talking? talking of which, he'll have his work cut out for him. because today alone, 200 migrants have arrived via small boats taking the total now to more than 9000. this year. once again, it's dinghy groundhog day in dover. and good news at last for the beleaguered prime minister, because the uk has narrowly avoided recession. in fact, the office for national statistics claims our economy is going gangbusters , and we'll get going gangbusters, and we'll get rishi sunak's reaction to a much needed boost for the tories after a chaotic week. and last night , despite thousands of night, despite thousands of pro—palestinian protesters, including greta thunberg, forcing israel's eurovision song contest entrants eden golan to hide in her hotel room, israel dramatically made it to tomorrow night's final and now the bookies are tipping israel as second favourites. could millions of voters cause a sensational political upset and stick it to the pro—palestine

mob? that's all coming up in your next hour . your next hour. like king canute trying to stop the tide, a raft of politicians have been howling into the void, trying their damnedest to stop the boats . so damnedest to stop the boats. so far, nothing has succeeded. today sir keir starmer launched his plan a new elite border force. will that work? is it yet more empty rhetoric? we'll have full analysis from security experts who they think it could just be yet more hot air. now get in touch all the usual ways and also , don't forget there's and also, don't forget there's another story we're covering today. just broken a moment ago. i'll also talk, of course, about the man who's been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years for the murder of pc sharon barwinski, who was shot dead during an armed robbery in bradford in 2005. and of course, i want to hear from you, send your views and post your

comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and that's your news headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. first, some breaking news. as you've just been hearing, the mastermind of an armed robbery in yorkshire that ended in a police officer being shot dead has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years. 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was killed after she interrupted a raid , which took place at a a raid, which took place at a travel agents in bradford. she had only been a police officer for nine months. piran, detective , flew to pakistan two detective, flew to pakistan two months after the murder and remained at large until he was arrested in 2020. he's the last of the seven men involved in that robbery to be convicted, retired detective andy brennan says ditta khan was a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at

75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear , he is clearly the one clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms. in that case. >> in other news, the rwanda asylum policy will end under laboun asylum policy will end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader, who's in kent, says he wants to create a border security command to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. it will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by mi5. additional officers recruited by m15. labour says it will spend £75 million on the plan if it wins the general election , the wins the general election, the equivalent of what would have been spent sending migrants to

rwanda for a year. >> britain can do better , labour >> britain can do better, labour will do better. we will end this farce . we will restore serious farce. we will restore serious government to our borders, tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently. and today we launch our plan to do that. a new approach to small boat crossings that will secure britain's borders, prevent the exploitation by tackling it upstream and smash the criminal smuggling gangs. >> the prime minister has defended the government's policies on net zero. speaking at an event in oxford today , at an event in oxford today, rishi sunak said the government is aiming to reach targets in a more pragmatic way. the prime minister acknowledged he'd received a lot of flak for his policies, but maintains it's the right move for the country . right move for the country. meanwhile, the magna carta has been targeted by just stop oil activists, two women who are both in their 80s, smashed the glass protecting the historic document. posting on social media, the group says the pair

also glued their hands together while accusing the government of breaking climate laws. they're demanding an emergency plan to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. the uk is no longer in recession, with the latest figures showing the economy performed better than expected. the office for national statistics estimates gdp rose by 0.6% between january and march. the chancellor says it shows the government's decisions are paying government's decisions are paying off, but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the tories are out of touch if they're celebrating the data as a win. >> if you look at this prime minister's record since rishi sunak became prime minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country . so per person in the country. so this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. >> israel's eurovision song contest entrant was defended sweden as a safe place to visit .

sweden as a safe place to visit. eden golan's comments follow ongoing protests against her participation in the event she qualified for tomorrow's final, even though she was booed throughout the rehearsal and the live show. protesters want israel to be banned from the contest in the same way russia was after it invaded ukraine, and prince harry and meghan are in nigeria to promote the invictus games. the couple landed in the west african country after the duke of sussex spent much of the week in london. they'll visit a school dunng london. they'll visit a school during their three day trip and prince harry is also expected to meet injured service members at a military hospital . and for the a military hospital. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . back to. martin. >> now we start with sir keir starmer, who has outlined

labour's plans to end the small boats crisis and he says a labour government would use new counter—terrorism powers to tackle the people smuggling gangs. tackle the people smuggling gangs . anas sarwar was speaking gangs. anas sarwar was speaking almost 200 migrants, as you can see on your screen, there were arriving in the uk after crossing the channel this morning. this morning alone 200. the labour leader has proposed what he called an elite border security command . security command. >> britain can do better . security command. >> britain can do better. labour will do better. we will end this farce . we will restore serious farce. we will restore serious government to our borders , government to our borders, tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently. today we launch our plan to do that. a new approach to small boat crossings that will secure britain's borders, prevent the exploitation by tackling it upstream and smash the criminal smuggling gangs. and as the first step in this

plan, a new manifesto commitment, we will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things. border security command . things. border security command. >> well, it sounds great, isn't it? well, let's find out if it is, because i'm joined now by gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, welcome to the show. we've talked about this so often . tackle the issue often. tackle the issue upstream. now m15 on the case and a leaked border security command . the big question is, command. the big question is, has it got any teeth ? has it got any teeth? >> well, it's a rebrand of the rebrand because we had in december of 2022. rishi sunak bringing the disparate parts together under the small boats operational command. that was to and does bring together the civilian agencies , the military civilian agencies, the military and the national crime agency. the purpose is, of course, to deal with what's coming across

the channel. but actually to go after the people smugglers at source and dismantle those criminal gangs. sound familiar ? criminal gangs. sound familiar? well, clearly it is. however, from the point of view of sir keir starmer, they are putting more money, he says. the way of this new border security command and there will be 1000 additional officers. so that is to be welcomed. but he has an almighty task ahead of him. if he's to make any inroads in trying to dent a trade that is worth many millions of pounds just today, as you mentioned in the introduction, there , he the introduction, there, he would have been able to see if he peered out of the window of the building he was in, giving his statement , the border force, his statement, the border force, busy at work dealing with hundreds more migrants who had come across the english channel, more than 650 this week already. thatis more than 650 this week already. that is worth for the criminal gangs close to £2 million this

year already. martin they've made £270 million out of this illegal trade. they're very professional. they've had since 2018 to get their supply chains. the sophisticated supply chain model, in effect . so when you model, in effect. so when you take one element of a gang down or one gang down, others pop up in its place , such as the in its place, such as the lucrative nature of the criminal endeavour they are involved in. >> and that was going to be my precise next point. an individual called barzan majeed . individual called barzan majeed. you know that case well. mark white, the scorpion arrested and he originally lived in britain, was deported , he said he's was deported, he said he's forgotten how many people he smuggled into britain. certainly untold thousands. he's been nicked. but, you know, as sure as night follows day, he'll just be replaced. and so long as that multi, multi million pound business model is there, mark white this will continue to

happen. >> yes. he will be replaced . >> yes. he will be replaced. multiple other individuals who have been arrest cited over recent weeks and months and years. indeed by the likes of the national crime agency will be replaced . i mean, i think for be replaced. i mean, i think for the nca and others involved in the nca and others involved in the small boats operational command, there's a little bit of a slap in the face from the labour leader, effectively saying that they're not doing a good enough job what they're working around the clock to try to dismantle these criminal gangs that are operating on the other side of the channel and internationally, as they bring many thousands of people from their countries of origin , their countries of origin, through into europe and up to the northern coast of france. but as we just discussed, it is far from easy trying to, dismantle organised crime groups who have had now six years, to try to, to get themselves, all

the, the supply chains , in, in the, the supply chains, in, in practice, working , for them and practice, working, for them and knowing, of course, if one particular supply chain the, the back street factories in china, any element of that is taken down, there are other multiple other areas they can go to get their small boats made to order. and then of course, shipped the component parts, from asia through into turkey, up into europe and to the northern coast of france. >> and i think you're exactly right there, mark. this is almost saying, well, you haven't been doing your work so far, national crime agency. you haven't been doing a good job, border force, but now i'm coming in like a superhero. everything is going to change. but ostensibly, as you said, this is a lick of paint on the same old engine, isn't it? >> yes. and i think there's one other aspect , a key aspect of other aspect, a key aspect of what sir keir starmer was announcing today that's worth

reflecting on, because that, i think, is the one real area of difference that labour has with the conservatives. and that's over the rwanda policy . a clear over the rwanda policy. a clear commitment again from sir keir starmer today that if he gets the keys to downing street, the rwanda policy will be scrapped. but this throws up a real issue for the labour government going forward because they say they're going to hire hundreds of additional caseworkers to ensure that this backlog of those waiting their asylum decisions is dealt with and those with no right to be here are removed from the uk. but bearing in mind so many of those coming across the channel are from countries including afghanistan , iran, including afghanistan, iran, iraq, syria, these are countries that courts would not allow a government to return people to. so these people are still going to be stuck here in limbo despite sir keir starmer saying that he is going to end the policy of paying £8 million a

day to house tens of thousands of migrants in hotels . if he of migrants in hotels. if he doesn't have a third country to send these people who can't go home to their home country because of these dysfunctional, regimes that where does he send them? he is in a very difficult position there. >> mark white absolutely nailed it as ever. superb, sir. thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure to have your expertise. i'm joined now by kevin saunders , who's the former kevin saunders, who's the former chief immigration officer at uk border force. kev, welcome to the show. always a delight. we no doubt overheard mark white there saying this is the rebrand of the rebrand of the rebrand. as far as you're concerned, operationally, is this the same old gruel reheated ? old gruel reheated? >> it is. it's over very, very well. this is exactly that. all they're doing is going to change

they're doing is going to change the name of the small boat command to whatever the latest idea is. >> and nothing, nothing will change. >> they the thing is, and everybody is, is saying the same thing. >> i don't understand why starmer isn't listening. >> you have to have a deterrent. the only way to combat this is by saying to the people who are coming across the channel, come across the channel and this is what's going to happen. and that's what rwanda is at the moment. now, i know nobody's been sent. one person's gone, but i know we haven't sent any plane falls yet. >> that will come. >> that will come. >> so we've got to stick to this , deterrent. otherwise we might as well all pack up and go home. >> and kevin on. on the very day, sir keir starmer said that the way to tackle this is by arresting the kingpins abroad. we learned of bars and majid, one of the precise kingpins arrested in iraq , he's imported

arrested in iraq, he's imported so many people to the united kingdom , he's forgotten how kingdom, he's forgotten how many. he said. it's at least 10,000. his nickname is the scorpion. when you think 30,000 came last year, six grand a pop. we reckon it's the average. that's £180 million in one year alone. if you get rid of a kingpin like magic bars and majid, they'll just be replaced by another one. one with that kind of money on the table. >> yes. as i've said to you on many times, martin, there's more money in this than there is in drugs. >> and if you get caught, drugs. >> and if you get caught , the >> and if you get caught, the sentences aren't so severe, so , sentences aren't so severe, so, yes, people like the scorpion will always exist . and i'm will always exist. and i'm afraid keir starmers idea that a super police force is going to stop all this. it's just nonsense. a british bobby can work in the united kingdom. he can't work in turkey, which is where we need to to be try and break up the gangs. but to do that, we need the help of the

turks and various other people as well. and we're not getting it . it. >> but now that was talked about, kev, they did say labour party were entertaining the idea of offshore containment or processing in places like turkey, in places like greece, evenin turkey, in places like greece, even in places like albania, the hauans even in places like albania, the italians did that, surely. i mean, you've been saying for years , kevin saunders, the only years, kevin saunders, the only way of stopping this is to stop people getting to the united kingdom in the first place. >> yeah, you're right. you've got to stop getting to the uk now, if starmer was saying we would invest more money with the europeans , to patrol the europeans, to patrol the mediterranean and what have you , mediterranean and what have you, then he might be on to something new. but at the moment he's not. and none of what he has said today will make one ha'penny worth difference to what's going on. i mean, to be honest, martin, today was more about showing off natalie elphicke and it was talking about

immigration. >> yeah. and meanwhile, 200 people rolled onto the beaches right outside of where they were talking, which i thought was a fitting footnote to the day. kevin saunders, former chief, immigration officer at uk border force, always a pleasure to have you on the show. have a great weekend. thank you. now i'll have lots more on labour's plans to tackle the small boats crisis throughout the rest of the show. and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com, and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now it's time now you very much. now it's time now for the latest great british giveaway and your chance to win the biggest cash prize of the year so far. a whopping £20,000 tax free. imagine what you could do with all that extra cash. well, imagine no more because here's how you could win it all. >> it's the biggest cash prize we've given away to date. an incredible £20,000 that you could use however you like . and could use however you like. and because it's totally tax free,

