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Long . Now three british men have been killed in israel in an aid convoy that they were told was safe and the question is arising. Is this now a turning point in this war, particularly with regard to western support for israels air defence . Yes, absolutely. And a number yes, absolutely. And a number of prominent politicians, including the leader of the liberal democrats and a former National Security adviser, lord peter ricketts, have both suggested and among other voices, of course, that britain should now pause arms sales to israel off the back of this incident. We want to know whether your view has changed at all due to this horrific tragedy. We, in terms of whether you still support israels right to defend itself, whether you still support israels aims in the region with regard to gaza, do you accept the idfs apology . Theyve come out and theyve said we did. This was a grave mistake, and theyre going to do an investigation. Do you believe that that investigation will give us the answers that we need . Rishi sunak has demanded such an investigation. So has lord cameron, David Cameron , our lord cameron, David Cameron, our foreign secretary. Now, has this changed your view . Do you think britain should pause arms sales to forever , to israel . Not forever, potentially, but to show a sign that this will not be tolerated. That this will not be tolerated. What do you think, vaiews gbnews. Uk . Im really interested to get your view and whether or not you think that this war has reached perhaps a turning point, but thats gbviews gbnews. Com. Were getting to that. And so many other stories too. After your headunes other stories too. After your headlines sam. Headlines with sam. Tom and emily, thank you very much. And good afternoon from the newsroom just after 12 00. And we start with a recap of that news of the incident in gaza. The foreign secretary, David Cameron, has now described the deaths of three three british aid workers in gaza as dreadful and says we should mourn the loss of the brave humanitarian workers there. John chapman , James Henderson and chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were delivering vital Food Supplies when their convoy was hit. They were part of a group of seven aid workers from the world central kitchen charity. Theyd coordinated charity. Theyd coordinated their movements with israels military before they set off in two armoured cars marked with that ngos logo, lord cameron says. More still needs to be done to make sure aid workers are kept safe. I welcome what the Israeli Foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transport current inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen and we want to see that happen and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. Happen very, very quickly. I also welcome the fact that he spoke about much more aid getting into gaza, up to 500 trucks a day, that is essential. We have been promised these things and this really we have been promised these thingsto and this really we have been promised these thingsto happend this really we have been promised these thingsto happen. This really needs to happen. Nine people are now known to have died, and more than 800 injured after an earthquake in taiwan. Its the biggest quake taiwan. Its the biggest quake there in 25 years. If youre watching on television. This was the moment that it hit the east. The moment that it hit the east. Coast. Well, as you can see, there , those tremors were there, those tremors were recorded as high as 7. 7 in magnitude around 8 00 this morning, local time. That was as morning, local time. That was as people were heading to work and to school. Emergency services are now trying to rescue any survivors. We understand more survivors. We understand more than 100 are still trapped in tunnels under buildings that have collapsed or stuck under landslides. A man has been landslides. A man has been stabbed to death on the outskirts of a migrant camp near dunkirk in france. That camp currently houses around 200 migrants in tents and other makeshift structures. Police makeshift structures. Police there say the man died at the scene just less than an hour after Emergency Services arrived. So far , no witnesses arrived. So far, no witnesses have come forward and authorities in france say they havent yet identified any suspects. A third of people who suspects. A third of people who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month say that theyve struggled to speak to someone, a major new survey found more than 31 found it difficult or very difficult to contact a gp practice. The figures were roughly the same across people with disabilities or on low incomes , with the north west of incomes, with the north west of england reporting the worst results and among those who eventually did manage to book an appointment, 20 reported having appointment, 20 reported having a poor experience. Network rail a poor experience. Network rail is to invest £2. 8 billion to protect railways from extreme weather, following several high profile faults and delays. The Government Owned Company says the funds will be used to recruit nearly 400 extra engineers , and to train drainage engineers, and to train hundreds of operational staff to better interpret weather forecasts. Its. After several incidents of delays and faults, including thousands of passengers who were stuck for hours on trains near paddington station in december without power due to a fault over with overhead wires. A teacher in overhead wires. 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Well, weve heard today that royal mail is pushing the postal regulator ofcom, to speed up reforms, including cutting back on second class deliveries to just three days a week. The Postal Service says those urgent reforms are needed to cut costs following a major drop in demand, falling from some 20 billion letters a year to just 7 billion. The plan , set to save billion. The plan, set to save £300 million, would also lead to a possible 1000 redundancies. The liberal democrats are among many whove criticised the proposal and theyre warning it would create a postage cost crisis for consumers as and the king is set to open Balmoral Castle to the public this summer, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal estate. Its the first time the pubuc estate. Its the first time the public would be allowed inside since the original castle was purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1852. Guided tours will offer a peek inside the ballroom and a look at the kings collection of watercolours , and even outfits watercolours, and even outfits worn by the royals. Tickets, though, start at £100 and they are likely to sell out fast with just 40 available each day. For just 40 available each day. For the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. For now, though, its back to tom and. Emily. Good afternoon britain. Its 12 08 now. Three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike. Yes, James Henderson , 33. Yes, James Henderson, 33. John chapman, 57, who both served in the Royal Marines , served in the Royal Marines, were named alongside james kirby, a former Army Rifleman and sniper marksman. Well, the tragic developments have been condemned internationally here, rishi sunak said that the deaths appalled him and that the situation in gaza is increasingly intolerable. Well , joining us now for the well, joining us now for the latest is our home and security edhon latest is our home and security editor, mark white, mark, have you remind us of what exactly we know about what took place . And also the political reaction to this . Well, this was an event that took place in central gaza on monday evening where this charity, world central kitchen, had been taking deliveries of 100 tonnes of aid supplies from a ship that had come from cyprus. A just dropped those suppues cyprus. A just dropped those supplies off at a warehouse and was heading back to their home base. When these vehicles were struck. All three vehicles struck. All three vehicles struck by israeli missiles and some Seven Members of that charity, including those three british nationals , were killed british nationals, were killed in this atrocity. The three, british, members of that team were all ex military. They were were all ex military. They were there as safety and security advisers to the charity, and part of their job was to liaise with the Israeli Military, which the charity said they did, and they do every time they go out, they do every time they go out, they work these, what they call decon afflicted routes, so that there is hope navalny little chance of them being targeted by the Israeli Military. But something clearly went catastrophically wrong. This all three vehicles were struck, and these Seven Members of that charity killed. Weve just been heanng charity killed. Weve just been hearing in the last hour or so from the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, out in brussels at the moment, who has welcomed, an urgent and transparent investigation by israel. He says that needs to happen very, very quickly and in tandem with that, israel, he says, also has to get moving on, getting more in the way of aid supplies into gaza , way of aid supplies into gaza, he has been assured, lord cameron says, that israel is working towards getting some 500 trucks into gaza, but lord cameron also said, weve heard that before , or those promises that before, or those promises from israel before that have not been borne out this time, israel really needs to move to ensure that aid supplies get in. But also that the aid workers who are in gaza are kept more secure in the job that theyre doing, because it is the most dangerous place in the world for aid workers to work. At the moment, some 200 aid workers have been killed since this war began. Killed since this war began. It is a really shocking set of scenarios. Mark, i wonder what are the israelis saying in terms of why this aid convoy was targeted . These three cars that were demarked as aid cars that were demarked as aid cars that were demarked as aid cars that were demarked by the world food kitchen. Now, this is an organisation that has had no affiliation with any sort of terror group. In fact, it was an terror group. In fact, it was an organisation that the israelis worked with themselves, one that provided food to jewish people who were attacked on october 7, its extraordinary that these three cars were seemingly targeted. Targeted. Yes. And because this charity was the first to go in and to help out people that were caught up in the atrocities, on the israeli side on the 7th of october, its a charity that is well regarded , well respected by well regarded, well respected by the Israeli Government. And we heard that in a lot of the tributes that came out from Israeli Military figures and senior politicians, including the Prime Minister, alongside , the Prime Minister, alongside, of course, the very, sorrowful, messages that were coming out the tone of deep regret for what had happened. Israel has put its hands up and acknowledged what was a terrible mistake here. What exactly motive did these strikes, is still to be determined. It seems to have been a breakdown in the intelligence that the Israeli Military were presented with. So that will have to come out as a matter of urgency. The israelis have said they will try to get to the bottom of this. But in to the bottom of this. But in the meantime, of course, theyve got to try to reassure world central kitchen and other charities who have suspended operations in gaza since these deaths on monday night, and theyve got to come up with a better way of trying to secure these aid, trying to ensure that these aid, trying to ensure that these aid, trying to ensure that these aid workers are secure when they carry out the jobs that theyre doing. But the difficulty is, you know, even though we can talk about de conflicted zones in gaza, its a hot mess. There theres nowhere in gaza that is truly safe. Safe. Well, thank you very much indeed. Mark white, our home and security editor, will speak to you a little bit later on as well. But what should the uk governments response to this be . There are calls now from some senior politicians to at least pause or suspend , and arms least pause or suspend, and arms sales to israel is that right . Would that be the right thing to do . Joining us now to discuss this is conservative mp and member of Foreign Affairs member of the Foreign Affairs select committee henry smith. Select committee, henry smith. Henry, sensing a change henry, are you sensing a change here in terms of western support . British support for israel, the right to defend itself as a nation . We are, as i just said, hearing calls for britain and other western nafions britain and other western nations to suspend arms sales to israel. What are your thoughts on that . On that . Well, the foreign secretary is right. These were a dreadful attack on innocent british civilians who were trying to bnng civilians who were trying to bring aid to people who need it. Civilians in gaza and israel does have a right to defend itself. Hamas started this conflict , but they still need to conflict, but they still need to release those hostages. But israel has to act with responsibility. It cant just respond militarily without care and due attention. And i think what we have seen is a somewhat careless attitude of the idf , careless attitude of the idf, which has now resulted in the death of these aid workers, and thats why its absolutely right thats why its absolutely right that the israeli ambassador was brought in, summoned to speak to the foreign minister, andrew mitchell, yesterday evening in london, and also that the British Government is demanding, quite rightly, that there be a transparent and swift investigation as to what went wrong, because ultimately , if wrong, because ultimately, if israel continued to act carelessly in terms of its military operations , all it does military operations, all it does is radicalise more people both in gaza and around the world. And that ultimately isnt good for israeli. Henry. What the what the what about the issue of arms sales . Because there are senior politicians and security advisers saying that now is the time to suspend arms sales, or at least consider it . It could be that it was a british funded british missile that took out these british aid workers. That is a possibility. Workers. That is a possibility. Well, thats why we need this very rapid and thorough and transparent investigation. You transparent investigation. You know, british arms exports are the most ethically assessed anywhere in the world. I used to sit on the Arms Export Control Committee of parliament that assessed where and how we send weapons around the world, and i think no other country does so in as stringent as manner as we do. And so , yes, absolutely do. And so, yes, absolutely every case of arms exports does need to be properly investigated and looked at. And i would expect no different from for any arms going to israel. I am very conscious that the Defence Industry in this country is a high, employer , but, important high, employer, but, important contributor to our economy and far rather that an ethical country like the United Kingdom is supplying arms than some, shall we say, less , than, less shall we say, less, than, less than desirable regimes elsewhere in the world. Henry, on october the 7th, the world was shocked. It was the world was shocked. It was the largest slaughter of jewish people since the holocaust. And we saw reactions from politicians across the spectrum in the uk stand behind israel, say israel has every right to now go into gaza and rid this this evil, this hamas threat. I wonder , though, perhaps, did we wonder, though, perhaps, did we take our eye off the ball when we did that and, sort of shrouded by this sense of, we did that and, sort of shrouded by this sense of , of, shrouded by this sense of, of, of the need for retribution, the need for justice of the need for retribution, the need forjustice has perhaps need for justice has perhaps entered into a frame of mind whereby israel could do no wrong. And that was wrong, wasnt it . Wasnt it . Well, i think pretty quickly after , october the 7th, people after, october the 7th, people were starting to criticise israel quite strongly in terms of their response. I dont think of their response. I dont think israel has gotten away with a sort of Carte Blanche response to the, the hamas attacks. Hamas does need to be removed. It needs to be destroyed. It is a Terror Organisation. It terrorises its own people as much as it seeks to terrorise the israelis and export terror abroad. Elsewhere where those hostages, many of them, are still being held. And, with still being held. And, with appalling stories of abuse, they need to be fully released. Need to be fully released. Israel does have a right to defend itself, but as i said earlier on, it doesnt have a right. Theres no country has a right. Theres no country has a right to defend itself without due care and attention to the civilian population. And i was with some members of the Foreign Affairs committee in the gaza border area, just a few weeks ago, and great care is being taken in terms of the aid that is being delivered into gaza, from from egypt and now from the from from egypt and now from the from the jetty. Thats been established, from the mediterranean coast. Great Mediterranean Sea coast. Great care is taken to make sure that, unlike as in the past, where some aid was, used , used and some aid was, used, used and redeployed by hamas for military purposes , great effort is being purposes, great effort is being taken to make sure that no , i taken to make sure that no, i dont know, Electronic Systems are being allowed in that could be deployed for, military use by hamas. So, you know, israel does hamas. So, you know, israel does have a responsibility to make sure that those innocent civilians caught up in this conflict are protected and, sadly, i think this is a bit of a wake up call moment for that. A wake up call moment. Well, henry smith, tory mp and member of the Foreign Affairs select committee. Really thank you for committee. Really thank you for your time here on good afternoon, britain. Thank you very much. And youve been getting in touch. So we get some of your we will get to some of your views, of different views, all sorts of different opinions on on one, how the opinions on on this one, how the uk should arms uk should react, should arms sales be be paused. Has your view changed on all this . But, yes. Now police in scotland received nearly 4000 complaints within the first 24 hours of the new hate crime laws being brought into place. That, of course, came in on monday and there were some very, there were some very , very prominent some very, very prominent examples of people, not least the authorj. K. Rowling, daring the authorj. K. Rowling, daring the Scottish Police to arrest her for perceived breaches of these new laws. Yes she did. She very much dared the police to arrest her. Come come to me with the handcuffs. And she said she will defend any woman who is caught up with the police or the police choose to go after them. Shell defend low profile women who may be caught out misgendering someone, because that could be a crime in scotland. Of course, yesterday we learned that the police said they would not be going after j. K. For the, the tweets j. K. Rowling for the, the tweets that she made. But what the police have yet to answer is, although theyve said this will not be registered as a crime, will not be further investigated as a crime. Of course, everything must be investigated now under this law. What they havent said is whether or not this was logged as a non crime hate incident. Yes we dont know yet if its been logged as a non crime hate incident, which is that rather orwellian, thing. But this is orwellian, thing. But this is murdo fraser here who are going to be speaking to. She says he says, so i hear that Police Scotland not responding scotland are not responding to journalists to journalists requests as to whether against whether the complaints against jk as jk rowling are recorded as non crime hate incidents in line with their unlawful policy. He says. With their unlawful policy. He says. Why so coy, police says. Why so coy, Police Scotland . Well, why so coy . Lets speak to the, senior scottish conservative politician, the member of the scottish parliament, murdo fraser , who joins us now. Murdo, fraser, who joins us now. Murdo, you, of course, yourself have run into, some of these bizarre non crime hate incident logs before. Why do you think Police Scotland are not revealing what has happened in this instance . Has happened in this instance . Well, potentially, i suspect, because its very embarrassing for them. And just as they dont want to take on a figure as high profile and as wealthy as, jk rowling , in relation to, to rowling, in relation to, to things shes posted on social media, deliberately provocative messages shes put on social media in relation to the gender issue, i think that theyre nervous about now confirming that they are complying with their own policy, which was appued their own policy, which was applied in my case in relation to something that i posted back in november that was critical of Scottish Government gender policies. And find it very policies. And i find it very strange that they are not prepared to confirm publicly that theyre applying their own policy. But theres another policy. But theres another twist to this that perhaps is even more interesting , because even more interesting, because its not just jk rowling whos been subject to complaints by members of the public under the hate crime act. The first minister humza yousaf , has also minister humza yousaf, has also had complaints against him, in relation to a speech he made in parliament back in 2020, which some people have claimed was stirring up race hatred. Now, thats not my view. And the police have said in his case there was no criminality. However if the police are applying the policy that applied to me, those complaints need to be logged as non crime hate incidents. Otherwise the police are taking a different view, in relation to an opposition politician compared to the one theyre taking in relation to an snp first minister, and that really would not be tenable. So we could end up in the situation where Police Scotland are recording a statement of the first minister of scotland as being a hate incident. This first minister of scotland as being a hate incident. This is being a hate incident. This is alice through the Looking Glass stuff. Itsjust alice through the Looking Glass stuff. Its just totally bizarre and shows what a confused mess this whole position has become. What a dinner party that would be. Murdo fraser , jk would be. Murdo fraser, jk rowling and humza yousaf all on the non crime hate incident roster. Yeah, well murdo, i want to ask you about how this affects the people of scotland more broadly. 