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A criminal several from sudan. A criminal inquiry has been opened in france as the rnli and the french coastguard rescued more than 50 people from the vessel. Some of whom were taken to dover. Around 200 Police Officers and staff in Northern Ireland were not informed and a laptop and documents containing their names had been stolen for almost a month. The theft from a car in july emerged last week after the names of 10,000 Police Employees were published online in in a separate data breach , a group separate data breach, a group set up to assess the risk caused by the breach has had more than 600 referrals. Chief constable simon byrne says hes deeply sorry and the service is working to stop third parties from attempting to cause harm to serving officers. The king says serving officers. The king says hes utterly horrified about the deaths of at least 80 people as a result of wildfires in hawaii. King charles sent a message of condolence to the president of the united states, joe biden, saying hes sending his deepest possible sympathy to the families of those whove tragically lost their lives. Authorities say that number of 80 is set to rise dramatically with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. Fresh evacuations are underway as far as continue to burn on the north west coast of maui. The north west coast of maui. The duke of sussex has played a polo match, raising money for hiv sufferers in honour of his late mother. It sufferers in honour of his late mother. It was in aid also of his charity, sentebale, which he co founded , founded to help co founded, founded to help african children affected by poverty, inequality and hiv aids. Prince harry played against singapore polo club, captained by the charitys ambassador and his friend nacho figueras. Prince diana pioneered efforts to challenge the stigma around the disease in the 1980s, and england have beaten colombia 2 1 to reach the semi finals of the womens world cup goals from lauren hemp and Alessia Russo helped the lionesses come from behind after colombia had taken the lead. England will now face the lead. England will now face co hosts australia on the 16th of august and fragments of meteors that could be as small as a grain of sand and travelling at 130,000mph will light up the sky tonight. Shooting stars. The annual summer meteor shower has been active since july and continues until the 24th of august, but it will reach its peak tonight. The royal observatory of greenwich is recommending watching the fireballs between midnight and 5 30 am. When Light Pollution will be at its lowest. This is will be at its lowest. This is gb news on tv , on digital radio, gb news on tv, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker. But it is now time for the. Saturday five. Thank you, aaron. Yes, it is saturday night and youre with the saturday five. Strap yourselves in. Its going to be quite a bumpy ride. So without further ado, lets get the first debate underway now. The nation has been celebrating a great world quarterfinal win for world cup quarterfinal win for the lionesses down under the england lionesses down under. But of course, darrens more interested in events on a friday night in burnley. Yes, its grime time. Yes. So i might be delighted that Newcastle United have done well tonight, but im not delighted by that display that i saw last night. Blm its an acronym these days known more as by large mansions than it is black lives matter. So why does black lives matter. So why does the premier league insist on continuing to take the knee to these frauds. 7 last night, these frauds . Last night, burnley fans booed the gesture in their game against man city, the first of the new season. The first of the new season. Their manager said the club had to change the mentality of its fans just before the game , the fans just before the game, the taking of the knee was booed. Taking of the knee was booed. How disappointing was it to hear that these people , that hear that these people, that part of our family, no matter what and we have to we have to change the mentalities and im not going to be throwing the stone because i know that it was a lot worse. Change your mentality. Educate yourself. Its the same educate yourself. Its the same old patronising and guff burnley fans dont look out to their pitch of black players and judge them on their skin colour. The judge them on the performance they make on the pitch. Football fans want games to allow them to escape up into the drama of points and penalties, not politics and posturing. Football all has to be one of the most racially diverse sports in our country. The beautiful game in the worlds greatest league and where problems remain. Whats wrong with the no room for racism badge and blazoned upon the shirts of our clubs . I want to leave you with the former Nottingham Forest striker lyle taylor , who back in 2021 said taylor, who back in 2021 said this on why he refuses to take the knee. The knee. Youre a player who stands rather than taking the knee. Can you tell us about that . I request anyone who does blindly support black lives matter to actually have a look into what that organisation does and what they actually stand for. Because its actually scandalous. The fact that the whole world and whole whole world and the whole worlds behind worlds media has got behind black lives matter, not the message , because black lives do message, because black lives do matter. M atter. Matter. I couldnt have said it better myself. Jason it really isfime better myself. Jason it really is time to ditch the taking of the knee and stop endorsing this race baiting american import. But if you ask me, its the worst american import since canned cheese. So i say have a premier league. Lets relegate by large mansions to the dustbin of history. Now ben leo, i assume i dont actually know the answer to this. Do you like football . Yes. Big arsenal fan. Big arsenal fan. So if youre watching arsenal. Yes. Are you supportive of the players getting down on bended knee . Ill be honest. I turned off at points last year and especially in 2020 and 2021 when they were taking the knee more prominently than they are now. I dont know why the premier league still does this because blm has been exposed as a massive scam. In 2020, they raised Something Like 90 million from donors, ended up spending tens of Million Dollars on mansions founders, on mansions for the founders, massive salaries for the co founders, staff and family members. They had parties in the mansions as well. So and also like that, that guy just said in the, quote, normal people i dont think, know the extent of blms intentions. They think its just equality. Black lives matter. Yes, they do. All lives matter. Yes, they do. All lives matter by the way. But actually there are far left marxs organisations who to defund organisations who want to defund the theyll be they want the police. Theyll be they want to police. Want to defund the police. They want to defund the police. They want to capitalism in the to bring down capitalism in the way people dont understand actually, is that taking the knee originally is nothing do knee originally is nothing to do with lives matter. With black lives matter. Knee was something taking the knee was something which martin king did which Martin Luther king did dunng which Martin Luther king did during the civil marches during the civil rights marches of the 60s. They would take the knee and reflect the marches knee and reflect on the marches that they that they done. That they that they had done. Thenin that they that they had done. Then in 2016, american Football Player Colin Kaepernick started taking the knee. Thats what repopularized yes. So of hijack, repopularized yes. So of hijack, nothing to do with blm. Blm, the awful organisation that it is theyit awful organisation that it is they it because black taking the knee, taking the knee is about a stand that black Football Players and sportspeople are taking against the racism that they receive every time they play they receive every time they play matches from fans online and in real life. But you know, it doesnt mean that now, though. And i support i support them taking the knee. And i dont understand why it upsets people as someones people so much just as someones kneeling something. Kneeling on something. Emily, there