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economy grew by an estimated 0.6% in the first three months of the year. rishi sunak says things are starting to feel better . and now i'm joined by better. and now i'm joined by political commentator stella kelekidou. get it right every time now and author and broadcaster emma woolf. let's start with you. and . start with you. and. so 0.6% doesn't sound like a lot, but it is something. and we're officially getting better. the big question is, is this what rishi sunak wants? because we're talking about holding on for this later election. if the economy picks up, that's going to help him. after a terrible week at last, some good news. >> well, it is good news technically, but again, they can talk all they want. we've said this before. they can talk all they want about avoiding technical recession, about gdp, about inflation. the fact is real people in their real lives, which is what is going to, you know, govern the next election in terms of the results. real people are not feeling better. they're not feeling brighter

economically. the sun has come out. that's going to help a lot. but the fact is we still have worrying bills landing on our doormats. we still have people's mortgage rates going up every month. rent, rent hikes , fuel month. rent, rent hikes, fuel bills, fuel prices going up, food prices going up, the feeling that people are in their real lives , they don't feel real lives, they don't feel better off. and also, martin, every day we hear something different. only a few days ago, the obr, the, you know, oecd, they were predicting a gloomy outlook. so frankly , you just outlook. so frankly, you just hold your breath and this and these nought point 6. well let's let's wait and see. >> and stella , the rachel reeves >> and stella, the rachel reeves been saying today the conservatives are on their victory lap, but pipe down. isn't that the point? i think emma is right. you know, these percentiles, these these margins , almost ephemera doesn't actually make people's lives any eafien actually make people's lives any easier. nobody's really noticing that things are getting cheaper. in fact, everything's going up. >> even the actual numbers are pathetic. 0.6% growth is the slowest growth rate in the g7. labour did a focus group where they asked people to see what

ministers are saying about inflation rates and people were laughing when they were told that inflation is going down. they were asking, where do these ministers go and do their shopping so that we can go as well? i mean, some figures are really incredible . grocery really incredible. grocery spending is up by 16, but the actual volume of the shop that people get is down by 8. it's so they are spending more money to get less goods. and i completely agree with rachel reeves that the government is basically a gaslighting the public, because we know that this is the first parliament where income is going to be lower at the end of it than it was at the beginning. so you are telling people that things are looking up. the economy is growing . go say that economy is growing. go say that to the 6.4 million families and households who are going to see their rents rising and who will have to remortgage their houses by the end of this year. >> i think stella is right. it is like gaslighting rachel reeves. okay, she's saying people are around £300 a year worse off it. actually, it feels

like a lot more than that. i think to people. maybe, maybe this indicates that we are returning to a normal, sluggish but normal growth rate of growth. but frankly, we've had a disaster few years. we've had the lockdown in which the economy was basically put into the deep freeze, and we've had very, very sluggish growth. >> but we have to admit, though, that this this is positive news, the ons, i think they might put some in their t the economy is going gangbusters. they said, what does that mean ? what does that mean? >> i mean, what does it mean? >> i mean, what does it mean? >> because we are not looking at gdp per capita. so if the population has gone up, what does the 0.6% growth mean? it's like saying , oh, the if the like saying, oh, the if the thing with the gdp per capita figures is that you need to know what's the impact of the economy on the individual person, because you can have the chinese economy, for example, or the indian economy completely booming . but that doesn't mean booming. but that doesn't mean that the average chinese or indian person is going to be fichen indian person is going to be richer. it's going to feel ficher richer. it's going to feel richer at the same goes for

british people. the population has gone up . it has increased has gone up. it has increased dramatically. that has not been reflected in the economic growth we've seen. well, that's largely been driven by immigration. >> and so that's the thing. there's still these huge upward pressures on things like rent, you know, rent through the roof, property shortages through the roof . so we property shortages through the roof. so we might be seeing a slight decline in in inflation. but people's outgoings are still going up. and so therefore it just gets neutralised. >> their outgoings are going up. what do people actually spend. they go to the supermarket. they buy food every day. what do they actually spend. they go and have an annual holiday. prices of flights and holidays and just the basics of a of a, you know, nice, comfortable life are going through the roof. and also martin, as you say, public services are under increasing pressure when you struggle to get into a hospital or to get a gp appointment. okay, emma , i'm gp appointment. okay, emma, i'm afraid we have to leave it there because we now need to cross live to the sentencing of lee bowyer, who stabbed 87 year old mobility scooter rider thomas o'halloran in the neck and chest

in west london in august 2022. >> referred to the offence was clearly committed on or after the relevant date and you are over 21. >> how old is this guy? the sentence condition is that. but for section 283, the court would impose a sentence of imprisonment for ten years or more. and in terms of the relevant guideline here, i will need to have that in mind . need to have that in mind. secondly, in terms of the previous offence condition , your previous offence condition, your conviction for robbery from 2011 is one where a sentence in excess of ten years was passed to come within the previous offence condition. the robbery has to be one that in the terms of the schedule, where at some point during the commission of the offence, the offender had in his or her possession a firearm or imitation firearm within the meaning of the firearms act 1968. in the decision of gore 2010 ewca crim 309, the court of

appeal decided that joint possession in the course of a joint enterprise robbery would be included even if the offender being sentenced had not had actual individual possession of the firearm in the course of the robbery . paragraph 42 of the robbery. paragraph 42 of the judgement. in that case says as follows. however, it must be established or admitted that the offender was a party to the robbery, which to his knowledge involved the possession of a firearm or an imitation firearm by one or more of those involved in the robbery. if the sentence and previous offence condition requirements are met and that there is the sentencing at the old bailey of lee bowyer, who's been convicted guilty of abetting the manslaughter by diminished responsibility. >> so no doubt there'll be a huge amount of talk about about that once again diminished responsibility, the killing of thomas o'halloran, a case that really shocked the nation . really shocked the nation. o'halloran, of course, was in a

mobility scooter, was a charity busker at the time, would come back to the sentencing later in the show as it's handed down by the show as it's handed down by the judge . there's lots more the judge. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, as pro—palestine protesters descend on eurovision. i'll discuss their claim that israel should be chucked out of tomorrow's final. actually, i think they might win it. but first is your latest news headlines and it's sam francis . francis. >> martin, thank you very much. >> martin, thank you very much. >> and good afternoon. >> and good afternoon. >> from the newsroom. >> from the newsroom. >> 332 and a recap of the headunes >> 332 and a recap of the headlines this hour. the mastermind of an armed robbery in yorkshire that ended shot dead has been sentenced to life with a minimum years. >> 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was killed after she interrupted a raid at a travel agents in bradford nearly 20 years ago. she'd only been a police officer for nine months at the time, piran ditta khan fled to pakistan two months

after the murder and was arrested in 2020. >> he's the last of seven men involved in that robbery to be convicted . well, retired convicted. well, retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described eta khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear , he is clearly the one clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms. in that case. >> in other news, the rwanda asylum policy will end under laboun asylum policy will end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader, who's in kent, says he wants to create a border security command to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people

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to. >> welcome back. it's 338 on martin daubney. and this is gb news. and we can now cross live to the sentencing of lee bowyer, who stabbed 87 year old mobility scooter rider thomas o'halloran in the neck and chest in west london in august 2022 for an order under section 45 a of the 1983 act. >> what is known as a hybrid order. turning then to mental health issues , both forensic health issues, both forensic psychiatrists are clear that in their professional opinions you are someone suffering with paranoid schizophrenia and that a hospital order under section 37 of the 1983 act, with a restriction order under section 41 of that act, is the most appropriate and best way to balance between treatment and the wider interests of the protection of the public. in his report dated the 10th of april 2024, doctor cummings states as follows. if sentence under section 37 of the mental health

act, mr baker would remain in a secure inpatient unit for the foreseeable future in in order to receive the necessary treatment and rehabilitation in mr baker's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia makes this disposal a possibility. i am aware that a bed remains available at broadmoor hospital. i would also recommend the use of a restriction order. it is clear that in terms of this offence, the use of such is indicated. the offence was grave high profile and of an elderly man in a motorised chair occurring without provocation. mr baker has a history of violence , and the use of violence, and the use of a restriction order is needed to protect the public. i have set out some further extracts from the report of doctor coming in the report of doctor coming in the written sentencing remarks that will be available at the end of this hearing . doctor end of this hearing. doctor cumming then goes on to deal with a hybrid order, and he says this in terms of a hybrid order. this disposal has a penal

element and the release regime is different. if mr baker was made subject to section 45 a of the mental health act , he made subject to section 45 a of the mental health act, he would remain in a secure unit for the foreseeable future so that he would receive the necessary treatment if his mental health were to improved to the extent that no further treatment was necessary, then mr baker would be remitted to prison to serve the rest of his sentence. on arrival in prison, the section 45 a order would cease to have effect, and he would be referred to the mental health in—reach prison in team in prison for ongoing mental health input, but he could not be forced to comply if he did not wish to do so. it is too early to say how well mr baker will respond to treatment at the current time. his improvement is partial, he shown an antipathy to mental health services, and when he's been more unwell in 2023, at the time of the offence , he lacked of the offence, he lacked insight into his illness and was affected by ongoing command hallucinations. those still

unable to function reasonably. i am concerned that though there is a risk structure through the hybnd is a risk structure through the hybrid order and in consideration of the above issues, no enforcement of the mental health act 1983, in prison and his lack of insight and command hallucinations means that he may pose a significant risk to others , though risk to others, though ultimately the matter for the judiciary, i conclude that the use of a hospital order with a restriction order is the more appropriate recommendation to reduce risk . this, appropriate recommendation to reduce risk. this, i appropriate recommendation to reduce risk . this, i note, is reduce risk. this, i note, is further amplified in the note of consultation, where doctor cumming adds this this is a man who has still not recovered . i who has still not recovered. i do not know whether he ever will. he is likely to remain on medication for the rest of his life to manage his illness when unwell. the illness is difficult to see or penetrate. they do not want a person with command hallucinations in prison. the command hallucinations present a risk. the mha does not apply in

prison and they cannot compel treatment. they could send him back to hospital, but by his risk of violence is linked to his illness. there are a number of other paragraphs from that note that i've added to the written sentencing remarks in his report . doctor rafferty his report. doctor rafferty makes similar observations and i note in particular firstly under when considering the protection of the public, he says this the defendant has shown a good response to pharmacological therapy. his physical assessment, psychological assessment, psychological assessment and treatment has only begun and is likely to be difficult for the reasons stated. in my opinion, mr baker requires the supervised care of a specialised forensic service , a specialised forensic service, and i consider this need to be long term and possibly life long if he should become non—compliant with his medication. again, i believe the risks the defendant poses of violence are potentially grave . violence are potentially grave. i do not believe this supervision and managed

treatment can be affected by prison health care services , the prison health care services, the parole board or probation services. in the event of mr barr returning to prison after hospital treatment to complete the determinate part of his custodial sentence as part of a section 45, a hybrid order in my opinion, the parole board can offer little in the material assistance of public safety in this case, and to follow the advice of clinicians. so, since mr baker's risk is extant from his mental disorder, schizophrenia , personality schizophrenia, personality disorder and substance misuse , disorder and substance misuse, such effective interface between prison clinicians and the parole board is far less likely to be as effective and comprehensive as effective and comprehensive as the interface between forensic psychiatry and the ministry of justice. the first tier tribunal offered by a hospital order route. in my opinion , and his summary at the opinion, and his summary at the end, i considered carefully the applicability of a section 45, a hybnd applicability of a section 45, a hybrid order in this case, and also considered the opinion of

doctor ian cumming. his provided that psychiatric evidence to the court . it is my view that court. it is my view that a section 45 order would not be the most appropriate disposal in the most appropriate disposal in the defendant's case. i agree with doctor cumming that that is not the preferred recommendation from a psychiatric point of view. for the reasons stated above , doctor rafferty gave above, doctor rafferty gave evidence during the course of this sentencing hearing. he adopted his report and agreed with the summary conclusions, and i have set out . he set out and i have set out. he set out the way in which treatment can be given and the issues around management in the prison estate. he expanded . on the reasons why he expanded. on the reasons why the preferred course here is that you stay within the secure hospital environment, as opposed to the prison estate, as well as the extensive treatment that is required. the treatment is going to be long term and probably lifelong. he confirmed that it is clear that the best way of protecting the public is through a hospital order with a restriction order. he cannot be

definitive as the timing. he confirmed the findings in his report that the treatment is at an early stage, and that you will be in a high security place for many years and then possibly go to a lower level of security. and there is a possibility that you may remain in hospital for the rest of your life . you will the rest of your life. you will certainly need long term and possibly lifelong treatment . the possibly lifelong treatment. the leading case in this area of sentencing is the decision of the court of appeal in vowles and others from 2015, i have considered in particular paragraphs 51 to 55 of that judgement. there are a number of other authorities that i've been referred to and considered , referred to and considered, including that of the case of paul surrey from 2022 and walker from 2023. turning then to sentence, in my view, the conditions in section 30 72a are met. in this case, you are someone clearly suffering with