3800 complaints or broadly. 3800 complaints or thereabouts in 24 hours since these hate crime laws came into effect. That is quite incredible. Are the people of scotland physically less safe as a result of these new laws . Since how much time is this going to take away from Police Resources when they could be fighting physical crimes . For example, Violent Crimes . Example, Violent Crimes . Well, i think that is precisely the point, because if the police have had 4000 or close on 4000 complaints in 48 hours, they have said they will investigate each and every one that will be taking up a huge amount of police time and resource, and this is at a time when Police Scotland told us just a few weeks ago, they dont have the resources to investigate a minor crimes where there might be a lack of sufficiency of evidence. So already Police Numbers in scotland are down. The police are struggling for resources , are struggling for resources, they cant investigate minor crimes and here they are deluged with a whole new set of crimes or alleged crimes that theyve said theyre going to prioritise. Thats not what people in scotland want to see from their police force. They want to see the police tackling real crimes, not what people like jk rowling are saying on social media. No. And our reporter was out about out and about in glasgow yesterday asking the public he couldnt find one person in, not one who agreed with this law. And someone said, i want to get a t shirt saying, what do you think . The scariest think . Thats the scariest question in scotland or a question in scotland or a question not allowed to question youre not allowed to be asked anyway . Yes. No, it was really, really striking. He really tried to get an opposing and couldnt an opposing view and couldnt find murdo fraser, thank an opposing view and couldnt findvery murdo fraser, thank an opposing view and couldnt findvery mucho fraser, thank an opposing view and couldnt find very much foraser, thank an opposing view and couldnt find very much for joining ank you very much forjoining us. I think really important to think its really important to note on this humza yousaf note that on this humza yousaf speech of went speech where he sort of went through all these different senior in, in senior positions in, in scotland, saying this person is white, that persons white, that persons white. Well, ive been looking at the results from audit scotland. Do you know the percentage of people in scotland that record themselves as being white . Well, its something about 92 or 90. Its 95. 4, 95. 4, perhaps its unsurprising humza yousaf that a large number of people in senior positions happen to be white in a that is, according a country that is, according to audit scotland, 95. 4 white. Well, my strong view is that that was a bigoted speech and it was an absolute disgrace. And yes, he should apologise. Yes, he should apologise. Do you think it should be logged as a non crime . He should apologise for it. He apologise it. I doubt he should apologise it. I doubt he correct will be he has. Correct me. I will be fascinated to learn whether or not scotland will apply not Police Scotland will apply the same rules to humza yousaf as did fraser , who as they did to murdo fraser, who we just speaking to. We were just speaking to. Humza yousafs be will Humza Yousafs speech be logged as a non crime hate incident . Completely incident . I mean i completely agree you emily. I dont agree with you emily. I dont think it should be. No Police Service should logging what service should be logging what people hate incidents, people say is hate incidents, but but if it doesnt, then thats some real, real large questions to ask over how the government is treated in scotland versus opposition politicians. Yeah, but im delighted that j. K. Rowling is going to be very willing to go to all lengths possible to, well, essentially show these laws up for what they are. And she she will totally unreleasable shes totally ridiculous. She also, you cant possibly have you cant possibly. You cant possibly. Go to jail, get a criminal offence for misgendering someone, which is what shes trying to point out. Yeah, its important to note what j. K. Rowling has said here, because this is significant for anyone in scotland who is fearful of this law. On a post on twitter, she said, i hope every woman in scotland who wishes to speak will wishes to speak up will be reassured actions. Now reassured by her actions. Now thatis reassured by her actions. Now that is a really interesting point in that if anyone in scotland, if any woman, says something that might be deemed as hateful under this act, jk rowling will say precisely the same and perhaps take the legal repercussions. That is a repercussions. That is a powerful speech shield that the harry potter author is providing. There right, yes, indeed it is. Let us know what you make of this. Over 3000, nearly 4000 complaints in just 24 hours to Police Scotland. Surely Police Scotland has other priorities. I imagine if i was a regular Police Officer in scotland, id be absolutely furious about the amount of time and resources this these laws will this law and these laws will take up. And thats almost 4000. Number. That was just in the first 24 hours. There have now been three days of this law applying scotland with more applying in scotland with more Media Coverage off the of Media Coverage off the back of what monday , i would what happened on monday, i would reckon that the tuesday number for these complaints will be even greater. And if is even greater. And if there is this Snowball Effect of this sort of Snowball Effect of complaints and complaints, some real, some frankly troublemaking complaints, just how much time is this sucking away from what the police should , perhaps in the police should, perhaps in the police should, perhaps in the eyes of most ordinary people, what they should be doing . Well, coming up, well be well be looking at a shocking new poll that reveals three quarters of gps working for the nhs. Want to go on strike. Nhs. Want to go on strike. Whats all that about . Well this is good afternoon, britain on. Is good afternoon, britain on. Gb news. Very good afternoon from the gb newsroom. Just after half past 12, the headlines. The foreign secretary is calling on israel to reduce the risk of air strikes hitting innocent victims. Like the attack, which killed three british aid workers in gaza. Lord cameron has said their deaths are dreadful. John chapman , James Henderson and chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were delivering vital Food Supplies when their convoy was hit. The three men were part of a group of seven aid workers from the world central kitchen, the charity says their movements had been coordinated with israels military , before setting off in military, before setting off in two armoured cars that was marked with the ngos logo. Marked with the ngos logo. Second class postal deliveries could be cut to just three days a week. Thats as part of reforms being pushed by royal mail. The Postal Service says urgent reforms are needed to cut costs following a major drop in demand. The plan, set to save demand. The plan, set to save around £300 million, would also lead to a possible 1000 redundancies. The liberal democrats are among many who have criticised that proposal, warning it could create a postage cost crisis for consumers. A third of people who consumers. A third of people who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month say that theyve struggled to speak to someone a major new survey found. More than 31 found it difficult or very difficult to contact a gp practice , and among those who practice, and among those who did eventually manage to book an appointment , 20 say they had appointment, 20 say they had a poor experience. And if youve poor experience. And if youve ever wanted to find out what its like to live like a king, well, nows your chance. Balmoral castle is opening to the public, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal estate. Guided tours will offer a peek inside the ballroom and a look at the kings collection of watercolours and outfits worn by the tickets though they the royals. Tickets though they start at £100 and theyre likely to sell fast. With just 40 on offer each day. For the latest offer each day. For the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. You can just scan the qr code on your screen or visit our website gbnews. Com alerts. Well, its 1232 and watching and listening to good afternoon britain. Please do keep your views coming in. Will we be getting to some of those, particularly on the killing of three british aid workers, asking whether think the asking you whether you think the mood has changed . Has your view changed on the situation in gaza . But were going to move on to something a little bit different because shocking new different because a shocking new poll and it reveals poll has come out and it reveals that of gps that three quarters of gps working want to go working for the nhs want to go on strike. Now theyre citing pay, on strike. Now theyre citing pay, burnout stress pay, funding, burnout and stress as the main reasons for it. Yes, the doctors union, the bma , says that the profession bma, says that the profession was bullied and was tired of being bullied and gaslit, with reports that they were considering timing a strike dunng were considering timing a strike during the expected autumn. General election. Well, we can now speak with Health Writer roy lily , roy, do Health Writer roy lily, roy, do gps really have that bad a time of it . Of it . Well, i mean, i think the answer to that is yes and no. Its a complicated situation in the last ten years, 1 in 5 gp practices have closed , which practices have closed, which obviously is not good. And we get over 90 of our first contacts with the nhs for under 11 of the nhs budget. And 11 of the nhs budget. And thats fundamentally their argument. They theyre doing about 1. 4 million consultations about 1. 4 million consultations a day across primary care, which is a huge record, much higher than it was before covid. So they are under a lot of pressure. Its true. Theres been a kind of a foul up as well in the way that theyre theyre being funded. It to try and take some of the pressure off of gps. Some of the pressure off of gps. And for us to see other allied Health Professionals like physiotherapy , nutritionists and physiotherapy, nutritionists and pharmacists, pharmacists and things like that. The things like that. The government, made some ring fence money available where they could hire in other Health Professionals , but not gps. Now, professionals, but not gps. Now, what has happened is that a lot of the practices have been hit by huge inflation for their utilities, because we have to remember that gp practices are Small Businesses. Theyre not owned by the nhs. These are owned by the nhs. These are people who contract for services, so theyre running their businesses. Theyve been hit by inflation. A lot of them are at the margins. Hit by inflation. A lot of them are at the margins. And are working at the margins. And whilst this money is available are working at the margins. And wiget this money is available are working at the margins. And wiget othernoney is available are working at the margins. And wiget other alliedis available are working at the margins. And wiget other allied health able to get other allied Health Professionals working with them, the moneys not available. They cant use it to hire gps. So now cant use it to hire gps. So now weve got the curious situation where practices cant afford to hire gps, and weve got stories of gps working as uber drivers and not being able to get a job as a gp. And at the same time, theres money available for other Health Professionals. And the gps want this ring fence money to be changed so they can hire more gps. And theres no hire more gps. And theres no question about it. Theyre under an enormous amount of pressure an enormous amount 01 pressure as an enormous amount of pressure as a an enormous amount of pressure as a result of that. The bma, of course , which as you know, has course, which as you know, has had the Junior Doctors on strike, its had the consultants on strike. I mean, theres a kind of appetite in the bma for more strikes. The problem with that though , as said a that is, though, as i said a moment or ago, gp practices moment or two ago, gp practices are businesses, and so if are Small Businesses, and so if are Small Businesses, and so if a gp goes on strike, hes going on strike against himself. On strike against himself. Really. So whilst i, you know, i fully accept that, you know , fully accept that, you know, three quarters of gps have had it up to here and theyre saying, you know, were going to go on whether not go on strike. Whether or not they another issue. So they will is another issue. So they will is another issue. So the whole thing is just a desperately managed muddle. Roy, do we need to change the way in which we talk about the bma . Because so often they talk way in which we talk about the bi\themselves so often they talk way in which we talk about the bi\themselves as often they talk way in which we talk about the bi\themselves as sorten they talk way in which we talk about the bi\themselves as sort ofthey talk way in which we talk about the bi\themselves as sort of somealk of themselves as sort of some sort of medical group. But but theyre a trade union. Theyre, theyre a trade union. Theyre, theyre they are led by trade unionists. They have been very, unionists. They have been very, very political, rather than medical. It could be argued, talking about doing this strike dunng talking about doing this strike during a general election or evenin during a general election or even in august last year , when even in august last year, when the co chair of the Junior Doctors wing of the bma said in an interview that they wouldnt agree the same deal that stopped strikes in scotland. They wouldnt agree that in england because it would be agreeing with tories. This is a deeply political union. Yes, i agree, i mean, the bma used to be a kind of cosy Gentlemans Club really, and everything was done very discreetly. But theres been a big change in the leadership of the bma. Now the bma is run by much younger doctors. Its a small group that really in rather the same way that momentum took over the labour party. So this group of younger doctors have taken over key positions in the bma. They positions in the bma. They i think im right in saying now they they occupy the chairs of all of the regional groupings of the bma. They dominate the the bma. They dominate the council of the bma and theyre much more radical. I mean, you know, in my day, no one would ever have thought a doctor would have gone on strike. But now weve had endless strikes, weve had gps, weve had Junior Doctors going on strike for over a and no settlement is in. A year and no settlement is in. Strike is in sight. So theres no question about it. The whole tone and texture of the bma has changed. They are much more militant, much more aggressive. I mean , getting back to the gps i mean, getting back to the gps themselves, complaining about their conditions, their working conditions, i cant get my head around it. Im sorry. Most gps seem im sorry. The most gps seem to time and there is to work part time and there is statistics back that up. They statistics to back that up. They get paid considerable salaries. Get paid considerable salaries. If theyre working part time, they have time for family life. They have time to other they have time to take on other types jobs. I cant types of jobs. I cant understand why on earth any gp would even think about taking away their work and going on strike. Well, its not quite right there. There is now a predominance of female gps working in primary care and of course , you know, women are course, you know, women are principal carers with families and what have you. And a lot of them find it convenient to be able to work time and work able to work part time and work with families as well. With their families as well. Part gps is well over part time for gps is well over 30 hours a week. So its not just like popping in 1 or 2 days a week. And as far as the salary is concerned, they dont actually get paid a salary. Gps have drawings on the difference between the cost of running the practice and the income. And they, they have they have what they, they have they have what they call drawings. And theres no doubt about it. I mean , you no doubt about it. I mean, you know, there is i mean, i think the gps occupy a very important and privileged place in our society there. And i look i hark back really to the days when we had Family Practice where you knew who your doctor would be, and you could go and talk with them. You got a relationship. He knew who you were, probably who your all of that is your mum was, and all of that is very important, i think, in in family doctoring these days, you have trouble ringing up and getting an appointment, and youre very likely to get an appointment with a zumba class more than are likely to see more than you are likely to see a things have changed. I a gp. Things have changed. I mean, whole the whole mean, the whole the whole process changed and its process has changed and its become much more industrialised and weve lost the personal touch, i think, which is a shame i well, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on all of that. Lily, health of that. Roy lily, Health Writer i muster up that much sympathy. It is. I think it is hard when, when, when you know that the average wage in the country is around £30,000 a year and, and you see gps well into the six figures, you see consultants well beyond the six figures. And you just think , is there a sense you just think, is there a sense of proportion that can be brought in . Is this not one of the big problems that so of our problems that so many of our gps are going part time quite quickly, which means that its probably more expensive and it also is a cost on resources. I dont know, is that are you allowed