What becomes available. What becomes available. Under the bed. Bugs on their way here through the channel tunnel. The through the channel tunnel. The eurostar starts taking special measures after tourists bosses in paris complain the french capital is being overrun by la polonaise daily. Before we start, im feeling itchy thinking about it. Before we start, heres your headlines with rhiannon. With rhiannon. Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Your top stories from the newsroom. The Prime Minister newsroom. The Prime Minister will tell leaders they need to join forces to protect europes borders from criminal gangs. Rishi sunak has arrived in spain. Hes in granada for a summit on the sidelines of the main meeting. Hell co chair talks with the italian Prime Minister on the rising levels of illegal migration. Downing streets also expected to announce initiatives to increase intelligence sharing with belgium, bulgaria and serbia. Belgium, bulgaria and serbia. Rent prices for homes have increased to the highest level on record. The average charge for a property excluding london, is now almost £1,300 a month. Its the 15th consecutive quarter that the record has been broken in the capital. Average rents rose to more than £2,600 per month. The research by rightmove also shows demand is higher, with properties receiving 25 inquiries compared to eight before the pandemic. To eight before the pandemic. Property expert russell quirk says the rise was inevitable supply. So the amount of rental Properties Available has also dropped. So the numbers state that theres about 35 fewer Properties Available. So youve Properties Available. So youve got demand up, supply Properties Available. So youve got demand up , supply down, got demand up, supply down, theres only one inevitable consequence of that , which is consequence of that, which is that prices will increase significantly as indeed they are the transport secretary says cancelling hs2 will allow investors events that fit the needs of the country. Its after the Prime Minister announced the northern leg of the high speed rail line has been scrapped. But former prime been scrapped. But former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and David Cameron both criticised the decision, saying that a once in a Generation Opportunity has been lost. Mark harper told gb news the facts have changed every penny that we save from cancelling that thats £36 billion and reinvesting every penny across the north or the midlands and the rest of the country on important transport, transport, infrastructure that the people of this country want. So i think thats just changing what were investing still investing in transport, but having invested points that fit the needs of the country and recognise the facts have changed about the cost of hs2. A man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill the late queen is due to be sentenced for treason. Jaswant sentenced for treason. Jaswant singh chahal was found on the grounds on Christmas Day in 2021, while Queen Elizabeth was in residence. Prosecutor lawyers told the old Bailey Charles was encouraged to kill by an Artificial Intelligence girl friend. The maximum sentence for treason is seven years as the Scottish Government has signed an extradition order for a man accused of faking his own death to avoid prosecution. Nicholas rossi is wanted in the us for allegedly raping a woman in 2008. He was arrested in glasgow in 2021, but claimed it was a case of mistaken identity and that hes an irish orphan called arthur knight. That hes an irish orphan called arthur knight. After a long arthur knight. After a long legal battle, hell now be transported to the states to face the charges against him around 3000 people have been evacuated from tenerife because of wildfire as the flames are being fuelled by strong winds and high temperatures. But Authorities Say efforts to bring the fire under control are going well. The area was hit by wildfires over the summer and thousands of tourists were forced to flee. Temperatures are expected to reach close to 40 degrees over the coming days. Degrees over the coming days. And back here, southern and thames water have been identified as standout poor performers by an industry watchdog. The Consumer Council for water says more than 20 Million People were being let down because the firms failed to deal with issues raised by their customers as complaints to southern water were almost three times higher than the average for water and sewerage companies. This is gb news across the uk on tv and your current Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now its back over mark and. Pip back over to mark and. Pip thanks. Rhiannon rishi sunak is attending the European Political Community summit in granada today, pushing european leaders today, pushing european leaders to focus on tackling people smuggling and organised trafficking. Trafficking. But hes raised the ire of certain european leaders by insisting that migration is the centrepiece of the summit as opposed to security threats from russia or artificial Artificial Intelligence. Rather. However fair, it is being reported that britain may be on the brink of gaining access to eu intelligence on criminal gangs and the migrants crisis. Well, and the migrants crisis. Well, joining us now is paolo diana, italian political commentator. Italian political commentator. Paolo. Thanks for joining italian political commentator. Paolo. Thanks forjoining us because it is suggested that these key moves on migration and intelligence sharing could be the result of rishi sunaks