Were asking, is it time to ban the sale of it. 7 a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an aircrew killed during the dambusters raid back in 1943. And in the sport this morning , big clubs with under fire managers had a good night. Matches tonight to beat newcastle. Chelsea won away at brighton, celtic are scottish champions, which was pretty standard fare to be honest. And standard fare to be honest. And could var be scrapped next season. 7 we can always hope. Season . We can always hope. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way. Either later today or the way. Either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. I am thrilled to be back today. Are you . Are you . Yes i am. yes i am. Did you enjoy your break . Did you enjoy your break . Well, yes, we had a lovely ive had a lovely few days off because we were off last weekend andifs because we were off last weekend and its all the rotors are a little bit tokok at the moment. But anyway , no, but im but anyway, no, but im delighted to be back because i can use my laptop and my phone. No internet at home since monday , no internet at home since monday. And now of course, in this modern world, that means obviously no computer cant get a phone signal in the house. No banking, online banking, no no, no banking, no television, no radio, no nothing. What have you been doing . What have you been doing . Playing canasta. Whats that . Its a card game. Oh. So its a card game. Oh. So literally been playing canasta and sitting in the garden. And sitting in the garden. Well, you must be a pro by how. Now. And we havent got any internet till at the earliest. Tomorrow morning . No. No. How have you been coping . How have you been coping . Its been. Its been. Youre such a techie household. Yeah, i know, cart cart churn some of the lights on because its all done by alexa. He is very techie, so you cant do your coffee machine still work. Coffee machine still works. Well, thats okay, but thats about the only thing. Oh, no. oh, no. Coffee machine in the microwave. Everything else is connected to the internet. Shes just been sat in the garden twiddling your thumbs. Yeah, so its gone. It went down. And the retina. Its something to do with the exchange and all the rest. So anyway, openreach cant come out till tomorrow. Oh, no. oh, no. So all week without anything you feel like youve gone back in time. Yeah. And its things like you cant get a phone signal in the house unless youre like right on the very, very top and leaning out of a window, so how have you been managing or has it been quite nice to have a detox . Its after the first couple of days. Were very tense. Oh, were they after that . It was. Its quite nice to have a detox, but you just want to plan a detox, dont you . Yeah. When youve got loads of stuff that you need to do, you dont want a detox against your will. And then it all just disappears. So its been a bit weird. Its been a bit of a weird. Its been a bit of a weird week. Well, welcome back to the world of the internet. Yes ive just downloaded a ive just downloaded a tv show that we can watch tonight. What you were doing . I was thinking, why is he logging into netflix at 545 in the morning . Thatll be why downloading a tv show. Good idea. So youve got something to watch . Watch something on telly tonight . Oh, thats a good idea. Yeah. Oh. Did you catch eurovision last week . Thought of you. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes. And i predicted it correctly as well. You did actually predict it correctly i did, i wouldnt like i said, i didnt vote for that one, i did, i think its very good. But all the hoo ha. Have you seen all the hoo ha around it. No. No. And everyone kicking off and the irish contestant, because she, she launched an urgent complaint and he couldnt attend one of the semi finals or something because shes urgent. And it turns out it was because the israeli broadcaster in the semi finals said that when she was performing or they were performing, this person has been complaining about israel. Prepare your curses. Oh, and prepare your curses. Oh, and shes complained that that was breaking the rules because. But shes a witch who who is she actually say shes a witch . Yeah. Yeah. Oh, who does all the preparing curses in the act . Oh which is. But shes complained about someone saying, prepare your curses. Its like your curses. Its like snowflake. Its so snowflake. Very snowflake. And its not very snowflake. And its not meant to be political, isnt it . No. Its all very odd. Yeah, but its all very odd. Yeah, but then i also get a bit annoyed because ive seen people complaining about hours olly alexander. And i have to say , i alexander. And i have to say, i do think it was dreadful. I do think it was dreadful. I dont think it was dreadful. I dont think it was a good performance. It wasnt the best, was it . I dont think it was on the wonk. Oh thank you. I dont think it was a great song. So i mean, im, i thought it was a bad go for us, but its the fact ive seen people complain. Andrew pierce, one of them saying it was clearly set in a public lavatory. That was a no. It was on a spaceship. Its on a spaceship. And youd know all about that. Thats why they kept moving about, because it was meant to be zero gravity. It was set on a spaceship. Doesnt make it any better, but it certainly wasnt set in a toilet. Yeah, no, ours wasnt the best, was it . No, but i called it. I called it correctly. Nemo. Wasnt it nemo . Nemo the code, the code. Its quite catchy, but its fantastic. Fantastic. I called it on the night. Let us know if you were watching it. What . You thought gb news com slash your say they see who broke the. It broke the trophy. I didnt see that. Its hilarious. I went to bed after that. Just as he was given his trophy. At the end, he broke. It was the glass swan. And just as Graham Norton said, oh, be careful what you do with that. Dont break it. It literally snapped in half. Oh no. So i thought that that would happen to me. To be fair, that was a classy moment. Last thing to say on that as well. Its very annoying that abba didnt make an appearance. They were really working up to the moment, werent they . They said 50 years ago today or 50 years ago this year, yeah. One. And then we just got those hologram things and then we got the holograms. Rubbish. Yes. It was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. So your thoughts on any of the above or anything youd like to talk about today . Do let us know. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Now echoing his predecessors, the labour leader sir keir starmer will today unveil his six election pledges to the country. Country. Yes, they include maintaining economic stability, cutting nhs waiting times and launching a new Border Command. New Border Command. Yeah. Also wants to set up Great British energy crackdown on anti social behaviour and recruit 6500 new teachers. Oh well, lets get the thoughts of our Political CorrespondentKatherine Forster. Good morning catherine. Good to see you. This does echo, doesnt it . The five pledges made by it . The five pledges made by blair in the late 90s. Yes it does. Good morning. Stephen and ellie. Some of them are absolutely the same, including cutting nhs waiting lists. Thats one of rishi sunaks as well, of course, improving education, cracking down on antisocial behaviour. So big echoes. But of course sir keir starmer has gone one further because hes got not five pledges but six. Now looking at these delivering economic stability. Theyve tweaked that a bit. They previously said the biggest, fastest growth in the g7. Well thats not very clear to a lot of people what that actually means is cut nhs waiting times. Good luck with that. Rishi sunak has not succeeded. Thats one of his as well. Launch a new Border Command. Now this is the new addition that labour have decided to put in to try to prove to voters that they are serious about cracking down on illegal migration as well. Now, its not as strong, of course, as rishi sunak stopped the boats. But then rishi sunak hasnt stopped the boats, has he . Weve also got recruiting thousands of new teachers and cracking down on anti social, behaviour. Cracking down on anti social, behaviour. So theres nothing. Also, Great British energy nearly forgot that one and theres nothing actually new here. Weve all heard these policies before , but what policies before, but what theyre trying to do with these six pledges, theyre trying to sort of distil Keir Starmers five National Missions that hes talked about, but have seemed perhaps a bit woolly and havent really cut through with voters trying to distil those down into something thats very easy to understand, very graspable by voters. Theyre going on a big advertising blitz with this. So spending serious money, theyve got a graphic of keir starmer looking very businesslike in black and white, and these pledges in, in red and white. And then, yeah, trying to grab peoples attention because despite the big lead in the polls that labour have, theres no sign really that voters are wild with enthused for labour or keir starmer or what theyre offering. Simply that they are many of them very, very fed up with the current government and going to vote for change no matter what. What is interesting though, i mean, these are their six eye catching points. I mean, you can see how they would appeal to some people, but when do we get the meat on the bones of all of this . Yes. Well, that is the thing that the government is constantly saying, oh well wheres the plan . Theyve got no plan. Were beginning to get more detail, arent we . But this is the criticism that has long been levelled at labour. Theyre very good at shouting from the sidelines as opposition parties are. But what are they going to do differently . So, for example, you know , we had the this, boat you know, we had the this, boat command, this, command , Border Command, this, command, Border Security command that sir keir starmer launched last week. Well, theyre saying this is the plan that will help us crack down on channel migrant crossings. And this is what were going to do. Tackle the people smugglers, get through asylum claims much quicker. Of course, the government will say, well, were already doing all of that, and weve got our rwanda plan, which, labour have said that theyre going to stop. So, yes, you know, economic security, one of the things that labour are saying is theyre going to be very careful with the economy. Theyre pretty much not going to make, many financial commitments. Theyre going to be super, super careful, which will really limit what they can do and what they are able to promise. So in many ways, theres not huge points of difference between the conservatives but of course, theyre not been in power for 14 years. And so theyre able to point to what they say is, you know, an economy on its knees. Now, sure. Its picking up recently, but we have had years and years of economic stagnation. Theyre going to say, are you feeling better than you did when the conservatives came to power . And they still feel that, by and large, most people will say that they dont feel better off. Okay, catherine, for now, thanks very much indeed. Now slovakias Prime Minister is in hospital after being shot five times while leaving a government meeting in a small town northeast of bratislava. Robert fico was initially left in a critical condition, but were told is now stable. Well, the slovakian government has said the assassination attempt was politically motivated , with the politically motivated, with the Prime Minister known for his pro russian stance. The alleged attacker has been detained but is yet to be formally identified by the authorities. Well, were now joined by slovakian news presenter and reporter pavel verbeken. Good to see