to say that, that perhaps its not a good thing that everyones part time . But, anyway, know what you anyway, let us know what you make. Think gps have make. Do you think gps have caused to, go on strike . I mean, everyone is. But coming up, everyone else is. But coming up, is sir keir starmer embarking on a war against nimbyism . Apparently, he is the man to, build back britain better or whatever. He is a new slogan might be johnsons slogans. Now, this is, of course, levelling up. Not in my back yard ism. The the phenomenon of preventing new construction. Preventing new construction. When will labour take that on . Could labour get britain building . Well, well look to that after the break. But yes, much, much more to come. Do stay with us. Its 1244. Its 1244. Youre watching and listening to good afternoon, britain. Now, at the top of the show, we were asking your views on whether, well, whether views have well, whether your views have changed israel and the well, whether your views have charon d israel and the well, whether your views have charon gaza. Israel and the well, whether your views have charon gaza. Theisrael and the well, whether your views have charon gaza. The warel and the well, whether your views have charon gaza. The war inind the well, whether your views have charon gaza. The war in gaza ie well, whether your views have charon gaza. The war in gaza. War on gaza. The war in gaza. This, of course, in light of the deaths of three british aid workers by idf strikes , adam workers by idf strikes, adam says war is war. There will be mistakes. And thats a view that has been echoed in our inbox. Lots of people saying its a dangerous war zone. This will happen. Idf didnt happen. The idf didnt deliberately do this, others not taking generous view. Taking such a generous view. Yeah, im jeff has written in to say if we stop arming israel, surely we have to stop sales to ukraine or saudi arabia, or anyone wholl actually use the weapons of destruction. I weapons of destruction. I suppose there is a point there, emily, that this potentially emily, that this is potentially a domino effect. I mean, war is war is horrible. You sell arms war is horrible. You sell arms to someone, theyre going to use the arms. Well, quite. The arms. Well, quite. And, peter says israels fighting terrorism. And must fighting terrorism. And we must continue them. Hamas continue to support them. Hamas still hostages, which still have 150 hostages, which seems be forgotten. It is seems to be forgotten. It is a tragic accident. But israel must learn from the tragedy and carry on. Now, a lot of people who have been against israel for a long time since this broke out, essentially argued that essentially have argued that israel happy, have israel is trigger happy, have argued is not argued that the idf is not careful when it comes to the loss of civilian lives. And an loss of civilian lives. And an incident like this certainly does bolster that argument, whether you think thats fair or not. Yeah, i have a problem with this word the an accident, because it could be that sort of the targeting was an accident, perhaps, but it doesnt sound all that accidental. When one van was hit, people all got out of the van and went to the next van, which was then hit. And three in a row these vans were hit. Yeah, and that makes people think was deliberate one think it was deliberate in one way patrick the way or another. Patrick says the mistaken workers, mistaken killing of aid workers, so thinks it was so he clearly thinks it was a mistake, like friendly fire mistake, is like friendly fire incidents in other wars. Tragic, but cause for changing our but not a cause for changing our support of israel in defending its existence. But, you its very existence. But, you know, australia, poland and canada have all come out very strongly to condemn this. Of course, they had people as well who unfortunately have been killed. Yes, but perhaps we can wrap it up with just what kelly has said. And this really does bring it home. I think it sums up the whole situation. All gaza needs to do is release the hostages. If hamas released those hostages, this war would be over. Oven do you think it would be . Do you think it would be . I think theres a strong argument to say that the goal is to annihilate hamas. Its true. But i think that there would undoubtedly be a ceasefire, though the pressure from the United States and britain and everyone else would be insurmountable hostages everyone else would be insurreleased. E hostages everyone else would be insur released. Hostages were released. Well, keep your views coming in gb views at gb news. Com but were going to turn our attention to keir starmer attention to sir keir starmer because hes apparently embarking a war against embarking on a war against nimbyism , so although not in my nimbyism, so although not in my backyard, as hes going to be launching his war, the labour leader is targeting dozens of seats where people are significantly more pro development, more pro housing than the average. Yes, it marks one of the clearest divides, perhaps, in this debate at least in rhetoric terms, between the term s, between the conservatives, terms, between the conservatives, Prime Minister rishi sunak is facing criticism from his own backbenchers after scrapping those mandatory housebuilding targets and saying that no building should ever happen on the greenbelt. Sir happen on the greenbelt. Sir keir starmer, on the other hand, says that he would build on the green belt. Right. Well now is right. Well joining us now is Liam Halligan gb news, economics and Business Editor on the and Business Editor with on the money reporter. Liam, the words a war on nimbyism might sound like gobbledegook to a lot of people. What does it actually mean . What does it actually mean . Well, nimby is the phrase not in my back yard. Its sometimes in my back yard. Its sometimes paired with yimby. Yes, in my back yard , nimbys are people back yard, nimbys are people characterised sometimes unfairly, as unreasonably restricting development of housing close to their house, close to their backyard . If you like , and we do have if you like, and we do have an issue with so called nimbys in this country. We have a situation where often developers cant get planning permission to build homes, not least because of local pressure , because local of local pressure, because local people are worried theyll have to endure the hassle of House Building. There wont be enough building. There wont be enough new school places, doctors new school places, new doctors places , dentist places, and so places, dentist places, and so on. There has been a lot of on. So there has been a lot of pushback, to the idea of House Building in this country. We have got a big shortage of homes. Your generation in particular, tom and emily, have had a lot of trouble getting on the housing ladder compared to, say, mine. And its becoming a say, mine. And its becoming a major issue. And Major Political issue. And labour really wants to put what they would characterise as clear red water between themselves and the that theyre the tories, saying that theyre going to take on the nimbys, theyre going to back theyre going to push back against local aversion to housebuilding. The tories much, much more cautious when it comes to this subject. To this subject. Liam, is this just a reflection of where labour gets its votes and where the conservatives get their votes, lots of people in the shires, for example , who might vote for example, who might vote conservative, dont want an awful lot of developers , dont awful lot of developers, dont in general, of course, and perhaps labour more urban seats do. Thats right. Theyre certainly the sort of political characterisations. Id say the characterisations. Id say the economic geometry , the Political Economic geometry, the political geometry is starting to shift now. Yes. Its true, lots of people dont want housebuilding in their own backyards , but even in their own backyards, but even people from relatively wealthy families now, theyre seeing that their kids, their grandkids cant get on the housing ladder the same way that they did. And so labour is trying to tap into the idea. Theres a generational shift happening, particularly lots of younger people, but also their older parents and grandparents now worried that a whole generation of british people have been locked out of the housing market, often at crucial family forming ages. This is now affecting our fertility as a country. Just a few little factoids here. Labour are emphasising this part of their offer to the electorate. No real specifics yet, but its just mood music. Labour are just mood music. Labour are saying that housing is the top issue now in 25 of their 100 most winnable seats. So potentially, as the cost of living crisis eases, a little bit, housing will come back to the fore as if not the top issue, then certainly one of the top issues that impact voters. Top issues that impact voters. Labour saying it cant meet housing, need without using the green belt. So labour really is touching a third rail of british politics. Theyre saying it will build on the green belt. The green belt actually is 13 of the land mass of the uk. Its a huge area. Labour are saying that a dearth of housing is no good for growth, and this is true. Where is growth going to come from in the economy . Well, growth often comes from housebuilding and weve had slow housebuilding and weve had slow house the last House Building in the last decade or so, and indeed weve had slow growth. A of people had slow growth. A lot of people would say thats not a coincidence. The tories, for their part, they accuse labour in this time honoured phrases of tarmacking over the green belt. Tarmacking over the green belt. I would just add tom and emily as a point of fact , that the as a point of fact, that the green belt isnt actually getting smaller, its getting bigger and bigger. The green belt, by total size, by total acreage, is now more than twice the size of what it was back in the size of what it was back in the late 1970s, as local councils have added to it year in, year out. A lot of people will say that nimbyism is rational. A lot of people would say thats why put up with all the hassle of local housebuilding, when youre not going get more local going to get any more local infrastructure for what labour are trying to do. And its not anything that the tories havent talked about in the past as well, is to say with new housing comes infrastructure, comes comes new infrastructure, comes new schools, comes new hospitals, way to try and hospitals, in a way to try and tackle that nimbyism. But look, it may be that the cost of living clouds are clearing a little bit. We had a very low little bit. We had a very low inflation number yesterday, unofficial 1. 3. But as and when the cost of living crisis ease it, just remember you still got issues like immigration and indeed housing that are going to dominate this general election. Liam. Thats statistic is absolutely fascinating. I know youve charted the growth of the green belt in your book, but it is remarkable to think, is just remarkable to think, i dont think the average, even well informed voter would think that the green belt has actually been growing rather than shrinking. Tom, i would put serious money fact that less than money on the fact that less than 5 mp5 money on the fact that less than 5 mps in the of 5 of mps in the house of commons know that the commons would know that the green belt has actually grown considerably by about 150. Its more than doubled in size since the late 1970s. Its just not what you want. The political narrative that mps want to put out there. But it is true. And a lot of the green belt, by the way, is just worthless. Urban scrub of no aesthetic value whatsoever. And the green belt is completely separate from areas of outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks and all the rest of it, and some of it is indeed aesthetically valuable. But lots of it isnt. And a lot of people would say that the green belt is just a way of stopping, housing being built where people want to live. And a lot of people would say that thats fundamentally undemocratic and unfair. Well, we certainly need more houses. Thank you very much indeed for bringing us that. Liam halligan are a business and economics editor. Well, its certainly going to appeal to millennials and the gen z who are desperate to get on the housing ladder. Yeah any party who actually going who says were actually going to build, in build, whether they do in practice , we shall practice, we shall see. I think the big and i think one of the big problems though, is that problems here, though, is that the labour say they want the labour party say they want to say they to build. They say they want these new this project of these new towns, this project of new theyre not new towns, but theyre not telling towns will telling us where the towns will be. Its bit tricky, isnt it, be. Its a bit tricky, isnt it, unless tell where unless they tell us where the towns to be before the towns are going to be before the election, might up election, they might just run up into the same problem boris into the same problem that Boris Johnson to johnson faced. He tried to reform planning and it got defeated in parliament. Yes. Well, im sure of yes. Well, im sure lots of people getting people are getting in touch saying there just too saying there are just far too many wont need all many people we wont need all these if there werent these houses. If there werent so we would. These houses. If there werent so we we would. These houses. If there werent so we would we would. These houses. If there werent so we would still e would. These houses. If there werent so we would still needjld. These houses. If there werent so we would still need more we would still need more because big families are different are different and people are divorcing. Divorcing. People are living on their own. Weve got lots own. Yes, but weve got lots more were be more to come. Were going to be returning to main story of returning to our main story of the show. Of course, the deaths of aid workers in gaza. Of british aid workers in gaza. But were also going to be asking an interesting debate, an interesting question. Well be having debate. Having the debate. Should parents fined for taking parents be fined for taking their kids out of school just for a holiday . This seems to be happening more and more. Let us know what you think this is. Good britain. Good afternoon britain. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. There will be some quite update. There will be some quite persistent rain, particularly across north east through across the north east through the rest of the day, but further south will turn drier. South it will turn much drier. However, further will however, further rain will arrive into the southwest this evening. Result of evening. Thats as a result of this approaching weather front. But now, weve got this but for now, weve got this lingering weather front that will heavy rain lingering weather front that wi parts heavy rain lingering weather front that wi parts of heavy rain lingering weather front that wi parts of southern heavy rain lingering weather front that wi parts of southern scotland n lingering weather front that wi parts of southern scotland , to parts of southern scotland, northeast england in particular, but eastern but also many areas of eastern scotland. Its also quite a cold wind here. Further south it will turn much drier. It will stay largely cloudy, but i think across the south coast thats where theres the best chance of seeing sunny breaks this seeing any sunny breaks this afternoon. Feel bad afternoon. It wont feel too bad in sheltered sunshine. Highs in any sheltered sunshine. Highs of across of 16 degrees across the southeast this afternoon through this evening. It should stay dry for central areas , but another for central areas, but another batch of rain will arrive into the southwest later and that the southwest later on and that will push northeastwards throughout the night, bringing many quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp and quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp and then quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp and then a quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp and then a second a damp night. And then a second band of rain arrives into the southwest. Through the early hours. One could turn quite hours. This one could turn quite heavy bring quite heavy and will bring some quite persistent, lived persistent, long lived heavy rain, could some rain, so that could bring some tncky rain, so that could bring some tricky travelling conditions. 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Theres three brits are killed in an israeli airstrike on their aid. Convoy calls are mounting for britain to suspend arms sales to israel. Could the deaths of john chapman , james deaths of john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby prove to be a watershed moment in this war . Well speak to a spokesperson of the Israeli Government this hour. Government this hour. And should parents be fined for taking their kids out of school just to take them on holiday . Thats our debate this houn holiday . Thats our debate this hour. Well hear rather passionate arguments on both sides of that one, and a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining British Values after claiming islam will take over and westernised girls are lunatics. How could such a man be allowed to teach for quite so. Long . Well, should we find kids . Should schools find kids . Well, should schools find kids . Well, parents for taking their children out just to go on houday children out just to go on holiday money. Do you know what . I feel quite strongly that it is a thing to do. Now, a selfish thing to do. Now, i know the state does not own your children. And can be children. And you can should be allowed do anything you like allowed to do anything you like with within with your children within reason. Does seem me reason. But it does seem to me awfully for the other awfully selfish for the other children in the class, for the teachers who then have to catch them up. And yes, lots of parents say, oh, but they learn so much more on our trip to, you know, for a safari. Or they learn going to learn so much more going to tenerife week. But do tenerife for the week. But do they they really . Not. They do they really . Not. Certainly not on the curriculum. Im a big believer in extra curricular work and learning things that arent necessarily sort of stipulated by the states, but but it does seem that theyre sort of cheating the system by taking kids out of school. And thats not good for sort of social connections, for friends, for sort of a, of sort of being part of a, of a class group. Really sure. Oh, im not really sure. Oh, holidays are so much cheaper dunng holidays are so much cheaper during is really is during termtime is really is really an adequate justification. Is it really . Oh, its so expensive to go on holiday dunng expensive to go on holiday during the holidays. Well, during the holidays. Well, thats just how it is, isnt it, if you have children. Yeah. I suppose theres a, and i suppose theres a, theres, theres a reason why everyone holiday Everyone Needs to take a holiday at the same thats, thats at the same time. Thats, thats an suppose. An advantage i suppose. Think. Gb views what do you think. Gb views at com do you think at gb news. Com do you think actually parents work hard. They may able afford may not be able to afford a houday may not be able to afford a holiday during the School Holidays because we know how expensive gets , not least expensive it gets, not least with and everything with flights and everything else, whatnot. So else, hotels and whatnot. So perhaps its justified. Perhaps parents should be able to do whatever like and certainly whatever they like and certainly should not be fine. The case that parents is it the case that parents who take their children away dunng who take their children away during , school time rather than during, school time rather than School Holiday are going on the cheapest holiday they could possibly find . Or is it actually they go on a slightly fancier houday they go on a slightly fancier holiday afford holiday than they could afford if went during holiday time. You might be right on that one. Let us know what you think. Should fined for should parents be fined for taking out on taking their children out on tour your headlines now. Tour time is your headlines now. A very good afternoon to you. 1 03. The headlines this lunchtime, the family of british aid worker john chapman, who was killed by an israeli airstrike in gaza, say he will be forever a hero and that he died trying to help people. Mr chapman, to help people. Mr chapman, along with James Henderson and james kirby, were delivering vital Food Supplies in the region when their convoy was hit. They were part of a group of seven aid workers from the world central kitchen, the charity says they had coordinated their movements with israels military before setting off in two armoured cars marked with the ngos logo. Well, foreign secretary lord David Cameron says more still needs to be done to make sure aid workers are kept safe. I welcome what the Israeli Foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. I also welcome the fact that he spoke about much more aid getting gaza , up to 500 getting into gaza, up to 500 trucks a day. That is essential. We have been promised these things before, and this really needs happen. Needs to happen. There are growing International Calls to hold israel to account for those deaths of the aid workers. The leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the government should suspend the supply of arms. Supply of arms. It does look like israel has broken humanitarian law , and we broken humanitarian law, and we really shouldnt be exporting arms to any country that breaks International Humanitarian law. International humanitarian law. And liberal democrats have been calling for a long time for immediate bilateral ceasefire. Immediate bilateral ceasefire. The not listened the israelis have not listened to International Pressure on that. And so i think by ending british arms exports to israel, it would send a very, very powerful signal. Powerful signal. In other news, a third of people have tried who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month, say that theyve struggled to to theyve struggled to speak to someone. New survey someone. A major new survey found more 31 found it found more than 31 found it either very either difficult or very difficult to contact a gp practice. The figures were roughly the same across people with disabilities or on low incomes, with the north west of england reporting the worst results and among those who did eventually manage to book an appointment , 20 say they appointment, 20 say they had a poor experience. Network rail is poor experience. Network rail is to invest £2. 