly that is frankly , horrific. I mean, you frankly, horrific. I mean, you know, stalking is not something we should take lightly in any way, shape or form, has been turned into a celebrity, calls almost the fact that, you know, this lady, as i said , its only this lady, as i said, its only an alleged accusation, there is, as you said, ben doesnt seem to be any documentation about the actual criminal side of this, is giving interviews to newspapers and on tv. I think piers morgan should have had her on because there was a lot of criticism saying that she shouldnt have been platformed. Well i mean, i like i said, i havent seen it, so i cant really comment on on what happenedin cant really comment on on what happened in that particular programme. But i just think it is strange that an alleged stalker is, given this much of a public. Do you think she should have gone on piers morgan . Well, i think she obviously wanted to go on because she wanted to go on because she wanted to go on because she wanted to defend herself, you know, but i dont think she should have been, though. I mean, i dont think it was. Right. So this this story today, apparently she sent 276 messages, emails to sir keir starmer in less than eight months. And she also said, that. Sorry, she gloated over the deaths of two of his relatives and used a disabled slur against his wife. I know, i mean, it sounds slightly unhinged to say the least. Slightly, dawn, lets go to our top story. And whats leading a lot of the papers and what we were grilling the government about a moment ago. Dawn and this is the blood scandals on the front of the telegraph and the mail this morning. Slightly different. Take the telegraph. Not saying theres an apology from sunak, but i believe he is set to apologise today. And a lot of people will say about time too. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the thing is, this is something that if youre a certain age youve been aware of for a long time, its been going on since the 19705. I its been going on since the 1970s. I mean, that is a long time ago and only stopped in 1991. So a lot of people were warning very early on in the mail today, theres a son of a top blood specialist who remembers his father being horrified that we were basically buying this imported blood product. Thats what it was, a plasma product. From america, where prisoners were being paid to donate blood. There were no checks on this whatsoever. And checks on this whatsoever. And we were doing that because it was cheaper , i guess, and wed was cheaper, i guess, and wed run out of blood in the uk and doctors were getting paybacks as well. Absolutely. That is part of the scandal, but so its a new blood clotting product that we imported from america, from very, very dubious sources. There were no checks and balances in place. It was a shortage of blood in the uk. And as you say, ben, there were other nefarious things going on, but around 1250 people were infected with hiv, including 380 children. Now its all very well. VarioUs Government<\/a>s. There is no one Political Party<\/a> to blame for this, but varioUs Government<\/a>s, are guilty of being involved in this. And the thing involved in this. And the thing that gets me, isabel, is that fewer than 250 people who suffered from this are still alive. People were orphaned by this. This affected many people who haemophilia, for example, various blood clotting disorders. And its been going on for a long time in these poor people have been fighting for all this time. I think that sir keir starmer should apologise as well. Following on from rishi sunaks lead, just on behalf of his own party. You know what i think . You know what i think . I think there are also i just wondered what you made of the government there when he was saying, you know, todays not about the compensation. Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. It is everyone weve been speaking to whos been saying, when are we going to be compensated for our lives being ruined . And hes trying to sort of brush it away and say, well, well talk about that another time. There you go. There you go. Its also like the post office situation where they havent been compensated properly. I mean, you know, they they they admit theyre wrong, but they wont pay out. Its ridiculous. And the blood scandal is appalling, you know, absolutely appalling. However, i do stand up for the nhs because i dont think its necessarily the nhs. I think its the top the nhs. I think its the top people in the nhs, the people who are running. Who are running. It begins. There have been doctors in the nhs at saint thomass hospital, which is the leading haemophiliac centre in the uk , who have been. Theyre the uk, who have been. Theyre dead now so they cant defend themselves, but they have been accused of taking money from Us Pharmaceutical Companies<\/a> to use contaminated us blood over our clean well. They should have been dealt with much earlier. This is as we said, weve been saying its been going on for years and years and years. And youre right to bring that up. But i do think the nhs is a marvellous institution. I mean, there are so many things they do. Can we still trust . I asked mr glenn then can we still trust the nhs . Well, i certainly can trust the nhs and im sure everyone should because they do a wonderful job. I just want to move on because weve only got limited time. I just want to sort of up our story count a little bit, because we will talk a lot about the blood scandal on the programme. But dawn, this story in the front of the times caught my eye about making it easier for gender changes to be made. Now, we saw how this sort of affected Nicola Sturgeon<\/a>s. Oh yes, that was in scotland. Oh yes, that was in scotland. Its a bold move from labour, isnt it . A potentially disastrous idea. Disastrous idea. Well, i mean its not confirmed as policy yet. This is a story that has been leaked. The times have got it as an exclusive. And the story is exclusive. And the story is basically the labour party is considering how to make it legally binding certificate easier to change your gender, legally easier while still having guardrails. Thanks, guys. To protect women and girls safe spaces. So, you know, at the moment you do need our, more than one medical our opinion on this. And you need to get it all legally. Labours plans, in theory, are going to allow a single gp whos not even necessarily qualified in this area to just write you a bit of paper saying, yeah, you are a different gender now, the problem is i havent seen the gp for three years. So you know, you know, how are they going to find the time to do this . Sign a bit of paper. I mean im sorry, this has just lost, i think probably 51 of the populations votes. Wes streeting the Shadow Health<\/a> secretary, he did an interview with the sun a few weekends back saying that he was now anti woke he was against woke. Nonsense. Isnt this the epitome of woke . Absolutely. You hit it right on the nail. I mean, it is the epitome of woke. I mean, its disgraceful, but i think its also doing a disservice to those people who have gender dysphoria at the moment. The law requires them to live for two years before they make these huge decisions. I think these huge decisions. I think the lessons from the cass report , which showed that basically these people have a lot of complex other Mental Health<\/a> issues, and they need support around that before they do these life changing changes. So i think it could possibly be doing a disservice to these people who are struggling in their own skin. Often, you know, what happens is that people do do a change of sex and they they do it and its a big, big operation. And mentally its terrifying. And then they want to go back. And thatis then they want to go back. And that is the other problem. I think there should be more help. Yeah. And just just to qualify here you cant change sex. You may be able to change gendeh you may be able to change gender. Thats up for debate as well. But you cannot change sex. Sex is biological thing. You cant change. It doesnt matter what your gp. Dont you get called a bigot for that. Dont care, i dont care. It doesnt matter what your gp writes on a bit of paper sex is biological. You cant change it. Sorry. Its chromosomes. There we go, right. Well, i dont know how to follow that. Really . Other than some people would disagree , weve got about would disagree, weve got about 40s, so were probably time just about to squeeze in super fast the front page about protest groups such as Just Stop Oil<\/a> being forced to pay compensation begins. Well, i think they should. I well, i think they should. I mean, and i dont think that the protesters only should pay compensation. I think people who go into the marathon , who go to go into the marathon, who go to cycle races, i mean, yesterday, i live in hackney, i came home and i couldnt get to my house because there was a cycle race. I mean, you know it. Nobody considers the people who live in this city. Absolutely. Okay. Well, its meant to be okay. Well, its meant to be quite barmy according to the weather. Just stop oil hates that. But catherine chalk has your latest. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north, but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western i Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy , perhaps with the could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland. Perhaps just the odd scotland. Perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine in a few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time , then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies , perhaps a few showers, skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll just gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well. Across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Very good morning to you. Its 7 00. This is gb news breakfast with ben. Leo and Isabel Webster<\/a>. Very good morning to you. Welcome to the programme leading for us today. Apology at last. The pm says sorry to victims of the infected blood scandal as a final report will lay bare the failings which claimed thousands of lives. Well be speaking to victims of the blood scandal in just a moment. And some breaking news this morning. The iranian president has been confirmed dead after his Helicopter Crash<\/a>ed in a mountainous area in the northwest of iran. Well be bringing you the latest throughout the morning. Last chance for assange. The High Court Today<\/a> is expected to rule on whether Julian Assange<\/a> should be extradited to the us. Well be speaking to his brother gabriel in just a moment. And the National Audit<\/a> office has revealed the government has no clear plans to fully implement post Brexit Border<\/a> controls with the european union, and 1 in 6 people admits to never carrying cash, leading to more calls on whether britain should become cashless. Well be debating that this hour and in the sport this morning. Morning. Manchester city are premier League Champions<\/a> again for the fourth year running. Arsenal run them close but no cigar for them again, im afraid. One of golfs four majors, the pga championship, was all about dechambeau, scheffler and schauffele yesterday as he won by a stroke. Thats schauffele, not scheffler and in the nothing to see here. Tennis news emirates ngannou will not play at the french open. At the french open. Weve got plenty of warm, sunny spells on offer again today , but there still is a risk today, but there still is a risk of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. The details coming up. So our top story this morning the infected blood scandal. Independent inquirys final report is set to be published later on today. The scandal has been subject to the biggest ever Public Inquiry<\/a> in the uk after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood i while Political Correspondent<\/a> Katherine Forster<\/a> has been looking back into the story. Some of my friends have said to me , are you sure . Are you to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 19705 almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80s, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people, to haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was have died. Sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. I had so many years of being unwell. Well very ill actually, but, just didnt know what was the matter with me. She only found out decades later and i literally fell back into the chair id been sitting into the chair id been sitting in thinking, this cant be right. The blood product factor eight was largely imported from the states , with blood often the states, with blood often coming from prisoners and drug addicts. Warnings it was not addicts. Warnings it was not safe were ignored for years. Safe were ignored for years. There are still two people dying every week that were infected as a result of this scandal. Author and sunday times Political Editor<\/a> Caroline Wheeler<\/a> has been campaigning for victims for decades. Ive spoken to many people whove said that theyve lost count of the number of funerals that theyve attended because of this, but also the financial effect that this has had people not being able to work for many, many years of their working lives, some of them have made choices where they havent had families, they havent got married. They havent got married. Colin smith was given infected blood during a routine ear operation aged two, despite an edict that it was not to be given to children. He died from aids at seven and at a boarding school for medically vulnerable youngsters, 122 boys were infected. Victims say they were infected. Victims say they were used as guinea pigs with no proper consent. The 30, still alive , are fighting for redress. Alive, are fighting for redress. Victims have appealed to politicians for many years. Politicians for many years. Finally, the then Prime Minister<\/a>, theresa may, announced a full Public Inquiry<\/a> in 2017. The final report is published this lunchtime. This lunchtime. This was covered up for many years and the governments of all complexions have said there was nothing to see here, nothing that could have been done differently. Labour mp Diana Johnson<\/a> , labour mp Diana Johnson<\/a>, whos been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic i sukh and now we will get the answers, hopefully to what actually happened and who took the decisions which allowed that dirty blood to enter our nhs. Dirty blood to enter our nhs. And what we know is that this was probably the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs, and on compensation given Caroline Wheeler<\/a> believes this government is set to act, my understanding is set to act, my understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. It cant come soon enough, we have a Whatsapp Group<\/a> on of a few of us, and we call ourselves blood friends. Two of those people are terminally ill. This is whats happening to people. They are dying. They are dying. Katherine forster. Gb they are dying. Katherine forster. Gb news. Katherine forster. Gb news. Terrible. Okay, well, joining us now are three victims of that scandal ade goodyear, Steve Nichols<\/a> and richard warwick. They join us now from london. Good morning to you all. Ade, lets start with you. Ive known you for a few years, and this has been a Long Time Coming<\/a> today. Has been a Long Time Coming<\/a> today. Lots of people talking today. Lots of people talking about apologies, but weve had apologies and mealy mouthed gestures over the years. What are you actually hoping for today . Is it about the money . Absolutely not. I mean, the money is a part of this, obviously, because after 40 years of no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances do come into it. Of course , the losses, into it. Of course, the losses, but its about contrition and justice today. We need things that we need delivered. Survivors to robustly recommend, justice that we waited 40 years for. Yeah. And richard, how significant is it for you to hear from the Prime Minister<\/a> an apology . There were questions apology . There were questions about whether he would go so far as to make an explicit apology on behalf of everybody involved, those of successive governments, and, of course, also Civil Servants<\/a> and would you like to see the same from the leader of the opposition . Well, today is obviously a monumental day. And when the monumental day. And when the Prime Minister<\/a>, i believe, is going to speak later this afternoon, it will all depend on, on the context of what he has to say. I weve heard him make promises before, and weve heard other Prime Minister<\/a>s make promises that all tend to