because, i mean, emily, there would been point would have been a point in history where raising hand history where raising your hand in and walking in a frog in the air and walking in a frog march wouldnt have been associated with the, but it certainly is. Now, are you comparing the . Think comparing blm to the . I think that a divisive, horrible, that it is a divisive, horrible, comparable to the. I said the action is now associated, but its with the. And its exactly the weak argument. Disingenuous, if not disingenuous. I just explained to you where it comes from, to be honest. Youre making the a silly conflation. Its not. Its not. Its not. Its actually the history of the literal action of taking. The literal action of taking. It is interesting. It is interesting. Very interesting. But of course, its about black lives matter. Its now. And people matter. Its not now. And people are absolutely within their rights have look at the rights to have a look at the organisation think, do organisation and think, do i sign things . And sign up to these things . And also me , i worry that its also for me, i worry that its not a personal choice for some of these Football Players, is not . Theres a huge amount of pressure if you remember when george was killed over in george floyd was killed over in the states , there was absolutely the states, there was absolutely epic amount of pressure on absolutely anyone in not just in the public eye, but literally every member of the public to put up a black square to be supportive of the black lives matter movement, to be supportive of taking the knee. And i dont like that peer pressure. I dont think its signalling how is it helping racism . Look, the point that i would make is that it is shining a light on an issue that affects a lot of people in this country. And people feel very strongly. Okay. So benjamin then millionaire football has taken a knee of a pitch knee on the middle of a pitch thats changing the lives of black people britain. Is it . Black people in britain. Is it . Well, think how much well, i dont think how much they the issue. They earn is the issue. Is that theyre the issue is that theyre trying to highlight racism, of which there considerable which there is a considerable history and tragic tradition in british football. Now, emily just mentioned history being the operative racist murder. Operative that racist murder. Well, interviewed george floyd well, i interviewed george floyd , sister latanya, when the Police Officer was convicted, and she said, i want everyone in britain to take the knee in solidarity with george. I, solidarity with george. I, i interviewed Martin Luther kings son about this. And he said , i son about this. And he said, i want people to take the knee and support black lives matter. So i think know better than you. Think they know better than you. Are you then . Why so how are you then . Why should i care about George Floyds sister telling me to take knee . Take the knee . Because the sister of because shes the sister of someone that was a victim of american murder. Someone that was a victim of am shes murder. Someone that was a victim of am shes american. Whats it got shes american. Whats it got to do with britain . And she was explaining the racism in britain to floyd incident to which george floyd incident happened here. Darren, tell me that the george floyd incident. Lets at Stephen Lawrence then. When e when that . So when was that . So when was that . That was back in the 90. Yes, exactly. That not 30 years exactly. That is not 30 years ago. Darren 30 years ago. Are you are you denying that racism britain . Racism happens in britain . That something are you saying that something as as that happened, as tragic as that has happened, are saying racism no are you saying that racism no longer in answer the longer happens . In answer the question, answer the question, no, you answer the question. Find question. I think youll find im the one in the presenting chair. I, i think i am quite well placed to tell you that we are still here. Then. Here we are in we are then. Here we are in britain today. It does as much as in the it does not as much as in the past, cant have a view on past, so i cant have a view on this because im white man. This because im a white man. Thats what youre saying. Youve just made that what youre saying. You just made that the question didnt that up. The question i didnt say question is not say whether the question is not whether still exists in whether racism still exists in this country. Course, of course does. Of course, of course it does. But whether taking the knee but its whether taking the knee is virtue is anything more than virtue signalling it is signalling at this point. It is so year. Come on, you dont so last year. Come on, you dont even know why theyre taking the knee. Jordan henderson, does it jordan henderson, why does it bother henderson so much botherjordan henderson so much if footballers are taking the knee, it to you . Knee, what is it to you . Why . Why . Why . Why it bother someone . Why would it bother someone . Because they dont even. Even that they they dont even that they would because theyre just would do it because theyre just getting down on their knees to show footballers. Show solidarity for footballers. Probably dont what probably dont even know what its about. Henderson has probably dont even know what its aiant. Henderson has probably dont even know what its aian ally henderson has probably dont even know what its aian ally for henderson has probably dont even know what its aian ally for he lgbton has been an ally for the Lgbt Community 1020 community in liverpool for 1020 years long hes years now. However long hes been liverpool, hes just been at liverpool, hes just gone to saudi arabia for gone off to saudi arabia for a big money contract. Hes getting loads because hes loads of flak because hes hes apparently the lgbt apparently deserted the Lgbt Community, you community, lgbt, whatever you think black footballers know what knee is about . What taking the knee is about . They care. Theyre they dont care. Theyre only doing they want to doing it because they want to protect k a week protect their 250 k a week salaries. Guarantee if salaries. I can guarantee if they had and werent they had a choice and werent going get cancelled for not going to get cancelled for not doing it, they wouldnt it. Doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem think doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem problem think doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem withoblem think doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem with a lem think doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem with a lenof think doing it, they wouldnt do it. But problem with a lenof these the problem with a lot of these gesture they mean gesture is, is they mean something begin with. Something to begin with. And then very quickly it becomes because people and then very quickly it beccyou; because people and then very quickly it beccyou want because people and then very quickly it beccyou want to ecause people and then very quickly it beccyou want to undermineyple and then very quickly it beccyou want to undermine it. E like you want to undermine it. No, it is about no, i dont think it is about that, actually, because there are players who dont want to take the knee for one reason or another. Players as well take the knee for one reason or anywhite players as well take the knee for one reason or anywhite players. Ayers as well take the knee for one reason or anywhite players and s as well take the knee for one reason or anywhite players and all; well take the knee for one reason or anywhite players and all sorts as white players and all sorts of different players. Of different races of players. And should be and i think that should be listened ben is listened to anyway. Ben leo is about to introduce next about to introduce our next topic, a chance topic, which gives us a chance topic, which gives us a chance to catch on the latest to catch up on the latest exploits our favourite roving exploits of our favourite roving reporter week been reporter this week he has been winning influencing winning friends and influencing people hq. Winning friends and influencing peop have hq. Winning friends and influencing peop have look. Hq. Lets have a look. Gb news