8 billion in protecting railways from extreme weather, following several high profile faults and delays. The Government Owned Company says the funds will be used to recruit nearly 400 extra drainage engineers and to train hundreds of operational staff so they can better interpret weather forecasts. Its after several cases of delays and faults, including thousands of passengers who were stuck for hours on trains near paddington station december without station in december without power due to a fault with overhead wires. Nine people are overhead wires. Nine people are now known to have died and more than 800 injured after an earthquake in taiwan. It was the earthquake in taiwan. It was the biggest quake there in 25 years. If youre watching on television, this was the moment that the that the hit that the that the quake hit the east. Coast. Well, those tremors east. Coast. Well, those tremors were recorded as high as 7. 7 in magnitude at around 8 00 this morning, local time. As many people were heading to work and to school, Emergency Services in taiwan are now trying to rescue as many survivors as they can. We understand more than 100 are trapped in tunnels , under trapped in tunnels, under buildings, or stuck under landslides. A teacher who landslides. A teacher who described girls from western backgrounds as lunatics has been banned from teaching indefinitely , an investigation indefinitely, an investigation found. Akib khan, who is from birmingham , told students that birmingham, told students that those who support feminism would be said, replaced by muslims. Be he said, replaced by muslims. Its understood he also sent topless pictures of himself to messaging groups that included some students. The Teaching Regulation Agency says mr khan engagedin Regulation Agency says mr khan engaged in serious misconduct and undermined what have been described as fundamental British Values. Royal mail is pushing values. Royal mail is pushing the postal regulator to speed up reforms, including cutting back on second class deliveries to just three days a week. The Postal Service says urgent reforms are needed to cut the costs following a major drop in demand falling from some 20 billion letters a year to 7 billion. The plan, set to save £300 million, would also lead to a possible 1000 job losses. The liberal democrats are among many whove criticised those proposals, and theyre warning it would create a postage cost crisis for consumers. It would create a postage cost crisis for consumers. Excuse me. Crisis for consumers. Excuse me. And the king will open Balmoral Castle to the public this summer, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal castle. Its the first time the pubuc castle. Its the first time the public has been allowed inside the original castle since it was purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1852. Those guided tours will offer a peek inside the ballroom and a look at the kings collection of watercolours , and even some watercolours, and even some outfits worn by the royals. Tickets come at a price just £100, and theyre likely to sell fast, with just 40 available each day. For the latest each day. For the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. Com alerts. Com alerts. Good afternoon britain. Its 1 08 and three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike. Sukh us James Henderson, 33. John chapman , 57, who both john chapman, 57, who both served in the Royal Marines, were named alongside james kirby, a former Army Rifleman and sniper marksman. Now, these tragic developments have been condemned internationally. Here, rishi sunak has said the deaths appalled him. Foreign secretary lord cameron said that hell be watching very closely to make sure a transparent inquiry happens very quickly. But lets get the latest with our home and security editor, mark white. Mark, what precisely happened here . Well, to according israel, it was an unintended strike, a mistake that theyve put their hands up to. And they say that they are carrying out a rapid. Excuse me . A rapid and transparent investigation to determine exactly what led to these mistakes being made. But three of the convoys vehicles struck by missiles on monday evening , after those aid workers evening, after those aid workers had just picked up a shipment of about 100 tonnes of aid that had been transferred from cyprus and were heading back to their main base of operations , earns from base of operations, earns from that warehouse. Now, what happensin that warehouse. Now, what happens in all of these journeys that they undertake in a war zone is they liaise with the idf , the Israeli Military, to tell them exactly where theyre going, what time theyre going, what route theyre taking , the what route theyre taking, the vehicles involved, etc. That the charity said was done, but still this terrible mistake , happened this terrible mistake, happened and that will need to be got to the bottom of. And we heard from the bottom of. And we heard from the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron today who welcomed, this , what he says would be a transparent and he hopes a very, very quick inquiry. He also welcomed assurances from the Israeli Government that more aid would go into gaza. He was told that the Israeli Government was aiming to put 500 trucks a day into gaza. But lord cameron warned that, you know, weve heard those promises from israel before and they have yet to be realised. Mark, should we trust the idf, the Israeli Defence force, to investigate itself . Well, its a good question. There will be many out there who absolutely do not trust the Israeli Military to carry out a full and transparent investigation into this. They point to other incidents where aid workers have been killed in recent months and say that there has been no apparent inquiry that has been of any consequence , with regard to those incidents. However however, the British Government, a key ally , British Government, a key ally, the us, a key ally, australia also allies and others who have also allies and others who have a vested interest in this will be pushing, the Israeli Government to ensure that this inquiry is both quick and fully transparent. And as i say, in tandem with that, they are really ramping up the pressure now on the Israeli Government to start being serious about providing proper security procedures for those aid workers who are in gaza. It is current, the most dangerous place on earth for aid agencies to operate in. 200 plus aid workers have been killed since this war began. Mark white, thank you for bringing us those details. Now whats the Israeli Government doing to ensure aid workers are safe Going Forward . Joining us now from tel aviv is Israeli Government spokesperson david mensore. And david. These cars mensore. And david. These cars were from the World Centre Kitchen, an organisation that has helped israelis in the aftermath of the terrible attacks of october. Indeed this is an organisation that the Israeli Government has praised and that logged this journey with israel as well. And still it was struck. It was struck. Yes, that is correct, it is an absolute tragedy. Weve had, apologies , this weve had, apologies, this morning already from the, chief of staff, halevy. But together with that, weve had expressions of expressions of grief and apologies from our president , our Prime Minister, and other members of the government. This is a tragedy. It was , a case of mistaken it was, a case of mistaken identity , the initial report, identity, the initial report, which, chief of staff halevy released this morning said that this was a terrible mistake. You are absolutely right that w sukh are absolutely right that w sukh are absolutely right that w sukh are a very important partner. You know, these guys are some of the Unsung Heroes in this conflict. Not just here, but around the world, because they do such important going to do such important work going to going to important places. Look, i want to make a couple of very important points, if i may. Firstly, many hundreds of firstly, many, many hundreds of these deliveries are made all these deliveries are made all the time. So this is an unfortunate case, i would say. And the idf has already said that were reviewing our strategy, but also to say, you know, the reason. Let me just share with you the dilemma which israel has right now. Were trying to as much aid into trying to get as much aid into gaza as we possibly can, but we also know that hamas themselves are stealing the aid, are looting the aid are, you know, are selling it onto the black market for vastly improved , market for vastly improved, vastly increased prices. So and the other thing i want to share with you is that, you know, theres one thing you can be sure of and thats that no one in is hungry. So this is in hamas is hungry. So this is a terrible occurrence. Were making sure that making changes to make sure that it happen again. We it doesnt happen again. We grieve these families grieve with these families as well. , these are the well. You know, these are the Unsung Heroes. These are the good guys in this conflict. Theyre trying to the theyre trying to help the people that the aid the people that need the aid the most. Most important most. But the most important thing must be allowed thing is israel must be allowed to job finish to finish the job to finish hamas so we can return to peace in the region. David, route that these in the region. Workers route that these in the region. Workers were ute that these in the region. Workers were on that these in the region. Workers were on that approved aid workers were on was approved by Israeli Defence forces. By the Israeli Defence forces. Can we trust the idf who have apologised . They say its a grave mistake. Can we trust them to investigate themselves . And what happened here in a transparent way . Because looking from the descriptions that we have, it seems almost deliberate i i i mean, thatsjust, i mean, thats just, you know, a slur to say that its deliberate. Weve got no interest, in, in, in, in, in that happening. You know, first things first, we all remember here in israel that we were one of the first organisations on the ground that supported israelis , the israelis israelis, the israelis themselves, when we had that heinous on october the heinous attack on october the 7th, when Hamas Terrorists burst through our borders, with a rampage of hatred and beheading and murder and rape, w. K. Themselves helped us. So none of us thats not lost on anyone , us thats not lost on anyone, which makes the situation all the more tragic. The chief of staff has already said that changes will be made. Hes changes will be made. Hes already released his preliminary results. Were not saying that this was anyone else. Unfortunately, this is a tragic case of mistaken identity. Its hard to think of an army in the world that has more technology , erg that has technology, erg that has a greater precision strike capability, that has more information, frankly , than the information, frankly, than the israeli army. Israel is a tech superpower and has proven time and time again of its advancement in this area. Why then three trucks marked as World Centre Kitchen trucks not struck at the same time , but struck at the same time, but struck at the same time, but struck sequentially one after the other after the other . Are you seriously trying to say that the strike here went awry , that the strike here went awry, that the strike here went awry, that the idf didnt know, couldnt see what the van said . See what the van said . Look, first things first. This is a war zone, i dont know if you understand that there is a terrible war going on in gaza. Its not a war that we started a war that we wanted, but it is a war that we wanted, but it is a war that we will we will pursue to the end. This is a war zone. Mistakes happen in war. That is not a justification. That is a fact. Oh, have we lost david there . Thats a thats a shame. But thats a fantastic point that you make there from the description of events that we have, it seems carelessness at best, deliberately at worst. Yeah. I find it very hard to understand why the, this this could be a mistake. I mean, it could be a mistake. I mean, it could possibly be a rogue individual within the idea that that would make sense. But these were three not. It wasnt one explosion. This was. This was an attack. And then a bit of time, attack. And then a bit of time, and then the next car, attack. And then a bit of time, and then the next can an attack and then the next can an attack and then the next can an attack and the next car, and then the next can an attack and the next can an attack on and the next can an attack on an approved route. I mean, emily, i suppose israel has to pubush emily, i suppose israel has to publish every element of this investigation. Yes absolutely. And the idf has come out strongly to say we will have a full, thorough, transparent investigation. But will the International Community trust the findings after this thats happened , of course, lots of happened, of course, lots of people getting in touch to say that israel still needs our support in their battle against hamas , against a terrorist hamas, against a terrorist organisation that carried out some of the worst atrocities against their nation not that long ago, only on october the 7th, six months. Looking at this , you do have so many people now coming out prominent people who havent gone this far previously now coming out to say we should pause arms sales to israel. Is that fair . Is that fair . I suppose the big question, though, is if it isnt israel doing the investigation here, who is it . We know that there are elements within the un that have been sympathetic, or indeed that have been hamas themselves. That have been hamas themselves. I dont think anyone would trust the un doing this investigation. The un doing this investigation. Could it be a neutral third Party Country . But what country is neutral . What country is neutral on this conflict . I doubt is. This conflict . I doubt there is. Are any countries that are are there any countries that are completely this completely neutral on this conflict . Tom . Conflict . Tom . I know, but id like to i dont know, but id like to think know, i mean, we think that, you know, i mean, we could be if anyones been abstaining a lot in the un. Its been the moment. But. Oh been us at the moment. But. Oh my it seem my goodness, it it does seem like its a a very hard like its a its a very hard circle to square at a time of war. And of course, its true what david says there, that this is a war zone and it is highly likely that civilians will die. But as you said, they are known for their precision. They are known for the intelligence that they have and their high spec technology. Zigi, lets say, are technology. Zigi, lets say, are they being far too trigger happy . Yeah. If this was a convoy , i hate if this was a convoy, i hate to say it. They clearly thought there was someone from hamas in there. Was someone from hamas in there. Or at least thats the explanation. If this was a if this was a un convoy that hadnt been pre registered israelis pre registered with the israelis , i could understand them believing that that be believing that that could be sort of a cover for hamas, that there might be someone from hamas in one of those vans, because its been proven that hamas worked hamas have worked within elements but the elements of the un. But the reason that the Israeli Government works with World Centre Kitchen is because they precisely have nothing to do with theyve gone out and with hamas. Theyve gone out and saved israelis. They are completely as david mensah completely as, as david mensah was saying, the good guy. Yeah, they trusted them. They trusted them. And the three british men who have died have been killed as a result of this , been killed as a result of this, being described as heroes, truly sad, truly tragic. A man as sad, truly tragic. A man as well. One of them reportedly was about to leave gaza the next day. So devastating. Absolutely day. So devastating. Absolutely devastating. Seeing those faces up there , yeah, not much else to up there, yeah, not much else to say really on that, but keep your views coming in. Vaiews gbnews. Com. What do you make of the what the Government Spokesperson for israel had to say . Well, dont go anywhere because up next were hosting one debates this hour. One of our debates this hour. Change parents be fined change should parents be fined for taking kids of for taking their kids out of school for a holiday . We know lots of you have thoughts on that. Get them in gb views at gbnews. Com. Debate up. Next. Good afternoon. Britain. Now we speak to you. Of course, in the speak to you. Of course, in the middle of the easter holidays and last month , the government and last month, the government increased the fine for missing school from £60 to £80 for longer than a five day absence. With the threat of prosecution , with the threat of prosecution, even if it isnt paid in part of their new attendance drive to stop children from missing school, an attendance drive. School, an attendance drive. Well, one mother decided to take her children out of school for a ten week trip to asia. Wow. Chance would be a nice thing. A and believes that while their adventure trip wont help with the curriculum , it will with the curriculum, it will definitely have boosted their life. Education an yes, i find that holidays boost my life. Education in a ten week trip to asia sounds rather nice. Doesnt it . Thats not about just getting a slightly cheaper flight, is it . I mean, they may as well pulling them out school. Pulling them out of school. They as well have, you they may as well have, you know, just know, go the whole hog and just home point home school them at that point ten parents be ten weeks. So should parents be fined kids out of fined for taking kids out of School Holiday, it school for a holiday, or is it their right parents . Their right as parents . Joining to well, joining us now to debate maths teacher debate