paranoid schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness, taking into account the factors set out into account the factors set out in the case of vowels, namely one the extent to which you need treatment for the mental disorder from which you suffer. secondly, the extent to which the offending is attributable to the offending is attributable to the mental disorder. thirdly the extent to which punishment is required. and fourthly, the protection of the public, including the regime for deciding release and the regime after release. i am entirely satisfied that the appropriate way to deal with you is by the making of a hospital order, with restrictions . i know there is a restrictions. i know there is a place available to you within the newmarket ward at broadmoor hosphal the newmarket ward at broadmoor hospital, under the continuing care of doctor hafferty. in all the circumstances, but in particular as to what is said about the regime on release. whilst i have given consideration to a hybrid order, ihave consideration to a hybrid order, i have come to the view that the passing of the penal element is not likely to assist in the

management of the very obvious risks that are present here. i am also satisfied that this is a case where, having regard to the nature of the offences and the offence of manslaughter in particular, and the risk of you committing further offences if at large , that it is necessary at large, that it is necessary for the protection of the public from serious harm, that i should further order you be the subject of the provisions of section 41 of the provisions of section 41 of the provisions of section 41 of the 1983 act. so i will make, in addition, a restriction order. the sentence here is a hospital order with the restriction in relation to both counts on the indictment . if the counts on the indictment. if the statutory surcharge applies in this case, the appropriate order may be drawn up. you may go down. thank you . down. thank you. >> sentencing of lee bowyer for the killing of thomas o'halloran. that was live from the old bailey and judgement was

passed there with echoes of the valdo calocane case. this was a paranoid schizophrenia patient with what was called their command and hallucinations. so command and hallucinations. so command hallucinations as, heanng command hallucinations as, hearing voices, i guess. and what happened then? they considered a hybrid order. this was again echoes of valdo calocane section 45 a of the mental health act that would mean that in the future, potentially , mr bowyer could go potentially, mr bowyer could go to a penal institution as opposed to a secure hospital. but the judge ordered that was not yet, applicable. the penal element not likely to assist was the conclusion. so the preferred route is a hospital order with a secure restraining to order broadmoor hospital. lee bowyer has just been sent down for that murder. that killing thomas o'halloran, 87, you will recall, was in a disability scooter, a

charity busker randomly stabbed, all that time ago and gb news tom fredericks now reports . tom fredericks now reports. >> good evening. good morning. >> good evening. good morning. >> the moment police in west london caught up with killer lee bowyer . bowyer. >> okay, can you just confirm your name for me, please, sir? mr bayoh, mr bowyer , this is mr bayoh, mr bowyer, this is just two days after lee bowyer brutally stabbed to death frail and defenceless pensioner thomas o'halloran . o'halloran. >> the 87 year old, originally from county clare in ireland, was a popular figure in the west london borough of greenford, often seen out busking on his mobility scooter, raising money for charity . mobility scooter, raising money for charity. his killer was a career criminal, with a string of convictions dating back decades. of convictions dating back decades . this of convictions dating back decades. this is lee of convictions dating back decades . this is lee bowyer, decades. this is lee bowyer, just hours before the frenzied knife attack, buying a pair of distinctive trainers . they're

distinctive trainers. they're clearly visible in this later cctv as buyer heads off armed with a knife looking for a victim. thomas o'halloran had been out shopping for groceries shortly before the attack, seen here purchasing milk and other items. this is just 15 minutes before he'd come face to face with his killer. before he'd come face to face with his killer . other security with his killer. other security camera images show the pensioner driving along side of the busy a40 in greenford , heading a40 in greenford, heading towards an underpass he regularly used to get home in. this is lee bowyer heading down into that same underpass just moments later , having stabbed moments later, having stabbed his elderly victim multiple times in the neck , chest and times in the neck, chest and abdomen, another camera captures him hurrying through the tunnel, the knife still clearly visible in his right hand as thomas o'halloran was found fatally injured by a passer by. on the other side of the road, buyer can be seen dumping parts of the weapon in a nearby drain. the handle of that knife was

recovered later, and forensics found traces of the pensioner's blood on it. buyer, who'd just been released from prison five days before the attack, denied any involvement when arrested. >> i was in prison. >> i was in prison. >> anything you do say in prison? >> the old bailey heard that lee bowyer had once headed a notorious robbery gang responsible for a string of violent jewellery robberies across the capital. >> that caution as well. no comment . comment. >> he's very dangerous, man. >> he's very dangerous, man. >> this was a random attack on an elderly gentleman on a mobility scooter . mobility scooter. >> there was nothing that we could find. and there's no excuse actually to provoke that level of reaction , that lee level of reaction, that lee bowyer did on that day, having obtained psychiatric assessments of the defendant, prosecutors accepted a plea of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. >> he was, the court heard, a paranoid schizophrenic frequently hearing voices and suffering from paranoid delusions . however, thomas delusions. however, thomas o'halloran's family have

expressed their deep frustration at that decision and believe the pensioner's killer, a lifelong criminal, should have been convicted of murder. tom fredericks gb news lovely, well done, tom. >> oh, that was an incredible case, one that gripped the nation. lee bowyer has just been sentenced for killing 87 year old thomas o'halloran. that, of course, happened in west london in august 2022. we just heard there that lee bowyer was a serial criminal with a string of violent robberies of jewellers . violent robberies of jewellers. he was released from prison just five days prior to killing. mr o'halloran, who was the charity busker , in a mobility scooter busker, in a mobility scooter you could see there in cold blood, putting that knife down a drain and then claiming that he was not guilty when caught, just sent down at the old bailey and the judge handed out a hospital order with a restraining order saying that in all likelihood,

mr buyer will need detainment and treatment and medication for the rest of his life. he said he'd initially considered a section 45 a mental health act hybnd section 45 a mental health act hybrid order, and you recall that was a very similar situation to that of valdo calocane, because this was a diminished responsibility case, lee bowyer, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia . the paranoid schizophrenia. the judge went into detail of how he suffered what he called command hallucinations , and as such is hallucinations, and as such is considered too dangerous to be released at present. but he did say that the penal element being put into a prison after a period of time would not likely to assist in this case. and with that in mind, a hospital order with restriction order and lifelong security and medication has been handed to down lee bowyer. we'll have loads of reaction on that . in the

reaction on that. in the following hour. and also on a on another case. and that is, the murder of sharon burzynski that has also been sent down 40 years for murder. that is piran dotcom sentenced also at leeds crown court earlier on, more than 18 years after sharon burzynski was killed while interrupting a raid at a travel agents in bradford in 2005. we'll also hear from sir keir starmer. well, i martin daubney on gb news versus your weather with alex deakin . weather with alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. will the fine weather continue this weekend? yes and no . for many weekend? yes and no. for many a sunny saturday. on sunday, though, we do need to watch out for some thunderstorms in the west. across the extreme east, things turning a bit murky

overnight mist and low cloud spilling back in. but for many it's a fine, warm evening leading into a dry night with lengthy, clear spells shouldn't turn too chilly, temperatures mostly holding up in double figures, certainly in towns. mostly holding up in double figures, certainly in towns . and figures, certainly in towns. and cities. could be a bit of a drab start to saturday across eastern counties of england. the mist and low cloud here, but that should be clearing soon after dawn. certainly by mid—morning tending to disappear. cloud will bubble up a little bit as we go through the day. parts of northern england, particularly across scotland and here come the afternoon, mostly to the north of the central belt. there is the likelihood of 1 or 2 scattered showers could turn out to be quite heavy . some scattered showers could turn out to be quite heavy. some mist and low cloud may plague eastern coasts, but for the vast majority it's dry and sunny and maybe even a touch warmer than today. 2526 across the south—east, a little cooler around some coast, but for many still over 20 celsius. sunday does bring a change again, some misty conditions are along some eastern coasts, particularly eastern coasts, particularly eastern scotland . a few showers eastern scotland. a few showers over the highlands and then further south wales and western

england . chance of some heavy england. chance of some heavy thundery showers breaking out through the afternoon . not through the afternoon. not everywhere catching them but they could be pretty potent. some heavy showers . some heavy showers. in the west of northern ireland as well. for many, though, another warm day. plenty more sunshine across the east. >> that warm feeling inside from

gb news. >> hey. very good afternoon to you and a happy friday. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. today, sir keir starmer announced plans for an elite border security command and vowed to treat people smugglers like terrorists to smash their business model. the willis plan work? or is it just yet more tough talking? and talking of which, he'll have his work cut out for him, because today

alone, 200 migrants have arrived via small boats taking the total to more than 9000 this year. once again, it's dinghy. groundhog day in dover. and good news at last the uk has avoided recession. in fact, the office for national statistics claims our economy is going gangbusters. we'll get rishi sunak reaction to a much needed boost for the tories after a chaotic week. and last night, despite thousands of protesters, including greta thunberg, forcing israel's eurovision song contest entrants eden golan to hide in her hotel room, israel dramatically made it to tomorrow night's final and now the bookies of tipping israel as second favourites could millions of voters cause a sensational political upset and stick it to the pro—palestine mob? that's all coming between now and 6:00.

and we'll also talk about two killers who've been sentenced this afternoon. first, lee bowyer, who killed 87 year old mobility scooter rider thomas o'halloran , has been sentenced o'halloran, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order and piran ditta khan has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years for the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky, who was shot during an armed robbery in bradford in 2005. i want to hear from you, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we get stuck into the rest of the show, it's your headunes rest of the show, it's your headlines and it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good. good afternoon to you . and good. good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 4:03, as we've just heard there, the top story this afternoon, the mastermind of an armed robbery in yorkshire that ended in a police officer being shot dead , police officer being shot dead, has been sentenced to life with

a minimum term of 40 years. 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was killed after she interrupted a raid at a travel agents in bradford nearly 20 years ago. she had only been a police officer for nine months. piran ditta khan fled to pakistan after two months of the murder and was arrested in 2020. he's the last of seven men involved in that robbery to be convicted, retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described it as khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms. in that case. >> in other news, labour says that it will end the rwanda policy and set up a border security command to tackle

people smugglers, helping migrants cross the english channel. sir keir starmer says if he becomes prime minister, he'll target the gangs with hundreds of specialist investigators. dover mp natalie elphicke, who just switched from the conservatives to labour, has welcomed the approach, claiming that rishi sunak has failed to keep the borders secure. however, the prime minister insists his small boat policy is the deterrent the uk needs . the deterrent the uk needs. >> keir starmers idea on migration is to scrap our rwanda plan and to offer an amnesty to illegal migrants, and as far as i can tell, all the things that are talking about today are all things that we're already doing, crunching through the backlog, having more law enforcement officers do more . officers do more. >> that's all happening already. the question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement officers new powers ? they've now officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison. and if it was up to him, all those people will be out on

our streets. so i just think it's a rank hypocrisy of this position. and when it comes to illegal migration, it's very simple. he's just going to scrap the rwanda plan and open up our borders. we've got a plan and we're going to get our planes off. >> meanwhile, the prime minister has also been defending the government's policies on net zero. today, speaking at an eventin zero. today, speaking at an event in oxford, rishi sunak said the government is aiming to reach targets in a more pragmatic way. he's acknowledged that he has received a lot of flak for his policies, but maintains it's still the right move for the country . the magna move for the country. the magna carta has been targeted by just stop oil protesters this afternoon, two women who were both in their 80s smashed the glass protecting the historic document. posting on social media, the group says the pair also glued their hands together while accusing the government of breaking climate laws. they're demanding an emergency plan to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. we've heard today that the uk is

no longer in recession, with the latest figures showing the economy performed better than expected, the office for national statistics estimates that gdp rose by 0.6% between january and march. the chancellor says it shows the government's decisions are paying government's decisions are paying off. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves, says the conservatives are out of touch. if they're celebrating the data as a win. >> if you look at this prime minister's record since rishi sunak became prime minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country. so this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. >> israel's eurovision song contest entrant has defended sweden as a safe place to visit, she says. eden galland's comments follow ongoing protests against her participation in the event she qualified for tomorrow's final, even though she was booed throughout rehearsals and the live show. protesters want israel to be banned from the contest in the same way that russia was after

