Coming up for you this tuesday lunchtime. The rhetoric versus the reality. Home secretary in washington calling for a Major Overhaul of the uns Refugee Convention. But were on the island of lampedusa, where in the more than the last week alone, more than 11,000 people arrived 11,000 more people have arrived trying europe. Trying to enter europe. Davey looks to win sir ed davey looks to win over tory voters over disenfranchised tory voters as lib dem as he closes the lib dem conference with a speech targeting government targeting the government over health economy. Health and the economy. Were live bournemouth. Health and the economy. Were live eye30urnemouth. Health and the economy. Were live eye30urnemcfigures. Health and the economy. Were liveeyesournemcfigures. Is eye watering figures. Is ofwat will ofwat says utilities will have to million back bill to pay £114 million back to bill payers after failing to meet their on pollution their key targets on pollution leakage supply. Leakage and supply. Also coming up, breaking news with a gb news exclusive live, andy burnham, Greater Manchesters mayor says hell take government take the government to court if they scrap northern leg of they scrap the northern leg of hs2. Speaking our hs2. Hes been speaking to our political chris Political Editor, chris hope. This will have all this afternoons will have all of that to come after your headunes of that to come after your headlines Aaron Armstrong. Headlines with Aaron Armstrong. It is a minute past 12. Good afternoon to you, Aaron Armstrong here in the gb newsroom. Woman newsroom. Being gay or a woman isnt enough in itself to qualify asylum. View qualify for asylum. The view of the will the home secretary who will question international the home secretary who will questiorrules international the home secretary who will questiorrules are international the home secretary who will questiorrules are fit ernational the home secretary who will questiorrules are fit forational refugee rules are fit for purpose she gives a speech purpose when she gives a speech in washington later, shell ask if convention if the uns 1951 convention is relevant to the modern age, arguing the tests for how refugees defined have refugees are defined have changed. Part changed. And the address is part of plan tackle the of her plan to tackle the refugee crisis. But the shadow cabinet minister, Anneliese Dodds, conservatives dodds, says the conservatives are to for the influx of are to blame for the influx of small boats. Convention International Convention lines the lines are not the reason why the conservative government is failing. Take failing. In particular to take action against International Action against the International People they are people smuggling gangs. They are not why the not the reason why the conservative such conservative government has such chaos the reason why theyre not the reason why british are paying £8 british taxpayers are paying £8 million a day on accommodation. Im a im afraid that the responsibility for all of this lies squarely with the conservative government. Conservative government. Meanwhile , red cross meanwhile, red cross officials on the italian island officials on the italian island of lampedusa are rushing to free up space in their Processing Centre, an expectation of another surge in migrant arrivals. Gb news can reveal the arrivals. Gb news can reveal the camp now has just over 150 residents. A week ago it was deaung residents. A week ago it was dealing with more than 11,000. It led to clashes with Italian Police as migrants tried to leave the camp for the main town. Russell brands asked his followers for Financial Support and says the government is bypassing the judicial process to censor him. His address on the rumble platform last night came after the met police opened an investigation into multiple allegations of Sexual Offences made by a number of women. Brand encouraged his fans to sign up to a £48 subscription after youtubes suspended his earnings for violating their policies last week. Hes accused the legacy media, government and big tech of supporting in his words, a state agenda describing a global war to silence independent voices. Global war to silence independent voices. He denies wrongdoing on police will be given the Legal Protection to carry out their duties. The policing minister chris philp says its in the Public Interest for officers to be able to act without fear of prosecution. A significant number of londons Counter TerrorismPolice Stepped back after a colleague was charged with murdering chris kabain charged with murdering chris kaba in south london last year. The armys bid stood down from supporting the met after enough Firearms Officers returned to duty yesterday. Duty yesterday. We will make sure through this review that the police are able to do their job protecting the looking after each the public, looking after each and every one of us without it being at risk of unreasonable legal jeopardy. Now, of course, there needs to be processed to make sure that police make sure that the Police Conduct themselves in a way that is proper, but cant lead is proper, but that cant lead to unreasonable investigate actions and it cant lead to investigations that hang over officers for years