this is maths teacher bobby seagull who does think people should be fined for taking their kids of school. Taking their kids out of school. And presenter martin and gb news presenter Martin Daubney, whos all for taking his children out of school for a holiday. Excellent. Okay martin, i think i think youve got the tougher challenge here, so well let you go first. Why on earth is it right to pull your kids out of school . Out of school . Well, ive done it, i took my kids out for a week last summer. Quite simply, the holiday was half the price. I think we should be finding the holiday companies. Parents are just companies. Parents are just getting fleeced left, right and centre were seen as fair game and they rack the prices up. Its not fair. And also teachers, they take endless days off through strikes. Where are the teachers during covid, when i was having to take days off, i think we lost the bond. At that point, i filled out the forms, which, was more which, by the way, was more complicated applying for complicated than applying for a passport enjoyable passport and about as enjoyable as. I filled out the as root canal. I filled out the form i put it in. They didnt even bother to reply me. So i played the game. I played the system, didnt get a response. And i think all things considered, my has an considered, my child has an exemplary attendance record throughout of year throughout the rest of the year and think for one week a year, and i think for one week a year, this is me. This is my time. Ill do again. Ill do it again. Couldnt you have ill do it again. Gone couldnt you have ill do it again. Gone on ouldnt you have ill do it again. Gone on ou shoddier have ill do it again. Gone on ou shoddier holiday ill do it again. Ofyne on ou shoddier holiday ill do it again. Of time. Ou shoddier holiday ill do it again. Of time. Time ddier holiday out of time. Time well, i just like a bargain. Im tired. Im a northerner. And its more to. More to the point. More to the point. I resent the fact the prices. At the precise fact the prices. At the precise moment everyone breaks up, they spiral through the roof. Parents spiral through the roof. Parents are tired of it. Theyre very, very familiar with it. And i think if it means breaking the rules every now and then, so be it. Caps on holidays a some might call supply and demand, but call it supply and demand, but bobby youre bobby seagull what . Youre a teacher. Why why should parents not do this. Yeah. So usually martin and i actually sing from the same hymn sheet. But this is for once. Im going to have to disagree with him here, i think that the big picture for most pupils, the picture is, for most pupils, the best to be during tum time best place to be during tum time is in school, surrounded the is in school, surrounded by the support of their friends and teachers. And its just teachers. And its not just about learning, but their overall well being. Why the Development Mental health, development and mental health, and i understand martins points about strikes and, you know, teachers took strikes. But again, were not just taking strikes ourselves. Strikes for ourselves. Obviously, the obviously, thats part of the reason. But its because teachers that strikes teachers believe that strikes mean future of mean that the future of education by education is protected by ensuring the right pay and conditions. So there are good teachers. So young is it bobby . About its about pay. Its about its about pay. Its about its about pay. No, but but again, if you look at ultimately why are people leaving the profession if we want the best education sector, we need to make sure teachers are paid again, not lamborghinis. And stuff, but paid appropriately and fairly. Actually, about actually, on the point about martin, you know, taking that one i kind of one week off and i kind of i sympathise. Friends who sympathise. I have friends who are, teachers and are, parents and teachers and they if i could they think, oh gosh, if i could take a week earlier, i take them a week earlier, i could good prices. But what take them a week earlier, i cwill good prices. But what take them a week earlier, i cwill say good prices. But what take them a week earlier, i cwill say is od prices. But what take them a week earlier, i cwill say is schoolses. But what take them a week earlier, i cwill say is schools areyut what take them a week earlier, i cwill say is schools are notvhat i will say is schools are not like woolworths. Its not a pick mix. Cant pick and pick and mix. You cant pick and choose when want to be in choose when you want to be in school. Want to take your school. If you want to take your children out of school, fine. Be at dont be in at home school. Dont be in a school curriculum. Think school curriculum. But i think that being school, if youre that being in school, if youre taking kids out. Martin, im sorry, disruptive for sorry, but its disruptive for other , disruptive for other students, disruptive for teachers. I think teachers. So i think unfortunately, has to unfortunately, there has to be a line saying, line drawn. And im saying, yeah, kids of yeah, you take kids out of school time, youre gonna school in tum time, youre gonna have that slap on the have to get that slap on the fine. e fine. Bob , bobby, its e bob , bobby, its but bob, bobby, its all fair and teachers and well for teachers to lecturers holidays. You lecturers about holidays. You get of the year off. The get a third of the year off. The only people get more time only people who get more time off santa. Whereas off than you is santa. Whereas the rest of us, meanwhile, only get a few weeks off a year and we get absolutely on the we get absolutely fleeced on the pnces we get absolutely fleeced on the prices of supply and prices because of supply and demand. Go on holiday demand. You can go on holiday any those three months. Any time of those three months. You say that you get off. And i say that because my is a teacher, because my missus is a teacher, always feel guilty always making me feel guilty because work during always making me feel guilty becatime, work during always making me feel guilty becatime, like work during always making me feel guilty becatime, like now ork during always making me feel guilty becatime, like now. Yrk during always making me feel guilty becatime, like now. So during always making me feel guilty becatime, like now. So ijring always making me feel guilty becatime, like now. So i think half time, like now. So i think teachers, lecturers on when the rest allowed to take rest of us are allowed to take holidays, just doesnt holidays, it just doesnt resonate holidays, it just doesnt res martin, what if everyone did it . Everyone did it . It it . What if everyone did it . It would absolute chaos. Would be absolute chaos. Well, the teachers could have even more time off, couldnt they . Im sure theyd be crying into their tea over that one. Well, lets throw that to bobby. I mean, it is true. Things are very expensive when everyone goes off school. Everyone goes off school. Understandably, people need to. Companies need to ration holidays somehow, and they do it by price. By price. Yes. So i say, like if youre thinking about solutions , this thinking about solutions, this it is that potentially all schools dont need to take their leave of their christmas or their easter or summer at the same maybe staggered like same time, maybe staggered like some schools start christmas a week some a later , week earlier, some a week later, easter a earlier, a week easter a week earlier, a week later. Are other later. So there are other workarounds. If every single workarounds. It if every Single School starts ends the School Starts and ends at the same were to same time, yes, were going to get issue everyones get the issue where everyones rushing at the same rushing for the door at the same time. But i still think time. But i still think ultimately, educator, ultimately, as an educator, we need children to be in school at the same time because again, ive had students, you know, parents whove taken children out faced a fine. Out and theyve faced a fine. But what that means is if children missing, lets children are missing, lets say were pythagoras were teaching pythagoras theorem, that child misses a theorem, and that child misses a week children. Then week or 2 or 3 children. Then the week, theyre all the next week, when theyre all back, reteach back, i have to reteach pythagoras reteach it. Pythagoras to reteach it. Martin, may i just ask martin, the last question. Martin, just the last question. Are you teaching your children to that special to think that theyre special and that dont apply . And that the rules dont apply . No, because, i think actually theres a serious point here, and that is, repeated absence ism from many, many kids is rife in schools. It tends to be the same kids and the parents dont respond to being told off. Like bobbyi respond to being told off. Like bobby i know will vouch for this. There is a serious problem with with missing and with with kids missing lots and lots tend to be lots of days. They tend to be under retainers, who under retainers, parents who dont that isnt being dont care, and that isnt being clamped down on those parents probably couldnt or wouldnt clamped down on those parents protaoly couldnt or wouldnt clamped down on those parents prota fine ouldnt or wouldnt clamped down on those parents prota fine if ldnt or wouldnt clamped down on those parents prota fine if they or wouldnt clamped down on those parents prota fine if they wereyuldnt pay a fine if they were approached. So there is a serious with absenteeism , serious issue with absenteeism, but casual absenteeism. The likes i think, is a good likes of me, i think, is a good thing because were thinking, thinking, were thinking with our feet. Martin. Martin. At least hes not a hypocrite. At least hes not hippy. We started with martin, so lets finish with bobby. Bobby, a final word to you in this debate. A final word to you in this detyeah. So i would say that yeah. So i would say that fines for parents are to be fines for parents are not to be taken lightly. They taken lightly. They are a measure last resort. Measure of last resort. Ultimately, the ultimately, people join the teaching profession because we want people to be want our young people to be educated and prepared for the future world. If their parents are taking choices to take kids out of school, it makes it much more challenging for us to do ourwell, there you great well, there you go. Great stuff. Was proper head to stuff. That was a proper head to head, it . That was proper head, wasnt it . That was proper debate. Stuff. Martin debate. Good stuff. Martin daubney enjoy daubney and bobby seagull, enjoy those oh goodness me. You know a oh goodness me. You know what . I was completely on bobbys side until he said , oh bobbys side until he said, oh no, its fine for teachers to strike. And then that got you didnt it . Suddenly i was like, oh, maybe. Theres moral maybe. Maybe theres more moral equivalence but actually, equivalence here. But actually, no, with my no, i do think im with my original position. Dont dont original position. Dont dont take your kids out of school. Know its divided you know what . Its divided the. Its divided the the inbox. Its divided the inbox. To to inbox. Were going to get to some views very some of your views a very shortly. But also got shortly. But weve also got a royal investigation into royal mail investigation into stamp fraud, counterfeit stamps. Thats after a gb news report found that some people had been charged £5 for their post. Were going to get to the bottom of all this. Very good afternoon to you. The headlines just after half past one, the foreign secretary is calling on israel to reduce the risk of airstrikes hitting innocent victims like the attack , which killed three british aid workers in gaza. Lord cameron says their deaths are dreadful. 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Rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, and heres a look at the markets this afternoon. The pound will buy you 1. 2581 and ,1. 1663. The price of gold is £1,806. 7o per ounce, and the ftse 100 is currently at 7911 points. Rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial i right. Well, its 138. Youre watching and listening to good afternoon, britain. Now, the royal mail is investigating issues with new barcoded stamps. And this is all because of a gb news report that found some recipients have been charged £5 for their post. Well, this comes after gb news found several cases of counterfeit. All over the country, which has been purchased from reputable sources. So fake stamps that have been purchased from seemingly , kosher, salespeople seemingly, kosher, salespeople and then when your recipient receives said post, theyre bunged with a £5 charges. You can see with that yellow label, it seems. Well, a, label, it seems. Well, a, a spokesperson for the. Oh, no, lets go to our Digital Finance editor , Jessica Sheldon, who has editor, Jessica Sheldon, who has the story for us now. Jessica youve been doing some digging into this. Tell us what is going on here exactly. Hi there. We have spoken to people all over the country who have been experiencing this issue. Theyve been buying stamps from reputable places, including the post office and small post office stores, and the letter hasnt got that rather come through the door saying that it has to pay £5 to get their letter. So pair them with what . And you, you look. Oh, sorry about that. Jessicas line is a little bit, jittery. Yes. Jittery. Yes. Well come back to jessica, fix this microphone issue , but fix this microphone issue, but of course, this is a significant, significant issue because, when you expect to send a piece of post, you expect it to be legitimate , especially if to be legitimate, especially if youre buying these stamps in a legitimate shop. So its not just individuals whove been swindled here, its actually shop owners. Yeah. The shop owners whove been swindled. And if you were, i mean , if and if you were, i mean, if you sent a nice little birthday card to me in the post, birthdays in july, if you sent it in the post and then they couldnt receive it unless they paid £5. I mean, youd be pretty irritated, wouldnt you . Irritated, wouldnt you . Scary letter to receive saying pay £5 in order to. I mean, what happens if you dont pay mean, what happens if you dont pay that . I mean, and also people will obviously be feeling is this legitimate . Yeah. Has someone just slapped this on . Am i being defrauded myself or is this actually an issue with the post office . I mean , there is post office . I mean, there is so, so many Big Questions there, but this is a gb news exclusive that jessica brought us after, you know, some people realised that they were being sold these counterfeit stamps and, not everything was as it seems. No. No. And you expect systems like this in the United Kingdom to work. But i believe weve got jessicas microphone working now, Digital Finance editor at gb news. Of course. Jessica sorry for interrupting you there. Should we just go to who . Precisely is it thats being affected by this situation . Yeah so people all across the uk have wrote in and told us about this problem, so its obviously concerning because people are having to go out to the Delivery Office and pay £5, or you can pay office and pay £5, or you can pay online, but thats not for everyone. And weve also heard from Small Business owners who have sent out parcels and letters to their customers. And then they found that the customers had to pay £5 for the parcel or letter, a small letter, which obviously is really concerning for their reputation , and so tell, tell reputation, and so tell, tell us, how did you find out . Did you have individuals come to you and say you need to look into this . Jessica. Yeah, absolutely. We had, a yeah, absolutely. We had, a lot of people write in to our gb news money team, which can be contacted at money at gb news. Uk and we start to see a pattern. So we decided to investigate. Investigate. Now, thats thats a really, really important piece of work that youve been doing here because clearly its affecting people across the country people right across the country and something that, we wouldnt really be able to collate and understand unless we had your journalism here. But, frankly, whats the impact of your journalism here . Whats whats happening after these stories that weve published on gb news . Com well, i think its really important that royal mail investigate happened investigate whats happened and explain whats happened, because, you know, theres going to be a lot of about to be a lot of concern about sending if had to sending post if youve had to pay sending post if youve had to pay loved ones had pay pay or a loved ones had to pay £5 for something which you thought with a genuine thought was sent with a genuine stamp, i also think its quite concerning for people who are selling these stamps at post offices. You know, subpostmasters are being accused of selling counterfeit stamps. So we really need to find out whats going on because thats really unfair. If there is an issue elsewhere. Issue elsewhere. Well, thats very true. Lots of little shops on high street sell post stamps and they could get into trouble, not least from the who have bought them. The people who have bought them. There accused trying there could be accused of trying to thank very to swindle them. Thank you very much, bringing us much, jessica, for bringing us that exclusive, Digital Finance edhon that exclusive, Digital Finance editor, there. Editor, Jessica Sheldon there. Now, we do have a response from a from the royal mail. A spokesman from the royal mail. Said royal mail takes the he said royal mail takes the illegal production of counterfeit stamps seriously. Since introduction since the introduction of barcoded stamps, weve been able to significantly reduce stamp fraud through added security features. Yes. They go on to say were working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation. Well there you go. Well, if youve had similar problems with please do problems with stamps, please do get touch. Us at money get in touch. Email us at money at. Uk uk. Thats money at gb news. Uk uk. Thats money at gb news. Uk uk. Thats money at gb news. Uk. Were very keen to hear from you. I bought some stamps the other day. Now im i bought some stamps the other day. Now im a bit worried. Hopefully theyre not counterfeit. Do know what this is . Do you know what this is . Actually, because stamps never used barcode is how used to have the barcode is how many stamps were we previously using decades and decades using for decades and decades that were all counterfeit, perhaps fake ones . I mean, we might have unwittingly been used non barcoded fake stamps for a long, long time. And now now its got the barcodes. Suddenly people are being tripped up. Well, yeah. Know at home youve let us know at home if youve been this. Clearly been affected by this. Clearly its thats on its something thats going on across royal across the country. The royal mail forced to mail has been forced to investigate this, coming investigate this, but, coming up, to be discussing up, were going to be discussing a potential return to the uk next month from none other than the duchess of sussex. Wow yeah. Well, would you welcome her back with open arms that coming up after . Good 7 good afternoon. Britain its just coming up to 10 to 2. And i have to say , a lot of you have have to say, a lot of you have been getting in touch about the debates that we had. Should you pull of school pull your kids out of school to get cheaper holiday and should get a cheaper holiday and should those that do be fined . Get a cheaper holiday and should tho should do be fined . Get a cheaper holiday and should tho should theye fined . Get a cheaper holiday and should tho should they be fed . Get a cheaper holiday and should tho should they be fined . Well, should they be fined . Well, susan hi. Think you susan says hi. I do think you should to take an should be able to take an additional week holiday additional two week holiday break time two break out of time. Time two weeks. Are important break out of time. Time two weekfamily are important break out of time. Time two weekfamily and are important break out of time. Time two weekfamily and educational. It break out of time. Time two weekfamily and educational. The with family and educational. The educational system just needs to change the holiday times. Yes, i guess if everyone had different, slightly