itinvaded same way that russia was after it invaded ukraine. and finally, some royal news before we hand back to martin, prince harry and meghan are in nigeria to promote the invictus games. the couple landed in the west african country after the duke of sussex spent much of the week in london. they'll visit a school dunng london. they'll visit a school during their three day trip there, and prince harry's also expected to meet injured service members at a military hospital . members at a military hospital. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or, if you're listening on radio, go to our website gb news. common shirts . shirts. >> thank you sam. now we start with soccer starmer, who has outlined labour's plan to end the small boats crisis. he says a labour government would use new counter—terrorism powers to tackle people . smuggling gangs. tackle people. smuggling gangs. anastasiia was speaking. almost 200 migrants were arriving in the uk after crossing the

channel this morning. you can see pictures on your screen there . and he has proposed what there. and he has proposed what he called an elite border security command. sounds great, but has it got any teeth? well let's ask this man. i'm joined now by gb news home and security edhon now by gb news home and security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show . sounds welcome to the show. sounds great on paper. an elite border security unit getting m15 involved. tough talking. the big question is, mark, has it got any substance ? any substance? >> well, i think it's got substance. it's got teeth, but it's a bit more of the same in the sense that in december of 2022, rishi sunak announced that the then disparate groups would come together. the civilian agencies , the military, the agencies, the military, the national crime agency to form the small boats operational command, and they would be tasked with, of course, dealing with the immediate crisis in boats coming across the channel, but also to tackle the people

smuggling gangs at source to go after those gangs and to dismantle them , which is very dismantle them, which is very similar to what this new border security command is going to be tasked with. of course, according to sir keir starmer, there will be 1000 additional posts under this new command. there will be £75 million of extra funding , but still, even extra funding, but still, even that will be very difficult, i think, for that agency to make any meaningful impact on what is any meaningful impact on what is a multi—million, multi—billion dollar and pound business in people smuggling, right from the source countries through asia, africa , europe to northern africa, europe to northern france and across the english channel. these people smuggling gangs are making an absolute fortune. just this week you spoke about the 200 who have crossed today , 650 have crossed crossed today, 650 have crossed since monday. now martin. and

that has netted the gangs about £2 million this year, 90,000. 9000, i should say , have crossed 9000, i should say, have crossed the english channel. and that has netted the gangs £270 million. so you can see what a big business it is for gangs that are increasingly organised in the nature, the way that they operate and the supply chains that they have. so dismantling them in any meaningful way is going to be very difficult . going to be very difficult. >> and mark isn't the problem. you're just playing whack a mole with the people smugglers. as soon as you nick one, another, one is going to step into their shoes and take over. we saw this guy called barzan majeed. he was deported from the uk. he lived in britain, deported, but he carried on his business from abroad. he smuggled so many people over, he's forgotten the numbers. he said it's an excess of 10,000. and that. isn't that the problem? as soon as you get

rid of one person, it's so lucrative with the sort of numbers you're talking about, somebody else just step into the fold . fold. >> yeah, i think the closest comparison that i can think of is the global drugs trade worth. absolutely. you know, a fortune , absolutely. you know, a fortune, billions of pounds and dollars every year from the cartels pushing out their narcotics to rich western nations and on a regular basis, we get drugs, busts, hms trent doing sterling work for the royal navy across in the caribbean, has in the last couple of months managed to stop and interdict some half £1 billion worth of cocaine in separate drugs, busts . but that separate drugs, busts. but that is literally a drop in the ocean , of what the drug smugglers from latin america, heroin from . from latin america, heroin from. afghanistan and places like that. if you're dealing with

opioids, it's just a drop in the ocean of what they are pumping out. and while you can have your victories, your successes , it victories, your successes, it doesn't really affect the overall picture all that much. and the same, i think, will happen with the small boats issue with people smuggling, because it's not just a channel issue, it's a global problem worth many billions of pounds to the global people smuggling gangs, the channel just being one arm of that, it will be very difficult to make a meaningful impact. >> superb serve as ever. mark white, thank you for joining us on the show . and let's move now on the show. and let's move now on the show. and let's move now on now, because sir keir starmer outlined labour's plans in a speech in deal in kent this morning . and here's what he had morning. and here's what he had to say. >> britain can do better. labour will do better. we will end this farce . we will restore serious farce. we will restore serious government to our borders , government to our borders, tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently. today we launch our plan to do that. a new approach

to small boat crossings that will secure britain's borders, prevent the exploitation by tackling it upstream and smash the criminal smuggling gangs. and as the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment, we will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things. border security command . things. border security command. >> well, i'm joined now by former labour adviser matthew laza matthew. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. isn't the problem here. we just discussed with mark why you can arrest the mr biggs, the people smugglers, all you like. they'll simply be replaced by more. the trade is so lucrative , it's like £180 so lucrative, it's like £180 million alone in 2023. was paid two people smugglers by those wishing to cross in small dinghies. we saw one arrest this week . the scorpion barzan dinghies. we saw one arrest this week. the scorpion barzan majid arrested. it's made no

difference . in fact, if sir keir difference. in fact, if sir keir starmer craned his neck out the window in deal earlier, he'd have seen 200 people arrive . have seen 200 people arrive. >> so, martin, i think it's very important. as keir said this morning, you don't pretend that there's a magic wand that we can wave to tackle the small boats crisis. that's one of the things the prime minister has done. he set up a false premise that he could stop the boats. he hasn't done that. and that's bred a lot of cynicism. but there, you know, and it is always going to be an ongoing problem, which we'll need ongoing vigilance. but what is keir laid out this morning is an absolute sensible plan to really bring both our both bring our law enforcement agencies together with this border command, to use the same approach that we've used successfully against terrorism, but crucially, also to use anti—terror legislation so that we can really get into the gang. so it's think sensible things like in belgium, they've used anti—terror legislation and you can take mobile phones off people when they arrive, and you can use those to trace back where they're coming from. so that's had an impact in belgium. on actually really reducing the

number of people who come. but of course, it is always going to be a multi—headed serpent, and you're always going to have to be vigilant . be vigilant. >> and isn't that the problem? you can cut the head off one of the snakes, as it were, and there are so many others . and there are so many others. and surely the only way of really ever stopping this is to stop people getting to these shores in the first place. by turning the boats away. because we've tried repeatedly international crime agencies, national crime agencies, interpol , £500 million agencies, interpol, £500 million agencies, interpol, £500 million a year to the french. none of that has worked. why is sir keir starmer's plan suddenly going to change fortunes? >> so i think you're absolutely right. that is the aim is to is to stop people before they ever get to our shores, which is why baked into the labour's plan is international cooperation is a cross border police force, working with with our neighbours so that people never get here. i mean, it's one thing, for example, but there's enough action hasn't been taken against people who actually supply the boats. sometimes the impression is, given that the boats used a kind of, you know, what? people have just gone to the kind of

bucket and spade shop on the beach in in northern france. and in fact, they're actually specially designed, and manufactured in china and then shipped across. so, yes, it's always going to they're always going to want to cut one head off. you're going to have to cut another head off. but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be taking really sensible steps to try. and, you know, cut as many heads off as it were, of the gangs to try and stop as many of the gangs as possible. but the numbers are so big. >> mark white compared it. you know, quite rightly to the international narcotics trade. except you can't destroy drugs because of course the cargo is humans . it's because of course the cargo is humans. it's people. and so once the once they're are ashore or in britain, they're our problem. we seem to have no fangs to be able to deport them. and so, so long as the pull factor is so strong, you know, getting rid of a few dinghies in china , a few dinghies in china, stopping a few criminal enterprises abroad, it just simply won't get to the nub of it. >> well, i think you need to do two things, as well as taking a tough approach in terms of people coming. you need to support international efforts, which we've seen , with this in which we've seen, with this in the eu, for example, is moving

to offshore processing in tunisia , so that hopefully will tunisia, so that hopefully will reduce the number of waves of people who are who are coming through. but we also need to do things in country, to ensure that fewer people, fewer people try and come to these shores. so what it is, you're absolutely right. it's not a simple approach. it needs this whole range of actions , from using range of actions, from using anti—terrorism laws against the smuggling gangs, from cooperating properly, to try and stop people ever entering europe in . the first place. development in. the first place. development insight in countries. so we know that there are particular countries people come from. we can do more to increase, economic activity there so people don't have the pull factor . no people don't have the pull factor. no magic wands. rishi sunak shouldn't pretend there are magic wands, but what kie set out today is a really practical plan to, to get tough, particularly on the people smugglers who, as you say, even if it doesn't solve the whole problem, trying to tackle those people smugglers is so important because, as we've seen, not only are they bringing people to our shores, but they're also people who are risking their lives on those boats, which is equally bad. >> matthew, we have an offshore processing and containment

solution. it's called rwanda. and today sir keir starmer vowed to scrap it on the on day one. >> because we don't martin, we still send more home secretaries to rwanda than we have any asylum seekers at the moment, not a single person has been removed to rwanda. one person went voluntarily. we paid them three grand. it's going to cost between two and a half and £3 million per person to send to rwanda , and at most 1% of people rwanda, and at most 1% of people who arrive on these shores are going to be sent to rwanda. so the prime minister is betting the prime minister is betting the farm that it will be deterrent. it may even be a bit of a deterrent. say it's even sort of 10 or 20% of a deterrent. you're still going to see 80% of those small boats arriving. so that's why we need to smash the gangs. so that that so that the boats never arrive on our shores in the first place. and offshore processing doesn't mean people who arrive here and we send them somewhere else. it means that if we cooperate with our neighbours, it means that people are being processed in north africa before they ever get anywhere near britain. okay >> thanks for joining britain. okay >> thanks forjoining us on the >> thanks for joining us on the show and give us your insights. former labour adviser matthew laws, always a pleasure to have you on. now moving on. it's our biggest cash prize to date, an

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business and our homeland security editor mark white looks at the background to this case. >> a grainy cctv video is all that charts the final few moments of sharon beshenivsky life as she is seen crossing the road with colleague teresa millburn. responding to the activation of a raid alarm at a bradford travel agent. just seconds later, the officers are gunned down, shot by armed robbers fleeing the scene . robbers fleeing the scene. almost two decades on, the moment justice finally caught up with the ringleader behind . that with the ringleader behind. that robbery and murder as piran ditta khan was taken into custody at a british police station after years on the run in pakistan . boarded up and in pakistan. boarded up and derelict, the site of the robbery. universal express travel agents has long since closed down. the only evidence

of the horror here a memorial stone to a fallen officer shot at point blank range. sharon beshenivsky died here on the pavement. theresa milbourne was rushed to hospital and survived. she would later testify that neither she nor pc beshenivsky stood a chance that the moment the gunman saw them, they opened fire on the two unarmed officers. piran ditta khan , the officers. piran ditta khan, the last of seven men convicted for their part in the deadly raid, was its mastermind when captured on cctv five days before the robbery in november 2005, khan was driven up from his home in london in this audi for a reconnaissance trip to scope out the travel agents . he was the the travel agents. he was the only one of the gang who had previous dealings with the business. khan fled to pakistan two months after the robbery when he was finally captured, extradited and charged back in

west yorkshire. he denied any involvement in the robbery and murder. the gang, he said, were only meant to intimidate the owner of the business, who he claimed owed him money. >> on the 18th of day of november 2005, murdered police constable sharon beshenivsky , constable sharon beshenivsky, the only reply to that charge. >> do you wish to say anything ? >> do you wish to say anything? >> do you wish to say anything? >> i'm not murdered anybody . >> i'm not murdered anybody. >> i'm not murdered anybody. >> sharon. >> sharon. >> theresa went to work on that day back in november 2005, fully expected to come home to their families and friends. >> but due to the horrific actions of those individuals that have now been convicted for those offences , that wasn't the case. >> in a safe house in leeds, the robbers met the night before the raid. later, police searches of the property found clothing and other items belonging to the men . a workmen renovating the house overheard the gang celebrations as khan told them the business

kept up to £100,000 in its safe. armed with a machine pistol and other weapons, they set out the next day to rob the travel agents. khan travelled in one of three vehicles waiting outside as three of the gang carried out the robbery. the owner's son managed to press the raid alarm that brought sharon beshenivsky and theresa milburn to the scene. west yorkshire police federation chair craig nicholls, like so many others serving officers, can remember exactly where he was when he heard the news of the shooting. almost two decades on, the tragedy is still deeply felt. >> the memory will never go away and we will never allow that memory to go away. sharon's dedication to her communities and to the communities that she served within, not only bradford but also west yorkshire, will never be forgotten . west never be forgotten. west yorkshire police will never allow that, and neither will the west yorkshire police federation

and her colleagues and her friends. >> i need you do okay now. >> i need you do okay now. >> the final member of the gang who ended the life of a dedicated officer has been jailed. and at 75 years old, there is little doubt piran ditta khan will die behind bars. mark white gb news bradford . mark white gb news bradford. >> and justice at last for pc sharon beshenivsky killed on november 18th, 2005 by piran ditta khan, 75 years of age, 40 years in prison as mark white just said, almost certainly he will die behind behind bars now. been asking for your comments throughout the show , and plenty throughout the show, and plenty of you have got in touch on the topic of sir keir starmer today. talking tough on clamping down on illegal immigration. anthony says this it's a bad plan and it simply won't work. rwanda is a far better deterrent. turn them back to france. that's the only way to stop them . anthony. a lot