and years. Its not in the Public Interest that that happens because we need police to be out there need the police to be out there proactively protecting the public. Water companies will have to return £114 million to customers after falling short of set standards. The regular later standards. The regular later ofwat has found most companies have failed to meet key targets on reducing pollution and leakage and supply interruptions. They say Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Thames water will have to pay fall. Thames water will have to pay the most. £101 million, followed by southern water , followed by southern water, which must give back £43 million. Workers in the uk are taking more sick days than at any time in the last decade. New any time in the last decade. New research from the chartered institute for professional Development Shows staff took on average. 7. 8 days off in the average. 7. 8 days off in the past year, up from 5. 8 before the pandemic. 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South african president cyril ramaphosa, stay last year. That ramaphosa, stay last year. That is it from me for the moment. But you can get more on your Smart Speaker. Just say gb news on your Digital Radio and on your television. Of course, now its back to markham. And it is its back to markham. And it is definitely ellie. Thank you very much, aaron. Coming up, more on that breaking news, a gb news exclusive, indeed. Our Political Editor chris hope has been speaking to andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. He has just told him he is considering taking legal action against the government if it fails to carry on with that northern link on the hs2 line. Of course, you will know that chris philp, the home office minister, spoke to reporters this morning saying that there would be no decision made on whether to axe or delay the northern leg. But the government was reviewing how the cost it could be controlled. Yes so new line there from andy burnham that he could take the Government Court if they government to court if they backed down on hs2. Perhaps no surprise following his comments a little bit earlier on this week when he said the people of manchester treated manchester were being treated like second citizens. Like second class citizens. He said no way the london said there was no way the london leg of hs2 would be scrapped. So leg of hs2 would be scrapped. So he was speaking to our political edhon he was speaking to our Political Editor, chris hope, and well be speaking to chris hope about that in about seven that interview in about seven minutes time. So you stay tuned for that. Minutes time. So you stay tuned for yeah, problems within the yeah, problems within the tory itself, of course. Tory party itself, of course. George former George Osborne, former chancellor saying chancellor lord heseltine saying scrapping the manchester review was an act of gross vandal ism in their view. More on that as it comes through. But lets also reflect that Suella Braverman is set make a major speech in set to make a major speech in washington dc, taking aim at the United NationsRefugee Convention. Convention. Yes, the home secretary is expected to call for the key legal document to be rewritten for modern times and to declare that no migrant crossing the channel to britain has a good cause for a legal entry. However, the Refugee Council and the labour party argue that the uk should instead be concentrating on addressing the record asylum system backlog. The number of migrants arriving via small boats edging ever closer to 24,000 coming into britain this year as well. Lets get the thoughts of david dunn, professor in International Studies at the university of birmingham. Very good to see you this afternoon. So were expecting full Suella Braverman in the speech in washington this afternoon to say that 70 years have passed since this convention was agreed. Shes going to say we live in such different times, it perhaps needs to be rewritten. What do needs to be rewritten. What do you make of that. 7 you make of that . Well, i think her comments reflect the changing nature of the world. In 1951, there were estimated to be 2 million refugees in europe who needed to be resettled. The estimates now are that there may be 780 Million People who could claim asylum on on that basis. If you look at africa, the population of africa has doubled in the last 20 years to 1. 4 million. And just below that and is estimated to double again in between now and 2060. So there are millions of People Living in areas of the world where there areas of the world where there are no economic prospects, where there is a liberal regime. So there is a liberal regime. So being gay, being a woman is a problem and qualifies you under the present system to claim asylum elsewhere. The ease of travel across the mediterranean and across the channel means that they now have a means of presenting themselves as obviously those numbers mean that we cant offer asylum in the same way. And thats true in america, which is why shes in the united states. They have a massive problem with their southern border. Its a huge political issue in the upcoming president ial election as it is in europe and elsewhere. So in europe and elsewhere. So