different holidays it might work. But then how would that around christmas and that work around christmas and easter . Mean it just wouldnt, easter . I mean it just wouldnt, would you need certain times and you do need certain times of that everyone has of the year that everyone has off. Of a community off. Thats sort of a Community Wide thing. John says that take parents taking children out of school teaches them that if you dont like following the rules, ignore them. And weve already got many completely got too many completely self centred people in this country. Well, that was the point i was trying to get to with martin because because martin is quite a stickler for the rules. You know, hes not. I think he thinks that authority is a is a good thing in society. And i think he likes law and order. And for things to be quite regimented in some aspects, hes not here actually defend that not here to actually defend that , but he may be watching, so this that he this is interesting that he doesnt take that approach when it to, taking kids out for holiday. No, maybe hes been an anti authoritarian all along. A little bit of an anarchist is martin. Although carol says as long as its once a year, i think its extremely important the family can have a holiday together spend that quality together and spend that quality time. That means taking time together. That means taking time together. That means taking time in so be it. Time away in terms. So be it. Well, you know what . I think most people clearly probably do do it. And thats why theres quite a lot of emails coming in saying that they do well, theres a lot of supportive ones. Thought that more ones. And i thought that more people against children ones. And i thought that more peopl cancen yes, the duchess of sussex visited Los Angeles Childrens hospital leading a reading session. Here are the latest session. Here are the latest pictures for those watching on television. It comes as she prepares herself to return to the uk next month. It feels a bit covid era, doesnt it . Those pictures with the masks. But i guess if shes in a childrens hospital, all precautions must be taken. But joining us now is former royal correspondent sun charles correspondent at the sun charles rae, charles, you think rae, charles, do you think meghan is planning a little return to the uk . And would you welcome it . I believe it when i see it. I believe it when i see it. When i see a step off that plane, i do not believe that she will be here. I think too much has gone on, and im sure that if she does come, she will get a very cuddly and warm welcome. Why do you have such scepticism there, charles . Well, youve just got to look at the last few years, tom, and see what the sussexes have done with their continued criticisms of the royal family and, and the fact that weve heard before that she doesnt want to come back to this country, and in actual fact , the organisers of actual fact, the organisers of the event on may the 8th for the invictus games, church service, theyve theyve only got her name pencilled in as a tbc. Now, you would have thought if she was serious about coming here. We know harry is coming. Youd have thought if she was serious about coming here, wed already know that she was coming here. And. And if she does come here, is bring the is she going to bring the children . Mean, harry still up children . I mean, harry still up in up in the about his security. He thinks that britain is the most unsafest country in the world. Most unsafest country in the worhes clearly hes clearly not not remembered like remembered what its like in the united , so im, im United States, so im, im sceptical that shes ever going to set foot in this country again. Well, thats an issue, isnt it . Not just her relationship with this country, but, that security provision, which very much is not sorted. Do you think much is not sorted. Do you think we heard that its costing the taxpayer £500,000. He had an estimated bill of £1 million for all the legal advice and help he got , which way do you all the legal advice and help he got, which way do you think thats going to go in the end . Thats going to go in the end . Well, at the moment hes considering appealing yet again, on that issue , so thats going on that issue, so thats going to add to the public purse, you know, a few more, pounds. In, in the coffers. In, in the coffers. I dont know when this guy i dont think this guy knows when to stop. And i mean, how many times does need to be told times does he need to be told hes no longer member of the hes no longer a member of the royal a number no royal family . Sorry. A number no longer working longer a member of the working royal therefore, is royal family. So therefore, is not to have the police not entitled to have the Police Protection that are afforded to the royal family, which you and i the royal family, which you and l pay the royal family, which you and i pay for, and the viewers and the listeners, you know, if he comes here, hes hes clearly rich enough to pay for his own security , a private security. Security, a private security. Theyre not allowed to carry guns. They wont have the same access to the, Background Information about whos going on, whats going on, and what what dangers there are. But when hes if he comes here and is with or sees members of the royal family, he will be covered by the Police Protection that is around the royal family. In any case, thats true. Case, thats true. Yeah. Yeah. No, its a fair point. I still am amazed that they went to live in california. Perhaps i shouldnt be amazed, but i thought they were originally said they wanted to go and live in least within the in canada, at least within the commonwealth, least under commonwealth, at least under under the crown. Glitz glamour. But no glitz and glamour. Well, much glitz and well, not as much glitz and glamour. Many glamour. Not as many opportunities to join up with Spotify Netflix charles. Spotify and the netflix charles. Were have to leave it were going to have to leave it there. Oh, hes frozen anyway. Charles thank you very much charles rae thank you very much indeed. Royal indeed. Former royal correspondent sun. You correspondent at the sun. You know what . Im not convinced meghan wants return to Meghan Markle wants to return to the real here. The uk. Lets be real here. Shes quite a nice time shes having quite a nice time in is she in california, is she not . I dont know. Has well, i dont know. She has to. Where . Seemingly being forced in that forced to wear a mask in that hospital, know, i mean, hospital, i dont know, i mean, maybe, that is standard. Is that practice . Is that common practice . Is that common practice . Is that common practice . I do that i dont know, i do know that in american there i dont know, i do know that in still american there i dont know, i do know that in still someican there i dont know, i do know that in still some mask there i dont know, i do know that in still some mask mandates are still some mask mandates over yeah. Over the. Really . Yeah. There throwback wow. There you go. Throwback but coming up, Police Scotland received 4000 complaints received nearly 4000 complaints within the first 24 hours of the new hate crime laws coming into place. I mean , that is quite place. I mean, that is quite extraordinary. 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But for now, weve got this lingering weather front that will heavy will bring persistent heavy rain to of southern scotland, to parts of southern scotland, northeast particular, northeast england in particular, but of eastern but also many areas of eastern scotland. Its also quite a cold wind here. Further south it will turn much drier. It will stay largely cloudy, but i think across the south coast thats where theres the best chance of seeing sunny breaks this seeing any sunny breaks this afternoon. Feel bad afternoon. It wont feel too bad in sheltered sunshine. Highs in any sheltered sunshine. Highs of across the of 16 degrees across the southeast afternoon through southeast this afternoon through this evening. It should stay dry for central areas, but another batch of rain will arrive into the southwest and that the southwest later on and that will northeastwards will push northeastwards throughout night, throughout the night, bringing many quite many areas of the midlands quite a night. And then a second a damp night. And then a second band of arrives the band of rain arrives into the southwest through the early hours. This one could turn quite heavy will some quite heavy and will bring some quite persistent, long lived heavy rain, bring some rain, so that could bring some tncky rain, so that could bring some tricky travelling conditions. For those of you that are travelling thursday morning travelling on thursday morning across the southwest, but also into of the midlands, and into parts of the midlands, and then the southeast then through the southeast as well elsewhere well further north and elsewhere across many areas of the uk. It will turn much drier through the day where its been quite day and where its been quite damp across the damp recently across the northeast a much northeast it will be a much dner northeast it will be a much drier day on thursday, still largely there will largely cloudy, but there will be some sunny breaks here and there. And in the sunshine. Well see highs of 15 or 16 degrees. Thats all for now. See you feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 2 00 on wednesday, the 3rd of april. As three brits are killed in an israeli strike on their aid convoy calls are mounting for britain to suspend arms sales to israel. Could the deaths of john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby proved to be a watershed moment in the war . Well get the view from israel overwhelmed. Scottish police have received thousands of hate crime referrals since the snps new speech laws came into effect this week. Even first minister humza yousaf has himself now been reported to the police. Well have all the details and a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining British Values after claiming islam will take over and that westernised girls are lunatics. Girls are lunatics. How could such a man be allowed to teach for quite so. Long . Well, lots of you have been getting in touch. We spoke to an israeli spokesperson, Israeli Government spokesperson earlier on in the show, and he reminded us that gaza is a war zone and essentially said mistakes happen, is thats what he said. Essentially, mistakes happen. And some of you seem to take that view, seem to accept that. That view, seem to accept that. Yeah. Others, not so much. Patrick says the mistaken killing of aid workers in israel is likely friendly fire incidents in other wars. Tragic but not a cause for changing support for israel in defending its very existence. Yes. And were hearing that yes. And were hearing that the snp westminster leader, stephen who has been very Stephen Flynn, who has been very vocal this war, has called Stephen Flynn, who has been very voc an this war, has called Stephen Flynn, who has been very vocan immediate ar, has called Stephen Flynn, who has been very vocan immediate recalls called Stephen Flynn, who has been very vocan immediate recall ofalled for an immediate recall of Parliament Following these airstrikes on gaza. The aid airstrikes on gaza. The aid workers, but joe says the key to kick starting ceasefire negotiations in the war is the Immediate Release of all hostages. And that is a strong hostages. And that is a strong point. Would that end the death and destruction in gaza . Its interesting. Stephen flynn , the westminster leader of flynn, the westminster leader of the snp, he always talks on Foreign Policy. Yeah, he always in his in his two questions he gets every Prime Ministers questions. Its always a Foreign Policy almost policy question. Its almost trying to sort of say look what scotland could do where its independent of scotland could do where its indefew dent of scotland could do where its indefew things of scotland could do where its indefew things that of scotland could do where its indefew things that the of scotland could do where its indefew things that the scottish the few things that the Scottish Government cant do is Foreign Policy. And hes always on policy. And so hes always on every single Foreign Policy issue trying to get parliament recalled trying to sort of big up the role of the snp. Yes i wonder if i were based in scotland, whether id want every question asked by Stephen Flynn to affairs, but to be about Foreign Affairs, but , perhaps hes representing his voters , but get in touch. Gb voters, but get in touch. Gb views gb news. Com are going to be speaking to an israeli reporter journalist out in israel to get the perspective on what the Israeli Press is saying about all this. But lets get your headlines. Tom and emily, thank you very much. And very good afternoon to you. Itsjust much. And very good afternoon to you. Its just after 2 00, the top story this afternoon, the family of british aid worker john chapman, was killed by family of british aid worker johisraeliyman, was killed by family of british aid worker johisraeli airn, was killed by family of british aid worker johisraeli air strike was killed by family of british aid worker johisraeli air strike in as killed by family of british aid worker johisraeli air strike in gaza, ed by an israeli air strike in gaza, say he will forever be a hero and that he died trying to help people. The bodies of mr chapman, along with James Henderson and james kirby, are now being transported to leave gaza. Those three british nationals died when their convoy was hit, as they were delivering vital Food Supplies. They were vital Food Supplies. They were part of a larger group of seven aid workers from the world central kitchen ngo. Foreign central kitchen ngo. Foreign secretary lord David Cameron says more needs to be done to make sure aid workers are kept safe. I welcome what the Israeli Foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. I also welcome the fact that he spoke about much more aid getting into gaza, up to 500 trucks a day. That is essential. Trucks a day. That is essential. We have been promised these things before and this really needs to happen. Needs to happen. Well, there are growing international to hold International Calls to hold israel account for the deaths of those seven aid workers here in the uk. The leader of the liberal democrats , sir ed davey, liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the government should suspend the supply arms. Suspend the supply of arms. It does like israel has it does look like israel has broken law and we broken humanitarian law and we really shouldnt be exporting arms to any country that breaks International Humanitarian law. International humanitarian law. And the democrats have been calling for a long time for immediate bilateral ceasefire , immediate bilateral ceasefire, like the israelis have not listened international listened to International Pressure on that. And so i think by ending british arms exports to israel, it would send a very , to israel, it would send a very, very powerful signal. Turning now to finland, where police say a 12 year old boy suspected of carrying out a shooting at a school yesterday had been bullied. Officers had been bullied. Which officers are treating as the motive. Another student, also aged 12, died in that shooting, which happenedin died in that shooting, which happened in a suburb of the caphal happened in a suburb of the capital, helsinki. Two girls of the same age, both 12, were also seriously hurt. Its understood a permit for the handgun used in the shooting used to belong to a relative of the suspect. Next to relative of the suspect. Next to an update on the situation in taiwan, where we now know that nine people have died and more than 800 injured after a major earthquake , the biggest quake earthquake, the biggest quake there in 25 years. If youre watching on television , this was watching on television, this was the moment that the quake hit the moment that the quake hit the east. Coast. Well, as you the east. Coast. Well, as you can see, there , those tremors can see, there, those tremors were recorded as high as 7. 7 in magnitude at around 8 00 this morning, just as people were heading to work and taking their children to school. Rescue teams are now working into the night in search of any survivors. More than 100 are thought to be trapped in tunnels under buildings, or still stuck under landslides. A 43 year old man landslides. A 43 year old man who committed almost identical sex attacks over a decade apart, has today been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Farid issa tariq had been convicted of raping a woman in swindon in april last year after luring her into a fake taxi in 2012. He was given six years in jail for a similar crime. The ministry of justice has now been asked for details of what supervision he was under, following his release. A teacher who described girls from western backgrounds as lunatics has been banned from teaching indefinitely , an teaching indefinitely, an investigation found. Aqib khan, who is from birmingham , told who is from birmingham, told students that those who support feminism would be he said, replaced by muslims. Its also also understood that he sent topless pictures of himself to messaging groups that included students, the Teaching Regulation Agency says mr khan engagedin Regulation Agency says mr khan engaged in serious misconduct and undermined what were described as fundamental British Values. A third of people who values. A third of people who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month say that theyve struggled to speak to someone, a major new survey found. More than 31 found it either very difficult or difficult to contact a gp practice. The figures were roughly the same across people with disabilities or low incomes, with the or on low incomes, with the north west of england reporting the worst results. And among those who eventually did book an appointment , 20 report having those who eventually did book an appointment, 20 report having a poor experience. And the royal poor experience. And the royal mail is pushing the postal regulator to speed up reforms, including cutting back on second class deliveries to just three days a week. The Postal Service says urgent reforms are needed to cut costs following a major drop in demand , falling from 20 drop in demand, falling from 20 billion letters a year to just 7 billion. The plan, set to save £300 million, would also lead to a possible 1000 redundancies. The liberal democrats are among many whove criticised those proposals, warning it could create a postage cost crisis for consumers. For the latest consumers. For the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts now though, lets get more from tom and. Emily. Good afternoon britain. Its 2 08 now. Three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike. Yes. James henderson, 33. John chapman, 57, who both served in the Royal Marines, were named alongside james kirby, a former Army Rifleman and sniper marksman. Well, the family of john chapman have said he will forever be a hero, adding he died trying to help people. Well, lets get the latest with our home and security edhon with our home and security editor, mark white. Mark interested in the political reaction to whats happened , reaction to whats happened, this tragic incident . Were heanng this tragic incident . Were hearing lots of prominent politicians talking about ceasing arms sales to israel, a recall of parliament. Is there a sense that something has changed . Yeah. I mean , the prominent yeah. I mean, the prominent politicians are not in government, though, and i dont think that is going to change the policy towards the way in which britain and other countries are allies to israel. And the way in which they will arm israel in their efforts to go after the likes of hamas. But go after the likes of hamas. But what is true is there is now a great deal of pressure on israel in the manner that its conducting the war and that pressure now coming from key allies, including the us, the uk , australia, of course, who lost a national and the terrible events of monday night as well, calls not just for a rapid and transparent investigation into what on earth went wrong. On monday night, but also a renewed effort and impetus on the part of israel to get aid supplies moving in gaza again , and to moving in gaza again, and to ensure that those aid workers who are working in what is the most dangerous