way to stop them. anthony. a lot of people will be nodding in agreement with you. there stephen, as this anything stopping migrants reaching the uk in the first place will work out cheaper in the long term than the cost of dealing with them. once they are here. unless them. once they are here. unless the keir starmer can do that and i don't see the number of migrants or the costs ever coming down, there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. i'll bring you an interview with rishi sunak on the day that it was confirmed that the uk has come out of recession. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines andifs for your latest news headlines and it's sam francis . and it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon from the newsroom for 30. exactly. and a recap of the headlines this afternoon. the mastermind of an armed robbery in yorkshire that ended in a police officer being shot dead has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years. 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was killed after she interrupted a raid at a travel

agents in bradford, nearly 20 years ago. she'd only been a police officer for nine months at the time. piran ditta khan fled to pakistan two months after the murder and was arrested in 2020. he's the last of seven men involved in that robbery to be convicted . retired robbery to be convicted. retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described ditta khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear , he is clearly the one clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms. in that case. >> in other news, a former prisoner has been detained in hospital indefinitely for what a judge at the old bailey has described today as the senseless killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider. the court heard lee baker was psychotic when he

stabbed thomas o'halloran in august 2022. the 87 year old grandfather suffered multiple wounds to his neck, chest and his abdomen just five days before the attack in west london. baker had been released from wormwood scrubs on bail after serving a 12 year sentence for robbery , and labour says it for robbery, and labour says it will end the rwanda policy and set up a border security command to tackle people smugglers helping migrants cross the channel. sir keir starmer says if he becomes prime minister, he'll target the gangs with hundreds of specialist investigators. dover mp natalie elphicke, who has just switched from the conservatives to laboun from the conservatives to labour, has welcomed the approach, claiming that rishi sunak failed to keep our borders secure. that's the latest. another update at 5:00. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

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>> welcome back. your time is 436. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, as promised, we can now hear from the prime minister, rishi sunak. he's had some good news today at long last, the uk is officially out of recession . the economy is

out of recession. the economy is estimated to have grown by 0.6% over the first three months of this year . mr over the first three months of this year. mr sunak has been speaking to our economics and business editor liam halligan. >> prime minister gdp growth was 0.6% during the first quarter. not bad. but when you take into account inflation, when you take into account population growth, gdp per capita in real terms was down 0.7. is this a recovery? real >> well, i see gdp per capita in the first quarter was up by about 0.4. but let's take a step back. we've obviously got more work to do. i know that. and the country has been through a lot over the past couple of years. but i do feel that after those economic shocks covid war in ukraine, energy bills , today's ukraine, energy bills, today's figures show that the economy has real momentum and that gdp growth that we've just seen is the joint highest growth in the g7 group of countries that we compete with america, japan, germany, france , italy. so it is

germany, france, italy. so it is positive, but i know there's more work to do and that's why we've got to stick to our plan. wages have been rising for nine months in a row now ahead of prices. energy bills have fallen by almost £1,000. taxes are now being cut for around £900 for an average worker. so when you put all of this together, i'm confident that over time people will start to feel the benefits of this. but i know there's more work to do . work to do. >> but the size of the economy, when you take into account huge population growth and inflation is still smaller than a year ago. that's what the ons numbers show . you cited with respect, show. you cited with respect, the quarter on quarter figure, as you probably know, isn't rachel reeves, right? when she says your gaslighting the public because there isn't really a recovery ? recovery? >> no, i mean, these are the independent figures from the ons that show we've had the joint fastest growth rate, highest growth rate in the g7 in the first quarter. like, that's just the facts. and actually, i think it's typical of the labour party to just be negative, to talk down the country, to talk down

the economy and not offer anything constructive to say. now, i've had a clear plan that i've stuck to since i became prime minister. i think people know me. they know they can trust me. with the economy . i trust me. with the economy. i know the circumstances weren't easy and my job was to put them on a better path. and actually, today's figures show that we are on that better path and the economy does have momentum. you know, labour opposed every decision that i took. we didn't get here by accident. inflation didn't fall from 11% when i got this job down to 3% now. and hopefully to target in the next couple of months. according to the bank of england governor and it happened by accident. i took a bunch of decisions which the labour party opposed, and all they can offer is sniping from they can offer is sniping from the sidelines and kind of negative talking down to the economy. and there's a real contrast for people at home. i hope we'll notice you mention the bank of england, the chief economist of the bank of england , hugh pill, has just said that the housing crisis , the shortage the housing crisis, the shortage of homes is being made worse by high immigration. >> you'll know that the latest figures show that the uk

population increased in one year by 1.2% because of immigration. that's three times the pre—pandemic average . do you pre—pandemic average. do you think that when immigration falls, the housing crisis will ease? do you think high immigration is making it worse? >> i do think the levels of legal migration into our country have been too high. they're not sustainable. they do put too much pressure on public services and indeed, housing. and from the numbers that i inherited, we are bringing them down. i've put in place actually the most severe set of changes to migration so that we can bring those numbers down. and actually, we've got some news today. we're talking about the gdp figures for the first quarter. just last week we saw the figures for visas issued in the figures for visas issued in the first quarter and across the main visa categories. the first quarter and across the main visa categories . because of main visa categories. because of the decisions i've made, we've seen a 24% fall, 24% fall in the number of visas issued, and that is even before most of our changes have come into full force. so that number will keep coming down. so that should give people watching confidence that

i get this. i agree with them. immigration. i'm actually doing something about it to bring immigration on your watch, prime minister, in a single year was equivalent to the population of leeds. >> doesn't that worry you? >> doesn't that worry you? >> and that's why i've taken measures to bring it down. and actually it already has come down since i've been prime minister the numbers show that it is coming down. but we've just said the first quarter of this year, but one of the biggest drops in immigration that we've seen for a long time, because i've taken very significant measures , we've significant measures, we've raised the threshold to £38,000 that someone needs to earn for them to be able to come here. we've stopped the. >> so it isn't just low skilled immigration. >> yeah, exactly. we've stopped. we've stopped the abuse of our social care visa , where people social care visa, where people were bringing multiple dependents with them who were largely not working . you know, largely not working. you know, our student visas, where people, again, were bringing lots of dependents with them who are not working. so we've clamped down on all of those things. we're starting to see the numbers already come down, because i agree with people that the numbers have been too high. i'm actually doing something about it, and you can see that that plan is working. >> so what kind of conservative are you? finally, prime minister, a lot of your party are watching. a lot of the

country are watching . the tax country are watching. the tax burden is heading for 38% of gdp. as you know, a 70 year high. what should that tax burden be? what share of our economy should be taken by tax? >> i think actually most fair minded people watching will recognise that we had a once in a century pandemic , a pandemic a century pandemic, a pandemic and an energy bills 33, 34. hang on. i hope we get to the answer, but i think actually most fair minded people will recognise that the government rightly stepped in to support the country through that. the nhs, the vaccine rollout, furlough and of course some of that has to be paid . all that ultimately to be paid. all that ultimately has to be paid back. but what i can tell you is taxes are now coming down because i am a low tax conservative, because i believe that hard work thresholds mean they're going up. >> well, if you threshold freezing, hang on. >> if you look at an average worker in this parliament on 35 k with all the changes to taxes that we've made, they are £550 less tax this year than they would have paid. that is the reality . if you look at the reality. if you look at the average tax rate for an average

worker, personal taxes. now, because of the changes that we have made, it's the lowest rate that it's been in something like 50 or 70 years. so for an average worker on 35 k, they are facing the lowest personal tax rate that they have faced. as i said, in something like half a century , an average worker is century, an average worker is getting a £900 tax cut right now. so yes, the bad times are behind us now. we're working. we're making a difference . the we're making a difference. the plan is, as you can see from today's numbers, working right, the economy has real momentum. there's more work to do, but people are going to feel i'm confident every month that goes on, people will feel that much more secure about the future. they'll have more money in their bank accounts at the end of every month. and that's why it's important that we stick to our plan. >> thanks for joining plan. >> thanks forjoining us on gb news. thank you very much . news. thank you very much. >> well, what a fantastic interview. rishi sunak was speaking to our economics and business editor, liam halligan and we can join liam now. liam, that was not so much of a well grilled prime minister. you flambed him and you got him on all sorts of angles . one thing

all sorts of angles. one thing that really leapt out there, liam halligan was when rishi sunak, with a straight face, said i am a low tax conservative. >> yeah, i think the prime minister despite my efforts, was pretty keen to say what he wanted to say today. these interviews with a couple of economics editors were arranged, at short notice, and i imagine they were, because number 10 got wind of the fact that the gdp numbers were going to be quite good. and the prime minister wanted to associate themselves with him. but look, the reality is this the economy is improving . whatever the labour party says.i . whatever the labour party says. i wouldn't say there's a feel good factor. i wouldn't say that we're booming by any means. i wouldn't say that the cost of living crisis is over, not for millions of hard pressed families, including many gb news viewers and listeners, i'm sure. but there is a sense that interest rates are going to be coming down soon. even andrew

bailey, the governor of bank of england, is saying that saying that he's more optimistic and he's not exactly known for being particularly upbeat. i think it's fair to say. plus, the scores on the doors , the scores on the doors, the official numbers show that the economy is growing, though, as i was pointing out, the prime minister and he was keen to wriggle away from what i was saying, even though he knows it was true. if you take gdp during the first quarter of this year, january to march, and you compare it to the same quarter in 2023, that what we call the year on year comparison as opposed to the quarter on quarter comparison , that's quarter comparison, that's measuring the third, the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2024. when you do the first quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024, and you add in inflation and you look at gdp on a per head basis, it isn't up. it's down. it's down by 0.7. and that number comes straight out of the

national accounts. and if downing street want to contest it with me, i will show them exactly where in the national accounts that number appears as. so i don't think it's entirely fair that rachel reeves called a press conference on wednesday, knowing that the monetary policy committee on thursday would say warm words about interest rates coming down soon, knowing that the ons today was going to release some decent gdp numbers. i don't think it's entirely fair that rachel reeves called a press conference on wednesday , press conference on wednesday, basically accusing the government of gaslighting the british public on the economy, i.e. trying to trick them that there's a recovery when there isn't because we are technically out of recession. that is completely, undeniably true. but it is the case that on a per capha it is the case that on a per capita basis, because of high immigration, and when you add in inflation, then even nought point 6% growth of gdp in the first quarter of this year, which is the highest growth we've had in two years since the surge as we came out of

lockdown. even that isn't enough to compensate for the fact that we're a lot more people than we were. this time last year. and also, there's been a cost of living crisis which has eroded the real value. if you like the post of value inflation value of that growth , look to gb news that growth, look to gb news viewers and listeners. i say this what i'm explaining here. it sounds a bit complicated , and it sounds a bit complicated, and i'm hoping i'm explaining it in the clearest possible way i can without denying anyone the nuance and the reality of what's actually happening. but there's going to be an awful lot of this. in the run up to the general election in october or november. an awful lot of rules and discussions about is the economy growing, is it not growing? is there a feel good factor? isn't there? is the average family better off? are they worse off? are the tories headune they worse off? are the tories headline tax cuts offsetting the fact that they frozen tax thresholds now for years? so more and more people get dragged into higher tax brackets. clue no , no. the frozen tax

no, no. the frozen tax thresholds more than outweigh the headline tax cuts. so taxes are still going up at shared as are still going up at shared as a measure of gdp. there's going to be a huge amount of this in the run up to the general election rules about the economy. the economy will dominate this general election unless there's , you know, a unless there's, you know, a complete black swan, if you like, a complete , you know, a an like, a complete, you know, a an event, a geopolitical event or something like that, which knocks us all off course . in knocks us all off course. in general, the economy is getting better, but it depends, martin. it depends on how you look at it . but still, rishi sunak was confident enough. some would say desperate enough that off the back of these gdp figures, he cleared the diary. he got himself out of london, he got himself out of london, he got himself to a factory, a siemens factory in oxford, and called some people who he thought should know, who writes about economics in the press and talk about it on television. this is politics. this is democracy. this is how it works. it isn't

always clear and straightforward, but at least i'm trying to tell you the details here of what's actually happening. >> well, liam halligan , it was >> well, liam halligan, it was a fabulous interview holding power to account. excellent stuff. and i'm delighted to have had it first on my show. liam halligan always a delight. great day at the office for you now. it's been another dramatic week here in westminster and natalie elphicke shocked defection to labour was certainly the biggest talking point. but i'm about to ask a former labour adviser if it was a spectacular own goal by sir keir starmer. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back 452. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now let's talk about eurovision. because yesterday, pro—palestine protesters gathered outside the venue in malmo in sweden. they say israel shouldn't even be allowed to

compete in the event. but unfortunately for those protesters , israel's entry last protesters, israel's entry last night qualified for the final and they're now the second favourites with bookmakers to win tomorrow 4 to 1. well worth a nibble. now to discuss this, i'm joined by political commentator stella kidu and author and broadcaster emma wolf. emma, let's go gets you the bullies amassed outside the hotel. greta thunberg was there, but they didn't stop her. she went on stage and she smashed it. >> she did. she did brilliantly. aden golan is a 20 year old woman who has a heck of a lot of pressure on her right now. you know, all of the situation around the war has suddenly become. we've got this weird situation with eurovision , which situation with eurovision, which has happened before, where this kitsch tv event, which never about the music, really, because it's not the finest musical eventin it's not the finest musical event in the world. it's been hijacked. it's been hijacked by the politics, and we now have it descending from kind of farce into really quite dark and unpleasant situation. i agree with you that probably israel will win, but if you think that's going to silence the mob, then i think you're wrong.

