From the conflict. Sees tensions reverberate across the world. King charles issues a plea for Mutual Understanding in times of turmoil. Temptation to turn ourselves into a shouting or recriminating Society Party must be resisted. Society party must be resisted. After a string of false starts, the bibby stockholm barge is back and the home office is now expected to finally return Asylum Seekers to the accommodation vessel might not be a great day weather wise for some of us. Edens got all the details. Edens got all the details. Edens got all the details. A red warning has been issued for parts of eastern scotland because of exceptional amounts of rainfall expected over the next few days. Ill have full details on storm babbitt in the forecast coming up. And as always , paul coyte and as always, paul coyte will be here with all the latest from the world of sport. Absolutely. Only two days away now that world cup away now from that world cup semi final for england against south africa and marcus smith. And lip are likely and hes very fat lip are likely to miss it. Unfortunately and everton in the dock with everton also in the dock with ffp charges. More about that coming as well. Coming up as well. Paul, thank you. Lots in the program this morning. And if you want talk us, wed love to want to talk to us, wed love to hear from you. Just drop us an email, views. Gbnews. Com. Email, gb views. Gbnews. Com. A very good morning to you. Our top story this morning and the Prime Minister is to arrive in israel for a two day visit before heading to regional capitals. Rishi sunak touches down in israel as the us president returns home from his own visit. And joe biden urged israel not to be consumed by rage. Israel has been badly victimised by, you know, the truth is that if they have an opportunity city to relieve of suffering of people who are have nowhere to go , theyre going to nowhere to go, theyre going to be. Thats what they should do. And if they dont, theyll be held accountable. And my point held accountable. And my point to everyone is, look , if you to everyone is, look, if you have an opportunity to alleviate the pain , you should do it, the pain, you should do it, period. And if you dont, youre going to lose credibility worldwide. And well, as the worldwide. And well, as the Prime Minister begins his attempt to influence the conflict, protests continue to take place around the world as protesters from the stop the War Coalition gathered in whitehall yesterday evening. Well, our reporter Charlie Peters is in tel aviv for us and we can cross live to him this morning for the latest. Lots of pressure on the Prime Minister to try and make progress where perhaps President Biden or indeed olaf scholz werent able to and top of his agenda, presumably british hostages in all of this as well. All of this as well. That will surely lead the front of the british diplomatic effort in israel today, some nine britons missing in israel since this war started on october the seventh. And we have had reports of james cleverly, the foreign secretary interacting with qatar as an intermediary between hamas in the gaza strip and the israeli side. And, of course , americans side. And, of course, americans involved in that, too. Qatar has been a mediator between several hostage situations recently , hostage situations recently, securing the exchange of some prisoners between the russians and the ukrainians. But it will be what rishi sunak can achieve today on the ground in israel that will take most of the attention. There have been some attempts, i think, from number 10 to downplay the effect that sunak have in the country sunak can have in the country today. This is more of a visit of solidarity. You feel then of serious impact after joe biden was in israel yesterday, there was in israel yesterday, there was the security of humanitarian corridors from egypt into the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. At least 20 trucks crossing. At least 20 trucks crossing. At least 20 trucks crossing over last night about midnight. The last reports we had on that situation. And also had on that situation. And also they are able to replenish the iron dome Missile Defence system , something that britain just cannot do so far. Britains impact on the ground has been mostly solidarity, as i said, but also some Maritime Patrol aircraft have we assume, been busy above the coastline where we are observing the gaza strip and possibly also the situation in the north of israel. But in the north of israel. But rishi sunak, while he is here, he will be discussing very cleanly that situation with the 199 at least hostages from around the world that are missing. But in particular, focus those nine britons whose fate is yet to be determined. Fate is yet to be determined. Okay, charlie, thanks very much indeed. Well, were going much indeed. Well, were going to take a look at your report into some of the issues surrounding this. Now. Surrounding all of this. Now. There is no doubt whose side President Biden is on when it comes to the conflict between israel and hamas. Israel and hamas. Mr president , joe, i want to thank you for coming here today. But he has softened his support for the destruction of hamas with concern for civilian casualties and calls for humanitarian aid in gaza. Humanitarian aid in gaza. You are a jewish state. You are a jewish state, but youre also a democracy unlike the United States. You dont live by the rules of terrorist. You live the rules of terrorist. You live by the rule of law. And when by the rule of law. And when conflicts flare , you live by the conflicts flare, you live by the law of wars. What sets us apart law of wars. What sets us apart from the terrorists is we believe in the fundamental dignity of every human