territory in the world now for humanitarian aid workers to ensure that they have an enhanced level of security, something they havent had thus far with, were told, up to 200 aid workers being killed since the start of this war. Its so tragic to look at the cases here. The fact that, according to some reports, the first van was hit and some people survived that and ran out into the next van that was then hit. And so again with the third hit. And so again with the third van, its very hard to see how how this was accidental. Well, certainly those are the questions that will have to be answered by the Israeli Military. Theyve described it as a misidentification , but that misidentification, but that doesnt really explain how the order was given, not just to strike one vehicle, but then after that to strike a second vehicle and then a third vehicle. So those are very serious and difficult questions that the israelis have to answer. Theyve promised that this will be transparent. They will be pressured to do just that by key allies like the us and the uk. But yes, im very difficult uk. But yes, im very difficult questions. I mean, the truth of it , of course, is questions. I mean, the truth of it, of course, is in that area generally it is a real hot mess. It is a war zone and even the supposedly safer areas. These corridors, which have been described as de conflicted , described as de conflicted, where aid charities can work in tandem with the idf to give them routes , to give them times that routes, to give them times that their vehicles will be on these routes , and descriptions of the routes, and descriptions of the vehicles that are being used. With all that, its still very confusing. This incident, of confusing. This incident, of course, happened at night, and although people are saying, well, the vehicles were very clearly marked with at least one of them having the logo of the world central kitchen on the roof of a vehicle, it was at night you wouldnt be able to see a painted logo at night and mark some are saying that this is an example of how the Israeli Defence force can be indiscriminate with its shelling. Is that fair . Is that fair . Is that fair . Well, i think in the fullness of time , in terms of this of time, in terms of this investigation, well know whether this was indiscriminate, whether this was indiscriminate, whether it was a complete and catastrophic blunder, whether it was the deliberate targeting of intelligence , because there are intelligence, because there are some reports out suggesting that intelligence was there, that a hamas terrorist was in that convoy for some reason, and thats why it was targeted , and thats why it was targeted, and thats why it was targeted, and that those people in the convoy were seen as collateral damage. Now, that would be massively damaging to the Israeli Government if that actually was the truth of it. At the end of the truth of it. At the end of the day , so we rely on them to the day, so we rely on them to be as transparent as possible in this investigation. But it is i this investigation. But it is i think its difficult. Theres no doubt, for the Israeli Government and the military out there trying to conduct a war in what is still a built up area where you have an enemy combatant that actually melts into the civilian population. It is enormously difficult to tell one from the other. And as a consequence, you will see civilian casualties at a significantly higher rate than you would perhaps in some more conventional conflicts. Its a really important point to emphasise there. Mark white, our Homeland Security editor, appreciate your time on this. Thank you. Yes, there is a tendency for people to conclusions, yes, there is a tendency for people examining onclusions, yes, there is a tendency for people examining all lusions, yes, there is a tendency for people examining all the ons, without examining all the evidence here. But whats been the reaction in israel itself . Lets speak to israeli journalist yotam confino. Yotam, thank you very much for joining us on the show. How is the press covering this . I know there have been protests against Benjamin Netanyahu and the way that he is, conducting this war. Will that increase . That increase . Well, first of all, the protests are more against netanyahu and his failure, first of all, to take responsibility for preventing october the 7th from and also failing from happening and also failing to get the hostages out with regards this particular air regards to this particular air strike that killed the seven aid workers. I dont think anyone in israel disputes the fact that this was a tragedy, that this should have never happened, and that professional army that that a professional army should not be able to make such a mistake. Now, there are some a mistake. Now, there are some discussions about whether this was just amateurish or if anyone had gone rogue and simply just was trigger happy. There are some in the media that that have quoted Senior Defence officials saying that, some of these commanders really just do what they want. Now, of course, this is this is a media report. Its from one of the left wing newspapers, harvards. But nevertheless, this is an incident that should not have happened. And its not the first incident in gaza where the israeli army has failed to live up to its own rules of engagement. One of the other tragic stories was when they killed three unarmed hostages who not wearing a shirt and who were not wearing a shirt and waving a white flag. So its just one of a couple of very serious incidents that one can only hope that they will get to the bottom of, because this is not how the idf should conduct itself. And its just so disappointing and disheartening for people that do see themselves as friends of israel, who that is who do think that israel is a beacon of light and democracy in such a troubled part of the world, who recognise that the idf is one of the most technologically advanced armies in the world. Israel prides itself on its technological advancement. Of course. And yet advancement. Of course. And yet such a basic error. So, advancement. Of course. And yet such a basic error. So, this is not something that you would have expected to be possible from an army as sophisticated as the idf. Exactly. Its one of the conundrums here in israel. In fact, in general, israel is often referred to as the high tech nation because of its Technology Advances advantages. But there are several things in israel that i can surely tell you are not highly technologically advanced. So its very difficult to get a full picture of how the idf is precisely conducting itself inside gaza, mainly because journalists are not in there. Western journalists and foreign journalists in general are not in there. So its very hard for us to really understand whats going on. I do to say one going on. I do want to say one thing, i, i do think thing, though, i, i do think that, for all of its flaws, israel is normally also held to a completely different standard than than most other countries. If you look at whats happening inside gaza now, you have a terrorist organisation Holding Women and children hostage, 180 days. Some of them are being sexually assaulted. Very, very little is being talked about this. Israel makes this. But when israel makes a mistake, the entire world rallies because its easy to point fingers and rightly so. But there are so many levels of this war that have been neglected that havent been covered properly. Al Shifa Hospital is one of them. Where hamas and Islamic Jihad was basically, again using a hospital for military purposes , hospital for military purposes, the w. H. 0, hospital for military purposes, the who, many other organisations have not condemned that. What theyre doing is that theyre condemning israel for removing hamas and Islamic Jihad from the hospital. So in general, its a very difficult war for israel to come out of successfully , simply because successfully, simply because people are waiting for israel to slip up. And they do, they slip up. And when they do, they get hammer in the hand. Get a hammer in the hand. Its a very important point that you make, and theres a lot of truth to that. Im sure, in the way this war is being covered by some broadcasters and newspapers. Im just newspapers. But im just interested to know, how can israel gain the confidence of the International Community when it comes to this . Because, as you may have seen , for example, you may have seen, for example, prominent politicians in britain are now discussing whether we should suspend pause arms sales to israel. Off the back of it, theyre talking about recalling parliament to discuss this calls for an immediate ceasefire and so on. Where does this go . So on. Where does this go . First of all, its quite interesting to mention what the politicians are saying publicly and what theyre saying behind closed doors. I have several closed doors. I have several sources the sources saying that what the allies are telling israel behind closed doors is very different from what theyre saying publicly. First of they publicly. First of all, they dont israel in the dont criticise israel in the way that they do publicly at all. In fact, they fully support israel and more or less everything that theyre doing, but publicly, some of the western leaders are under immense. Look at immense pressure. Look at london. You have hundreds of thousands people marching thousands of people marching every single week, chanting genocide, calling on the government to cut ties with israel. They cant ignore that. So this is, of course, politics, which is why i dont think at the end of the day that you will see the uk stop, stop, sending arms to israel, but they will have to be harsh in their rhetoric. Theyll have to show rhetoric. Theyll have to show the public that they are not okay with this and as they should, incident, should, because this incident, like is a tragedy and it like i said, is a tragedy and it should not have happened. So israel what israel can do is to get to bottom this. Get to the bottom of this. Explain exactly what happened. And as they did, take responsibility and then try and do everything they can to prevent from again, prevent it from happening again, really of course, israel is an now, of course, israel is an ally. Is friend. But ally. Israel is a friend. But thats what we do with our friends, right . We hold them to high if been high standards. If it had been an American Strike had an American Strike that had killed wed be asking killed brits, wed be asking exactly questions. But exactly the same questions. But thank yotam thank you so much, yotam confino. Really appreciate your time. Israel. There time. Live from israel. There exactly. Well put. Well, in other news, Police Scotland have received nearly 4000 complaints since the new hate and public disorder act came into force in scotland just on monday. And scotland just on monday. And those are complaints within the first 24 hours of this law coming into effect, including a certain humza yousaf hes been reported , hes been reported. Reported, hes been reported. It boggles the mind, doesnt it . The guy who really got this, the law into place that saw it through to royal assent, that saw its implementation, has now been hoisted by his own petard. Much more on that after this. Good afternoon. Britain. 2 24. Now. Police have received nearly 4000 complaints since the new hate and public disorder act came into force this week. Quite incredible. Now, this quite incredible. Now, this new law makes stirring up hatred over a number of protected characteristics a crime the author, jk rowling, had been at the forefront of the backlash to the forefront of the backlash to the bill, which critics say puts freedom of speech at risk. Yes, freedom of speech at risk. Yes, shes come out very strongly indeed. Well, were joined now by academic and author doctor heather brunskill evans. Heather, thank you very much for joining us. Its quite incredible, not just the number of complaints that have already gonein of complaints that have already gone in to Police Scotland. Nearly 4000 is what were reporting in just 24 hours, but also jk rowlings position on all this. Shes very much daring the police and by extension, humza yousaf rafe, to, arrest her. Yeah so shes done something which is, a really good thing to do , is, a really good thing to do, because what shes done is shes drawing out publicly, drawing out the consequences of this new, bill. And in doing so, shes protecting many other women who are very frightened to speak out and name biological reality , for and name biological reality, for example, that men, are men. And, in a sense, shes providing a buffer zone between herself and the ordinary woman on the street, because, of course, shes very famous. She has lots of money. She has lots of money. If she was embroiled in a legal case and the police are highly unlikely to have actually, done anything investigated her. So, good for her. So, good for her. I think its a brilliant strategic move that shes made. Heather, do you think that if it was someone who didnt have the wealth of fame, power, influence, reach of j. K. Rowling who had done the same thing, do you think they would have been treated differently , probably, treated differently, probably, because what the what what is actually happening with with the, with the new act is that its crystallise using what has been going on for a number of years , which is that people have years, which is that people have been the police have involved themselves with those who have named biological reality. I myself indeed was reported to the West Yorkshire police for a non crime hate incident, and that was that. I gave a talk that , i dont i gave a talk that, i dont believe or i think is very harmful to medicalized children on the basis that they identify as a young person, as transgender , and that was transgender, and that was interpreted by somebody in the audience as a very hateful thing to say. So obviously, there were people in the audience who liked what i said. But the point is that hate is a very subjective thing. How did you find out that the police had logged this as a non crime hate incident . Because one of the big problems about the jk rowling case in scotland is, of course, is we dont know if its been as a hate if its been logged as a hate crime yet or a crime incident yet or a non crime incident. Non crime hate incident. Because i was told this the person who reported told me that they had done that and, and i was briefly in conversation with the West Yorkshire police and briefly got a, a legal person involved in it in order to defend myself. Now, the point is it didnt go any further that is the reality of it. But it could have gone further and we dont want to live in an authoritarian and tyrannical regime, which what any person says can be subjectively interpreted by another person as hate and the Police Become involved. The Police Become involved. The police should not be those who are left in charge of what we can and we cannot say. Are you concerned , heather, are you concerned, heather, that this type of law will come to england with a change of government . Government . Well, hopefully with the, kind of Media Coverage now , kind of Media Coverage now, which jk rowling has managed to establish, which was great, and as i say, this has been going on for years without it really coming to public knowledge. So i think now that thats happened, there may be some difficulty in it being adopted by england. But it being adopted by england. But again, past that, it you know, england, scotland and wales have beenin england, scotland and wales have been in unison about this. Well, thank you very much indeed for your time. Great to speak to you, doctor. Heather brunskill and brunskill evans, academic and author. Good stuff, author. Really good stuff, i think yes, actually everything thats happened and all of this bad press over these laws, it might make a future government think again. Although when it comes to england, wales and the like, im sure what the Scottish National party will say though is, look, jk rowling hasnt been arrested. Look how liberal our new bill is. Lookit look how liberal our new bill is. Look it might well have been logged as a non crime hate incident, but shes still she can tweet it. Yeah, but the fact that the police knock on the doon that the police knock on the door, fact that there have door, the fact that there have been, know, nearly been, you know, nearly 4000 complaints in 24 hours does rather make a mockery of it. Yeah. And your point that the amount time that this amount of police time that this will its will take up, its extraordinary. Yeah. Scottish people actually less safe physically as a result of these laws, just by virtue of these laws, just by virtue of the amount of time and resources it will take off the police. I mean, its absolute madness. From can see, 4000 from what i can see, 4000 complaints in 24 hours. I know thats like, you know , thats probably like, you know, its going be more because its going to be more because the has just in. Well the law has just come in. Well but it could get more. If you think about but but if you think about it, much how much media it, how much how much Media Coverage the on the coverage did the law get on the monday versus the tuesday . The tuesday all the tuesday was when all of the newspapers reported what jk rowling did. I would be willing to bet the second 24 hours, the 48 hours will be materially higher than 4000. It will be. Itll be more than 10,000 in aggregate, i think the tuesday given all of the Media Coverage that there was , would be a more that there was, would be a more significant day for it. This is just the beginning. Just the beginning. It may well be that that number much higher we number is much higher as we speak than it was there, but let us know what you think. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Has scotland gone down in a very authoritarian route, can you, is stirring up hatred something that the police should get involved with . But coming up, a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining British Values after claiming islam will take over and claiming westernised , and claiming westernised, westernised girls are lunatics, much more on that after your headunes much more on that after your headlines with sam. Headlines with sam. Very good afternoon to you. 231 exactly. The headlines from the gb newsroom this hour. The family of british aid worker john chapman, who was killed by an israeli airstrike in gaza, says he will forever be a hero. And that he died trying to help people. The bodies of mr chapman , along with James Henderson and james kirby, are now being transported out of gaza. Those three british nationals died when their convoy was hit as they were delivering vital Food Supplies. 