>> stella. do you think this is now turned into a bit of an own goal for the pro—palestine mob? there's no there's no good look in harassing a young woman into being locked into her hotel room. it's not her fault. this isn't up to her. she's trying to just simply have a sing song . just simply have a sing song. these lot, they're the bullies. i think they're going to have it stuck to him . stuck to him. >> it's unfair to put pressure on on individual singers from whichever country they are, because this is a lot. it's not something that there is nothing that they can actually do. they are they are damned if they take part, damned if they don't. but i do think that people complaining about democratic protests, the harassment is wrong . don't get me wrong, the wrong. don't get me wrong, the harassment is wrong. but people complaining about democratic protests and refusing to use a cultural, cultural event for political reasons are failing to look at history. this political reasons are failing to look at history . this is political reasons are failing to look at history. this is how we got. this is how people used to put pressure on south africa before the apartheid. and the same thing is happening now and whether it's going to be effective or not, probably not. but people are allowed to, to, to use their, their free speech. >> yes, they're allowed to use

these cultural events to protest . of course they are. we can't stop them. but this is a young woman who basically needs, i think, about 100 police cars, a convoy. think, about 100 police cars, a convoy . it's descended into an convoy. it's descended into an absolute farce. and i'm afraid that's bullying. >> yeah, well, let's see, she's not responsible. >> let's see if the public netanyahu is not listening. we've got to leave it there. >> emma . stella, a short blast. >> emma. stella, a short blast. thank you very much. joining us now, sir keir starmer says a new elite border security command would help stop the boat. is that true? i'm martin daubney on gb news british news channel. it's your weather alex deakin . it's your weather alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. will the fine weather continue this weekend? yes yes and no. for many a sunny saturday on sunday, though, we do need to watch out for some thunderstorms in the west . across the extreme east, west. across the extreme east, things turning a bit murky

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you on this glorious friday. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin p.m. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. and all across the uk. on today's show, sir keir starmer announced plans for an elite border security command and vowed to treat people smugglers like terrorists to help to smash their business model. but will his plan work , model. but will his plan work, or is it just yet more tough

talking? and talking of which, sir keir starmer will certainly have his work cut out for him, because today alone, 200 additional migrants have arrived via small boats, taking the total now to more than 9000 this yeah total now to more than 9000 this year. once again , it's dinghy year. once again, it's dinghy groundhog day down in dover. and last night, despite thousands of protesters, including greta thunberg, forcing israel's eurovision song contest entrants aida golan to hide in her hotel room, israel dramatically made it to tomorrow night's final. and now the bookies are tipping israel as second favourites. could millions of voters cause a sensational political upset and stick it to the pro—palestine mob? that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. always a delight to have your company. do you believe sir

keir starmer, when he introduces his new elite border control force ? does that drum up images force? does that drum up images of mi5, force? does that drum up images of m15, of tough talk, or is it a reheated version of what we've already heard before? we've seen an arrest this week of a guy who called himself the scorpion and responsible for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants coming into this country. he was arrested. do you think things will just carry on? we're going to play whack a mole is the only actual way to defend our borders and stop those boats arriving in the first place, and your views. and you can do that by going to gbnews.com forward slash your say get them over and i'll read them out before the end of the show. but now it's your headunes show. but now it's your headlines and it's sam francis . headlines and it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good evening to you. let's take a quick look at the headunes take a quick look at the headlines at 5:00, a man convicted of the murder of a police officer in yorkshire has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years. 38

year old pc sharon beshenivsky was fatally shot when she interrupted an armed robbery in bradford nearly 20 years ago. she'd only been a police officer for nine months at the time, 75 year old piran ditta khan, who spent 15 years on the run, was found guilty of murder despite not pulling the trigger himself. he's the last of seven men involved in the robbery to be convicted . well, retired convicted. well, retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described it to khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear , he is clearly the one clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms. in that case. >> in other news, a former prisoner has been detained in hospital indefinitely. for what? a judge at the old bailey today

described as the senseless killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider . the court heard scooter rider. the court heard that lee baker was so psychotic when he stabbed thomas o'halloran in august 2022. the 87 year old grandfather suffered multiple wounds to his neck , his multiple wounds to his neck, his chest and abdomen just five days before that attack in west london, baker had been released from wormwood scrubs on bail after serving a 12 year sentence for robbery . labour says it is for robbery. labour says it is committed to scrapping the rwanda migration scheme if it wins the general election. sir keir starmer says if he becomes prime minister, he'll replace it with a special border force to tackle people smugglers. dover mp natalie elphicke, who's just switched from the conservatives to labour, welcomes the approach , claiming that rishi sunak failed to keep borders secure. however the prime minister insists his rwanda plan is still the deterrent the uk needs. >> the question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement

officers new powers ? they've now officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison. and if it was up to him, all those people will be out on our streets. so i just think it's a rank hypocrisy of this position. >> and rishi sunak also being defending the government's policies on net zero today. speaking at an event in oxford, the prime minister said the government is aiming to reach its targets in a more pragmatic way. he acknowledged he has received a lot of flak for his policies, but maintains it is the right move for the country . the right move for the country. a vicar and a retired biology biology teacher, both in their 80s, have attacked the glass case protecting the historic magna carta. the british library protesting, they say, for just stop oil posting on social media, the group says the pair also glued their hands together while accusing the government of breaking climate laws. they're demanding an emergency plan to end the extraction of burning of oil , gas and end the extraction of burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. the

prime minister insists that things are starting to feel better after figures show the uk is now officially out of recession. the office for national statistics estimates that gdp rose by nought point 6% in the first three months of the yean in the first three months of the year, better than expected chancellor jeremy year, better than expected chancellorjeremy hunt says it chancellor jeremy hunt says it shows the government's decisions are paying off. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the conservatives are out of touch. >> if you look at this prime minister's record since rishi sunak became prime minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country . so per person in the country. so this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. >> israel's eurovision entry eden golan insists the song contest is safe for everyone . contest is safe for everyone. that's as she faced questions after securing her place in tomorrow's final. thousands of pro—palestinian protesters marched outside the venue in sweden last night. they want israel to be banned from the

contest because of the war in gaza. contest because of the war in gaza . however, before her gaza. however, before her performance, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , minister, benjamin netanyahu, criticised what he called an ugly wave of anti—semitism . and ugly wave of anti—semitism. and finally, some royal news. prince harry and meghan are in nigeria to promote the invictus games for a tour of the african country. having spent a brief couple of days here in the uk. while they're there, they're due to visit a school during the three day trip and prince harry's also expected to meet injured service members at a military hospital last night. prince harry was at saint paul's cathedral in central london to mark ten years of the invictus games, having previously revealed his father the king wouldn't have time to see him . wouldn't have time to see him. that's the latest. another update at 5.3 for you. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts . .com/ alerts. >> thank you sam. now let's get cracking on our final hour. and

we start with sir keir starmer, who today has outlined labour's plans to end the small boats crisis. he says a labour government would use new counter—terrorism powers to tackle people smuggling gangs, and asakir was speaking. almost 200 migrants were arriving in the uk after crossing the channel this morning alone . but channel this morning alone. but despite that, sir keir has proposed what he called an elite border security command. britain can do better, labour will do better. >> we will end this farce. we will restore serious government to our borders, tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently. today. the rwanda policy permanently. today . we launch our plan to do today. we launch our plan to do that. a new approach to small boat crossings that will secure britain's borders, prevent the exploitation by tackling it upstream and smash the criminal smuggling gangs. and as the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment, we will

set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things. border security command . security command. >> well, i'm joined now by gb news home and security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show. sounds tough, sounds great. and a leaked border security command. forgive my cynicism, though, mark. haven't we heard this before? this is tackling things upstream team communicating and cooperating with our international partners. is this just a fresh lick of paint on the same old banger ? paint on the same old banger? >> well, in many ways it is very similar to the small boats operational command, which is currently operating. it was launched in december of 2022 by rishi sunak, with the specific aim of bringing the disparate groups together. the civilian agencies, the military, the national crime agency and the like all under the one umbrella.

fighting with a common purpose to deal, of course, with what they see on the channel on an almost daily basis, but also to go after the people smuggling gangs uproot to try to dismantle those criminal networks. but it is very difficult to do that because this is a sophisticated, organised crime network of multiple different groups tapping into a rich revenue stream that is worth many millions of pounds £2 million alone. this week , from the 650 alone. this week, from the 650 people who crossed the english channel people who crossed the english channel, £270 million in the first four months of this year, from the 9000 migrants who have crossed the english channel. and, of course, it will be into the billions by the end of the yeah the billions by the end of the year. if we have yet another busy year and these crime groups will then taken out. if they are

dismantled in any way, shape or form will be replaced by other criminal gangs, other associates who want to get in on that lucrative revenue stream and continue this criminal enterprise. >> and isn't that the issue , >> and isn't that the issue, mark? we've seen a guy this week, barzan majeed , one of the week, barzan majeed, one of the most notorious people smugglers. arrested, he was deported from britain, simply carried on his enterprise from abroad. he's operating out of iraq. he's behind bars now, but somebody will simply go straight into his place. we're paying a continual game of people smuggling whack a mole . mole. >> yes, that's very true . the >> yes, that's very true. the national crime agency, though, a police forces, immigration enforcement and the like are rounding up people smuggling gang members on a regular basis, this very senior figure, of course, the latest , to be course, the latest, to be brought to justice. but there

are many that are brought to justice in any given year. and i think, you know, to , put think, you know, to, put yourself in the, the shoes of those who are in law enforcement tasked with trying to go after these people smuggling gangs, they will feel a little bit like they will feel a little bit like they have been slapped around they have been slapped around the chops by, sir keir starmer today, who is telling them that clearly they're not doing a good enough job. well, they have, as we just explained, a very difficult job to do in trying to dismantle these these gangs. i mean, i liken it really to the international drugs trade. you can have your victories , you can can have your victories, you can do as hms trent, the royal navy patrol ship is doing in the canbbean patrol ship is doing in the caribbean at the moment, having carried out a number of drugs busts on vessels heading towards western europe. and then that particular endeavour, it's managed to take half £1 billion worth of cocaine away from the

people smugglers before they got them to the streets of europe. thatis them to the streets of europe. that is great work, but it is. but a drop in the ocean compared to the drugs that are coming out of south america, afghanistan and other places in asia. and the global people smuggling network is pretty much the same. it's a multi—billion pound endeavour, right around the world. the english channel is but one arm of that. >> okay, mark wyatt , excellent >> okay, mark wyatt, excellent analysis as ever. thank you very much for joining analysis as ever. thank you very much forjoining me on the show. much for joining me on the show. and i'm also joined in the studio by the political commentator benedict spence. benedict, welcome to the show. you overheard there the latest response to sir keir starmer's planned talking tough and a leaked border security command. mi5 leaked border security command. m15 involved very james bond, and yet mark white, they're setting out, quite simply going downstream , going for the people downstream, going for the people smugglers. it has been tried over and over and over, hasn't been working. and indeed today ,

been working. and indeed today, if sir keir starmer had craned his neck out of the window in deal his neck out of the window in deal, he'd have seen 200 dinghies rock up to dover. >> i mean, the comparison with the international drugs trade is the international drugs trade is the most apt , the international drugs trade is the most apt, and many of the people who are involved in it are the same people as are involved in the smuggling trade as well. human trafficking. the difference, i suppose, is that the good the cargo is human beings and human beings have a choice, whereas obviously drugs don't. and the whole point about this is as as has been alluded to, if you decide to smash the drugs, the gangs, fine, okay. somebody else will take their place because it is incredibly lucrative. you know, you can have all kinds of sentences, deterrence for the actual criminals themselves. there are always going to be people who actually try to circumvent that. it's different , i actually try to circumvent that. it's different, i think, though, with the actual migrants themselves. and this is, i'm afraid, where i'm very concerned about labour's attitude because of course, last week labour said that it would consider approving it would consider the applications of 90,000 people who have arrived illegally. that doesn't sound like they're going to be sending those people back. how you actually deter people is by sending them back is by being tough on them. it's not by getting rid of the people who