gb news is and from gb news gb news is will ariba here . Not really. Im looking ariba looking for will ariba or whoever, whoevers looking for will ariba or whoethat whoevers looking for will ariba or whoethat was whoevers looking for will ariba or whoethat was to whoevers looking for will ariba or whoethat was to invade foevers looking for will ariba or whoethat was to invade rishi rs idea that was to invade rishi sunaks hello, ariba. How sunaks house. Hello, ariba. How are you doing . Thanks for having us. To invade . Rishi invited. First of all, we invited. We werent invited. Ironic. Were you ed oh, how ironic. Were you ianed ed oh, how ironic. Were you invited to rishi sunaks house this morning . Prime minister hes the Prime Minister of the country. W e to make myself im just going to make myself a of tea, if thats all right. Well, they dont like it up him. And now, speaking of not liking now greenpeace liking it. Upham now greenpeace to gen z sex habits. Heres ben leo on why these very young greenies need to get busy. Im sure a few of them would be grateful for the human contact to be honest. Heres bens broadside now theres a dangerous myth being peddled by the likes of prince harry, the climate alarmist and the globalists that world globalists that the World Economic the World Economic forum, that the world is dangerously overpopulated and we need a reduction in numbers. We need a reduction in numbers. British scientist this is british scientist jane goodall. 2 or 3 years ago, jane goodall. 2 or 3 years ago, speaking at a wef forum, saying that the population of the world needs to to something of needs to reduce to something of that 500 years ago. Take that around 500 years ago. Take a look at this. Hide away from we cannot hide away from human population growth because, you know, it underlies so many of the other problems. All these things we talk about wouldnt be a problem if there were there was the size of population that there was 500 years ago. There was 500 years ago. What a load of anti humor and bs. The truth of the matter is theres a global decline in birth rates. Its a crisis even elon musk agrees. He tweeted last year, population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming. Now the solution, of course, is to have more babies, and to do that you need to have more sex. The only problem arent feeling problem is people arent feeling very these days in very frisky these days in including gen z ers. If reports are correct, who are having less sex compared to previous generations as over the last couple of centuries. So heres my call to you. Great britain. Do your part for the future of humanity. Close twitter. Stop humanity. Close twitter. Stop obsessing over pronouns and how many genders there are and get and close pornhub. By the way, do your bit for humanity tonight and go out and get laid and have some babies. Well, goodness me, im blushing and it makes sense to come to you first, emily, as we have three anyone who can birth a child. I have my uses. Two questions have you got babies on the horizon . And why are gen zers having such little sex . Well, i mean, im not sure i disclose that to our i want to disclose that to our lovely viewers and listeners, but i do at some point but yes, i do hope at some point to a kid or two. To have a kid or two. So yeah, i completely agree with i dont like this very with you. I dont like this very negative talk about how our population is somehow too big and how people should stop having babies. And i certainly dont like the climate alarmism because surely if we want to have solution climate have a solution to Climate Change or any of the issues related it, we need children related to it, we need children with and with big minds, innovation and whatnot. So yes, lets have more whatnot. So yes, lets have more babies. Why not . Darren would whatnot. So yes, lets have more babiconsidernot . Darren would whatnot. So yes, lets have more babiconsider surrogacy n would whatnot. So yes, lets have more babiconsider surrogacy orvould you consider surrogacy or Something Like that . Oh, i thought you were going to me. I consider getting to ask me. I consider getting someone pregnant. All that. All that. Luck. Good luck. But do good luck. Good luck. But do you i actually worried . You know, i actually worried . Dont knock it till you try. Dont knock it till you try. Absolutely. Try anything once. Ill try anything once. Once. Comer anything once. Once. Come on, ything once. Once. Come on, guys. Once. Come on, guys. Come on, guys. The whole hashtag metoo culture, right . Think, culture, right . I think, actually that terrified actually that that has terrified actually that that has terrified a new generation of young men that cant actually even , that they cant actually even, you know, get close to a woman without being accused of something. Think that culture without being accused of somgoneg. Think that culture without being accused of somgone far think that culture without being accused of somgone far toork that culture without being accused of somgone far too farhat culture without being accused of somgone far too far and ulture without being accused of somgone far too far and that � e has gone far too far and that actually its stifling intimacy. We, for want of a better word , and i reckon thats all responsible for creating this culture in which people are absolutely terrified to engage with the opposite sex. Is it just that people are addicted to pornhub and theyre too busy rowing on twitter . Thats an element, i think thats an element, but theres also but i think theres also a bigger element people bigger element of people being absolutely terrified what absolutely terrified of what someone like accused of as a woman. I think theres some truth to that. Have to be a very that. You have to be a very confident type these confident type of chap these days. I confident type of chap these days. I think , to go to a days. I think, to go up to a girl or a woman in a pub or a club or a bar, but people arent. Was there a lot of i think maybe youre a bit ott. I dont think that, you know, thats the main reason. I think its probably because people are so obsessed their phones more obsessed with their phones more than but i think than anything else. But i think it certainly has a part to play. Obe weve got tint well, ive never been on tinder in life, never been on tinder in my life, fyi, weve got on tap. Fyi, weve got tinder on tap. Why arent people having more sex . I sex . I think that might be part of the problem in the way that we interact each other interact with each other nowadays. More nowadays. Its much more digital rather in life. You rather than in real life. You can up tinder can get wrapped up in tinder conversation never conversation for weeks and never meet so you might meet someone, so you might actually talking lots of actually be talking to lots of people, but you might never actually and people actually meet them. And people seem get a lot pleasure seem to get a lot of pleasure from relationships that are through cyberspace rather than in life. So were kind of in real life. So were kind of losing that human touch. And if you countries eastern you look at countries in eastern asia, like in south korea and japan, where this is a huge problem, you know, theyre having huge problems with de population. Theres no intimacy between the younger generations. Everyones generations. Everyones depressed. That doesnt depressed. I hope that doesnt happenin depressed. I hope that doesnt happen in britain. Well, i think in so bad in japan the birthrate is so bad and declining so quickly that in about years civilisation will about 70 years civilisation will be wiped out there. Benjamin have you thought about the or any surrogates . I im just glad i mean, im just glad weve dragged you away from your bedroom for hour based bedroom for a whole hour based on it was interesting. On that. It was interesting. Hear people hear darren moaning about people that arguing that spend their lives arguing on twitter pornhub. On twitter and on pornhub. Thats self awareness thats a lack of self awareness. Whoever of it, the. If whoever heard of it, the truth you know about my truth is would you know about my habit . Its truth is would you know about my habit . Its not truth is would you know about my habit . Its not really about the habit . Its not really about the act of