migration linked to population growth is the challenge that shes talking about today. Yeah, and i think she sort of identified at least 780 Million People effectively on the move across the globe. But just to take it back to the United Nations, we understand shes likely to say that the convention, 1951, an incredible achievement of its age. But in need of reform. Seven decades on. But i suppose you could say the same about the united nafions the same about the United Nations itself. The trouble is, nations itself. The trouble is, thats all weve got at the moment. Moment. Well, indeed. And reforming well, indeed. And reforming the United Nations is the security council, the General Assembly , any aspect of it, and assembly, any aspect of it, and reforming , reforming assembly, any aspect of it, and reforming, reforming this agenda when of course, the majority of states in the United Nations will probably be supportive of it is a difficult ask , but its it is a difficult ask, but its and it begs the question as to whether the certain states will seek to bring out a new interpretation of that rather than get agreement at the united nafions than get agreement at the United Nations itself. But its a very nations itself. But its a very different to world the one in which that convention was drafted and so the challenge of population growth is the main driver of that. Driver of that. So, david, this is tough read trick, isnt it . But is it actually anything more than that . Because this this convention, it took decades to put together. Various countries neededin put together. Various countries needed in order to sign up for this convention on this isnt really something that the uk can just go out alone and do. Just go out alone and do. And i think that also is at play and i think that also is at play here. Were clearly entering the phase of a general Election Campaign and making statements like this play to the conservative partys base support suggests that the problem isnt with government policy, it is with the convention. It is with the inadequacies of the global system rather than the failure of the government to process the Asylum Seekers or to stop the boats crossing the channel. And what reception do you think shell get in washington, d. C . Its a think shell get in washington, dc . Its a democrat town. Its d. C . Its a democrat town. Its a democrat presidency at the moment. Is she likely to get moment. Is she likely to get a fair hearing . Fair hearing . Yes. But the American Enterprise institute is a reaganite republican , indeed reaganite republican, indeed bastion in in washington. So where she is speaking, they will have lined up a sympathetic audience for her. And in terms of the wider american debate, migration on asylum across the southern border is a huge issue. And therefore, in a sense, shell be speaking to people who are receptive to her message. Are receptive to her message. David as ever , thanks for david as ever, thanks for joining us with your assessment. And of course, well be carrying that speech from washington a little later. Thanks very much, indeed. Lets bring you some breaking unconfirmed breaking news. Unconfirmed reports but there coming in reports, but there are coming in of woman in being found of a young woman in being found dead on a beach calais after dead on a beach in calais after believing they believed that she fell off a small boat trying to get channel shes get across the channel shes been identified as a 24 year old eritrea rayan. We understand, but not being named and thought to have drowned in the early hours of this morning, reports suggesting, although, as we say , unofficial at the moment, that she was hoping to claim asylum in britain. Her body found on in britain. Her body found on bleriot beach at about 5 40 am. Meanwhile the red cross on the italian island of lampedusa rushing to empty a Processing Centre ahead of what they believe will be another surge of migrants. Theyre expected to arrive by the end of the week. Well, gb news has learned the camp known locally as the hotspot, has just over 150 hotspot, now has just over 150 residents and comes a week after more than 11,000 migrants reached lampedusa from north africa. Africa. Lets get more live there now with our home and security editor mark white. And mark, first of all, these reports just reaching us about whats been happening on the channel. Of happening on the channel. And of course, reminder of the human course, a reminder of the human cost of all this. Cost of all this. Yeah. And we know that only too well here in lampedusa. Too well here in lampedusa. Were a week away from the 10th anniversary of a terrible tragedy out in the mediterranean , a boat that was heading for lampedusa that capsized , and 363 lampedusa that capsized, and 363 people drowned on that occasion. And there have been many other drownings in the mediterranee in since. And of course , a number in the channel course, a number in the channel now, what we understand about this eritrean woman, 24 years old, as you mentioned , as youve old, as you mentioned, as youve been trying to get on one of four boats that made it across to dover this morning. This is the first time that these channel migrants have managed to illegally cross into t