increasingly close accord with italy. Italys leader giorgia italy. Italys leader Giorgia Meloni. Meloni. Well, i think that the rishi sunak and Giorgia Meloni are doing really well. First of all, doing really well. First of all, theyre pointing out , doing really well. First of all, theyre pointing out, which is theyre pointing out, which is the main problem of the European Community and the United Kingdom and is a common problem. Illegal migrants and what rishi sunak said that its a problem that is unsustainable and inhuman. Its true. We are letting these true. We are letting these people die , are crossing the people die, are crossing the channel because people smugglers, they dont care about their lives. Theyre sending them on these small boats because they know the boats will break and they rely on this countries to just let them in. They dont understand that we are going to fight back this illegal business. People talk about what the migration crisis here in the uk, but in italy youve got it far worse, havent you . More than 100,000 migrants this year . I think , which is some five times think, which is some five times the amount of what we have here . Absolutely in italy is unsustainable. In italy is unsustainable. And Giorgia Meloni is doing well in telling germany to stop funding this. Boats who are funding this. Boats who are collecting migrants, Illegal Migrants on the channel near lampedusa , and then theyre lampedusa, and then theyre letting them go to italy. Why these boats . Why arent they these boats . Why arent they taking this Illegal Migrants in germany . Why is this government in germany is not helping this Illegal Migrants country . You Illegal Migrants country . You know, its really not fair whats happening. And again, its not sustainable. However over how difficult could this be diplomatically and politically . Diplomatically and politically . Were told that that sunak meloni today will be trying to reach some sort of caucus, maybe a right wing caucus within the european grouping on this. I mean, could they actually find some opposition from other european leaders . European leaders . Unfortunately , they well, unfortunately, they they could find opposition from other leaders, mainly from germany , i guess, unfortunately. Germany, i guess, unfortunately. But i hope that france will stand by with Giorgia Meloni and rishi sunak. We know that macron recently had several problems with the Illegal Migrants, and he admitted that france cannot help the whole the misery of this world. So i really hope that that among italy , united that that among italy, United Kingdom and france , we will kingdom and france, we will change the rules that that let all these people enter with no problems because we really need to change the laws. And its a global problem. So its good that the United Kingdom is working close by with Giorgia Meloni of italy. Meloni of italy. And it is significant, isnt it, that the french president has decided to join these talks because he wasnt due to he thought it was going to be little more than a bit of a pr stunt. Exactly exactly. But im telling you , i think both rishi sunak and Giorgia Meloni are doing very well. They are moving the right well. They are moving the right diplomatic moves and im sure something will change. It has to change because we cannot accommodate millions and millions of illegal poor migrants who need everything and its not sustainable. We are going to destroy the west. And going to destroy the west. And also we have to look at the composition of these Illegal Migrants. The majority of them are more than 90 are young men. What are we going to do with that . We know that the people who who really have to pay the biggest price usually are girls and women. And we want to protect girls and women in europe and in the United Kingdom. Paola thank you very much indeed for bringing us your assessment. And of course well update people from granada as we get more on that and see if there is that sort of caucus meeting. But we reflect that. Ursula we should reflect that. Ursula von der leyen says that support for the core of for ukraine is at the core of this third meeting of the European Political Community. President zelenskyy spoke this morning. He president zelenskyy spoke this morning. He is president zelenskyy spoke this morning. He is there this morning. He is there asserting that the main challenge is to preserve unity in europe. Lets speak now once more to the defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox. Robert, thank for your time. Robert, thank you for your time. Zelenskyy as soon as he zelenskyy i think as soon as he arrived there said, look, you know, us support for ukraine is not faltering. Assured know, us support for ukraine is not of. Tering. Assured know, us support for ukraine is not of thatg. Assured know, us support for ukraine is not of that. Assured know, us support for ukraine is not of that. But assured know, us support for ukraine is not of that. But there|ssured know, us support for ukraine is not of that. But there are red me of that. But there are increasing indications that of course the Us Administration has got problems on capitol hill. Yes there are and there are problems. All round about a consistent and continue support for ukraine. In putting it bluntly, mark zelenskyy knows he has to keep ukraine in the headlines to keep ukraine in the headlines to keep the support going, and thats why he is worried about the signs of sort of pro russia russian government possibly coming in in slovakia. The coming in in slovakia. The trouble over black