creating a child. Its about, you know, its the economy, stupid, right . People economy, stupid, right . People cant afford the kind of cost that a child comes with. Its much harder for people under 30, 35, 40 to afford a child, especially if they live in the south east or london. And i think people want to be responsible. They dont want to bnng responsible. They dont want to bring a kid into the world if theyre not sure, they cant cover costs. Theyre not sure, they cant covethats costs. Theyre not sure, they cant covethats really costs. Theyre not sure, they cant covethats really difficult. ;ts. And thats really difficult. I think of to that. But do you think maybe our generation are less willing to compromise on their Living Standards as our parents would have done because our parents would have had kids and then worked the financial worked out the financial situation . Want in situation . We want to be in a very place before we even very secure place before we even think it. Perhaps were think about it. Perhaps were doing the way doing things the wrong way round. Thats round. I dont think thats quite i dont know quite right because i dont know the but im sure the exact stats, but im sure its the case that a generation or two generations ago, the age at couple bought a at which a couple bought a house, had a mortgage, you know, im pretty sure was was lower, was normal the mid 20s. Was normal by the mid 20s. Now thats unusual these days because much harder. Because its so much harder. And, know, you have 2 or 3 and, you know, you have 2 or 3 kids. Ive got two kids and i agree. So you must have faced this question. Yes, i agree. Its harder now for people. They want to own their own home. They want to own their own home. They for they want a nice environment for their completely get their children. I completely get that. Just think theres that. But i just think theres never be a right time never going to be a right time to have children. Youre always going youre to have children. Youre always going going youre to have children. Youre always going going to youre to have children. Youre always going going to want youre to have children. Youre always going going to want more youre to have children. Youre always going going to want more space. Always going to want more space. But i will just say to do it. Thing that really one thing that is really interesting you look at interesting is if you look at young they interesting is if you look at you having they interesting is if you look at you having children they interesting is if you look at you having children and they are having children and compromising on their Living Standards have standards in order to have children. I do think there is children. So i do think there is something cultural something in emilys cultural comment. Is comment. Perhaps there is something British Culture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes British Culture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes us British Culture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes us thinktish culture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes us think ,sh culture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes us think , oh, ulture comment. Perhaps there is somymakes us think , oh, weve that makes us think, oh, weve got be settled down and own got to be settled down and own property and be financially secure have children , secure before we have children, because not everyone coming to this has that same sense this country has that same sense because in the workplace. That is the and it is one of the main reasons that by any of the main reasons that by any of the greenie argument of de population havent made de population you havent made that as one of your arguments. Anti green so youre anti green now. Benjamin a turn up for the book . I book . I mean in britain the birthrate is about 1. 6 and its going to fall to about 1. 4. Now if we were matching the population, and so population, itd be 2. 1. And so we actually often talk about immigration and population rise in about 20 or 30 years. Were going to have a big population decline. I that is a decline. I think that is a problem. So hold on till a problem. Okay so hold on till a bit before get busy, bit later before you get busy, because ahead, albys bit later before you get busy, because hit ahead, albys bit later before you get busy, because hit outead, albys bit later before you get busy, because hit out ati, albys bit later before you get busy, because hit out at deadbeat dads. And benjamin says that more Migrant Deaths our coasts Migrant Deaths on our coasts shames britain. But first, lets get your latest weather. Get your latest weather. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello, im marco petagna. Hello, im marco petagna. Heres your latest weather update from the met office. Well see a mixed bag of weather across the the next few across the uk over the next few days. Be some sunshine, across the uk over the next few day� some be some sunshine, across the uk over the next few day� some rain be some sunshine, across the uk over the next few day� some rain too. Ome sunshine, across the uk over the next few day� some rain too. But sunshine, across the uk over the next few day� some rain too. But things ne, but some rain too. But things will certainly will be turning warmer certainly towards of the towards the middle parts of the coming pressure is coming week. Low pressure is anchored towards the north west of the moment. Thats of the uk at the moment. Thats feeding a fair few showers in on the south west breeze. The south west dodi breeze. And we an on this we need to keep an eye on this little feature in from little feature running in from the that bring the southwest that will bring some on night some more rain on sunday night into tonight, into monday. Back to tonight, though, of clear though, its a case of clear spells showers , the most spells and showers, the most frequent showers towards the north the some north and west of the uk. Some of them fairly heavy towards the northwest scotland in the northwest of scotland in the best spells down best of the clear spells down towards the south east, temperatures fairly temperatures holding up fairly well or well actually at 15 or 16 degrees falling lower degrees and falling no lower than 14 towards the north. Than 13 or 14 towards the north. And northwest. As for sunday, well, its a day of sunshine and showers. The showers most frequent and most widespread on sunday north and sunday towards the north and northeast of the uk. A few heavy, perhaps thundery heavy, perhaps even thundery ones around whereas ones around here, whereas towards the south and east, its a brighter picture. Plenty of sunny spells around and with lighter saturday lighter winds. And on saturday it bit warmer out it should feel a bit warmer out and about. Temperatures peaking at 23 celsius, in fahrenheit at 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit on monday. There looks like on monday. There looks like being unsettled day being a pretty unsettled day across england and wales. Outbreaks of quite heavy potentially rain potentially thundery rain working in the southwest as working in from the southwest as we through the day with we go through the day with towards the north northwest towards the north and northwest , sunshine , its a day of sunshine and showers and showers once again and temperatures the high showers once again and tempetotures the high showers once again and tempeto low. 