facilitate them because more people will emerge. it's actually showing people that it is a futile journey and a waste of money in the first place, because they are not only the good, they are also the customer as well. you need to show people. look, this entire enterprise has wiped out potentially your savings. it's wiped out a lot of time. why on earth would you try to do it again? why would anybody else try? and that means, i'm afraid, dedicated processing centres where you put people securely, not hotels, none of that sort of nonsense where you actually put people so that they are secure. they can't be got to and they can't necessarily get out until their applications are processed. and if they don't have a right to stay here, you put them on a government funded plane, not a commercial flight that, you know, you're struggling to get ahold of a specialist plane and you take them back to their country. some countries we don't have agreements with, that's fair enough. but places like india, places like albania , what are places like albania, what are they going to do, deny, deny access to their own citizens? they are not going to do that. you need to just be very firm on this and say to those people, the majority of whom are coming from places where there are not, in fact, wars or famine, this is not in your best interests, but doesn't that come round to the same old problem? >> and that is as soon as as soon as their clogs are on

british soil, they know there's next to no chance of them getting deported. we have a pitiful deportation rate, and so therefore everyone that we talk to with, with big experience of working in this, says offshore containment and processing is the only way . and yet sir keir the only way. and yet sir keir starmer today announced on day one he would scrap rwanda. rwanda may not be perfect , but rwanda may not be perfect, but it is a solution. labour's plan still to me says that these people will find their way to our shores, offshoring , if you our shores, offshoring, if you can do it at scale, is a good idea. >> but rwanda, of course it's a very small number of people and the logistics of doing it are very unhelpful . and it's also very unhelpful. and it's also not a great thing for the british government to actually be sort of outsourcing its own border policy to the whims of another country. are you going to be doing offshore? it probably has to be done on an offshore british territory that you have some jurisdiction over. but again, under new labour, we deported ten times as many people as we can't do the same sort of sets of legislation. in just a different interpretation. new labour were absolutely committed to this sort of thing. we had the people coming across in the channel tunnel, on the backs of lorries and all that

sort of thing. that was a major problem and they estimated that about 1 in 9, or perhaps a little less than that, were illegal migrants, and they sent them back. and that, i think, is them back. and that, i think, is the great betrayal of this under the great betrayal of this under the conservatives, under new laboun the conservatives, under new labour, under tony blair, they were sending far more people back than we currently are. and our attitude under the conservatives is basically just to go, oh, well, this is awfully difficult, isn't it? i don't know what we're going to do. let's just try and make it someone else's problem. we'll give rwanda lots of money. maybe they'll sort it. we'll give the french lots of money. maybe they'll sort it. but we both know. actually, that's not how this works. >> benedict. superb stuff. and i'm now joined by professor david ibrahim cbe, who's a research professor at us army war college. welcome to the show, professor ibrahim, you may have overheard our conversation there. this plan sounds tough. an elite border security command working overseas, trying to smash these gangs at their source. stop the dinghies being made, is it? does it have any hope of working in your opinion ? hope of working in your opinion? >> well, martin, the probability of this plan working is probably

next to zero. >> there's absolutely no way that there's any probability of actually smashing up these gangs . and this is all down to basic economics. the supply and demand . we are now entering the age of migration with a population of many developing countries, is going to increase exponentially . going to increase exponentially. and unless the lives of people in those countries , they have in those countries, they have access to basic necessities, if they're not met, they will simply move. >> and the number one destination that they're attracted to is the united kingdom. >> and the best analogy i could give you, as one of your earlier speakers mentioned, is the war on drugs . the united states on drugs. the united states spent over $1 trillion over the last half century trying to smash the drug cartels , which smash the drug cartels, which are very sophisticated criminal enterprises. many of them operated like ftse 100 companies, but the supply of drugs only increased simply because there is a demand. >> and this is exactly the same thing with the human cargo, which is actually much more lucrative . with drugs. you can lucrative. with drugs. you can seize them, you can destroy them

with humans. they'll just keep trying again and again. the money involved here is just far too easy, and you smash up one gang. it will simply be replaced very easily by another. you know what? what do you need here? you need basically a dinghy and a rubber dinghy to get people across. so i just don't see this plan working at all with that in mind, and you are echoing the thoughts of many security experts we've had on the show over the weeks. >> and today . what do you think >> and today. what do you think should be done? what's the answer? we saw in australia, operation sovereign borders, that was quite simply turn the dinghies around. never let them land in the first place. stop the boats at source in your opinion, david, is that the only route that's going to sustainably work? >> the rwanda plan is the only viable plan, and it's in the very early stages right now of being fully operational. but we can see already that it's having an effect. you know, we've seen this in the borders with the northern ireland, that the migrants are being deterred . i

migrants are being deterred. i believe you only have to execute the plan literally for a matter of weeks before people simply stop giving money, you know, to come across the border. they are paying , come across the border. they are paying , you know, 5 to ,15,000. paying, you know, 5 to ,15,000. and if you knew that you're going to pay some money, that kind of money and end up in rwanda, you simply won't go , rwanda, you simply won't go, this is the only viable plan. it is not fully operational, but this is the correct direction of travel. >> and so with all that in mind, professor david ibrahim, why do you think sir keir starmer are today would say, well, rwanda, i'm going to scrap it on day one. >> well, this is, this is very strange. you know, i'm not sure why i didn't expect him to actually do this. i thought that he would continue the rwanda policy, make some noise, but the fact that he's decided to completely scrap it and replace it with this agency, which, you know, he's going to spend £75 million on, which, as i indicated earlier, the us spent

over $1 trillion and it made no difference at all, you know, i just can't see it's going to make any difference at all. i think basically that he's trying to use his experience as a former prosecutor without understanding the international dynamics that are involved . in dynamics that are involved. in this. you know, countries will simply not cooperate. there is no incentive for france to stop the boats. they want those people out and they want . them, people out and they want. them, you know, as gone as soon as possible. and many of those other countries that you mentioned, you know, they just want those people out as well. they have no incentive, to host them in their own countries. they want those people to arrive in the uk to make money, send the money back to their host countries so that they can develop their own economies. and so i just don't see any of this working whatsoever. >> okay. professor david ibrahim cbe, whose research professor at us army war college, joining us live from washington, dc. thanks for joining live from washington, dc. thanks forjoining us. and please come back. excellent guest. thank you very much. i get lots more on that story on our website. and thanks to you. gbnews.com is the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got breaking

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welcome back. your time is 526. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, the total number of whooping cough cases in 2024 has reached a staggering 2793, and

after an a leading expert has warned that more babies will die unless vaccination rates go up to slow the spread of the infection. covid lockdowns may have impacted on the rise in cases, particularly in older children and adults, but the biggest issue is said to be due to the low vaccination rates, particularly among pregnant women. well, i'm now joined by paediatric nurse nhs nurse olivia prince. well, olivia, welcome to the show. deeply concerning figures on whooping cough here, olivia. the number of cases three times already this year as previously , and this year as previously, and some 51% of these cases during this period are those of children aged 15 and older. what do you think is going on here? >> well, i think to be honest, that covid's like mentioned previously , i've had such a previously, i've had such a major impact. but now , major impact. but now, personally, on a day to day basis, what i'm seeing is actually a lot of people, a lot of parents, a lot of children

who actually don't have the understanding of how covid work, covid vaccination work, how vaccines generally work. and because of this, there is a lot of misinformation that's actually going across, which is putting a lot of people off from getting the essential vaccination that they need. >> and this is why we have such a massive rise of different spread of bacterias, different spread of bacterias, different spread of bacterias, different spread of infection going on in the uk. at this moment. i really do think people need to start informing themselves better about how vaccination works to help prevent the spread and this outbreak, because , again, outbreak, because, again, whooping cough is very dangerous , especially in children, especially in newborn babies, below the age of six, this can below the age of six, this can be fatal. and we have seen it being fatal. so it's very important that we keep spreading the importance of vaccination, herd immunity, keeping yourself, you know , safe and free from all you know, safe and free from all this germ and the spread from so many bacteria. >> and olivia, in common with many illnesses, you know, like

german measles. this is something we thought we'd eradicated or mostly stamped out. and yes, we're seeing this resurgence. are there any particular types of community or people that are proving stubborn to reach in terms of the vaccination programme , i do vaccination programme, i do think for my own day to day experience, i've seen a lot of unfortunately, migrant community not having the health knowledge that you actually need to know how vaccination happened . i've how vaccination happened. i've recently come across a mum who has told me she has decided to not, you know, vaccinate her six year old child because she feels like, you know, it gives him a fever. so therefore she doesn't want it. but unfortunately, you know, fevers do happen because you're introducing a dead cell into your body that your body is not used to. and this is actually how you build immune system and resistant to it. so i've seen a lot of people who, you know, have come into the uk and are not really careful or they don't really understand how

vaccination works, but also, i think the native of different areas, for example, in london where i'm based, they don't really trust as much the health service, the government potentially . and because of potentially. and because of this, they're a bit frightened or they stay away from having their vaccination. i have seen a lot of children, even on a day to day basis , that have to day basis, that have incomplete vaccination records and really, when i confront parents about it, there's no specific reason for it. so i can say , you know, it varies. there say, you know, it varies. there are different type of people that really don't want to associate with vaccination, but the most important message to get out there is that vaccination are essential, and they keep people alive as much as we want to, you know, discredit that. we don't want to trust the government, potentially the nhs vaccination are actually very effective in eradicating such diseases. >> so, olivia, briefly, if we

could, if people from overseas or arriving here without the knowledge, without the heritage of protecting their children via vaccination, how on earth do we educate them and reach them ? educate them and reach them? >> well, there are different ways on it. i'm a school nurse, so on a day to day basis, this is what i do. i educate parents, i educate families, i educate school about this. but it can also be being careful with what information you share out to other family friends to other parents, because people get news from anywhere on the internet and take it as factual base. unfortunately, this is misinformation and they spread it across and this is how you grow the breed of people that don't want to get vaccinated. so it's very important that people need to be careful what information they need. they listen to what information they come across and what information they are sharing to the public. but i also say in every, you know, everyday life , please, know, everyday life, please, people need to make sure that they advocate for good health

and advocate for having their vaccination done, particularly for children. this is really important. i really cannot stress how many children, seeing not being vaccinated for no reason. >> okay, fantastic advice and thank you so much for joining >> okay, fantastic advice and thank you so much forjoining us on the show. and that's paediatric nhs nurse olivia princewill. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. now there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. a hunger games obsessed ex—prisoner has been locked up indefinitely for the senseless killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider , just five days scooter rider, just five days after he was released from a 12 year prison sentence for robbery. we'll be looking back at all the details on this shocking case. but first, it's your headlines and it's sam francis . francis. >> good evening. 532 the headunes >> good evening. 532 the headlines from the newsroom this houn headlines from the newsroom this hour, a 75 year old man who planned an armed robbery that ended with one police officer fatally shot and another injured

, has today been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 40 years. 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was fatally shot when she interrupted the raid in bradford, nearly 20 years ago. piran ditta khan, who spent 15 years on the run, was found guilty of murder. the years on the run, was found guilty of murder . the last of guilty of murder. the last of seven men involved in the robbery to be convicted . a robbery to be convicted. a former prisoner has been detained in hospital indefinitely for what a judge at the old bailey described as the senseless killing of a grandfather who was riding his mobility scooter. the court heard that lee baker was psychotic when he stabbed thomas o'halloran in august 2022. the 87 year old suffered multiple wounds to his neck. his chest and abdomen just five days before the attack in west london. baker had been released from prison on bail after serving a 12 year sentence for robbery , and the labour leader robbery, and the labour leader says there'll be no flights to rwanda if his party wins the general election. sir keir starmer says the migration scheme is a gimmick and he'd use a special border force to tackle

people smugglers instead. but the prime minister's described the prime minister's described the idea as nothing new. >> the question for keir starmer, then , is if he cares so starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison, and if it was up to him, all those people will be out on our streets. so i just think it's a rank hypocrisy of this position . position. >> those are the headlines. another update at 6:00. in the meantime , you can sign up for gb meantime, you can sign up for gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash shirts. next a look at the markets. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a look at the markets this evening i >> -- >> the pound will buy you $1.2532 and ,1.1631. the price