ring very hollow with me. Yes, very hollow with me. Yes, i would like to hear sir keir starmer Say Something<\/a> he said very little in our opinion, while hes been in office. And steve, have you im sure all of you have. Ade, i know you have. You went to law school in hampshire as a boy, where many children were essentially used as guinea pigs and given infected blood. I just wonder, hows that . Hows it been for the three of you seeing friends from your childhood, people from your Campaign Group<\/a> over the years slowly fading away and quite frankly, dying before your eyes as you all wait for justice. Over the years . Justice. Over the years . Exactly. I mean, we all went through laws at roughly the same time, 122 haemophiliac children went through there in the 70s and the early 80s, went through there in the 70s and the early 805, now at 122 80 have died. Were here today representing the people that cant be here. Our classmates, the families of their classmates , their parents, their wives and their children who didnt live to see this day. Weve fought for 40 years to get to where we are today, and we hope the truth is going to finally, finally come to the surface. And the come to the surface. And the fingers are going to be printed. Yeah. Ade, we spoke to the government just around 20, 25 minutes ago, who were keen to say today is not about compensation and didnt want to be pressed on exactly who would get all of the \u00a310 billion, whether it would indeed be yourselves, or whether some might be siphoned off to lawyers. And i put it to him that actually, yes, we need to hear this report. Yes, we need to learn the lessons. And this to learn the lessons. And this is a huge day. But this is also a day about compensation. Ian, a day about compensation. Ian, do you agree . Of course we do. As i alluded of course we do. As i alluded to earlier, years of losses mean just that years of losses , when just that years of losses, when you are relying on the trusts handouts of de man sinner living with them and they become your only source of income . Yes. Compensation packages, lump sums are an important part of that. But still, in our heart , lie ins but still, in our heart, lie ins its not solely about the money, because today is a day for reckoning. It is a day for our family and the boys, their families, to think through what happened and get our justice happened and get ourjustice delivered. Really there. So im kind of i find it very difficult to speak about the finances because that the element of that, its hard, but it is about compensation. Yes. And richard and maybe sorry. And richard and maybe sorry. And richard and maybe sorry. The line just broke up there a little bit. The line just broke up there a little bit. Im the line just broke up there a little bit. Im terribly a little bit. Im terribly sorry, steve. You were saying that it sorry, steve. You were saying thatitis sorry, steve. You were saying that it is a day about justice, and i just wonder whether perhaps in the future, you want to see either civil or criminal prosecutions. Prosecutions. Absolutely. If the evidence is there and people have done the wrongs, if those people are still alive, they should have to face the courts. Absolutely. Like them has done in other countries like theyve done in france. I see no reason why not, especially with with regard to tree laws. We believe there was breaches of the declaration of helsinki there, and probably the nuremberg code. Experimentation nuremberg code. Experimentation on children is wrong. Its as wrong today as it was then, in the 1970s and the 80s. Wrong today as it was then, in the 1970s and the 805. That legislation was there then it was 64, 65. That legislation was put into place and that they broke that , so yeah, i do i broke that, so yeah, i do i think that, richard, prosecution should. Richard, have you got any concerns about a potential change of government this year, how it may affect the delivery of compensation . Any worries about that . About that . Well, there have been some internal rumours about Rachel Reeves<\/a> not particularly wanting to go ahead with this, which sort of shocked us and i think particularly shocked Diana Johnson<\/a>, as i say, they are just internal rumours, but hopefully it doesnt come to that and this government will sort it out before there is a change of a change of administrations , time change of administrations, time is not on our side. We dont want this kicked down the road any longer and wed want ideally this this tory government to sort this out as soon as possible. Possible. Well, richard warwick, Steve Nichols<\/a>, ade goodyear, were so sorry for everything that youve had to go through. We hope that the inquiry findings meet with everything that you want. And this compensation comes your way very soon. Thanks for your time this morning. Thank you all. Thank you. Okay. Lets move on. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a>. Okay. Lets move on. Wikileaks founderJulian Assange<\/a>. Hes expected to find out today whether he can halt his extradition to the United States<\/a>. So back in march , the uk high so back in march, the uk High Court Said<\/a> assange could launch a new appeal if the us failed to give fresh assurances relating to a fair trial. Gabriel shipton campaigns full time for his brother julians freedom and im delighted to say he joins us now. Good morning to you. Thank you for joining now. Good morning to you. Thank you forjoining us. So just explain to us how pivotal today is. Its the high courts hearing, but also longterm, if the worst happens, as far as youre concerned and your brother is extradited to the United States<\/a>, are you hoping for a donald Trump Presidency<\/a>, perhaps to pardon him in the future if and when trump gets to power . Well today is another doer day a do or die court day for julian. If the judges rule against him, theyll order his extradition to the United States<\/a> and he could be on a plane within 24 hours to the Eastern District<\/a> of virginia. But i district of virginia. But i think now is really a moment for the Uk High Court<\/a> judges. They have the ability now to really rule decisively on this. One of the assurances given by or so called assurances given by the United States<\/a> is that julian will be able to seek to use a First Amendment<\/a> defence if hes if hes extradited to the United States<\/a>. So the judges will rule on that, whether whether thats credible, and just just to clarify that First Amendment<\/a> is the right to free speech, which would obviously be his justification for releasing those tens of thousands. Yeah. Thats right. So freedom of expression. But the judges will rule today whether they think that that is a possible defence for julian. And i think that forjulian. And i think that appues forjulian. And i think that applies to uk in the uk context, because whats happening here is the United States<\/a> is applying their espionage laws to reach into the United Kingdom<\/a> and go after prosecutors here. So its affecting freedom of expression in the United Kingdom<\/a>. On the on the donald Trump Presidency<\/a> , the donald Trump Presidency<\/a>, just last month, we had President Biden<\/a> say hes considering the australian request to actually drop the charges against Julian Assange<\/a>. Weve seen rfk jr, who is doing very well in the polls in the United States<\/a>. Hes committed to pardoning julian on day one. So i would expect a donald trump to come out sometime soon and say that he is going to consider pardoning julian as well. And in terms of sort of the jeopardy of today, i mean, the way its been sort of written up in some of the press is after 13 years of uncertainty, this is the moment where well find out what happens to Julian Assange<\/a>. But i hate to be the party poopeh but i hate to be the party pooper, but there are other possible outcomes today, arent there . There is a possibility that the assurances arent met. First of all, for those judges, one of them was that he wont face the Death Penalty<\/a> and that he could end up not being extradited and staying here. The other one is he could be freed. Or the third option is that his team, and i presume you can confirm this might refer to the European Court<\/a> of human rights and see if you can go down that road as well. Thats right. If he loses today, well file with the European Court<\/a> of human rights for an emergency injunction to stop an extradition. But thats they do those very rarely. You they do those very rarely. You know, i think over the last 64 applications, two have been approved. So its not its not a real you know, its a very 5050 sort of dice roll forjulian sort of dice roll for julian that, that will actually that will actually work. But if even if the judges rule in julians favour today, youre looking at another court hearing, another appeal hearing sometime down the track, whether thats in three months, four months, five months. And this whole time, julians in a maximum security prison. Hes sitting in a two by three metre cell in belmarsh prison. Yeah, hes in belmarsh. Have you spoken to him recently . Hell be at the High Court Today<\/a>. I understand. How is he today. I understand. How is he generally. Is he optimistic about the future . Well, i mean, hes fighting on hes hanging in there. Im on hes hanging in there. Im always amazed that hes able to, you know , keep going in this you know, keep going in this situation. After 13 years of detain. And i was thinking, my detain. And i was thinking, my daughter is ten years old and shes only ever known. Julian detained one way or another. So im just amazed that hes able to hang in there. His health is very you know, its deteriorating over the time that hes been in these in these prison and confinement in the ecuadorian embassy, and its devastating to go and see him in prison for me. Yeah. And just, you know, finally, i suppose for those people who dont see him as a hero of free speech or a journalist, those people that including the Us Government<\/a> who believe that he put lives at risk and by publishing unredacted details, what would you say to them . Why do you believe he has a right to walk free today . Free today . Well, you know, julian published what julian published was the actual evidence of war crimes, of torture and corruption. And but they were secret government files. Well, thats thats the bread and butter of the press. You know, you take secrets and you pubush know, you take secrets and you publish them. You take things publish them. You take things that arent known by the public, and you give them to the public so that they can educate themselves to make better decisions about their governments. And if we dont have the press playing that essential role in our societies, then we may as well be living. You know , in china or in an you know, in china or in an authoritarian regime. So thats really whats at stake today. Is that a central role of the press within our democracies . And to those people who dont see assange as a true journalist, i mean, he hes not a journalist in the sense that ben or i might consider ourselves journalists. You know, ourselves journalists. You know, he hes a journalist and said that he published information, but there would also be the argument. Well, you know, its incredibly slippery slope if people in the name of freedom decide to go and get their hands on issues of National Security<\/a> and publish them in the claim of free speech, i think you have to look at. Announcer what actual harm was done . Theres actually no evidence that any harm was caused by the release of these documents, of these leaks in chelsea. Manning, who was the leaker in her hearing, chelsea. Manning, who was the leaker in her hearing , there was leaker in her hearing, there was a general who was hired by the obama administration. Paid. They spent 10 million looking for somebody whod come to harm , and somebody whod come to harm, and they couldnt find anyone. And i think the reverse is true is what these leaks exposed was state criminality . Was the state state criminality . Was the state the military killing journalists in iraq . Thats what thats the that just as a reminder to viewers who dont know, one of the main release documents was this video from was it an Apache Helicopter<\/a> or a blackhawk of us air crew shooting down journalists and civilians and essentially laughing at it as well . Yes, thats right, the well . Yes, thats right, the collateral collateral, the collateral murder video , the collateral murder video, the most famous release from from wikileaks. Wikileaks. Well, let us know your reaction to the judgement today and keep us in the loop. And thank you very much indeed for coming in and talking to us. Thanks, gabriel. Okay, lets have a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. And some breaking news to start with. The Iranian State<\/a> media has confirmed that the death of president ibrahim raeisi, following a Helicopter Crash<\/a> on sunday. Several are also confirmed dead, including the foreign minister, after the helicopter they were travelling in got caught in heavy fog in northern iran. Well, earlier we northern iran. Well, earlier we spoke to Security Specialist<\/a> will geddes. Will geddes. I wouldnt say its leaning towards foul play. I mean, yes, its in very close proximity to the recent counterattack by iran against israel. You know, there would be a lot of reasons for third actors, you know, third party actors to certainly get involved. But i would say its involved. But i would say its more down to technical failure, which sadly is always the case with the rotary wing, the second thing is the fact that the weather was terrible. Weather was terrible. Those in slovakia are investigating whether an attacker who shot the countrys Prime Minister<\/a> acted alone. 59 Prime Minister<\/a> acted alone. 59 year old robert fistos condition is no longer life threatening. Is no longer life threatening. But its still, quote, very serious. After he was hit multiple times by a gunman on wednesday, a man has been charged with attempting to assassinate him, with officials suggesting the attack was politically motivated. The use of Artificial Intelligence<\/a> could revolutionise Breast Cancer<\/a> treatment and offer hope to millions. It comes offer hope to millions. It comes as the Prime Minister<\/a> is set to address a major tech summit being hosted by south korea, about the opportunities that are emerging from new technology. The Prime Minister<\/a> will be a virtual co host , dialling in virtual co host, dialling in from london alongside the south korean president. Korean president. And, interesting front page from the start here. Bigging up the chances of , you know, quite the chances of, you know, quite balmy, enjoyable weather. We had a great day yesterday. Three sunshine emojis. Were in for a scorcher here. All the details now with catherine chalk i a a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western i Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer , feeling warmer, offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time , we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland, perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time. Then plenty of the evening time. Then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures , underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of year. Yeah that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Low pressure. Now everyones going to be getting theirt shirts out. If it doesnt materialise in trouble. Just telling isabel off air. Im going on holiday tomorrow and im such an awful person. Im hoping that it just rains terribly here, because theres Nothing Better<\/a> than when youre away getting tanned and its sunny and its miserable. Yeah, theres nothing worse than spending loads of cash in realising the better weather. Back in blighty. Theres nothing worse. Well, lets take a look at the Great British<\/a> giveaway. We are so kind. Were giving you \u00a320,000 in tax free cash. Just in time for summer. What would you spend it on . A dream holiday . Get the garden done. Maybe in time for summer . Or perhaps treat the family well. You have to hurry because time is ticking on your chance to make it yours. And heres all the details. Its the biggest cash prize weve given away to date. An incredible \u00a320,000 that you could use. However you like. And because its totally tax free every single penny will be in your bank account to do whatever your bank account to do whatever you like with \u00a320,000 in tax free cash, really could be yours this summer. Hurry, youve got to be in it to win it for another chance to win \u00a320,000 in tax free cash. Text win to tax free cash. Text