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How do i know that youre even the person you say you are . Please fasten your seatbelts. Maybe were not actually supposed to be in this relationship. As we expect turbulence ahead. Can you not see my insides breaking . How far would you go for love . Brand new 90 day fiance uk, available to stream only on discovery . Watch at no extra cost. Say, get discovery into your voice remote to activate. News radio. Welcome back to the saturday five. As always, cheers very much for your emails about tonights topics christians written in. He says ill be was spot on when he said taking the knee wasnt about blm but a statement against racism. I think its important for christians dont so much thank you i mean you must agree with that as well. Yeah i think i think anybody who cares about racism should take the knee and ill take the knee now. No, i think this isnt posturing. This is about supporting anti racism. Good god. Albie is right. Youve been listening at home. Benjamin butterworth just took the knee in the middle of the studio and proud of it. Well, i hope everyone at home joins. Youve been sucked in by the propaganda, benjamin. Sorry, mate. So christians made a fan. Well , well, mate. So christians made a fan. Well, well, yeah. Well, well, yeah. Christians made a fan, thats for sure. But anyway, now its time for our debate. Our next debate. Up next, emily, and she up next, its emily, and she wants know some of the wants to know why some of the greatest books in history are being from school being ditched from School Reading lists. Time for the reading lists. Its time for the carver palaver. Well, i think i know why, actually, darren, but it the book burners are back, and theyve got their eyes firmly on your childrens School Reading lists. Presumably lists. Now, presumably one of the things being the best things about being a teacher able to teacher is that youre able to educate minds of tomorrow. Educate the minds of tomorrow. Youd naively , perhaps, youd hope naively, perhaps, that this might include introducing children to challenging different challenging ideas, different ways of thinking, maybe encouraging an interest in history. Nope. Apparently in 2023, the point of schools is to erase racism , an admirable aim. Erase racism, an admirable aim. You might think. But it turns out that the way to do this is to erase books. Now, schools to erase books. Now, schools across the country are abandoning books on the basis that they might offend. Current day sensible cities, that they arent anti racist enough, or that they may not be diverse enough. Now one of the latest works on the chopping board is of mice and men. According to one school, it reinforces negative stereotypes or fails to shine a spotlight on relevant issues in relation to race and racism. What absolute drivel, if i remember correctly, isnt one of the central themes of the novel Racial Injustice . And novel Racial Injustice . And anyway, does a novelist have to satisfy these standards to be worthy of reading . Isnt literature supposed to address uncomfortable themes at times, andisnt uncomfortable themes at times, and isnt the whole point of reading really to get a different perspective . No apparently not. Better to censor apparently not. Better to censor a race, cultural history and sanitise a teacher knows best. After all. Well, this annoys me because this is just one case. But there are many schools that have signed up to what they call anti racism guidance. Okay sounds nice. We dont want to be nurturing the next generation of racists in schools. Of course not. But what it seems to mean in practise is schools falling over each other to find problematic themes in books that have been taught for decades and then banning them. Alby, what do you think about this . Is this progress . No, i dont think its progress at all. I might be very much a believer in anti racism, but i think some of the methods that people try to use to tackle it is nonsense. You know, ultimately , i dont think we ultimately, i dont think we should be burning books or cancelling artists because 400 years ago someone wrote a play which was a little bit racist, you know, or they feel that othello is offensive or whatever. I just think weve really got to focus on whats important. And these arent important. And these arent important things to be focusing on. On. Darren why do you think teachers are doing this . Well, i mean, quote academy mean, one quote by one academy says improving racial literacy and overcoming white fragility. Thats one academy. The country i just find it its two to expose those children to the idea. The to expose those children to the idea. The theme of white fragility. I dont think there can be any more racist notion than the idea that there is inherent fragility because of the colour of your skin. These are the kind of ideas we got rid of is white fragility. The idea and i dont know if anyone knows this better than i do, is it the idea do, but is it the idea that white people cant cope with having their racism exposed . And having their racism exposed . And is that is that what it is . Is that is that what it is . Benjamin you must know. Well, i think white fragility is the idea that if people talk about, for example , the about, for example, the reprehensible colonial history of britain and all the black and brown people who died, that people react just as Darren Grimes did. Now look, i actually in principle think banning books is completely wrong. Well, is completely wrong. Well, thats good. Its very popular with the right wing in america, with the right wing in america, with desantis as the with ron desantis as the president ial and president ial candidate. And actually, i think theres a hypocrisy because while lots of people at home, not ron desantis know, but lots of people will say agree with you. But say will agree with you. But then plenty of examples then you hear plenty of examples in country where a book in this country where a book reference transgender people and they thats sorry they dont think thats sorry and think thats a mistake. So do you worry about this type of thing just addressing your point quickly . So should erasing so they should be erasing those getting rid those books. Theyre getting rid of these and of classics like these and teaching kids have and teaching kids who have sex and books and perform oral. Thats i dont think. And yes, i am a father of two. The problem these days used to be, oh, where days is it used to be, oh, where can kids to school . I can i send my kids to school . I want to give them the best education. Whos to, you education. Whos going to, you know, whos going give know, whos going to give them the curriculum . The best curriculum . Now, the problem school or problem is finding a school or an institution that isnt indoctrinating them with far left you left woke claptrap. And, you know, said, how to know, like i just said, how to how sex seven and how to have sex for seven and eight year olds. Youre obsessed with eight year olds. Youre obsessed witiand can just say no . And can i just say no . And can i just say no . Can i just say should be can i just say you should be having of it . Having more of it . That it a matter of i said that it is a matter of principle i dont think principle that i dont think books banned. Now books should be banned. Now youre saying that you think books banned. And books should be banned. Yes. And then defend emilys books should be banned. Yes. And then youiefend emilys books should be banned. Yes. And then you cant emilys books should be banned. Yes. And then you cant eryous books should be banned. Yes. And then you cant eryou think argument. You cant do you think you its right for you think its the right for kids to learn about sex and oral . I oral . I dont. I dont. I dont i dont accept that explicit i dont i dont accept that expli plenty books which reference plenty of books which reference cartoons about transgender cartoons about a transgender or a person. The law of a gay person. It was the law of the land until 2003 to ban age appropriate books where the characters were same sex couple in this country. Those were banned tory government banned by the tory government for 15 years. Well, good. In my eyes. Well, good. In my eyes. Good kids, you agree with section 28, then kids are there to especially young, especially young children, to section 28, not being repealed. You agree with section 28 . No, im saying generally children , especially primary children, especially Primary School where this school children, where in this country in where its country and in the us where its been theyre being been proven theyre being exposed kind of stuff, exposed to this kind of stuff, theyre about theyre being taught about things to things that dont need to be exposed and not just that exposed to and not just that theyre replacing genuine curriculum material like these books of mice and men, etcetera , because theyre somehow racist and even if they were racist, you dont need to hide it under the carpet. And protect children. That just creates a generation of snowflakes. Its quite interesting, isnt it . Mean, benjamin it . Because, i mean, benjamin makes a coherent point that if you