life. Israeli, palestinian , an arab israeli, palestinian, an arab jew , muslim, christian, everyone jew, muslim, christian, everyone. It cant give up. What makes you who you are. You who you are. And while he publicly warned of the need to operate by the rules of war, the message he delivered behind closed doors was probably more stern. Mr was probably more stern. Mr bidens high stakes visit was overshadowed by the blast at a gaza City Hospital , while israel gaza City Hospital, while israel was immediately blamed by hamas. Was immediately blamed by hamas. But the idf say the blast was caused by a misfired palestinian rocket. Mr biden backed the israeli version of events. Israeli version of events. I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. Not not you. The other team. Not not you. Theres another biden, but a visit that was supposed to calm tensions in creased them as arab leaders had cancelled meetings with biden as protests rocked the region after the hamas claims about the gazan hospital explosion. Explosion. Im very honoured to meet you, sir. As mr biden visited victims of the hamas attack on israeli communities on october the 7th, he was mindful of the need to support innocent palestinian teens in gaza. For nearly two teens in gaza. For nearly two weeks of bombing and a blockade of food, water and power. There is panic, grief and desperate action among more than 2 million palestinians within minutes of bidens appeal to the israeli war cabinet to allow aid into gaza , the Prime Ministers gaza, the Prime Ministers Office Released a statement confirming the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance, but only via the egyptian border. Mr biden also announced military aid for israel, but he had one last message before heading home. He wants the ultimate end game to be peace, shock , pain right rage, an all shock, pain right rage, an all consuming rage. Consuming rage. I understand that Many Americans understand and you cant look at what has happened here to your mothers, your fathers , your grandparents, some fathers, your grandparents, some daughters, children, even babies , and not scream out for justice. S justice must be done. Justice. S justice must be done. But i caution this while you feel that rage , dont be feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. Consumed by it. But as he left tel aviv , but as he left tel aviv, hamas rockets lit up the night sky. Charlie peters gb news, israel. Israel. Well, when President Biden returned to the us overnight, he said to reporters on the tarmac that hamas needs to learn to shoot straight. Referring to that incident in the hospital. Two two nights ago when there was an explosion at the hospital. The questions now will be, will rishi sunak also use his intelligence support to reaffirm the line that the israelis gave about that explosion, that explosion that has caused so much tension and so many protests in the region in the last 48 hours. Okay, charlie in israel, thank you very much indeed. Well, speaking last night at a dinner in the city of London King Charles stressed the importance of Mutual Understanding between religions dunng understanding between religions during Turbulent Times. One of my first acts as sovereign little over a year ago was to open the doors of Buckingham Palace to the leaders of the major faiths represented across these islands to welcome them with respect and indeed love and to rededicate my life to protecting the space for faith itself within our shores. Faith itself within our shores. As such, understanding both at home and overseas is never more vital than at times of International Turmoil and heartbreak. Aching loss of life. Heartbreak. Aching loss of life. Well, Mutual Understanding in short supply in the middle east. Pro palestinian protests continue across the region from turkey and lebanon to jordan and the occupied west bank. Last night, the former Palestinian Authority spokesman , nour odeh, authority spokesman, nour odeh, joined nigel farage and told gb news that its not possible to bomb our way out of conflict , bomb our way out of conflict, dumping more guns and more munitions and clapping and cheering on as more bombs are dropped to on point 3 Million People who are caged in an open air prison is not the answer. And weve seen this time and again, we know it doesnt work. You cannot bomb your way into changing peoples minds. The americans couldnt do it. Others couldnt do it. It just wouldnt work. The core issue here is that an entire nation , the that an entire nation, the palestinians in the west bank and in gaza, continue to be denied their right to be free, their right to have a country , a their right to have a country, a state of their own and everybody wants to do anything but face that fact. Well lets talk to that fact. Well lets talk to the chairman of republicans overseas, greg swenson. Good to see you this morning, greg. Whats your assessment of what President Biden has been able to achieve . Able to achieve . Well, im not sure how much hes achieved, but i have to say his statement was very positive. I thought he did a great job. He did what he said, what he had to say. I thought it was well scripted. And his handlers, i thought, gave him a lot of a great script to read from. The great script to read from. The question is what . What will he do . And unfortunate he it seems like the American Public has lost confidence in President Biden. You know, even after the this incident started, 11 days ago, hes he said all the right things and again, i, i fully endorse what hes done so far. But the problem is hes only polling at 41 on this issue, which which just tells me that that the American Public, the voters have lost confidence in him. And i think the next issue is, you know, what is