win to 63232. Text cost \u00a32 plus one Standard Network<\/a> rate message or post your name and number two gb05, p0 post your name and number two gb05, po box 8690. Derby dh1 nine jvt uk only entrance must be 18 or over. Lines closed at 5 pm. On the 31st may. Full terms and Privacy Notice<\/a> at gbnews. Com win. Please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. Good luck i watching on demand. Good luck heres a question if you did win that 20 grand, would you carry it around in cash or not . Probably not myself. Im a big advocate of cash. Yeah, im not sure id have 20 k that i would miss it if it was gone, but i am an absolute sucker for everything on my phone. Itsjust sucker for everything on my phone. Its just so easy, isnt it . Its just so. And thats the other thing ive now started leaving my wallet at home because all i need is my phone. Ive got apple pay 100. So do you behave like us . Are you totally digital or do you still carry cash . Or should we be embracing going cashless . Thats our fiery debate. After this very quick break. So were talking about cash. Nearly half of you expect to see a Cashless Society<\/a> in your lifetime. Thats to according a new survey. Yeah, 1 in 6 people say they never carry cash on themselves. I mean , and thats strange for i mean, and thats strange for me, actually, because i was a big advocate of cash. But, yeah, big advocate of cash. But, yeah, its just all too easy with your phone and wallet. So thats more phone and wallet. So thats more than triple the number. Who admitted that in 2019. So is it, i think, inevitable that we become a Cashless Society<\/a> . Is it only a matter of time . Well, lets get the thoughts this morning of the political commentator with young voices uk, jack rowlett , who thinks uk, jack rowlett, who thinks britain should go cashless, and the International Banking<\/a> expert bob lydon, who thinks cash should remain in circulation. Should remain in circulation. Well, lets start with the defence of cash, shall we, bob . Defence of cash, shall we, bob . You know wed miss it if it was gone, wouldnt we . Well we would, we, the public businesses weve been trained by the gradual withdrawal or withdrawal of services to accept that cash is on its way out. The problem is the alternatives. One is credit transfer. Alternatives. One is credit transfer. You alternatives. One is credit transfer. You get alternatives. One is credit transfer. You get a alternatives. One is credit transfer. You get a lot of transfer. You get a lot of Payment Fraud<\/a> on that. So thats a kind of subsidy for the industry that consumers have to bear risk of fraud. And then the bear risk of fraud. And then the other alternative, the main one cards, its not the consumer that pays , its the person they that pays, its the person they pay that pays, its the person they pay. So merchants dont get the whole amount, you know, \u00a3100 circulating through 2 or 3 Card Transactions<\/a> suddenly becomes \u00a385. And theres this massive industry thats being subsidised like that. And then its played back to consumers and businesses. We want this because its convenient. We use it because the alternatives have been hobbled. Been hobbled. Okay. Well lets see what jack makes of those arguments. Jack makes of those arguments. Does that persuade you . Well, i think these new cashless technologies are a win win. Theyre a win for consumers because theyre more convenient. You know, its easier to manage your money, easier to budget. You dont have to remember to bnng you dont have to remember to bring your wallet with you to bnng bring your wallet with you to bring your wallet with you to bring your cash with you. And you can take advantage of all these wonderful new fintech products and services that the uk is a world leader in delivering. But its also a win for businesses too, because actually, in lots of cases, the costs of handling cash, of securing those processes, is actually less than the costs levied by Companies Like<\/a> visa and mastercard. For those card and mastercard. For those Card Transactions<\/a>, its easier for retail workers, too, because youre not having to, you know, count your cash all the time. You know, it takes a long time. At the end of the day, often, andifs at the end of the day, often, and its better because it helps to eliminate the shadow economy and ensure that tax is being collected effectively , too. Now, collected effectively, too. Now, thats not to pretend there arent problems with moving over to a Cashless Society<\/a>. Of course there are concerns about, you know, de banking or privacy, but actually those are problems. Whether we have an entirely Cashless Society<\/a> or not, because an increasing number of transactions are being made in that way. The 30 billion contactless transactions made in 2022. So actually, i think what we need to do is we need to maximise the many advantages and minimise the few disadvantages. But jack, the \u00a330 billion worth of transactions, you talk about those people clearly havent got such a big grievance about privacy. But privacy, as far as im concerned, is one of the biggest attributes to cash. You should be able to have a grandmother who can give her child a grandchild \u00a310 here or there, without the prying eyes of governments or corporations on her back. Likewise, traders. If the window cleaner comes round and he wants to be paid in cash, why shouldnt he be allowed to pay in cash . Well, i think we do need strong privacy regulations, but i think thats thats precisely the point, is that if society is moving in that direction towards cashless technologies , and it cashless technologies, and it is, as you know, we can demonstrate with the fact that the proportion of cash transactions is falling, then we need to ensure that there is a strong privacy framework in place to protect people from the prying place to protect people from the prying eyes of government. As you say, i entirely agree that thats really important, but thats really important, but thats sort of important. Whether we keep cash or not, because an increasing number of people are paying in these digital ways. And we need to we need to protect those people. So i think its a related. But but its a separate conversation. Its a separate conversation. John. Yeah. And bob, what the sort of talk of the shadow economy in this argument that if youve got nothing to hide, you know, you shouldnt be afraid to wave goodbye to cash. Do you accept that . I mean, is there this sort of underworld that people dodging tax or whatever it might be that this, you know, digital evolution will expose . Evolution will expose . Well, you know, h. M. Evolution will expose . Well, you know, hm. Revenue and customs is one of the main advocates of cashless , its advocates of cashless, its a poor argument. Its a bogus argument , poor argument. Its a bogus argument, but were poor argument. Its a bogus argument , but were entitled to argument, but were entitled to privacy. The should be basic human rights where unless the government has some pressing need to know. On the other hand, need to know. On the other hand, the hmrc view is they want to see everything. They can see everything. Privacy regulations. Everything. Privacy regulations. You know another chocolate fireguard that wont work , they fireguard that wont work, they want to see everything so that were under control. Were under control. And sorry to interject just, just briefly, are there concerns from your end about what we see in china with Central Bank Digital<\/a> currencies . Of course, the treasury is consulting at the treasury is consulting at the moment. The moment. Thats the first step isnt it . Its social credit. So your behaviour , in the eyes of behaviour, in the eyes of authority, dictates what youre allowed to do, study. And its like the german democratic repubuc like the german democratic republic or, democratic republic , like access to education, access to employment can all be rationed. Access to travel. And when my colleague, talks about fintech, are we a leader whos using it . Its a self self fulfilling to , ecosystem self fulfilling to, ecosystem where theyre all living these deductions from card payments. Yeah. Big concerns over over civil civil liberties. All right. Bob lydon, jack rowlett, thank you both for contributing, putting your case in the argument. Let us know at home what you think in all of this. Will you be keeping hand on your cash . I think we should go to the cash point after this. The paypal acquaint ourselves with that. Well, there are there arent any atms anymore. Theyre all gone. A few the people that say they dont care about privacy because theyve got nothing to hide. Edward snowden actually said its one of my favourite quotes. He said, thats like saying you dont care about free speech because youve got nothing to say. Privacy is your right. So yeah, yeah, i miss it when its take advantage, right . Stay with us. Paul coyte is here. Its been a very big hello. Welcome back. 737 with ben and isabel on gb news. Breakfast time now for all the latest sports news with broadcaster paul coyte. Premier league is over. The football is over. Pretty much. What do you mean . Yeah, i you know what . I did that just to see how isabel would react. See how isabel would react. And i wanted to say two weeks or something where we dont have to talk about football. Yeah. To talk about football. Yeah. Yeah about that. Because then we got the euros coming up and then we got the olympics. Oh, i forgot about the euros. Oh, i forgot about the euros. Yes. There you go. See Manchester City<\/a> win the title for the fourth year running. Yeah. Surprise, surprise. Arsenal close, but no cigar, so nothing won by arsenal . No, arsenal close, but no cigar, so nothing won by arsenal . No, im not, im not, im not. I thought arsenal were very good, 89 points. Liverpool the third, jurgen klopp his last game as liverpool manager. And i do think although ive had a go at jurgen klopp quite a lot over the years, i think the premier league will be lesser without jurgen. Great character, very funny. Great character, very funny. Great character, very funny. Absolutely. Well, lets hear what he said. This is what he said in his very last press conference just after the game against wolves. I love you all. I love i love all, and everything about the club , but its time for me to go club, but its time for me to go and but look, its not its not burning behind me so that that gives me a good feeling. So we are not. Thats not that. You think. Oh, come on, get out of here. So i know i can come back and i will come back. And how is that off the game from today . Three hours ago when the game finished, by the way. On im, im a Liverpool Supporter<\/a> and i love that. You know whats sad . Its the last time i can say theres a clip of klopp or a klopp clip. Thats the last time i can actually say that, which really disappoints me. Bit of a mouthful, isnt it . Especially at this time in the morning. Why is he leaving, by the way . Can he not stomach rebuilding your squad . I mean, whats. You know what . You know what i think youve hit part of the nail on the head. He says, you know, im 56 years old. I want to spend time with my family. I want to enjoy it. Football professionals have it. Football professionals have it in their blood. They do it all their life. Look at roy hodgson , came back in his late hodgson, came back in his late 70s. Still hodgson, came back in his late 705. Still has to manage. Neil warnock is another one. If jurgen truly is one of those people that says, you know what, ive done it. I can go and enjoy myself. Good luck to him. But i do wonder whether there is part of that and thinking, ive got to rebuild this squad, its going to take a few more years. This is as good as its going to get. Ive done all this, so maybe its now time to walk away at the top. I guess that separates him between the likes of sir alex ferguson, who i think im a massive venga fan. But fergie, in my opinion, the greatest manager to ever grace this country. He rebuilt team after team, but he and came back also ben. He did what jurgen klopp is doing. He walked away when they won the title. He walked away. Won the title. He walked away. Yeah. But he walked away at the right time because he thought you know what this team is needs rebuilding again. And now thats it. And thats when david moyes came in and it wasnt right. So he walked at the right time. So its all about timing. And for jurgen klopp i think hes done. Hes done the right thing. He may come back. He said he wont manage again in this country, but he may manage again and im sure he will. Interesting German National<\/a> team. Maybe in the future , who knows. Future, who knows. What else have you got in your box of tricks . We have the we have the golf. Zander show fillet, 12 top ten finishes in majors. Never had the stomach to finish it. Thats the stomach to finish it. Thats the thing. Mental game golf and literally mental game. But he just could never win these titles. He was top three in the world. But hes won the pga yesterday. So congratulations to schauffele because hes got the best name in golf as well. Bryson dechambeau came very close. And then schauffele got a birdie on the last hole. But this is something that happened on friday isabel this is something you will enjoy i know youll enjoy okay im in im in. Now let me explain it first before we see it. Before we see it. Adam hadwin, canadian golfer known to losing his temper on the golf course. Sometimes three people throw things. You know, theyre throwing golf clubs, throw whatever. But anyway, this throw whatever. But anyway, this is what happened. We dont know exactly what happened , but we exactly what happened, but we assume that adam hadwin had got the golf club. Bad shot. Throws the golf club. Bad shot. Throws the golf club. Bad shot. Throws the golf club into the water. He doesnt want to go in after it, but there may be a tourist or some or a patron or a viewer that decided to go in after it. Have a look at this. There we are. So look, the golf club is in the water. Look, this is a man nearby. Oh my gosh, is there any need for that . Hes left his socks on. Look at that. Is there any need for the sock . An item of extreme value. An item of extreme value. Are you talking about him, or are you talking about the club . The club . The club . Well, yeah, its the golf club. So he has to go and get it. So he has to go and get it. Where was this . Where was this . Sorry, this was at valhalla. This was at the pga championships. This was on friday. So he he strips down to his pants and socks. Is that the player shaking his hand there . Yeah, i think it is. Thanks very much. Hes like yeah. And then notice how he gets the towel and dries himself off. Doesnt give it to the guy. He actually dries off the club. So he goes in, gets it for him, you know, and then someone said, would you, would you swim for me and get my club if i had a tantrum and threw it in the water . I mean, thats thats quite some commitment. Of course i would. And you know what . I wouldnt even leave my socks on. Are we . Go. There we are. What . Go. There we are. What . Is there not gators in that water . Not in that one. No, i dont think so. No, i dont think so. Yeah, i dont think it seemed to me if there is, there is one in the miami open. There is. So thats one you wouldnt want to go into for that one i think so. All right. Thanks, coyote. All right. Thanks, coyote. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Stay with us. Coming up. Were going through whats making the news with Christopher Biggins<\/a> and dawn neesom. See you okay, lets take a look at some of the newspaper front pages from this morning. The pages from this morning. The Daily Telegraph<\/a> reports on the Prime Minister<\/a>s horror and regrets over the infected blood scandal, which concludes today. The inquiry . The inquiry . Yeah. The mail also leading with the infected blood scandal, calling it the worst treatment disaster in nhs history. The times says the labour party is considering making it easier for people to change their gender as part of an election promise to appease the left of the party, and the suns reporting that the woman who inspired the Netflix Series<\/a> baby reindeer. If you havent seen it, where have you been . Has allegedly sent hundreds of emails to sir keir starmer. Joining us now to go through whats making the news today is Christopher Biggins<\/a> and dawn neesom welcome back to you both. What do you want to kick off with . Should we start with this . I trial begins on the front of the eye, which is being described as a bit of a revolution when it comes to Breast Cancer<\/a> detection. Breast cancer detection. Some good news to start off, it is very good news and i think its fantastic. I mean, i dont im not sure whether i really appreciate it. I because i think its going to change so many things in the future. And from an actors point of view, its very worrying. But i do think this is really good news. I mean, that this trial offers Breast Cancer<\/a> hope for millions on the nhs , which the prime on the nhs, which the Prime Minister<\/a> has announced, which i think is fantastic, i dont quite know how it works. S but quite know how it works. S but it can speed up the accuracy, i think of the of the condition of most women, which i think is fantastic. Its ahead of a global ai summit coming up this week where because the problem i have with al is there is still no ai is there is still no legislation actually making sure that it legislation actually making sure thatitis legislation actually making sure that it is safe, that it isnt, that it is safe, that it isnt, that an ai is fine when we invent it, but weve now invented ai that invents ai. Absolutely. So we dont know that robots are probing robots and theyre all way more intelligent than we are. So in theory, this is really, really good news. Im a bit with you on this begins ai worries me because i do fear what it means for so many jobs in this country , but, you know, if it can help with medical issues like this, then. Absolutely. Well, the potential end of humanity warns elon musk of tesla. Spacex fame. As an actor, you mentioned there the ai is a threat for actors. How . Threat for actors. How . How so . Well, i mean, for instance, you can you can do a performance piece which they can replicate any way at all. And the real problem was extras and in america is that they can, you know, they can go along and get nothing, practically nothing for their performance. And they can replicate it all over the world. I mean, its terrifying. I mean, its terrifying. And you could replicate us for sitting here. Well, they will actually even be here. Incidents where tv presenters have been used on adverts for things that they havent signed off on. Yes, because their voice has been faked with their agent and all the rest of it. I mean, the opportunities for fraud, i mean rishi sunak at absolute pains to try and sell the upside. Isnt he of ai . And one sense is that perhaps if he loses the election, this is where hes going to be heading off to the sunny uplands of, silicon valley. Yeah, but, you know, im with you, dawn. I genuinely just. I find the whole ai discussion very, very worrying. It worries me. I mean, because, you know, when weve invented artificial. Artificial, technology that actually invents other technology, that we have noidea other technology, that we have no idea what its even doing. I mean, i think possibly by next week, we wont be here. The four of us, itll just be, you know. Well, newsreaders, images, delete. Yeah, theres absolutely no need for us. I mean, arguably, although we dont exactly just sit and read the autocue on this channel, do we . We do about 18. So dont you programme to keep reading, so i dont know how i. Youll be safe, darling. No one can replicate our off the wall comments. Yeah. My fluent dictation at six in the morning, my stuttering and stammering. Yeah. Yeah. Goodness me. Where do you want to go . Well, this is very good news though. I mean, lets hope it works. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Well, weve got 4. 5 minutes, so lets go. Dawn to minutes, so lets go. Dawn to the story inside the times about Migrants Health<\/a> care schemes, and this is in relation to rwanda. Rwanda. Yes. The story that never goes away. Rwanda. Outrageous. Outrageous. Outrageous. Oh, this is the story thats really going to annoy everyone. I mean, the first thing, i havent seen a doctor for three years, and most people cant see a dentist. Now were doing horrific diy dentistry. This is a story that says the government will pay for migrants deported to rwanda to seek medical treatment abroad if the care they need is not offered there. Migrants will will be entitled to free contraception, Mental Health<\/a> support , free eye tests, health support, free eye tests, pair of glasses and dental treatment and this is all being paid for. By treatment and this is all being paid for. By us. Yes, us, the british taxpayer. I mean, it hasnt happened yet and i doubt whether anyone will actually go to rwanda apart from a few home secretaries here and there. But its like its like, you know, its like its like, you know, its just incredible that were suffering. You cant see a doctor. Well, i cant you might be able to out there. You cant see a dentist. Weve got a waiting list on the nhs that goes on forever. And that migrants who arent here legally, obviously wouldnt be sent to rwanda in the first place are going to get all of this paid for by us, no questions asked. The left say rwanda is dangerous. Its a hellhole. Its inhumane to send people there. But i saw a video the other day of some of the accommodation that we are sending or hope to send. Very nice. Its extreme nice. Absolutely. Absolutely. Come on. Just because accommodation looks nice doesnt mean were not safe. I mean, president , the area as well, winning elections with like a 90 majority and has a long history of human rights abuses, including killing off his opposition. I dont know, i mean, they theyi i dont know, i mean, they they i mean, and its not just they i mean, and its not just the left. I mean, the Supreme Court<\/a> have said its not a safe country just to say, you know, they got to be something. They advertise holidays to rwanda and arsenal show. So it cant be that bad. I mean, if its safe. Yeah. Keir starmer actually big arsenal fan like you, ben. And actually, yeah, rwanda is a hellhole. Cant go there. But if its sponsoring my football club, no problem at all. Well, there we go. Well, there we go. Sums it all up, doesnt it . Should we talk about sex . God, jezza before we run out of time . Because we know this story has been doing the rounds, but it made us have a giggle. Yeah, but this is this has moved on. This. Oh, okay. Good. The story of the weekend was that Jeremy Clarkson<\/a> has been voted the sexiest man in the uk, beating idris elba. I mean, come on, isabel, come on. But Jeremy Clarkson<\/a> has come out and said, right, i you know, its great. Thank you very much. But im really not a sex god because im actually a bit of a porker underneath this. You know, weve all seen him down the farm where hes sort of wandering around in a in a barber, waxed jacket, so you cant really see what his sex god bod is like , but he says sex god bod is like, but he says l, sex god bod is like, but he says i, you know, im a bit of a fatty, but he goes, i hate the attitude that says people who are fat are unhealthy. I havent had a single day off sex since the 1980s, when i was much thinner. I remember reading his column about how he was knocked sideways by covid, so hes telling a porcupine that, well, it might have worked through it. Listen , i dont think theres listen, i dont think theres anything wrong in being porky. I think its very nice. And i know a lot of people who like the heavier man or woman. It says big into is turning into a sex god rapidly. , hes , hes always been a sexpot. Hes a more stiff, like moment. Yeah, its looking hot. Where were you . On the list begins . Begins . I wasnt, sadly, i didnt make the list. No, no, not this yeah make the list. No, no, not this year, but i, you know, theyre all so ridiculous. These lists. But, i mean, i think, you know, he is a very attractive man. I mean, i think hes mentally attractive. I think he does a very good job on his. And i think thats sexy. And i think thats sexy. Exactly. And of course, sexy. Exactly. And of course, sexy. Funny. And lets be honest, hes also super loaded. So a lot of people find that sexy. Absolutely. Absolutely. That doesnt make you sexy. Isabeli that doesnt make you sexy. Isabel i think it does. Feminism. Feminism. I said that on the weekend. Yeah was it you that lambasted me for it . Yeah, absolutely. Saying that women, you know. Yeah women. Women are not shallow enough to be attracted by money, are we, isabel . Isabel, im sorry for myself. Isabel, im sorry for myself. Im just saying, these are the things that people think are sexy. And i think it helps them a bit of money behind you as well. Anyway, hurts. Never hurts. Darling, youre quite right. Darling, youre quite right. Say goodbye to you too. I was enjoying myself. But weve got more from this wonderful duo just after 8 30. But for now, were going to take a check on the forecast with katherine chalke. Chalke. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western. I Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder , but odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast. But elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland. Perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud to just watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of year. Yeah that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. All right, get the suncream out , still to all right, get the suncream out, still to come though, were going to be getting the latest on the death of the iranian president with mark white in the studio. Also, its british sandwich week. Isabel. Not this week. Sandwich. Not a fan of sarnies . Sarnies . No. You. No. You. Not really. I was just saying i forced to buy a lot of sandwiches when im out and about on, you know, rushing around, gone off them. Im getting quite sick. Yeah. Theres nothing worse than a curly sandwich thats been sitting on a shelf for four days, and you kind of forced to buy one of those. Not keen on those. What sort of sandwich do you like . Whats your favourite filling . Were going to be celebrating all things sandwich, plus it5 its 8 00. It5 its 8 00. Its monday, the 20th of may. Very good morning to you. This is breakfast on gb news with Isabel Webster<\/a> and me. Ben. Leo. Our top story today. Justice our top story today. Justice at last. The pms to apologise to victims of the infected blood scandal. As a final report will lay bare the failings which claimed 3000 lives. Yes, its half a century since the National Health<\/a> Service Began<\/a> giving people infected blood. Today, at last, theyre going to get answers and apology. There will be apology. There will be compensation to follow some small measure of justice at last and elsewhere, the iranian president has been confirmed dead after his Helicopter Crash<\/a>ed in a mountainous area of nonh crashed in a mountainous area of north west iran. Mark white has the latest. Mark white has the latest. Mark white has the latest. Well, this is the worst possible news for the Iranian Regime<\/a>. There will be few tears shed internationally for the cause of this. Helicopter crash is not yet known. Its the last chance for assange. The high court will today rule on whetherjulian today rule on whether Julian Assange<\/a> should be extradited to the United States<\/a>. The United States<\/a>. Well, this is being called Judgement Day<\/a> for Julian Assange<\/a>, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions. Today, we could find out if hell be extradited to the United States<\/a> and in the sport this morning. Manchester city are premier League Champions<\/a>. I think they get tired of celebrating, wouldnt you . Fourth year running jurgen klopp says goodbye to liverpool after a strange pga championship with arrests and divorces on the show. Philly breaks his majors duck and wins by a stroke. And after the fight of the decade, will we see fury . Usyk two. Will we see fury . Usyk two. Weve got plenty of warm, sunny spells on offer again today, but there still is a risk of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. Now the infected blood scandals independent inquiry report is set to be released later on today. About midday. Well, the scandal has been the subject of the biggest ever pubuc the subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry<\/a> in the uk after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood. Political correspondent Katherine Forster<\/a> has more on this. Good morning catherine. This is d day essentially for the thousands of victims. Oh, sorry. Its a package. Here we sorry. Its a package. Here we go. A pre recorded package. Heres catherine. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood . Scandal is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80s, belief. In the 1970s and 80s, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people, to haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected with hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. Transfusion. I had so many years of being unwell. Well, very ill actually , unwell. Well, very ill actually, but, just didnt know what was the matter with me. She only found out decades later , and i literally fell back later, and i literally fell back into the chair id been sitting into the chair id been sitting in thinking, this cant be right i right. Right. The blood product factor eight was largely imported from the states with blood often coming from prisoners and drug addicts. Warnings it was not safe were ignored for years. There are still two people dying every week that were infected as a result of this scandal. Author and sunday times Political Editor<\/a> Caroline Wheeler<\/a> has been campaigning for victims for decades. Ive spoken to many people whove said that theyve lost count of the number of funerals that theyve attended because of this, but also the financial effect that this has had people not being able to work for many, many years of their working lives. Some of them have made choices where they havent had families, they havent got married. Colin smith was given infected blood during a routine ear operation aged two, despite an edict that it was not to be given to children. He died from aids at seven and at a boarding school for medically vulnerable youngsters. 122 boys were infected. Victims say they were infected. Victims say they were used as guinea pigs, with no proper consent. The 30, still alive , are fighting for redress. Alive, are fighting for redress. Victims have appealed to politicians for many years. Politicians for many years. Finally, the then Prime Minister<\/a>, theresa may, announced a full Public Inquiry<\/a> in 2017. The final report is published this lunchtime. This was covered up for many years and the governments of all complexions have said there was nothing to see here, nothing that could have been done differently. Differently. Labour mp Diana Johnson<\/a>, whos been campaigning for victims for years, is optimistic and now we will get the answers, hopefully to what actually happened and who took the decisions which allowed that dirty blood to enter our nhs. And what we know is that this was probably the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. And on compensation, Caroline Wheeler<\/a> believes this government is set to act. My understanding is set to act. My understanding is that there will be a compensation package announced that it will be northwards of 10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. It cant come soon enough. It cant come soon enough. We have a Whatsapp Group<\/a> on of a few of us and we call ourselves blood friends. Two of those people are terminally ill. This is whats happening to people. They are dying. People. They are dying. Katherine forster gb news. Katherine forster gb news. Well, lets speak to gb news Political Correspondent<\/a> Katherine Forster<\/a>, who has all the latest on this. Catherine, we spoke to the government a little bit earlier, who, to be honest, bit alarmingly, didnt want to talk about compensation at all, saying todays not the day for that, that the victims have been saying they just want to learn the lessons. One hour later, we spoke to the victims who said 100, we want to talk about compensation, which doesnt fill me with confidence about the way this is going to be handled. Even though there is a big apology from the Prime Minister<\/a> today. Well, yes, and good morning to both of you. I dont think we should worry too much because in fact, the victims have asked that today. Be about the report , the be about the report, the findings of the report, the answers that people are finally going to get after 50 years since this started. Who knew since this started. Who knew what, when, why . Decisions were taken, why it was covered up, who covered it up, etc. And also, were likely to see an apology from the Prime Minister<\/a> sometime this afternoon. The report itself, from sir Brian Langstaff<\/a> , is being published at langstaff, is being published at 1230 today. Its been years in the making. Its 2000 pages long, so answers and an apology