dont want this type of book, this classic literature to be banned, then also you shouldnt want to ban, you know , other books that you dont like or find distain artful. But is there a difference between books that are maybe sexually explicit , but books that are maybe sexually explicit, but or have very adult themes or that are pushing sort of transgender ideology . Is of transgender ideology . Is there a difference there . Darren absolutely. Its the age appropriateness the book, age appropriateness of the book, right . And in this case, they say these arent appropriate for people of different ethnicities, but theyre arguing that but theyre also arguing that the colour of the skin of the author matters whether or author matters about whether or not children read the book. That to me, is an inherently racist idea. If ron desantis was saying, lets pull books of black white people off black or white people off because of the colour of their skin, id be with you all the way. But because of authors way. But because of gay authors and off age and gay falling off age appropriate books that well , appropriate books that well, that arent thats not you cant possibly support ron desantis pledge in florida to basically ban lgbtq books in schools. Its a lot more well, im afraid to break it to you, but i absolutely do. And still ahead anyway, were going to have to end it there. Ill be crime on deadbeat ill be blames crime on deadbeat dads. Next, benjamin dads. But next, Benjamin Butterworth more tragic butterworth on why more tragic Migrant Deaths in the channel shames our country. Youre with the saturday five live on radio. Dont worry. Benjamin is dont worry. Benjamin is firmly back on his stool now. Welcome back to the saturday five, as always. Thanks. Thank you very much for all your emails. Alex has written in. He says, i cant believe what ive just witnessed. Benjamin butterworth taking the knee in the what a plonker. Im the studio. What a plonker. Im sure wootton will be talking sure dan wootton will be talking about this on monday evening. Im he will. Hell have im sure he will. Hell have something to answer for. Benjamin will and on bens call for more babies , as jola said, for more babies, as jola said, as member of the population as a member of the population matters organisation , i used to matters organisation, i used to distribute leaflets the distribute leaflets with the following the following quotation from the speech sir david speech of sir david attenborough. All environmental problems become and problems become harder and ultimately impossible to solve with ever more people. Well, theyre someone who vehemently disagrees with you, ben. But anyway , lets get to our next anyway, lets get to our next debate. Debate. Up next, its benjamin, and he thinks that todays tragedy in the channel aisle needs to lead to some soul searching for all of us in this country. There you are, benjamin. Yeah thats right. I think britain should be deeply ashamed of the way it is treating and talking about refugees and migrants. Today we refugees and migrants. Today we saw yet another avoidable tragedy as six people lost their lives on our shores. Crossing the channel from france to britain. Suella braverman, the britain. Suella braverman, the home secretary said she is sorry, but shes also responsible for the fact that we have this tragic state of affairs. She is the person who has removed the right for these Vulnerable People to be reported for being parts of modern slavery and it comes after a week when she tried to put refugees on a barge. The bibby stockholm , where there was stockholm, where there was legionnaires disease, putting their lives at risk, where she suggests sending refugees to Ascension Island 1400 miles from the mainland and with no hospital. Britain is treating refugees worse than it would a dog. And i think when you see these deaths, they have blood on their hands. These deaths, they have blood on their hands. Thats why i think we need to change in three ways. I think that we need to open a sorting centre in calais so they dont have to risk their lives crossing the channel. I think we should let them work legally here so they pay taxes, not cost taxes. When we have a shortage taxes. When we have a shortage in areas like hospitality and care work. And we should introduce id cards so that they cant undercut british workers by working illegally in terrible situations and they cant Access Health care without permission. Health care without permission. I think that is how we solve the refugee crisis. Darren, what do refugee crisis. Darren, what do you think . Well, look, i cant imagine a more horrific way to lose your life. Like, you know, im life. Like, you know, im actually terrified of water and cant swim. So i genuinely cannot imagine what the end moments must have been like for those people. But i do think that to blame that on Suella Braverman is actually a wicked and disgusting thing to do. And ihave and disgusting thing to do. And i have no idea how you can make that argument or how you think by saying you can work here legally , that more people legally, that more people wouldnt come , more people wouldnt come, more people wouldnt come, more people wouldnt make that very journey i so so| so i mean, look, people that are doing this failed scenario, they have blood on their hands. As a union boss. Thats a quote from him today, because they are creating where creating this scenario where people their lives people are risking their lives because legal safe because we dont give legal safe routes for them to come to the country they are desperate. Country and they are desperate. The six people were the six people today were afghans where afghans in a country where we accept 90 of accept more than 90 of applications. Chances are applications. So the chances are they legal refugees, not they were legal refugees, not illegal. And thats why we should have legal they should have legal routes. They should have legal routes. They should at should be able to land at heathrow and claim not heathrow and claim asylum, not have go through this. Have to go through this. We our right should we get our facts right here, this tragic capsizing of this this boat happened about this of this boat happened about 4 miles away from the 4 or 5 miles away from the french coast. What happened french coast. What happened is that british authorities, british rescue teams got british safety rescue teams got into action immediately and rescued over 50 migrants from death and brought them to dover and those who sadly died were taken to hospitals in calais. So really , you know, the british really, you know, the british should not feel ashamed. Our rescue teams helped save lives that would otherwise have perished. And i think what this tells us in terms of policy is that we do need a strong deterrent and we do need to stop the crossing rings. And no amount of safe and legal routes will stop. People from risking this journey. This journey. But a tory stooge do you not think the tories are failing . Look i actually agree with what leander said earlier on this week when he said that the conservative party has failed on immigration. He also said the same thing last week. Been in power last week. Weve been in power for years and these issues for 13 years and these issues keep happening again and again and again. I think we saw our 100,000th channel migrant crossed the channel this week. This is not something which this government has got a grip of. I do think a strong deterrent is part of it. But safe and legal routes are also a part of it. They both got to work hand in hand for the Business Model to be broken because you be broken because even if you have legal routes open, have safe and legal routes open, the people who those routes arent for still cross arent open for will still cross the illegally , which is the channel illegally, which is why have the deterrent which why you have the deterrent which then those who then sends those people who cross channel legally to cross the channel legally to rwanda and therefore the impulse for to do in the first for people to do it in the first place gone. Thats the place is gone. Thats how the business broken. Business model is broken. But youve been talking to a lawyer some lawyer who represented some of these people. I that dan these people. I saw that on dan wootton tonight. What you