he actually do here . So he said the right thing so far. So, you know , good for him. So far, so good. The memory lapse during the press conference didnt help yesterday. But other than that, i think so far so good. And it was it was a very positive trip in spite of the cancelled sessions, which dont surely dont blame on President Biden. Yeah its interesting. I wonder how much we can blame perhaps our obsession , the blame perhaps our obsession, the american obsession with you know, the home audience, the domestic audience to actually how this whole escalation happened, you know, the sort of looking inwards, the constant ratings and discussion about polling at home when perhaps weve taken our eye off the ball and what was happening in the middle east. I mean, surely yesterday President Biden wasnt thinking about his domestic audience once and was audience for once and was actually trying to Say Something profound to people in the profound to the people in the region. I mean, saying things region. I mean, saying things like, be outraged, like, yes, be outraged, youre entitled outraged, but entitled to be outraged, but dont let it consume you like it did us after 9 11. I thought it was a very interesting not only admission that they got things wrong, of, you know, admission that they got things wrorof of, you know, admission that they got things wrorof grandfatherly,u know, admission that they got things wrorof grandfatherly, profound sort of grandfatherly, profound insight. Yeah and again, i dont think that was necessary negative because hes still , you know, really hes still, you know, really fully supporting israel and fully supporting israel and fully supporting israel and fully supporting the west. And i think this is a civilised, rational fight that were in right now between ukraine and iran. And this conflict with hamas. And it really goes back hamas. And it really goes back to iran. But i think you can look at the first two years of his administration in the absolute debacle on afghanistan appeased the russians on nord stream 2. Remember President Trump had blocked nord stream 2. Biden on day one, lifted , lifted biden on day one, lifted, lifted the switch or flipped the switch on nord stream 2. And that really sent a message to putin that he could get away with anything. And then, of course, hes been trying to buy the iranians, buy the mullahs with concessions, lifting concessions, with lifting sanctions. And its, you know, to tune of well over 70 to the tune of well over 70 billion in revenue for the mullahs to execute this these proxy wars with hamas and hezbollah and 18 other terrorist groups. So that really set him up quite poorly. Its only been up quite poorly. Its only been in the last year where hes demonstrated some resolve in support for ukraine and support for israel. So, again , im all for israel. So, again, im all for israel. So, again, im all for it. Im all for what hes done so far. But the question now is, what does he do . Does he actually put the sanctions back on iran or does he keep funding . On iran or does he keep funding . Not only is he funding hamas indirectly by funding iran, but hes funding now both sides of the Russia Ukraine conflict because money from iran is going to russia. You know , theyre to russia. You know, theyre sending drones to russia. So you know, this is something that hes got to change policy on, not just rhetoric. Okay hes got to change policy on, notjust rhetoric. Okay greg, not just rhetoric. Okay greg, well leave it there for now. But good to see you this morning. Thank you. Thanks now, after a string of false starts, including a previous evacuation due to an outbreak of legionella disease, 29 Asylum Seekers are now expected to return to the bibby stockholm barge today. Barge today. Well, the news comes as a suite shop owner responsible for smuggling 10,000 Asylum Seekers across the British Channel has been jailed for 11 years. As the crackdown on people smuggling continues as well. Joining us now is the human rights lawyer, david. Hey, good morning to you, david. Look, this is a big moment for the home office. They hope they didnt have this huge embarrassment over legionella and they are ultimately fulfilling a legal obligation to provide guide safe housing for Asylum Seekers, arent they . Asylum seekers, arent they . Hi. Good morning to you both. Well, the thats quite right. The obligation is safe housing. So that doesnt necessarily mean that a barge or a marquee or an army centre cant be safe. But what it does appear to mean is that our government certainly when you look at the issues with here with the bibby stockholm and then with with other other areas, i think it was with marsden, they havent been able to provide safe accommodation. To provide safe accommodation. So thats, you know, aside from all the other issues that youre seeing, if our government cant provide the most basic safe accommodation, thats thats thats a real worry. Thats a real worry. I mean, there is a significant issue here, isnt there, that this was meant to be not quite the golden goose, but it was meant to be a significant move fonnard and away from hotels. I mean, even with these people returning today , its people returning today, its still under 50. I mean, its absolutely a drop in the ocean. Absolutely a drop in the ocean. Well, absolutely. I mean, when you look at the i mean, if you i dread to think of what the actual financial sums look like on this. Now, when you look at the cost renting it, fitting the cost of renting it, fitting it out, it was fitted out a few miles up the road from me down in i am. It was in cornwall, where i am. It was fitted out up there. Then obviously it moved to obviously it was moved to portland. 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