today. Compensation brian, were likely to hear that. I understand tomorrow. So it understand tomorrow. So it sounds like theres going to be a package of upwards of \u00a310 billion. That is a lot of money. Its the equivalent of a couple of pence off income tax. Were likely to hear about that tomorrow. And i think its worth saying because , you know, saying because, you know, victims have been fighting for decades , successive governments decades, successive governments have failed them on this. And this government in particular, rightly gets a lot of criticism , rightly gets a lot of criticism, but it was jeremy hunt, the chancellor now who, when he was health secretary, one of his constituents came to him and he persuaded the then Prime Minister<\/a>, theresa may, to, get this Public Inquiry<\/a> going. And its this Public Inquiry<\/a> that were hearing from today , which were hearing from today, which is finally going to give the answers that people have been waiting for a very, very long time. Time. Thanks very much. Thanks very much. Thanks very much. Okay. Iranian state media has confirmed the death of president Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> following a Helicopter Crash<\/a> on sunday. Several people have been confirmed dead along with rice, including the foreign minister and the helicopter they were travelling in. After the helicopter they were travelling and got caught in heavy fog in northern iran, gb news Homeland Security<\/a> editor mark white joins us now. Good morning mark, there was some confusion about whether the helicopter had, been found. There was Communications Early<\/a> on and whether the passengers, including the president , were dead. But we can now confirm that all passengers have died. Is that right . Is that right . Yeah. That news confirmed just at 530 this morning. Uk time by the iranian government, throughout the day yesterday, there were early signs of optimism when the official statements from the government in tehran suggested that this had been a hard landing, that there had been some kind of communication with the crew on the ground. But later on, as the day unfolded and there was no sign of the aircraft initially and the messages changed in terms of their the information and the contact from the crew actually coming before the crash landing itself, suggesting , of landing itself, suggesting, of course, that the events may have been somewhat more catastrophic. And then, of course, drone footage this morning showed signs of the wreckage. All you could see from the wreckage was the tail of the helicopter that was still visible. Then there was still visible. Then there was a patch of scorched ground where clearly there had been some kind of explosion and fire, the aircraft had come down in a Mountain Range<\/a> in thick woodland. And at this time we dont know what the cause is. But this, of what the cause is. But this, of course, will be a point of concern. No one has yet concern. No one has yet suggested any evidence of foul play, but given just how difficult iran can be, as a country to deal with and negotiate with its perfectly possible as they delve into this, especially if the finger of blame points our officials because of the shoddy way, perhaps, in which the aircraft had been maintained, the decision to fly in less than, decent weather conditions with heavy fog in the area with that kind of information perhaps pointing to mistakes on the part of the regime, then there is always the danger that they may look elsewhere as a finger to point to blame. And what about, any risk of sort of destabilisation . I think initially when the reports broke , you know, people were questioning, is this in any way unked questioning, is this in any way linked to the latest escalation between israel and iran and, you know, what will it mean for them to have to find a new president . I believe it could be the Supreme Leader<\/a>s son, which would be a sort of level of stabilising things out quite quickly. Yeah, well, ibrahim raisi had been tipped for some time to take over power from the Supreme Leader<\/a>, and at, at some point, given the fact that, khamenei is 85 years old, however , they will 85 years old, however, they will now, under the iranian constitution, have to look for a new president. You suggested someone close to home for the Supreme Leader<\/a>. Someone close to home for the Supreme Leader<\/a>. That someone close to home for the Supreme Leader<\/a>. That may well be the case. The hardliners are absolutely in control in iran. In all levels of government, both, within the Political Class<\/a> and within the establishment, in iran as well. So whoever they pick, no one expects it. Anything to be other than a shoo in for that person. But there is in for that person. But there is always the risk of instability in iran , not least because of in iran, not least because of the great deal of , unrest, the great deal of, unrest, because of the Economic Situation<\/a> in iran, with rampant inflation at 40 and a downturn very significantly in the economy there, there is always a danger of an adverse reaction from that restless population. From that restless population. Mark white, thanks very much for the update. Okay. Its a big for the update. Okay. Its a big day for wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a>. Hes expected to find out whether he can officially appeal his extradition to the United States<\/a>. Well, back in march, the High Court Said<\/a> that assange could launch a new bid to stay here in the uk if the us failed to provide a number of assurances that he would be fairly treated in the United States<\/a>. Earlier, we spoke to Gabriel Shipton<\/a> , julians brother. Shipton, julians brother. Well, i mean, hes fighting on. Hes hanging in there. Im always amazed that hes able to, you know, keep going in this situation. After 13 years of detainment, i was thinking , my detainment, i was thinking, my daughter is ten years old and shes only ever known julian detained one way or another. Detained one way or another. Well, lets speak to ray addison, whos already out and about for us at the high court. Just bring us up to speed on what it was that the High Court Want<\/a>ed to get in terms of assurances from the United States<\/a> and what assanges teams likely to do if he does get extradited today. Extradited today. Well, this is being described as Judgement Day<\/a> for Julian Assange<\/a>. Its the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions, which we know so well. Judges will be ruling well. Judges will be ruling whether the wikileaks founder can appeal against being extradited to the United States<\/a>. And that follows assurances from the us that were requested by the us that were requested by the court that if assange is tried for spying , he will tried for spying, he will receive a fair trial. And he wont face the Death Penalty<\/a>. There was a third assurance that was being sought by assanges team that he would be able to use as part of his defence, the First Amendment<\/a> right to freedom of speech. Of course , julian of speech. Of course, Julian Assange<\/a> is not a us citizen. Hes an australian citizen. And hes an australian citizen. And so there was a doubt, and there remains doubt over whether he would be able to use that defence. Now, the us, in its response to the court, said that that would be up to the judge. And so thats still very much remains a question mark. Now, the wikileaks founder is accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of classified us military documents regarding the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Swathes of diplomatic cables as well, and video , which from a us well, and video, which from a us military helicopter which showed civilians being killed in the iraq capital, baghdad. Now it was the largest Security Breach<\/a> of its kind in us military history. And the us described history. And the us described and continues to describe his actions as reckless. They say that it damaged their National Security<\/a> and also put the lives of their sources and their agents in the field at risk as well. Now, assange supporters say that he was exposing war crime, and youll have seen and youll see the supporters behind me in those banners up which say journalism is not a crime. Now, ive spoke to one of his supporters this morning and i said, well, was Julian Assange<\/a> ever a journalist and supporter, said, that doesnt matter. Theyre just using that as an as as a defence. Now what does the us want . Well, they want to put assange on trial in the United States<\/a> for eight teen charges, nearly all under the espionage act. And if he were convicted, he could face up to 175 years in prison there. Now, if the High Court Judges<\/a> rule in favour of the us, then his supporters fear that he could be extradited within 24 hours, and his legal avenues here with the uk courts would be complete , exhausted. So would be complete, exhausted. So what would they do . Well, they would immediately apply to the European Court<\/a> of human rights for an emergency injunction , and for an emergency injunction, and then for there to then be a heanng then for there to then be a hearing later on about the validity of that extradition. However, the fear from his supporters here is that he would be extradited very quickly and that that appeal to the European Court<\/a> of human rights would not happenin court of human rights would not happen in time. But its believed that he may well be in court here today. Ray, thanks very much for that. Ray, thanks very much for that. Its ray, thanks very much for that. Its going to be ray, thanks very much for that. Its going to be really that. Its going to be really interesting if and when donald trump is re elected later this yeah trump is re elected later this year, will he pardon assange . Edward snowden he was rumoured to have been close to doing it last time around in 2016 onwards, but it never happened. So yeah, very interesting to see and we will have full coverage of that result just as soon as we get it right here on gb news. In the meantime, with the time at 817, lets bring you up to date on all the other stories coming into the newsroom. Officials in slovakia are investigating whether an attacker who shot the countrys Prime Minister<\/a> acted alone. 59 year old robert ficos condition is no longer life threatening, but is still, quote, very serious after he was hit multiple times by a gunman on wednesday. A man has been charged with attempting to assassinate him, with officials suggesting the attack was politically motivated. The use of Artificial Intelligence<\/a> could revolutionise Breast Cancer<\/a> treatment and offer hope to millions. It comes offer hope to millions. It comes as the Prime Minister<\/a> is set to address a major tech summit hosted by south korea, about the opportunities emerging from new technology. Rishi sunak will be a virtual co host , dialling in a virtual co host, dialling in from london alongside the south korean president and the National Audit<\/a> office has said the government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post Brexit Border<\/a> controls with the eu, while the government hopes to have the most effective border in the world apparently by 2025. The nao says its strategy, though, lacks a clear timetable and delivery plan. And delivery plan. If youre going to need your sun cream or whatever else it is, if youre heading out today, its going to be a scorcher of a week and just in time for half term next week as well. Heres all the details with catherine chalk. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north, but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing , especially showers developing, especially across parts of western i Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. But elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland, perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. Ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time. Then plenty of the evening time. Then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures , underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of year. Yeah that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Okay, so a little bit of sun, maybe not as much as i. Eggs at the start of the show. Following on from the daily star, blame it on them with their sunshine emojis splashed across the front page, getting us all excited. Well, if we are, if we are sparse this summer, this might be your solution. Its the Great British<\/a> giveaway, your chance to win \u00a320,000 in cash in time for summer. Yeah. So what would you spend it on . Maybe a dream holiday. Maybe you get the garden done up, or take the family out for a couple of treats. Make sure you get involved though. 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Good luck now youve got a few minutes now to let us know via your say what your favourite sandwich filling is. Weve been hotly debating it between us. You decided cheese and pickle . No blt, no. Okay, but im no blt, no. Okay, but im going to anger brexiteers here. A blt in a french baguette. Oh, no. Is that allowed . Oh, no. Is that allowed . Is that a gb news . Is that a gb news . And its british sandwich week. You cant have a baguette. It5 week. You cant have a baguette. Its got to be thick white bread if its normal. Bread. Cheese and pickle. Bread. Cheese and pickle. Cheese and pickle. Okay im going to go tuna sweetcorn i like that with a bit of cucumber for crunch. Maybe a bacon sandwich, but i dont like the lettuce and tomato bit. Just butter. So i need the lettuce and tomato. I cant just have a sandwich. Although the truth is, were not really sandwich people. Let us know what you think about 826 ben and isabel with you on gb news. Breakfast time. Now, lets go through all the latest sports stories with paul coyte. Paul coyte. I missed the premier league. I missed the premier league. Big weekend. Its over. I miss it already. I dont what am i going to do . Yes, you do premier league, sir. Manchester city. Then have won the title for the fourth time on the bounce. Arsenal second with 89 points, just two points behind this season. Good. Very good season. Good. Very good season. Good. Very good season. Liverpool then 82 with jurgen klopp. Of course hes last game was yesterday against wolves and aston villa on 68. So they all go into the champions league. Then weve got spurs on 66. Chelsea on 63 actually. Interestingly spurs are off to australia immediately after the season finishes. You know you usually get the Pre Season Tours<\/a> i is it isita is it a treat for the players or is it work. No, its absolutely because i dont know how players would feel about it. But its not only the fact that theyre going to finish their last game, then they get some time at home. Theyve actually got there. They are now this is this is the airport. They actually went they beat Sheffield United<\/a> three nil. They travelled from sheffield then on to manchester to get a plane. This is immediately afterwards straight onto a plane. This James Maddison<\/a> with his duvet. And then they get on the plane and now theyre in the air. Now flying to melbourne and they will play newcastle, who also doing the same thing, a commercial thing. Wednesday money maker i tell you what, thats tough though isnt it paul . They need to be doing some really grim and grisly bushtucker trials because they failed to do anything against man city and son particularly. Okay, youre still unhappy. Okay, youre still unhappy. Youre still. Its our fault that you didnt win the one on one son against an 86th minute. That would have been arsenals title there. And then, you know, we were like, yeah, oh no i dont know whether to celebrate or but thats another step afterwards. And grinning not having it another star okay. Well youve always got next season havent you. May do something next season. What about the grand prix . I know youre a big fan of f1. Yes, the great race. Emilia romagna grand prix. Do you know why that is named . So isnt its, complete guess out of thin air. Something to do with education or a way of teaching kids . No, no, its just an area. Its an area. Area of northern italy. The capital is bologna. It5 italy. The capital is bologna. Its one of the wealthiest areas in europe. Its the home of ferrari and lamborghini and maserati. There is something to do with, maybe its a nurse. Sorry. It5 with, maybe its a nurse. Sorry. Its a way of teaching kids a particular education thing for nurseries, which originates from that area. Not sure if its totally famous for that, but youre thinking of montessori . Oh, yeah. Maybe that shows how much im interested in my kids education. Anyway, its at the autodromo internazionale. Enzo e dino ferrari. Oh, there we go. I always win some sort of sweepstake when you do an accent. Yeah, ive done that one for a while. Same without imola accent. Same without imola accent. It was at imola. So Max Verstappen<\/a> won. And the red bull. Surprise, surprise. Just about though. Yeah it was just about though. Yeah it was just about because it was 0. 