wootton tonight. What do you make situation . Make of the situation . Well, look, i agree, first of all, albie, im no labour all, with albie, im no labour fan, but the tories majorly fan, but the tories have majorly ballsed not just immigration ballsed up not just immigration in the past 13 years, but pretty much everything else. And to be honest, if you look at australia from one two decades ago when they they literally turn back they they literally turn back the boats , they didnt allow the boats, they didnt allow them to come. They turned them back through the ocean. Back halfway through the ocean. They coming. How they stopped coming. Thats how you people like to say you fix it. People like to say its not very humanitarian, its not if thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what thats thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what they thats thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what they say. Thats thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what they say. But ts thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what they say. But it; thats not very caring. Fine. If thats what they say. But it fixed s not very caring. Fine. If thats what they say. But it fixed the problem. You cannot allow these boats to leave france. And actually, i tweeted yesterday partly in jest, but partly serious as well. Why cant we just send 30,000 troops over to france, the northern beaches france, to the northern beaches in calais wherever else , in calais and wherever else, armed with knives and just prick the so they deflate . The boats so they deflate . Thats french cops do thats what the french cops do when boats out launch when the boats are out to launch into channel. They into the english channel. They just and they just puncture the boats and they cant cant launch. As cant they cant launch. Its as simple as that. You not think, given the do you not think, given the kinds scenarios most of these kinds of scenarios most of these people in 70 applicants are people in 70 of applicants are accepted when theyre coming from sudan , from from south sudan, from afghanistan . Do you not think we have responsibility as a have a moral responsibility as a rich . Rich nation . Look, think the stats well, look, i think the stats speak for themselves where the majority are majority of these people are economic yes theyre economic migrants. Yes theyre not. 70 applications are 70 of applications are accepted. They are legal refugees. Well, i have helped i when i was at the sun, i helped a baby from afghanistan. Come to the uk. He blown up in the uk. He was blown up in the airport bomb. Ive my airport bomb. So ive done my fair share. And actually i worked with priti on that worked with priti patel on that to baby so when to get the baby over. So when there refugees there are genuine refugees escaping persecution, escaping war and persecution, then need get them then yes, we need to get them oven then yes, we need to get them over. We cannot have any over. But we cannot have any more english more deaths in the english channel. The fault channel. Its not just the fault of i partly put it of the tories. I partly put it on them. Its fault of on them. Its the fault of everyone. Every government previously who hasnt acted properly. Ultimately, if but ultimately, actually, if we governments we think about governments previously was in previously i think it was in 2009, pains me to say this 2009, it pains me to say this under labour where we saw the most refugees sent back ever. Yeah, i also think weve got a moral responsibility by the way, to democracy to and voters in britain who keep saying we do not migration to britain. Well, i do want more migration and i hope we do get. Where are they going to go . Where are they going to go . Youre not democrat, thats why. But anyway, moving on. Still ahead are dads. The ahead are useless dads. The reason crime ridden reason for our Crime Ridden Society . Ill be think so. And hes going to tell us why youre with the saturday five live on gb news. Welcome back to the saturday five. Now janets been in touch. She says, tell benjamin those poor souls died on the shores of france, not our shores. As he stated. Yes, it was about five miles from the french coast, dave says albee is right. It is dave says albee is right. It is absolutely imperative we somehow break the Business Model of these disgusting human traffickers who profiting traffickers who are profiting from here, now. From misery. Here, here, now. Now it is time for our final debate. Indeed. Up next, its albee indeed. Up next, its albee and albee is going to tell us why deadbeat dads are at the heart of britains crime problem. Take it away, albee. Problem. Take it away, albee. This is a very personal issue to me. Earlier on this week , we to me. Earlier on this week, we saw mayhem on londons Oxford Street as gangs of young people answered calls on social media for mass looting and stealing from shops. We saw high street shops like boots and marks, and spencers closed their doors to punters on one of the busiest shopping days of the week. Look at these pictures just here. One of the things which i cant help but notice when we look at some of these pictures is a lot of the perpetrators seem to look a little bit like me , black. Now little bit like me, black. Now ive got to ask the question, why is it always black people that get involved in this kind of behaviour . And i think its not just because there arent enough youth clubs anymore. I personally dont think that having a place to play ping pong is going to be stopping crime. I think its because of the scourge of fatherless households in britains black community. 63 of black black caribbean families grow up in families where the father is absent. About 43 are black african families have fathers that are absent , and families have fathers that are absent, and this places a huge strain on children when theyre growing up because they dont have that discipline , that have that discipline, that father figure, that person to say, no, this is Unacceptable Behaviour and you need to stop. It is a huge problem and its my hope that my generation of young black men dont make the same mistakes that our fathers made and that we stay with our families because this is really important stuff. If we look at important stuff. If we look at things like knife crime. Black britons make up about 13 of londons population. But they make up the majority of knife crime victims and knife crime perpetrators. Even david lammy agrees that a lot of this knife crime and a lot of this disorder might be caused by fatherless households. As he noted in a 2012 interview with the bbc where he said that he even thought that the 2011 riots might have been caused mostly by people who had grown up in households without without a father. Now theres no easy solution to this. Weve had conversations on this panel before about how difficult it is to keep Families Together , but to keep Families Together, but its important that we at least talk about it. This is a really talk about it. This is a really personal issue for me , ben leo personal issue for me, ben leo because my father actually walked out on me and my sisters when i was quite young and i feel quite fortunate that ive ended up in a position which is maybe not normal for someone from my background, but why is it that you think there is such a problem in particularly the black community with fatherless households . Households . The honest answer is i dont know because im not black and i dont live in a black community. But one thing i will say is i dont look , i havent seen my dont look, i havent seen my father since i was ten for various reasons. I chose to. Not various reasons. I chose to. Not so essentially grew up without so i essentially grew up without a i grew up with my mother a dad. I grew up with my mother and my siblings, but but i dont use that as an excuse as to go around causing havoc, causing crime, making other peoples lives a misery. I used that pain of not having a father around to better myself and use it as inspiration to do well in my career, do well in life. And also now ive had two children to them the love and the to give them the love and the care that i feel like i missed out my left , it was out on. When my dad left, it was kicked rather, when i was kicked out rather, when i was ten. So i think