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He was previously jailed in 2012 for a near identical crime , and a near identical crime, and a third of people who have tried to book an appointment with a gp in the last month say that theyve struggled to speak to someone. A major new survey found more than 31 found it difficult or very difficult to contact a gp practice, and among those who eventually did book an appointment, 20 reported having appointment, 20 reported having a poor experience. Thats the a poor experience. Thats the latest from the gb newsroom for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Carmelites. Well, its 236. Youre watching and listening to. Good afternoon , britain. And a muslim afternoon, britain. And a muslim teacher has been banned for life from teaching. After. After suggesting islam was going to take over. And he claimed westernised girls were lunatics. Not all of us are outrageous. Well, aquib khan taught engush well, aquib khan taught english at Harborne Academy in birmingham and was sacked after a Misconduct Hearing found he was undermining fundamental British Values. Well, were joined now by gb news West Midlands reporter jack carson, whos outside the school itself, jack, reading about what this teacher was saying in the classroom, its quite shocking how he was in the job to begin with. It certainly is. I mean, this is the this is the review and the final decision from a panel from the teaching regulations agency. This whole situation stems from actually a report from another member of staff here at the school who was growing in concerns about around the conduct of 30 year old aqib khan with his students. The member of staff put in a, you know, a part of their online, their own internal safeguarding portal, put in a message and concerns that he was seeing and then that internal investigation from the school which which suggested that there had been inappropriately religious views as well as harmful comments about dating and relationships, was passed to the was then passed on to the Teaching Regulation Agency, where they conducted, of course, their and their own investigation and heard from mr khans representation as well. Of course, the school and the presentation of evidence, some of it, as you said, quite shocking. I mean, just to go through some of the things, that this heard that he had this panel heard that he had said, he we heard that he used words to the effect of that having a baby over the age of 30 was worse cousin marriage , was worse than cousin marriage, and that the child will most likely disabilities, you and that the child will most likelymentioningilities, you and that the child will most likelymentioning,ities, you and that the child will most likelymentioning , calling you were mentioning, calling westernised girls lunatics. There was also one incident where he had sent a photo to a Microsoft Teams group chat, which did involve students of a topless photo of him flexing. He was trying to at one point teach his students how to get girls. There are other examples, countless examples of how he told students hed want to rejected, a female doctor who earned £70,000 just because she simply simply said he couldnt be with a woman that had earned as much as him. And so, as you as much as him. And so, as you can see, its very windy here, but that just kind of shows you, just kind of some of the things that the panel of course, had heard and they decided upon that panel that there was unacceptable professional standards that had been breached. He has been suspended and can then suspension from then appeal that suspension from march in 2026. So as you understand it, jack, thanks for battling the wind there. I hope youre all right. But as we understand it, who reported teacher to who reported this teacher to this panel, to this Teaching Regulation Agency professional Misconduct Panel . Was it students themselves . Was it parents of students . Was it other teachers . Other teachers . So it was a fellow member of staff within the school that was that was that had heard of obviously reports possibly from students inside the school that had then gone on to the safeguarding portal from the academy in inside the academy itself. And then the school launched its own integrations with its findings, interviewing students about this alleged conduct. Thats when they then passed this on to the teaching regulations agency, whose panel has decided, of course, that he should have an indefinite bandh unless a ban, unless, of course, he appeals it. But what was interesting to note is that his representative representatives within the panel in those proceedings had kind of addressed that the, you know, the workload that mr khan was facing, as well as the particularly stressful conditions, but actually what the panel deduced from all of this is actually that there was no evidence to suggest that mr khan was under any kind of duress. And actually, they said in the report that they found his actions to be calculated and motivated. Motivated. And i really fascinating stuff. Well, jack carson, thank you very much for bringing us that live from birmingham of course. And emily, i suppose he said stressed, i suppose said he was stressed, i suppose this is an example actually, perhaps within our perhaps rarely within our Education System , the system Education System, the system actually working. Yeah. I mean the well, quite. I mean the government has talked a lot about how important British Values , how we need make values are, how we need to make sure curriculum represents sure the curriculum represents those , and that those British Values, and that things this do get called things like this do get called out and do get investigated and that, you know, theres actually a consequence. Yeah. When people might like michael gove started talking about british they were about British Values. They were ridiculed, people said , ridiculed, scoffed. People said, what on earth are British Values . Example values . Well, heres an example of where actually that sort of, language around British Values has been able to get quite an extreme individual out of our schools. But could there be more teachers like this in schools around the country who are spouting forth with all this absolute nonsense that i think most of us would agree as completely against British Values, saying islam is going to take over, saying westernised girls lunatics. And i would girls are lunatics. And i would say to that not all of us are, and that, you know, sending topless pictures on how to get girls and how youre going to have, disabled children if you, if you have a child over the age of 30 worse than cousin marriage , medieval values. Its not even not British Values. Itsjust its not even not British Values. Its just medieval values. Its just medieval values. But lets talk about this further with the commentator khadija khan lodi, khadija, thank you so much for making the time for us here. I want to raise that point with you actually. Has this shown . Obviously theres a problem in some schools. Has this however shown that this is a problem that were starting to crack down upon with this idea of British Values. British values. This problem has been there for a while, and i think its, its been a huge criminal negligence on the part of authorities who have been , you authorities who have been, you know, reluctant to, in dealing with this issue of extremism and extreme, radical, you know, ideologies, you know, prevailing across the uk. So, listening about, you know, this teacher who has been telling his students such and such obnoxious things such as, like, feminism is not good enough, and you know, about all those things that which are like, muslims are taking over. These are not the truth, but yes, these ideologies, these radical, extreme ideologies , radical, extreme ideologies, they do exist. We need to come to terms with this reality, and we have to stop, you know , we have to stop, you know, tiptoeing around this issue of extremism being taught in certain, religious seminaries. And you know, certain individuals who are pushing these kind of , individuals who are pushing these kind of, radical individuals who are pushing these kind of , radical thoughts these kind of, radical thoughts into, into social discourse. Into, into social discourse. Yes. Khadija, do you think that too often people are able to say, oh, well, its my religious freedom, its my religion , this is my culture. Religion, this is my culture. And therefore anything goes and then it clashes with other peoples idea of what British Values should look like. Values should look like. In britain. We are all free to follow whatever beliefs we may choose for ourselves, religious people are very much free to follow their religious beliefs to an extent where they dont infringe upon others rights. And when it comes to espousing british, British Values , we need to be very much values, we need to be very much clear about that. British values of, of tolerance, of, of diversity , of, of cohesion, diversity, of, of cohesion, really we need to appreciate and we need to promote these values in the schools, in the society , in the schools, in the society, in the schools, in the society, in the schools, in the society, in the politics, because these are the values which glue people into a cohesive unit. We cannot just let people ghettoise themselves and telling us that its their culture or religion, or they are going to just go about their accordingly. About their lives accordingly. We sure in we need to make it sure in pubuc we need to make it sure in public discourse, through discussions, through dialogues , discussions, through dialogues, that there are certain values which are espoused by british people, and these are British Values, and we need to promote and we need to adhere to these values in order to have a cohesive society. Cohesive society. Yes. I think its a really important point. You raised there about the certain ghettoisation of certain cultures. , is this cultures. And i wonder, is this the fundamental distinction we need to make between islam, which is a private religion . People may practice freely, amongst themselves, and islamism. When you try and place those values upon other people, place that that way of being, force it on people who dont want it, i have been very much clear about this thing, that islam is a religion and people are free to follow that religion in the uk in a western, free western society. So we, we have no problem with people following their religion as long as it is not being imposed onto the wider society. And when you, you talk about drawing a distinction between islam and islamic ism, people like me, you and me, we are drawing that distinction. Were trying to maintain that distinction. But if you look at the commentator from the muslim community, some commentator, they would like to blur this line and they would ask you, what is islamism . Where does it exist . It does exist. We exist . Sorry it does exist. We see it. And the teacher, this incident is an epitome of that kind of, you know , ideology kind of, you know, ideology being prevalent. You know, in our schools. Our schools. Do you worry that there are that these views are typical for some sections of society . Do you think that theres a problem with some muslim men that they have perhaps, views that we dont consider to be British Values . Values . There are certain readings of religion which are misogyny , religion which are misogyny, which are discriminatory, which are homophobic. We need to be honest about it. We need to be calling it out whenever we hear these kind of views. Its been a long time that we are letting these kind of ideologies crawling in, you know, spreading tentacles in british society. And we are just ignoring it in the name of respecting peoples culture and religion. You you are not suppressing the uk. You are not suppressing the uk. You are enjoying your rights, your freedom to follow your religion. Freedom to follow your religion. You as as it may appease you. You as as it may appease you. You as as it may appease you. You know, it may please you, but you what . You are not allowed to do is to impose your intolerant beliefs onto the wider society. People like there is a recent example. The ahadith was displayed on kings cross station. It was removed after a huge backlash from the public. Its a clear message that we dont want to see any particular religion to dictate our, you know, day to day lives. We want know, day to day lives. We want to see people enjoying their freedoms in like and practising a practising their religion in a private sphere. Thats a very strong message , thats a very strong message, khadijah. Thats a very strong message, khaduah. Thank thats a very strong message, khadijah. Thank you. Thats a very strong message to finish with. Really appreciate your time. Khadija khan, lodi , who is time. Khadija khan, lodi, who is a commentator and also a member of dont divide us. Well, after the break, well be hearing your views on whether support for israel is wavering following the tragic deaths of aid workers will be revisiting the conversation we had with a spokesperson for the Israeli Government as well. Dont my show my show. My show. Well, its 250 in the afternoon, and were going to return to our top story. The three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike in gaza. Now, earlier, we heard from conservative mp and member of the Foreign Affairs select committee, henry smith, who says israel needs to act in a responsible manner. A dreadful attack on innocent british civilians who were trying to bring aid to people who need it. Civilians trying to bring aid to people who need it. Civilians in trying to bring aid to people who need it. Civilians in gaza who need it. Civilians in gaza and israel does have a right to defend itself. Hamas started this conflict. They still need to release those hostages, but israel has to act with responsibility. It cant just respond militarily without care and due attention and i think what we have seen is a somewhat careless attitude of the idf. If israel continues to act carelessly in terms of its military operations, all it does is radicalise more people, both in gaza and around the world. Henry smith speaking there a little bit earlier. Now, we also spoke with Israeli Government spokesperson david mensah, who said wars can be unpredictable. Said wars can be unpredictable. First things first. This is a war zone, i dont know if you understand that there is a terrible war going on in gaza. Terrible war going on in gaza. Its not a war that we started a war that we wanted, but it is a war that we wanted, but it is a war that we will we will pursue to the end. This is a war zone. To the end. This is a war zone. Mistakes happen in war that is not a justification. That is a fact. There we go. David mensah, Israeli Government spokesperson and throughout the show, you have been getting in touch with your thoughts on this topic and dont you continue your thoughts on this topic and do email you continue your thoughts on this topic and doemail us you continue your thoughts on this topic and doemail us any| continue your thoughts on this topic and do email us any time continue your thoughts on this topic and do email us any time corday. E to email us any time of day. Vaiews gbnews. Com. But dean says it seems most politicians are looking for an excuse to damn israel. Damn israel. Well, jonathan says no matter how appalling october 7 attacks were, they do not justify the indiscriminate shelling and bombing of civilians, which is a war crime. However you look at it, and he goes on to say that we should demand that it stops immediately and boycott israel to goodness. Jonathan. Well, peter says, gazais jonathan. Well, peter says, gaza is a war zone, which is what david said. And if you place yourself within that arena, for whatever reason, you take chances. A lot happens take your chances. A lot happens within the fog of war that appears like a war crime. When it was just an accident. And this why its so important it was just an accident. And this there its so important it was just an accident. And this there is s so important it was just an accident. And this there is a so important it was just an accident. And this there is a thoroughtant that there is a thorough investigation. Idf will be investigation. The idf will be investigating itself, so questions over that. There are, tom, who has a marvellous, splendid name. So well done on that, says we should continue to support israel fully in their efforts to eradicate a terror group. I eradicate a terror group. I suppose that should be remembered in all of this conversation. They are fighting an insidious, and an insidious, insidious and embedded Terror Organisation in the gaza strip. Yes. And george says none of the mps, i. E. Ed davey ed davey or anyone calling for an immediate ceasefire. They only call on israel for the immediate ceasefire when they should be calling hamas release all calling on hamas to release all hostages, to be able to effect an ceasefire yes. That an immediate ceasefire yes. That cannot be lost in all of this. Yeah, i have to think if all the were released the hostages were released tomorrow, no doubt there tomorrow, i have no doubt there would be a ceasefire. No doubt at all. Well thats it from us. Thank you forjoining us on. Thank you for joining us on. Good britain. But good afternoon britain. But martin is up next, so good afternoon britain. But martisee is up next, so good afternoon britain. But martisee what is up next, so good afternoon britain. But martisee what hest next, so good afternoon britain. But martisee what hes got ext, so good afternoon britain. But martisee what hes got coming lets see what hes got coming up on show. What have you up on his show. What have you got up . Got coming up . Kraken show as ever. Guys, today ive got lee anderson in the studio. His first interview since the war of words broke out with conservative party. Hell have lots to say on that. Plus well speak to an investigative journalist who spent a lot of time in the calais jungle in light of the fact a man has been stabbed to death in dunkirk today. This is just the tip of the iceberg. We do not want these people coming over the channel. Plus 4 00 with johnny mercer, the veterans minister, be facing jail. All of that to come on my show three till six. But first, its time for your latest weather forecast. Latest weather forecast. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Good afternoon. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, further persistent rain is to come for northeastern areas, but further south has turned much drier through the day. But in the Southwest Well see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening and overnight. Thats as this weather front arrives southwest. Arrives from the southwest. But this front up to the this weather front up to the northeast. Whats been northeast. Thats whats been bringing rain to northeast. Thats whats been bringiof rain to northeast. Thats whats been bringiof eastern rain to northeast. Thats whats been bringiof eastern scotland, n to parts of eastern scotland, northeastern england as well. In particular, a particular, theres been quite a cold wind as well. So its been quite a miserable feeling day. And to stay with quite a miserable feeling day. And wet to stay with quite a miserable feeling day. And wet weatherto stay with quite a miserable feeling day. And wet weather through ith quite a miserable feeling day. And wet weather through much of that wet weather through much of the western the night. Across western scotland, though, its a very different much different story, much drier here. See touch of here. We could see a touch of frost overnight. Further south though, see bands though, were going to see bands of , so showery outbreaks of of rain, so showery outbreaks of rain areas rain are likely for most areas overnight tonight, but its in the southwest. Well see the heaviest morning. Heaviest rain tomorrow morning. This area will into parts this area will push into parts of midlands and then of wales, the midlands and then into throughout of wales, the midlands and then into few throughout of wales, the midlands and then into few hours throughout of wales, the midlands and then into few hours of oughout of wales, the midlands and then into few hours of thursday, the first few hours of thursday, so some tricky driving so expect some tricky driving conditions if you are travelling thursday morning. But once it does clear the way, therell does clear out the way, therell be of showers for be a mix of showers around for many of england and wales. Many areas of england and wales. But its to but further north its going to be considerably drier day than be a considerably drier day than it has been lately, so bit of it has been lately, so a bit of respite way and well respite on the way and well start to feel a little bit warmer any that sunshine warmer in any of that sunshine that however, on that we do see. However, on thursday next batch of thursday night the next batch of rain will arrive from the southwest. This will into southwest. This will bump into cold scotland and cold air across scotland and that fall as snow over the that will fall as snow over the grampians highlands. Grampians and the highlands. But once the way, once it does clear out the way, it will considerably it will turn considerably milder, also significantly milder, but also significantly more it will more windy. So it will be a windy but we could see windy weekend, but we could see temperatures climbing above 20 degrees for the first time this year. Yean that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news. Hey. Very good afternoon to you. Its 3 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster across heart of westminster all across the story today is the uk. Our top story today is that a channel migrant has been stabbed to death at a camp near dunkirk after three brits were killed and an israeli drone strike on their aid convoy. The uk is being urged to suspend arms sales to israel. What will the governments response be and well cross live to the school where a muslim teacher branded westernised girls lunatics and suggested islam was going to take over. And you dont want to miss this because later in the show ill be joined by that man,