7 seconds behind was lando norris. Lando norris the lad from bristol in the mclaren. And you know what a norris said that the destiny of the race, effectively turned on the race, effectively turned on the qualifyings because Max Verstappen<\/a> gained 0. 1 of a second on a run to the first corner thanks to a slipstream from Nico Hulkenberg<\/a> as haas. Yes. Yeah, they were helping each other out in qualifying. Didnt you have a problem with that as well . The slipstream . Not really. No. Okay not at all. But lando, hes a great driver of course. And hes a young brit and ill support him. But in the last couple of laps where he was chasing down verstappen, he needed to be perfect. And there was one lap where he went wide, nearly went into the gravel and i just think without that he maybe would have one great future for him. Though. Hes looking very good. Mclaren, our second in the constructors, just behind, red bull and then ferrari in third place. Of course, we know that lewis hamilton, just before we say goodbye. Favourite sandwich filler. Favourite sandwich filler. Which sandwich filler. Oh my goodness. Putting you on the spot. Three. Two one. Chocolate spread. It used to be back in the day. Back in the day. But these days yeah i dont know i dont know. Spread sandwich wasnt expecting that. You used to have those. Yeah i remember i could just see that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah great. In about 30 years. But it just sprung to mind. Well lots of you on your say going crazy. And i have to say some really strange combinations. I dont know whats wrong with you all, well read out some of those in just a moment when we celebrate pam howard says Peanut Butter<\/a> and heinz sandwich spread is her perfect combination. Whats wrong with you, pam . Thats not normal. Sounds like something my four year old would have. No offence, michael roots, you say Peanut Butter<\/a> and marmite , whereas, butter and marmite, whereas, stephanie, you say the best sarnie is bacon, egg mayo and tomato salad. Salad optional for vegans. Yeah ian says cheese, onion and Peanut Butter<\/a>. Are you all pregnant . I Peanut Butter<\/a>. Are you all pregnant . I dont Peanut Butter<\/a>. Are you all pregnant . I dont know whats pregnant . I dont know whats going on out there. Look, were going on out there. Look, were going to be talking about sandwiches in just a moment, but were going to just take a quick step away into the politics of the day with a shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation, sarah jones. Good morning to you. Looking lovely and sunny there in westminster. What a monumental day this is going to be from the victims of this blood scandal. We hear that the Prime Minister<\/a>, rishi sunak, will be apologising today. And i just wonder whether or not you think that the leader of the opposition should also step forward and apologise for his role or his partys role in the failures of successive governments . Governments . Well, look, good morning and youre right, this is a very momentous day. I was talking to Diana Johnson<\/a> last night. Whos the labour mp who has been campaigning on this for years alongside families , who are, alongside families, who are, bereaved , who have struggled but bereaved, who have struggled but have campaigned for justice. Bereaved, who have struggled but have campaigned forjustice. Now have campaigned for justice. Now of course, its right that we stand up and own what has happened. And youre right, this has affected, and been influenced by conservative governments and Labour Government<\/a>s. So of course , its governments. So of course, its the right thing to do to look at what comes out and to have the appropriate response. And i am so sorry for what has happened, as we all are. I think , and i as we all are. I think, and i think it will be a moment that is very important to the survivors and to those affected to hear from the Prime Minister<\/a> and the leader of the opposition , so that we have that sense of justice, but also then, of course, the pace that well need to see to get those, systems in place to get people the compensation that they need. And weve got to learn the lessons, because how did this happen . We have to understand and make sure it doesnt happen again. And sarah, we spoke to some victims of the scandal earlier who said that Rachel Reeves<\/a> apparently. And theyd heard this on the grapevine. Nothing this on the grapevine. Nothing official, but theyd heard in their circles that Rachel Reeves<\/a> perhaps wasnt so keen about the compensation package rumoured to be \u00a310 billion. What is her position and labours position on . Well, labours position, keir starmer set out yesterday , is starmer set out yesterday, is really clear that we will support the government. On the package of compensation that they introduce. We know the they introduce. We know the treasury has already been working on what can be put in place. We know that there has been some interim compensation paid, although not enough. And we push the government on this the back end of last year because the chair of the inquiry had suggested that some interim payments had been made, should be made that havent been , so we be made that havent been, so we will stand, you know, shoulder to shoulder with the government on this. And i think thats right. We cant bring Party Politics<\/a> into this and we will support the government, on the compensation that will need to be introduced. Youre right. A be introduced. Youre right. A lot of money, but but we have to right the wrongs of the past. If the state has harmed people, then we have to put that right, can i ask you about a story thats been leaked to the Times Newspaper<\/a> today . Its on their front page. Labour plan for gender change to be made easier. And this is the suggestion that perhaps even just a gp, a single doctor, could be considered able to , help somebody change their to, help somebody change their gendeh to, help somebody change their gender, or at least gender identity. And Kemi Badenoch<\/a> has come out and said that youre weaponising the issue for political advantage , but there political advantage, but there are legitimate concerns, arent there, about whether or not gps number one, are the correct people to do that . There is enough expertise and all the lessons, not only from the snp and Nicola Sturgeon<\/a> and what that did to her leadership there, but from the cass report into rushing these things and not taking them seriously enough. Are you seriously talking about this . Is this a real reality under a Labour Government<\/a> . Government . So this is something that was, leaked that is speculative. Was, leaked that is speculative. What id say is, is a few things. The first is that the legislation on, gender realignment, gender dysphoria, where people change their gender is very outdated. So the strongest example is you have to get permission from your spouse , get permission from your spouse, if you want to change your agenda. So if you want to change your agenda. So weve said for some time, as did the conservatives until recently, that the law needs updating. But youre right, we need to do this very carefully and we are completely clear that we will not introduce anything significant consultation and that the medical diagnosis here is really important. And we need to get that right. And youre right, again to say that the lessons from scotland are when you sort of rush in to do something that you believe to be right without thinking about how that impacts on other rights and in this case, women and safe spaces and making sure people have the rights that they need, then you can get in trouble. So this is something we will take very carefully. And i think at the heart of it needs to be that kindness, and that dignity given to people who come from different positions on this to and try and bring together those different sides to, to present something that works. Okay. Sarah talking of kindness, im not sure if you saw the picture of rishi sunak, the Prime Minister<\/a> at the football over the weekend with his elderly parents. There was a picture he posted on twitter, basically said he was buzzing. Had a great day. It was totally sport related. Your colleague mary foy mp, the mp for durham. She replied to that on twitter, saying not content in simply destroying the sales of adidas sambas, sunak has now turned the entire country against Southampton Football Club<\/a> with one tweet. That, of course, follows wes streeting , tweets follows wes streeting, tweets about susan hall voters calling them islamophobic and white supremacists. Has labour got a problem with behaving properly . And perhaps, as some are saying on twitter in response to this tweet, not like juveniles. Tweet, not like juveniles. So i didnt quite catch the tweet and nor did i see it. I didnt quite hear what you said, obviously the labour party is a very changed labour party, and were trying to make sure we can get into government so that we can, fix the economy and fix peoples lives. Thats our most important job. I dont know what those tweets were yesterday. I didnt see them. I saw Crystal Palace<\/a>, win a big victory. Palace, win a big victory. Which which i was more pleased about. But i cant comment on that tweet. Sorry. Okay, well leave it at that. Okay, well leave it at that. Thank you very much indeed for your time. Sarah jones, shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation. Yeah, im not sure if im just being oversensitive to that. I mean, its not just me. Thousands of people replying to that tweet, calling it really nasty. And you know , unneeded. I nasty. And you know, unneeded. I mean, is the pm excluded from a bit of just because hes the Prime Minister<\/a> . Should he be . Yeah, i personally think everybody could talk much more kindly about our Public Servants<\/a> and probably would attract a better calibre of people if they didnt get so many personal attacks. And lets not forget that weve had two mps whove lost their lives just attending their constituency surgeries because of, you know, sort of whatevers been going. Id say the same if it was, if it was, if it was keir starmer or Jeremy Corbyn<\/a> or anyone, i think someone should be able to go to the football with their elderly parents, tweet about it in a positive way without being attacked by opposite, you know, rivals. Right . Those sandwich fillings are still coming in thick and fast. All sorts of thick and fast. All sorts of strange and wonderful suggestions. Peanut butter, marmite and marmalade. Great mix as dave young. Try it before you twist your expression. Too late. Sorry, had already raised an eyebrow at that. Keep them im still blown away by the suggestions that were getting through on your say on. On the best sandwich filling. This one from christopher stevens. He said. Beers. Pork dripping with a pinch of salt. Absolutely fabulous. He says. Im not sure fabulous. He says. Im not sure thats for me. And then ive got Christopher Biggins<\/a> waiting in the wings for the papers. He says that the cucumber sandwich is darling. Just cucumber to die for. With pepper. With pepper. They are, im sure they are. They are, im sure they are. I love a sandwich. I have to say, i think theyre wonderful things. Well, perfect. Stay in then, for this debate. But we are celebrating the modest sandwich this week. We apparently collectively spend billions, \u00a39 billion a year. Is it . Yeah crazy. So who better to speak to than one of the founders of british sandwich week director of the british sandwich and food to go association, jim winship, who joins us now. Good morning jim. First of all, whats your favourite sarnie . Lets have it from the expert. I think a beef, i think, but i just i would i think a beef, i think, but ijust i would say i think a beef, i think, but i just i would say youve got to have a bacon. Bacon sandwich to start the day. So what would you have with your beef sandwich . With a bit of sort of radish or mustard . Horseradish, horseradish, any, any greenery in there. Any, any greenery in there. Big. A bit of lettuce just to give it a bit of colour. Brown bread or white bread. Brown bread or white bread. I think id go for white, think. Oh, naughty. Very very good. Oh, naughty. Very very good. Well, listen, why do you think that we need to have a week dedicated to celebrating the british humble british sandwich . Yeah, well, we started it because the sandwich is very british and we thought we ought to be celebrating that each yeah to be celebrating that each year. It was invented by the earl of sandwich back in the 17005, so why not celebrate it . Its the most popular food in the uk as a as a eat out, product. So lets make the most product. So lets make the most of it. Is, is the popularity of sandwiches declining, though, because i seem to find just from first hand experience that a lot of people tell me, including isabel, this morning, that there may be going off sandwiches or just dont eat them anymore. They prefer things like, i dont know, sushi, for example. If youre just picking something off the supermarket shelf, sorry, dont shoot me. Sorry, dont shoot me. I dont think so. I think weve not seen any sign of that. I mean, theres been a the industry got fairly hammered in, pandemic, but its come back quickly. I mean, were not quite were out because people are not actors these days, but , thats actors these days, but, thats all changing. And, were confident itll be back pandemic very shortly. And is there any influence from the us when it comes to fillings . Because my young boy loves, Peanut Butter<\/a> and jam. Oh, dont get me started. I refuse that in my household. You know, its an american abomination. Abomination. They call it delicious. They call it delicious. Not trying. Ive never tried it, and i never will. Its gorgeous. Its gorgeous. Peanut butter and jelly, they call it. I Peanut Butter<\/a> and jelly, they call it. I mean, is that acceptable in todays british society, not really. No. Good. There are endless fillings you can put in, and i hear a lot of the ones youve had have been included. Marmalade so i remember as a child having marmalade, marmite. So that shows you you can do anything with a sandwich. Anything with a sandwich. You can do anything with a sandwich. And i suppose its very much a british summer thing as well. Obviously you could have afternoon tea if youre super fancy, like begins all year round, but a lot of us enjoy a picnic in the summer, you know, whether wed be sitting by the river or whatever, i mean, paint a picture for us about sort of british traditions of sandwiches in the summer . In the summer . Well, summer has always been the peak time for commercial sandwich industry. So they sell more. And partly because people in the winter want perhaps warm food as well. So but summer, when weve got fine weather, you can go out in the park, have a sandwich, you can. And one of the great things about sandwiches is theyre very portable. So if you want to do things at lunch time, theyre convenient way of having a sandwich and doing Something Else<\/a> in the time youve got as a break. So, there is nothing more portable or as good as a sandwich ready for the convenience of the society in life we live these days, just asking for a friend who happens to be sitting next to me. Does a baguette technically count as a sandwich . No. No. Glossy me up might be. Glossy me up might be. There we go. Theyve been told. What did he say . No. Sorry, jemmy, i missed that. You say no, i said yes. Oh, youre off the hook there, jim. We got to go. Were going to get the thoughts of our panel this morning. But thank you very much for your time. Really appreciate it. And, dawn, you dont strike me as much of a carbs. I cant i dont shoot me ehhehi i cant i dont shoot me either. I cant remember the last time i ate a sandwich. Im not a big bread fan, to be honest with you. Would you ever have an open sandwich to half the bread . Well, i have been. Weve just come back from america and you were talking about Peanut Butter<\/a> and jelly. Jelly . Jelly and durham. We went to memphis, elviss home, and he famously loved Peanut Butter<\/a> and jelly sandwiches. Didnt have a very good ending for him, though, did it . Really . We like he liked it, but its also impossible to get anything that isnt fried in america. So they were frying sandwiches as well. Yeah, i know , not good from a cucumber sandwich in the ritz begins. Could we tempt you with any other type . Yeah. I love sandwiches and baguettes. You cant call that a sandwich. You couldnt have that sandwich. You couldnt have that at the ritz. Would go. Would turn in their in their grave. If you served a baguette. Am i common as muck for that . Am i common as muck for that . So common. Honestly, i cant tell you. Ben anyway. But i think afternoon teas are wonderful. I mean, its not only the sandwich. Theres the scone with the or the scone with the cream and the and the jam. Thats another wonderful thing about other topic. Oh, exactly. Exactly. Time for that, lets crack on into the papers this morning then, shall we . And ive seen this quite a few places this morning about this asian hornet invasion , dawn neesom. Yes, this invasion, dawn neesom. Yes, this is inside the telegraph. But i mean , apparently theyve got mean, apparently theyve got yellow and black stripy legs, which is the identifying factor, so you have to look out for them. Yeah, evidently, we are being warned to look out for how many inches were getting in our back gardens this summer, asian hornets are 1. 