market ukrainian grain in poland, which has upset the politics there and could affect the outcome of the poush could affect the outcome of the polish election and so on. But really, i think that what theyre saying , as our previous theyre saying, as our previous speaker was saying, theyre getting together. They must devise a strategy that can sustain in ukraine through the winter , something that stable winter, something that stable and medium and long term actually , which we havent had actually, which we havent had up to now. And that is why i think actually there will be a gathering together and curiously, the anglo Italian Alliance is going to be crucial to that. To that. Yeah, weve got zelenskyy speaking out at the moment there in granada. I guess that the price he will want europe to pay is to really reassure ukraine that they are going to be within the european fold. The european fold. Yes. And various a nice noises are being made from nato leaders and from eu leaders about that but lets get practical. This so called summer offensive and it was an offensive and it was an offensive has been enormous , offensive has been enormous, costly on all sides in manpower and munitions. And i think what and munitions. And i think what the european powers should be saying to zelenskyy, we cant go on like this because we dont have the ammunition stocks , have the ammunition stocks, stocks and cant ramp them up in time to keep it going. I think that this is where were getting a medium and Long Term Strategy and where the europeans will be crucial. There is the quartette crucial. There is the quartette at the moment, us , uk, france, at the moment, us, uk, france, germany. You k particularly after grant shapps visit to zelenskyy and the good relations with maloney is desperate to get italy in that because italy will balance this thing. There are two priority is for europe now. One is the war in ukraine, the other is this huge migrant crisis. And you get people like joseph borrell, the Foreign Affairs chief, saying actually the migrant crisis is more important, know its how to balance two. And thats what theyre doing in granada. Theyre doing in granada. And just while we look at these pictures of president zelenskyy roberts speaking the Reuters News Agency is reporting that spain will offer air defence anti drone systems to ukraine. An how significant is that . Thats really important. But thats really important. But we all need it because this is one of the deficiencies were finding with the russian menace that weve got in the uk on the whole, weve got inadequate air defence against a complex air attack which we didnt really have to dream about. The head of defence, admiral sir tony radakin, was talking about a cost of 10 billion. No, its going to cost a lot more than that. Just the city state as it were, of qatar has spent 50 billion on that. No, were were in a war, unfortunately , we in a war, unfortunately, we cant walk away from it. And i think that this is what were reflecting on in what is happening in washington , because happening in washington, because even the republicans, for whatever for the reporting about mccarthy, is the republicans are very divided about ukraine. Are we in it or are we not . Can you isolate it . And the isolationists , i suspect, are isolationists, i suspect, are not really winning on this. Yeah. And given that and given this assessment that i think the phrase as were seeing the bottom of the barrel in terms of the armaments available to send , does putin just have to to send, does putin just have to sit back and grind this out literally a war of attrition . Literally a war of attrition . What were looking at now, mark, absolutely right is that putin is looking for something that he can declare a victory. He maximises he first of all, he wanted four provinces. Now hes saying five zelenskyy an and his generals want to have something which guarantees the survival of ukraine as an independent state. So you can see where im pointing, its looking awfully like whats called a korean solution. I strongly suspect these two exhausted parties will come to a ceasefire within months. It wont be a particularly satisfactory ceasefire, but a ceasefire. It ceasefire, but a ceasefire. It will be at a lot of long, long talking will go on from there because putins destiny, putins survival depends on this. So too, it does for zelenskyy and the independent ukraine also on to ask you about something that James Cleverly has said today. He is accusing putin of stopping food , getting to the stopping food, getting to the worlds most vulnerable people. And that is because , as and that is because, as declassified intelligence shows, that russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the black sea. Black sea. Well, whos to deny what James Cleverly said . Its absolutely right on. All counts. And you dont have to have a secret intelligence. Im not being snarky about that because this has been an open intelligence information contest as well. Russia has prevented grain going to food aid and has cost food for at least a million near starve irving africans. Thats according to british assessment. Now, a lot is moving assessment. Now, a lot is moving there and britain is very, very much involved. And it is absolutely determined with the united states, with the european allies, to keep the International Water and International Water and International Access in black sea open. And this is where sea open. And this is where something really is moving the land front is more or less frozen, but the sea front isnt. And this is where i thin