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and today, the old bailey was told that he later wrote repeatedly about a hunger games scenario in which he was required to meet contestants and then fight or attack . and five then fight or attack. and five days before the killing, beier, who had a string of previous convictions, was released from prison, having served a full 12 year sentence for robbery . well, year sentence for robbery. well, gb news tom fredericks reports . gb news tom fredericks reports. >> good evening. good morning. >> good evening. good morning. >> the moment police in west london caught up with killer lee bowyer. okay. >> can you just confirm your name for me, please, sir? mr baken name for me, please, sir? mr baker. mr bowyer, this is just two days after lee bowyer brutally stabbed to death frail and defenceless pensioner thomas o'halloran . o'halloran. >> the 87 year old, originally from county clare in ireland, was a popular figure in the west london borough of greenford. often seen out busking on his mobility scooter, raising money for charity . mobility scooter, raising money for charity. his killer was a career criminal with a string of

convictions dating back decades . convictions dating back decades. this is lee bowyer. just hours before the frenzied knife attack, buying a pair of distinctive trainers , they're distinctive trainers, they're clearly visible in this latest cctv as bowyer heads off armed with a knife looking for a victim. thomas o'halloran had been out shopping for groceries shortly before the attack, seen here purchasing milk and other items. this is just 15 minutes before he'd come face to face with his killer. before he'd come face to face with his killer . other security with his killer. other security camera images show the pensioner driving along side of the busy a40 in greenford , heading a40 in greenford, heading towards an underpass he regularly used to get home. this is lee bowyer heading down into that same underpass. just moments later, having stabbed his elderly victim. multiple times in the neck, chest and abdomen. another camera captures him hurrying through the tunnel. the knife still clearly visible in his right hand . as thomas

in his right hand. as thomas o'halloran was found fatally injured by a passer by on the other side of the road, buyer can be seen dumping parts of the weapon in a nearby drain. the handle of that knife was recovered later, and forensics found traces of the pensioner's blood on it. bowyer who'd just been released from prison five days before the attack, denied any involvement when arrested. >> i was in prison. anything you do say in prison? >> the old bailey heard that lee bowyer had once headed a notorious robbery gang, responsible for a string of violent jewellery robberies across the capital. >> that caution, as well ? no comment. >> he's very dangerous, man. >> he's very dangerous, man. >> this was a random attack on an elderly gentleman on a mobility scooter . mobility scooter. >> there was nothing that we could find. and there's no excuse actually to provoke that level of reaction , that lee level of reaction, that lee bowyer did on that day. >> having obtained psychiatric assessments of the defendant, prosecutors accepted a plea of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. he was, the court heard, a paranoid

schizophrenic frequently hearing voices and suffering from paranoid delusions. voices and suffering from paranoid delusions . however, paranoid delusions. however, thomas o'halloran's family have expressed their deep frustration at that decision and believe the pensioner's killer, a lifelong criminal, should have been convicted of murder. tom fredericks , gb news. fredericks, gb news. >> yeah, described as a senseless motiveless attack . lee senseless motiveless attack. lee bowyer, a serial criminal. 15 previous convictions for 30 offences started offending aged 14. will now be committed to broadmoor hospital for a life time restraining order in the hospital. secure inpatient detainment and medication for life of course, at the taxpayer's expense. no chance of a hybrid order, no chance of him serving time in a penal prison. that was apparently deemed not the right approach . okay, don't the right approach. okay, don't go anywhere because coming up,

we'll be discussing whether israel should be able to compete in this saturday's eurovision song contest, or actually whether now they might go and win. the thing i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> join me. camilla tominey every sunday at 930. when i'll be interviewing the key players in british politics and taking them to task in this report . them to task in this report. basically says that he's not fit to stand trial with an upcoming election looming over westminster. now is the time for clear, honest answers. i agree, and that's precisely what i'll get. is he indecisive? incompetent that's the camilla tominey show at 930 every sunday on gb news, the people's channel on gb news, the people's channel, britain's election . channel. >> welcome back. it's 547 now. earlier this week, i talked about how eurovision was just the latest big event to be captured by ridiculous identity

politics, but it stepped up a gear over the last few days. yesterday, pro—palestine protesters gathered outside the venuein protesters gathered outside the venue in malmo in sweden, and they say that israel shouldn't be allowed to compete in the event. and as you saw on your screens there, even greta thunberg rocked up. well, unfortunately for the protesters, israel's entry last night not only qualified for the final, they're now the second favourite with the bookmakers to win the event tomorrow night. well, joining me now to discuss this is the political journalist nicola lambert. nicola, welcome to the show. let's start with the fact that, eurovision used to be about lambrini and feather boas and a bit of fun, and now it's been captured just like everything else. baftas oscars, you name it. by identity politics. but this has got very, very ugly . very ugly. >> it's got really nasty, hasn't it? >> she and i was, i was reading about the process last night and

how, there have been seven arrests and one of the people even was, had a, had a knife. >> she's been told to stay in her hotel room . her hotel room. >> i actually spoke to her on sunday, via zoom, and she couldn't even tell me exactly where she was because of the security considerations. so it certainly got really nasty. >> and it's utterly outrageous . >> and it's utterly outrageous. many will believe that a mob can gather outside of someone's hotel. she's not a politician, you know. she's not responsible for anything that's happening in gaza or israel. she's a recording artist, a performing artist . and by the way, despite artist. and by the way, despite all of this intimidation , she all of this intimidation, she went out on the stage last night and she absolutely smashed it. >> she was amazing, wasn't she? she's agile. she's a brilliant dancen she's agile. she's a brilliant dancer. she's got an amazing voice. she's beautiful. she's like every element of her is a star in the making. and i think that i think that people are really warm to her. i'm not sure if you would have seen, but, italy by mistake, showed how the

italian audience had done, and more than 40% of them had voted for her. so i think that actually the identity politics element may have completely backfired . and people who are backfired. and people who are against all of that are deliberately voting for israel just to annoy everybody else. >> i think you're absolutely dead, right? in fact, the odds on this now have been slashed 4 to 1. she is now the second favourite to win the entire contest after croatia , and i contest after croatia, and i must confess i've put a few quid on that myself. nicola because it's an outside shot and i do think i've been looking at the social media comments today, nicola, and there has been a huge groundswell of support from people who would never ordinarily have voted for anybody at the eurovision song contest, simply don't like the idea that somebody can be bullied and harangued and threatened into not being able to compete. she did perform. she absolutely nailed it. and i think, nicola, we might see a huge swell of support for her. >> yeah, i think we are

definitely going to see that. and i you know, i there's a lot of talk about how it may be that she wins lots of the audience vote, but it is it likely that the, the professionals so the judges who also they take an important part in the vote, are they going to also let her win and there's a big question over what that will do to eurovision if israel wins, when there has been so much controversy over it? obviously i'd like her to win . win. >> i think a lot of people out there watching will win too, and what do you think the reaction will be from the pro—palestine mob if they don't get their way? they tried to stop, but they tried to gag her, you know, they tried to gag her, you know, they tried to gag her, you know, they tried to silence her. they didn't achieve that. and if she goes on to win the thing, we might be looking at the biggest temper tantrum since donald trump became president of america . america. >> well, it would be kind of glitter and configures all going down in one, because there is this kind of weird alliance of people that didn't want her to appean people that didn't want her to appear. so they're the real

pro—palestine , some of them pro pro—palestine, some of them pro hamas. fundamentalists. and we're seeing a lot of those marching on the streets of malmo. and then there's obviously all the queers for palestine who are cancelling all their pub, visits on saturday because they're so angry . so i, because they're so angry. so i, you know, i think there probably is a serious thing for the eurovision chiefs in how people are going to react to the temper tantrum that will happen if she wins, but it will be fun to watch, won't it ? watch, won't it? >> absolutely right. and if you if you can get in touch with her again, please pass on the regards of many, many people from gb news who've been sending messages throughout the day simply pouring out support. in fact, i'm going to read a couple of those out to you now. if i could. nicola. yeah, john said this. i've never watched the eurovision thingy before. does it even know the name of it? john he said, let alone voted in it. but i will be watching it tomorrow and i will fully be supporting israel. nicola this is another one. chris says this

eurovision is an opportunity for one night for europe to come together and forget its differences and enjoy music as friends and neighbours find protest peacefully but don't try and politicise the competition. the aim of eurovision is too important to lose. so nicola, there's been a massive outpouring of support today because at the end of the day, nicola, people just don't like a bully, do they ? bully, do they? >> i think that's exactly it and i think it feels quite . she's i think it feels quite. she's quite a small young lady. she's 20 years old, she just wants to sing her music. and i think if you kind of show the, you know , you kind of show the, you know, look at the image of her on stage feeling very alone, and obviously there's all the backdrop of what happened on october the 7th. she knew people that were killed at the nova, the nova music festival . and the nova music festival. and then if you look at this angry mob outside screaming for her blood, then i think i can see why everybody is empathised with her. and as you say, no one

likes to see a bully. and we are seeing israel is a british ally. so we're seeing someone being bullied simply because of the country she comes from . country she comes from. >> nicola lambert, you've absolutely nailed it. thank you so much forjoining us. and as i said, please, if you can get in touch, pass on the goodwill of many, many of our viewers. thank you, nick lempert, and i hope you, nick lempert, and i hope you enjoy eurovision now. thanks for all your comments during the show , i just read out a few show, i just read out a few there on eurovision. i've got a plenty of come in on the topic of labour's migration plans. of course, the keir starmer today are announcing a new elite border force . well, here's what border force. well, here's what martin, not me, has to say. it'll be just another take on what rishi sunak is so called trying to do, just as a dog chasing its tail idea bound to fail, to which the conservative party will enjoy watching from the opposition side of westminster after the next election. chris says this sir keir starmer hasn't got a clue. the only way these illegal immigrants will understand the word no. as if we had a government with guts to turn the

boats around, just like they did in australia. thank you so much for your comments today. it's been a fabulous week. hope you're enjoying the weather now. i'll be back tomorrow on breakfast. in fact, i'll be there sunday as well, so if you're an early bird, turn up and get me. if you haven't had enough of my mush already this week, i'll be with isabel webster tomorrow and nana akua on sunday. looking forward to that. keeping you company all weekend. hope you have a fabulous friday evening . it's fabulous friday evening. it's all about the weather. and on that note, here's your man alex deakin. for. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. will the fine weather continue this weekend ? yes and no. for many, weekend? yes and no. for many, a sunny saturday. on sunday, though, we do need to watch out for some thunderstorms in the

west . across the extreme east, west. across the extreme east, things turning a bit murky overnight mist and low cloud spilling back in. but for many it's a fine, warm evening leading into a dry night with lengthy, clear spells shouldn't turn to chilly temperatures, mostly holding up in double figures, certainly in towns and cities. could be a bit of a drab start to saturday. across eastern counties of england, the mist and low cloud here, but that should be clearing soon after dawn, certainly by mid—morning, tending to disappear . mid—morning, tending to disappear. cloud will bubble up a little bit as we go through the day. parts of northern england , particularly across england, particularly across scotland and here come the afternoon, mostly to the north of the central belt. there is the likelihood of 1 or 2 scattered showers could turn out to be quite heavy. some mist and low cloud may plague eastern coasts, but for the vast majority it's dry and sunny and maybe even a touch warmer than today. 2526 across the south—east, a little cooler around some coast, but for many still over 20 celsius. sunday does bring a change again . some does bring a change again. some misty conditions are along some eastern coast, particularly eastern coast, particularly eastern scotland. a few showers over the highlands and then

further south wales and western england. chance for some heavy thundery showers breaking out through the afternoon. not everywhere catching them, but they could be pretty potent . they could be pretty potent. some heavy showers in the west of northern ireland as well. for many, though, another warm day. plenty more sunshine across the east. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

expand some of the terrorism acts and involve m15 . so is he acts and involve m15. so is he the man to stop these crossings once and for all? speaking of laboun once and for all? speaking of labour, wes streeting reckons loads of tories are apparently considering defecting to that

party. your thoughts on that? and we've all seen these protests at universities now about the situation in gaza and those lists of demands. let me ask you a simple question. how much power do you think that students should have over what their universities do? professor matt goodwin joins me tonight. he is a university professor, so i'm fascinated into his insight. but what's yours? also new guidance has been issued to mps this week about how to spot and combat conspiracy theories. everything from agenda 2030, the great reset, 15 minute cities, chemtrails , it all gets a chemtrails, it all gets a mention. what do you make to it all? and the army? how do we get people into it? there's a plan in place for the young week long summer camps and for the veterans. you go back for shifts. is this the future of the army? would you sign up to it ? i've caught all of that and it? i've caught all of that and more coming up in the next hour. but first, let's get tonight's

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