8in long, and you can tell because they are slightly bigger than our little humble insect bee, which is only half an inch long. And as you say, they have got yellow and black stripy legs. Now look, theyre no harm to us whatsoever, and there arent that many of them. They cant sting us, then. No, well, they can sting you, but, i mean, theyre not really sort of like, you know, a threat to us. The problem is they are a threat to our native bee population. And basically the entire, ecosystem starts and ends with our bees, so we cant be losing them. And so we cant be losing them. And obviously, the Chelsea Flower Show<\/a> kicks off this week as well. So were talking all things horticultural. Im always quite keen to save beesifi im always quite keen to save bees if i see them stranded or struggling. You get the old sugar water, but am i at risk now of getting stung by an asian hornet . We have to. Theres a little diagram in the telegraph explaining the differences and theyre quite skinny. Got little skinny waist but yellow and black stripes. But you got to get fairly close to them to see that. But it is worth taking a picture on your phone of what a hornet looks like. So if you are out and about, you can identify it because were being told that we need to raise the alarm and try and save the bees. Yes, we all know how important the bees are. Asian hornet, bit asian hornet watch. Theres a foreign hornets because we all like a honey sandwich, dont we . Well, some good pollinators. Lets not get back onto sandwiches now. Its a sandwich linked to everything this morning with white bread. By the way, ben cheese. By the way, ben cheese. What should we do . Lets have a look. What weve done jezza, havent we . Sexiest man in britain, what about the arrest of mountbattens self confessed killer, the ra victims demands, the families of the birmingham pub bombing victims yesterday demanded that a former ira commander implicated in the mountbatten atrocity list. I think my friend. Oh, really . Yeah thats. Whats the time. Oh, there we go. Sorry. All right, hottest, hottest 150 years. Lets talk about the weather. Because theres a sandwich link here as well. Oh, no. This is the front page of the daily star. Get your sarnies out at the ready. Its now time for a 25 degree scorcher. Its a heat plume or a scorcher. Is it 25 . Well its not in my word, but anyway, bad. Weve got another bank houday weve got another bank holiday coming up. Who knew . Next monday is a bank holiday and just in time for the bank houday and just in time for the bank holiday and half term, we are going to have this heat dome over the country where its going to be 25 degrees and lovely and sunny, but but before that its going to chuck it down to be cold. Okay. Okay. Well thats well it was nice last week because i went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace<\/a> and it was gorgeous because the sun was out and we had sandwiches. Sandwiches. What ones . No. And it was it was ones . No. And it was it was great. And i do think, you know, we may we surely we should start to have some nice weather. Im very distressed to hear were going to have all this rain. Yeah, its going to rain. Yeah. And until next monday i know, i know disaster. Yeah. A really quick rattle through this because, i mean were almost out of time, but its an important story. It merits a spot in our discussions this morning about the d day celebrations, dawn and this kind of caught grant shapps a little bit on the i dont know what the word is back foot. Yesterday this parachute drop, they dont have enough planes for it. No. Typical isnt it . This is where we are today, to commemorate d day, which is on the 6th of june coming up, which, if youre not quite sure what it was, it was when we stormed the beaches, in france and 22,443 people lost their lives. But were meant to be sort of like celebrating it by having this parachute drop, but we dont have enough planes to do so. On a happier note, page two and three of the express today, have got a wonderful image of the new 950 coin, which is out today commemorating d day engraved on the sand on the d day beaches over in france. D day beaches over in france. And it is absolutely beautiful. Have a look if you if you need to. But the new \u00a30. 50 commemorating d day is out today andifs commemorating d day is out today and its 80 years ago, and we think of all those who lost their lives. Did you see charlie peters, our reporter . He did some vox p0ps our reporter . He did some vox pops with the British Public<\/a> asking lots of youngsters, do you know what d day is . None of them knew what it was. It was terrible. Terrible. Thats frightening. But well do lots on this channel about that over the next few weeks. But for now, we say thank you very much to chris for being thank you and dawn neesom, great to have you back from your travels. Thank you. You can enjoy a proper british meal again. Sandwich or sandwich. Ill get that in, lets go check on whether or not itll be nice weather for a picnic. Heres catherine chalk. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today , but turning a bit more today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western i Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer , feeling warmer, offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast, but elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time , we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland. Perhaps just the odd scotland. Perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. Ireland and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time , then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies , perhaps a few showers, skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of year. Yeah a yeah a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Still to come, were us. Very good morning to you. Its 9 00 on monday, the 20th of may. You are watching breakfast with Isabel Webster<\/a> and ben leah with Isabel Webster<\/a> and ben lear. Youre very welcome. Lear. Youre very welcome. Justice. At last, the Prime Minister<\/a> is set to apologise to victims of the infected blood scandal. As a final report will lay bare the failings which claimed thousands of lives. Yes. Claimed thousands of lives. Yes. Its 50 years since the National Health<\/a> Service Began<\/a> infecting people with contaminated blood. Now, today, as a Public Inquiry<\/a> releases its findings, people are finally going to get answers and apology and compensation to be announced i the iranian president s been confirmed dead after his Helicopter Crash<\/a>ed in a mountainous area in the northwest of iran. Mark white has the latest. This is the worst possible news for the Iranian Regime<\/a> as far as the west is concerned. There will be few tears that are shed. The there will be few tears that are shed. The cause of this deadly crash is not yet known. Crash is not yet known. And a big day for wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a>. The and a big day for wikileaks founderJulian Assange<\/a>. The high court will, it is expected rather to rule on whether he should be extradited to the United States<\/a>. United states. Supporters of Julian Assange<\/a> say the process happening here at the royal courts of justice today is a sham. They say he cant get a fair hearing and that he was doing the legitimate work of a journalist. The us work of a journalist. The us says he puts lives at risk and they want to hold him to account. Weve got plenty of warm, sunny spells on offer again today, but there still is a risk of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. Well, its been described as a monumental day leading our program this morning. The infected blood scandal. Independent inquirys final report is set to be published later on. This morning. The scandal has been the subject of the biggest ever pubuc subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry<\/a> in the uk, after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood products. Well, earlier we spoke to three victims of the scandal in the money. Part of this obviously, because after 40 years with no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances to come into it, of course the losses, but its about contrition and justice today. We need things that we needed delivered, survive to robustly recommend our justice, that we waited 40 years for. This hill correspondent Katherine Forster<\/a>joins us now. Katherine forster joins us now. Good morning catherine. Theres a figure of \u00a310 billion, maybe even more, being mooted for these thousands of victims. When are we going to hear the finer detail about that compensation package . Package . Yes. In terms of the compensation , were likely to compensation, were likely to hear details of that tomorrow. It is predicted to be upwards of \u00a310 billion. As youve said, a significant amount of money. And at the moment, the only people that have had any payments, affected by this scandal are people whove actually been infected or their bereaved partners have had about \u00a3100,000. But people whove been affected, such as parents whove lost children or or children whove lost parents, have not had a penny that looks set to change. I think its worth just emphasising that, not just the scale of this 3000 people dead, over 30,000 infected, but the horrendous human cost. Because this factor eight this blood product that was imported largely from the states in the 19705 largely from the states in the 1970s and 80s , the United States<\/a> 1970s and 80s, the United States<\/a> didnt have very stringent measures in place when it came to blood donations. A lot of the to blood donations. A lot of the blood came from people like prisoners, drug addicts. It contained viruses, and it was given to people, including children, long after warnings were given. After concerns were raised right up until 1991, when warnings were being given. From the mid 1980s. And, you know, you hear the numbers, but people like colin smith, this little boy, he was two. He went for a blood transfusion, had a blood transfusion for an ear operation. He was a haemophiliac. He contracted aids. He died when he was seven. His family were vilified because of the stigma. And theres dozens of horrific stories like this. So these people have been fighting for decades. Today theyre going to get answers. Theyre going to get answers. When the report is finally published at 12 30, answers into who knew what when , what, why, who knew what when, what, why, the actions were taken and an apology from the Prime Minister<\/a> later today on behalf of a successive governments who have frankly turned a blind eye compensation to be announced tomorrow. But of course, no tomorrow. But of course, no amount of money can ever really make up for whats happened to these people. Katherine forster, thanks very much indeed. Very much indeed. Okay. Iranian state media has confirmed the death of president Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> following a Helicopter Crash<\/a> on sunday. Several are confirmed dead along with raisi , including the along with raisi, including the foreign minister, after the helicopter they were travelling in got caught in heavy fog in a mountainous area of northern iran. Iran. Gb news home and security editor mark white joins us now in the studio. Good morning. Mark, whats the latest on this, please . Well, it was just after 530 this morning that the iranian government confirmed the death of all those on board this helicopter, a bell 212 helicopter, a bell 212 helicopter that came down yesterday afternoon after the president and other senior officials, including the foreign minister, had been at the opening of a joint dam project between iran and azerbaijan. You can see the weather conditions there are appalling heavy fog in that area. And this Helicopter Crash<\/a>ed in that heavy fog. Theres no suggestion of foul play, but its always a concern when youre dealing with the iranians, especially if the finger of blame points towards officials in the way, perhaps, that this helicopter was maintained also with the way perhaps , that the decisions were perhaps, that the decisions were taken to fly over this mountainous region in less than ideal weather conditions. But the president , a man who was tipped to take over from the Supreme Leader<\/a>, ayatollah khomeini, who is 85 years old, in failing health, so now there will have to be elections, although theres some suggestion it could be the ayatollahs, son. And that makes me sort of raise an eyebrow about whether or not there was foul play, because, as you say, blind man and a galloping horse could see that those were not ideal flying conditions. And you know, is there any suspicion in all of this, do you think, or too early to speculate . I think wherever the Iranian Regime<\/a> is involved, theres always suspicion and suggestion. But what we know is just that a Helicopter Crash<\/a> and we dont know anything more at this stage. I think whoever gets into power as the next president will be a hardliner. Theres no doubt about that. They are present now throughout all the structures in the political and the, establishment within iran. As well. So itll be, were told, 50 days of campaigning, such as it is before those elections are held. And as i say, the held. And as i say, the guarantee will be whoever it is, if its khomeinis son, or someone else, they will be a hardliner. Just briefly, mark, there was a tweet from tory mp michael fabncant a tweet from tory mp Michael Fabricant<\/a> saying something akin to good in response to the news. Are we expected to get anything official from the Prime Minister<\/a> or downing street . Would that be in line, bearing in mind the political relationship at the moment with iran . Its possible. I mean, the wording would be interesting to listen to, so theyre not going to be, professing their profound sorrow. But some World Leaders<\/a> have clearly iran has some friends, but in the west, very few, if any friends. So yeah, few, if any friends. So yeah, many people, while they might be quite pleased to get rid of, well, someone like, you know, the current or former president now, you know, be careful what you wish for. We dont know whos going to come in next. And just briefly, no suggestion that theres any involvement with israel or any of the heightened escalation that weve seen in recent weeks with sort of for tat incidents between the two nations, you would think thats a hornets nest that israel would , even nest that israel would, even though they would want to see the back of raisi. But they just wouldnt wade into Something Like<\/a> that. But who knows . Okay. Thanks, mark. Thank you i okay. Big l okay. Big day okay. Big day for wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a>, whos expected to find out whether he can officially appeal his extradition to the United States<\/a>. Back in march, the High Court Said<\/a> assange could launch a new bid to stay in the uk if the us failed to provide assurances that he would be fairly treated. Earlier, we spoke to Gabriel Shipton<\/a>, whos Julian Assange<\/a>s brother. Brother. Well, i mean, hes fighting on hes hanging in there. Im on hes hanging in there. Im always amazed that hes able to, you know, keep going in this situation. After 13 years of detainment , i was thinking, my detainment, i was thinking, my daughter is ten years old and shes only ever known. Julian detained one way or another. Well, we can see the crowds have been gathering outside the high court all morning, ray. Lots of people very interested in this case. Culmination of 13 