theres some personal responsibility to be had here. I dont know why. Personal responsibility to be had here. I dont know why. Is it a cultural thing . I mean, what do you think . Is it youre from the black community . Is it a thing . A cultural thing . There actually i think there is actually just much tolerance of just far too much tolerance of fathers walk out on their fathers who walk out on their children black community. Fathers who walk out on their chil |en black community. Fathers who walk out on their chil | dont black community. Fathers who walk out on their chil | dont think ck community. Fathers who walk out on their chil | dont think there nmunity. Fathers who walk out on their chil | dont think there islunity. And i dont think there is enough of a social penalty when it from the families of it happens from the families of those black men. I never think that the families, siblings that the families, the siblings , the fathers are harsh enough on their children who walk out on their children who walk out on their children that there needs to be a bit more shame. I think, in that aspect. But i think, in that aspect. But i think we get the shame part wrong. We put the shame on the single mother rather than the single mother rather than on the father out and father who walks out and Benjamin Butterworth, you know , Benjamin Butterworth, you know, it is painful when that happens. But but why is it that you feel that for some people , well, they that for some people, well, they just cant ever get out of that rut of not having a stable household . I think it would be trite to suggest that that this isnt real. You know, i think boys are drawn to fathers, to male figures in the way that that girls are to women. And thats going to thats likely to have far more of an effect on on shaping them then listening shaping them and then listening and them. And i think and respecting them. And i think there clearly is a problem, as you said, lammy said, you said, as david lammy said, that a particular that you have a particular demographic where thats become culturally. And i culturally acceptable. And i think hate to with you think i hate to agree with you really, i do. But the single mothers point true. Its mothers point is so true. Its seen be a single seen as shameful to be a single mum. Didnt become mum. Well they didnt become a single mum on their own, did they . Well quite. But you know what mean. Turn this what i mean. Not to turn this into springer, but you into jerry springer, but you know, parents, i know know, both my parents, i know people watching always think im sort but i was sort of a posh brat, but i was born a Council Estate and born on a Council Estate and both been in and both my parents have been in and out prison for serious out of prison for serious crimes. So i was raised by my grandparents and mainly my grandmother, was a very grandmother, and she was a very stern kind but strict. She was stern kind but strict. She was all those kind of male characteristics, some people would say. But she wasnt a man. And so i dont think you know, i dont think you can fail just because you dont have a father there. Absolutely. It needs be absolutely. It needs to be more discipline, doesnt it . And also, i think tiktok is also, ill be i think tiktok is also, ill be i think tiktok is a and its a real problem as well. And its quite im right. Were quite evil. Im right. Were going up thank you going to wrap up now. Thank you very lee to say so very much to ben lee to say so much to say, so much to say. Thanks, ben lee, all for being a brilliant guest. And to all of brilliant guest. And to all of you wonderful viewers, carol, who says, welcome back, emily. Sheesh. Was sheesh. First debate. And i was afraid that the boys were going to in a physical, feisty to get in a physical, feisty cuffs. Well, there we are. Next up, its the great in up, its the great leo. Stand in for dolan. Cheers for for mark dolan. Cheers for watching. Well see you again next. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello, im marco petagna. Heres your latest weather update from the met office. Well see a mixed bag of weather across the uk over the next few days. Therell be some sunshine, but rain too. But things but some rain too. But things will turning certainly will be turning warmer certainly towards part the towards the middle part of the coming pressure coming week. Low pressure is anchored north west coming week. Low pressure is antheed north west coming week. Low pressure is anthe uk north west coming week. Low pressure is anthe uk at north west coming week. Low pressure is anthe uk at the north west coming week. Low pressure is anthe uk at the moment. 1 west coming week. Low pressure is anthe uk at the moment. Thats of the uk at the moment. Thats feeding a fair showers in on feeding a fair few showers in on the westerly breeze we the south westerly breeze and we need eye on this need to keep an eye on this little feature running from little feature running in from the thatll the southwest. Thatll bring some rain on night some more rain on sunday night into tonight, into monday. Back to tonight, though. Case of though. Its a case of clear spells showers, most spells and showers, the most frequent showers towards the north of uk. Some north and west of the uk. Some of them fairly heavy towards the north west scotland the of them fairly heavy towards the nortiof vest scotland the of them fairly heavy towards the nortiof the scotland the of them fairly heavy towards the nortiof the clear otland the of them fairly heavy towards the nortiof the clear otland down best of the clear spells down towards south east towards the south east temperatures up fairly temperatures holding up fairly well actually at 15 or 16 degrees lower degrees and falling. No lower than towards the north than 13 or 14 towards the north and east. As for and northwest east. As for sunday, well, its a day of sunshine and showers. The showers most frequent and most widespread the widespread on sunday towards the north northeast of the a north and northeast of the uk. A few heavy , perhaps even thundery few heavy, perhaps even thundery ones here as well as ones around here as well as towards the south and east. Its a brighter picture with plenty of spells and with of sunny spells around and with lighter saturday lighter winds. And on saturday it warmer out it should feel a bit warmer out and temperatures peaking and about. Temperatures peaking at 23 celsius, 73 fahrenheit at 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit. Monday looks being. Monday looks like being a pretty unsettled day across england and wales. Outbreaks of quite heavy potentially thundery england and wales. Outbreaks of quit high low 20s 23 down high teens to low 20s 23 down towards the south east in 73 and fahrenheit. A warming up, though, as we head towards the middle we could middle of the week. We could even degrees in 1 or even see 30 degrees in 1 or 2 spots. 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And it might take at ten. The west is failing ukraine. We need to arm them pronto. So a busy two hours to come. So put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up the kettle and lets have a night to remember our first the headunes night to remember our first the headlines with Aaron Armstrong. Headlines with Aaron Armstrong. Hi there. Im Aaron Armstrong in the newsroom. The six people who died after their boat got into difficulties in the channel this morning were all afghan men. Thats according french men. Thats according to french prosecutors whove said the majority of the migrants on board, including some children , board, including some children, were afghanistan along with were from afghanistan along with several from sudan. Its understood another two people are missing. The rnli and the are missing. The rnli and the french coast guard rescued more than 50 people from the vessel, some of whom were taken to dover for a criminal inquiry has been openedin for a criminal inquiry has been opened in france. Around 200 opened in france. Around 200 Police Officers and staff in Northern Ireland werent informed. A laptop and documents informed. A laptop and documents containing their names had been stolen for almost a month. The theft from a car in july emerged last week after the names of 10,000 Police Employees were published online. In a separate