years. Just bring us up to speed on what the High Court Want<\/a> to see in terms of certain assurances from the United States<\/a> and what is likely to happenif states and what is likely to happen if indeed they decide he can be extradited to the us. Can be extradited to the us. Well, the high court here, seeking assurances from the United States<\/a> that if he is extradited to the us, he can receive a fair trial. Also, that if he were convicted, he would not face the Death Penalty<\/a>. Now hundreds of supporters have arrived here. You can see them behind me. They are claiming that the process that will be taking place today in this court is a sham , and that julian is a sham, and that Julian Assange<\/a> cannot get a fair heanng assange cannot get a fair hearing either here or in the United States<\/a>. Now, one of the assurances that the assange team, one of the claims they made, was that he would not be able to use the freedom of speech as part of his defence. And the us have said that that would be very much up to the judge. And so that remains a key question mark for the judges. And it could be the element on which they make their ultimate ruling. Now, of course, through wikileaks, Julian Assange<\/a> has been accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of classified us military documents relating to the war in wars in afghanistan and iraq. Diplomatic cables, as well as video of us forces killing civilians in the iraqi capital, baghdad. As well. Iraqi capital, baghdad. As well. It was the largest Security Breach<\/a> of its kind in us military history, and the United States<\/a> said that those actions were reckless and put the lives of their sources and their agents in the field at risk as well. So they want to put him on, take him to the us and charge him with 18 different offences under the espionage act. If he were to be convicted, he could face up to 175 years in jail. Now, if the high court does rule in favour of the United States<\/a>, that is the end of Julian Assange<\/a>s legal avenues here in the United Kingdom<\/a>. And the fear is that he could be very quickly put on a plane to the to the us. However, his his side, his supporters will be taking the case if they have time to the European Court<\/a> of human rights, and theyre hoping that that could prevent that flight from taking off. Okay, ray, thank you very much. Keep us posted just as soon as you hear anything on that decision today, a big day. Yeah. And as i said earlier, interesting to see what donald trump will do if and when hes re elected. Will he pardon juuan re elected. Will he pardon Julian Assange<\/a> . Edward snowden waits to be seen. Yeah. Well, its interesting all of the candidates seem to be making different sort of and quite similar noises, arent they . I think joe biden alluded to something and also the independent candidate who i know bevs a big fan of. And i mentioned bev because andrew and bev are waiting in the wings ahead of britains newsroom. Lots more, im sure, on that. In your program. Yes. What else have you got . Well, were talking to sharon davis, whose mother was one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal. I did not know that olympic silver medallist. We hear a campaign about so many other issues, but shes shell be a very important voice in this debate. And were talking to her a little later in the program. Assange obviously is breaking in our time. Thats going to be huge. Yeah, absolutely. And also, how many stalking complaints have have gone up since this baby reindeer the Netflix Series<\/a> . We havent seen it. Im very Netflix Series<\/a> . We havent seen it. Im very familiar with it. I feel like ive read a lot about it. Ive seen a huge amount of clips about it, and apparently people who watch it say it really makes you reflect on your own behaviour, about how many people now are not going to go to prison because the prisons are overflowing, violent offenders. Yeah. Im sorry. Its not acceptable. Well, the governments saying that theyve made these sentences tougher, but theres no point giving them tougher sentences when you cant actually incarcerate anyone. I know. Yeah. And then were going to yeah. And then were going to be talking about football because apparently it was a big day in the premier league yesterday. Apparently. Who knew it was as an arsenal fan, lots of people know that by now. I sat down and watched the man city game, hoping that maybe west ham could get into half time with a draw, or maybe even a cheeky goal. 76 seconds. Thats all it took for city to score. And that was the end of it. I went well deserved. I suppose youve got to say im a swindon town fan. Does anybody know what division theyre in . Not even surely to. I think their league two very near the bottom. Its my home town. Fantastic. Well look we look forward to a busy show. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you. Right time to tell you about the Great British<\/a> giveaway. Were almost out of time on this. \u00a320,000 of cash still up for grabs, though. What would you spend it on . A dream holiday . Get the garden done, or perhaps treat your friends, family or colleagues . Yeah, well, make sure you hurry because time. Is that a hint . Im not allowed to enter. Of course, if i had a spare 20 grand, i would buy you something. Times ticking though. Heres how you could make this yours. Its the biggest cash prize weve given away to date. An incredible \u00a320,000 that you could use. However, you like. And because its totally tax free, every single penny will be in your bank account to do whatever you like. With \u00a320,000 in tax free cash really could be yours this summer. 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As the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together. Lets find out together. For every moment. The highs, the lows, the twists and turns well be with you for every step of this journey. In 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. Its 919. Sorry its 919. Sorry were going to cruise out of the program very nicely now with a bit of showbiz news. Yes, and i love this story. So, sting, the singer, his son, has officially joined the police , but not his band. Were talking the met police yeah, thats exactly what i thought. When i saw the headline, i was like, oh, wow, this is like breaking showbiz news. But youre right. Hes actually joined the police force, it looks like hell be on a starting salary of 36,000. And, you know, i think its sometimes nice that children dont follow their parents footsteps if they are in the music industry. I think its nice sometimes that they have a dream. Apparently it was his dream. Apparently it was his dream job to go and be in the police, and his dads really proud and, you know, good on him. Yeah, thats a nice story. I was at university, actually, with his daughter, fuchsia sumner. She lived in the house opposite me in highbury villas. Right. And we would always see her out and about in the club and, you know, all the sort of hotspots in bristol, we would always be like, whats she doing now . Do you know i actually dont know what shes doing now. But she was i mean id like to say shes quite normal, but i mean, she was still quite flash. Flash normal. Yeah. You got showbiz parents joining the met police. Thats a big deal, isnt it . Thats a big deal, isnt it . It is, it is. But hes had this dream since the age of 13. He wanted to make it happen, his dad was like his passing out parade. I just think its a nice story, isnt it . Yeah, we like that one as well as maybe an expectation for, as you said, for the offspring of famous people to go and do something equally or even better than what theyre doing. But its nice to have got that. Well, yeah, i was going to say there must be so much pressure. If your parents are in the public eye, but no, hes like, no, im going to get a normal job. Good for him. I think thats really reassuring because we only have to go back to look at whats going on in cannes to see a little bit of the crazy thats going on in the world. Wow. Sienna miller. Im a huge fan of her. I think she looks a little bit like shes dressed up as a toilet roll. Frilly toilet roll on the red carpet last night, which is a little bit sorry. It5 which is a little bit sorry. Its a bit mean, but i wasnt a big fan of the frilly number, but shes on the front of most of the papers this morning, alongside side, kevin costner. Apparently hes been working on this movie horizon for decades, and it got a seven minute standing ovation. Yeah, we were just saying thats quite a long time for an ovation. But you know what . Its very hollywood, very cannes. And if i got a seven minute ovation, i think i would just, you know, lap that one up. Youve got to, havent you. But you know about. Well i think everyone was just so overwhelmed by his film and apparently he was crying. It was very emotional. The film about, do you know, i havent actually seen the film about its a western, as far as im aware, but hes been working on it for decades. Hes starring in it, directing it, producing it. Oh, fair play. Take the seven minutes, then take the seven minutes. Absolutely. But he does. Hes got a bit of a track record now of kind of the triple whammy. I suppose the holy trinity, once youve become an established actor, hollywood a lister, you kind of want to be calling the shots as well. Absolutely. But i mean, this yeah absolutely. But i mean, this year, you know, cannes is looking more fabulous than ever. Although ive got to say, its actually been raining on the red carpet, which id be devastated about my hair if that was the case. But for me, the standout dress is heidi klum. I dont know if youve seen her in the paper today, but she just looks fabulous. Shes in this beautiful red dress. I mean, which has given me supermodel vibes. And its like this very lavish dress, beautiful jewellery. And i think shes absolutely nailed it. I mean, there are some outrageous outfits going on sometimes i think , wow, youve got all that think, wow, youve got all that money and actually you havent nailed it. But for me, its heidi klum, followed by eva longoria. Shes got the figure to wear it and shes got de man. Shes still doing the rounds. I remember her from desperate housewives. Is that right . Yeah. Housewives. Is that right . Yeah. Shes still around. Is she . Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Whats she up to . Whats she up to . I dont know what shes up to at the moment, but she just looks fabulous. And thats the main thing when youre at cannes, isnt it . Okay. Right. Story three jennifer and ben affleck. Whats. The latest . Well , i latest . Well, i cant keep up with this story because if i would have come in yesterday, i would have come in yesterday, i would have said, i dont think its on anymore because ben was actually pictured without a wedding ring. Oh, dear. Do we take our wedding ring off ever . Well, thats me today. Oh, somebody emailed in and said , wheres bens wedding \ufb01ng . And you wrote on a piece of papeh and you wrote on a piece of paper, not comfortable. And i paper, not comfortable. And i said, not acceptable. I agree with you, isabel. Thats acceptable. Its i dont like it. Im not used to it. How long have you been married . Only since december. Ive been with my partner for 14 years, but weve been married since. I just dont like the feel of it. Its too clunky. Its heavy, its sweaty. I just its got to push through the barrier. You have. Yeah, well, anyway, i think we should all be wearing the wedding ring, but if you look at the papers today , you will see the papers today, you will see that he has the wedding ring back on. Like you say, maybe it was uncomfortable for ben affleck. Hes got it back on now. And theyre looking happier. I wouldnt say happy because i dont think either of them ever look really happy. But what youve got to remember here, if you know the timeline of this, they got us together back in 2000. Bennifer. Its the love story. Break up, get back together. Yeah. Should you ever get back with an ex . Yeah i dont think so. Weve got to break up with you. Hayley palmer, thanks so much for talking to us about all things showbiz. Well see you again very soon. And we say goodbye to everybody at home. Thanks for joining goodbye to everybody at home. Thanks forjoining us. Thanks for joining us. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news is. Weather on gb news is. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. Weve got sunny spells today , but turning a bit spells today, but turning a bit more unsettled as we go through the week. Having a look at this the week. Having a look at this morning. Then weve got quite a lot of low cloud around, especially across eastern areas. This will gradually lift and break up as we go through late morning, perhaps staying a bit cloudier further towards the north but elsewhere staying largely dry. We will see a few showers developing, especially across parts of western. I Northern Ireland<\/a>, where they could be heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder , but odd rumble of thunder, but elsewhere plenty of sunshine on offer, feeling warmer, especially across the north and down that eastern coast. But elsewhere perhaps not as warm as what we saw over the weekend. As we go through the evening time, then any showers should gradually start fading away. Weve got plenty of late evening sunshine across parts or many parts really, of part of scotland. Perhaps just the odd shower, but feeling warm where you catch the sunshine. A few showers still remaining across western parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> and perhaps even into cumbria as well. But on the whole a lot of late evening sunny spells and feeling quite pleasant in that sunshine as well as we go through the rest of the evening time, then plenty of the evening time, then plenty of areas, seeing a lot of clear skies, perhaps a few showers, but theyll gradually fade away. But well start to see further low cloud pushing in from the east once again. A few showers as well across the south and eastern areas, but otherwise under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly underneath with single figures, but otherwise holding up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So tuesday is a bit of a mixed picture really. Well see some sunny spells for some, especially for parts of scotland, but further towards the west. Thats where well start to see some showers breaking out again, especially for parts of Northern Ireland<\/a> where they could be heavy at times. In between there will be some sunny spells, but again some sunny spells, but again some low cloud just to watch for otherwise temperatures really around average for the time of year. Yeah a yeah a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Morning. Big morning. Huge morning for free speech. Arguably Julian Assange<\/a> judgement, whether hed be extradited to america at 1030, talking to sharon davis, who lost her own mother to the contaminated blood which the big scandal the public report today were talking to the former lord chancellor about should there be experiments on animals . What experiment on humans instead . Yeah. And also the treatment of the elderly during the pandemic. Dont go anywhere. Pandemic. Dont go anywhere. Good afternoon britain. Good afternoon britain. Good afternoon britain. Weekdays from midday, we bnng weekdays from midday, we bring you the most compelling stories from across the United Kingdom<\/a> and why it matters to you. You. From your doorstep to our inbox. Thats right. We want to hear from you. Good afternoon, britain. Only on gb news the peoples channel, britains news good morning. 930 on monday, the 20th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce<\/a> and bev turner. Thank you forjoining us. Thank you for joining us. This morning. So the infected blood scandal after years of denying any wrongdoing, the government is finally saying, sorry for what is being called the worst treatment disaster in nhs history. As a final report nhs history. As a final report will lay bare, the failings which claimed 3000 lives today. Which claimed 3000 lives today. And well be speaking to olympic medallist sharron davies, whose mum was one of the victims and irans president has been confirmed dead after a Helicopter Crash<\/a>. As us officials say, there is no evidence of foul play. But does this move us a little step closer to world war iii . And protesters forced to pay compensation to those whose lives they disrupt under plans in a government commissioned review . But is it kerbing freedom of speech . Just stop oil will join us for what will inevitably be a heated debate and end animal experiments. 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