you this verbeken. Good to see you this morning, pavel. What do we know about what happened yesterday . Good morning from bratislava , good morning from bratislava, slovakias Prime Minister robert fico, after he has been shot several times and critically injured , should no longer be in injured, should no longer be in life threatening condition , he life threatening condition, he underwent several hours of surgery yesterday and should be stabilised in Banska Bystrica hospital. Our minister of hospital. Our minister of environment, tomas tarabar, said that surgery went well, at late evening and in the end he will survive, he said. According his words, mr fico was heavily injured and the bullet went through the stomach, and the hand , thats what we know so hand, thats what we know so far. The good news is that no, major arteries were hit, so , major arteries were hit, so, probably more information will come, today. And thats about come, today. And thats about his conditions right now, what do we know about the attacker and why this happened , the and why this happened, the attacker, he is, 70 plus, men and, he is a writer. Thats what we have, some information, he was standing in a crowd , in was standing in a crowd, in front of the building where the government meeting took place. Fitzel. Our Prime Minister went to cheer the crowd in the town. And walked right to the gunman, right now, hes in the hands of police, right after the attack, he was, just, under control at the moment , he was, just, under control at the moment, but, no more information. Our one of our ministers said that the attack was , politically, the political was, politically, the political his his political, opinions, probably, the gunman. So right now, we dont know more , now, we dont know more, probably probably most, most probably probably most, most probably the shooting was politically motivated. Thats what we can say. What we can say. And how is this being received by the public in slovakia . It must be the most shocking and distressing news. Yes, president of slovakia, Zuzana Caputova condemned the attack. Speaking, at a News Conference yesterday, she said the shooting was an attack on democracy as well, publicly was also condemned. And, new elected also condemned. And, new elected president , who will be the next president , who will be the next president from june, peter pellegrini, leader of government party, said the shooting of the Prime Minister is an unprecedented threat to slovak democracy, speaking to reporters in front of the hospital where fitso is being treated , defence fitso is being treated, defence minister kalinak said that hate is not an answer to hate, what, i can say, right now, our country is deeply divided over the, after the, the, after the last election , since fitzel last election, since fitzel returned to power last year. Critics says he is a populist whos pro russian leanings, pose major risk for the country. He has strong support and strong oppositions. Of course, slovakia is divided. I would say 50 to 50 people who do not support the Prime Minister claim that, he himself has escalated this situation with his rhetoric, and it has come this far because of him as well. So country has seen him as well. So country has seen weeks of largely peaceful protests over his, Coalition Governments controversial domestic reforms. The government is also trying to shut down pubuc is also trying to shut down Public Service broadcasters , and Public Service broadcasters, and plans to replace it with a new national broadcaster. So also , national broadcaster. So also, these are the things which are right now happening in slovakia. Right now happening in slovakia. The, as i said, nation is pretty divided. And, the rhetoric also , divided. And, the rhetoric also, Prime Minister rhetoric was, very , very offensive many times. Very, very offensive many times. Okay. Pavel verbeken, thank you very much indeed. Good to talk to you this morning. Thank you. This is what happens though, isnt it . Interesting. Thats absolutely fascinating talking to pavel when he says its become so divide and so divisive now politics in in in that country where, you know, 50 of the people are absolutely dead set against their leader. And we seem to be getting that across the board a bit more at the moment where politics is becoming really polarised, youre either absolutely for someone or absolutely against them. Its not actually that healthy. No, its nasty politics, isnt it . This is where it ends up being really problematic. Its democracy. And thats its democracy. And thats what pavel was saying there. Its an attack on democracy , its an attack on democracy, which is very concerning isnt it. Unprecedented and in slovakia. So we will of course keep you abreast on any updates on the situation on gb news throughout the day. Now Donald Trumps hush money trial continues apace today as his former attorney, Michael Cohen, takes the stand once again. Yes. During some intense cross examination, cohen admitted to calling the former president a crying little. So and so and sellingt president a crying little. So and so and selling t shirts with trump in an orange jumpsuit. Well, all this comes as President Biden has agreed to two televised election debates with donald trump suggesting they debate every single month. They debate every single month. Well, lets speak now to us political analyst eric ham. Good to see you this morning, eric. And lets start with Michael Cohen taking the stand, shall we . Bring us up to speed with what weve heard in court . What weve heard in court . Well, Michael Cohen has been the actual link that ties donald trump to the falsification of business records. What we have not seen from the defence as of yet is a way to actually discredit his his statements to the prosecution. Now, we have seen them use a lot of the colourful language that Michael Cohen has used when discussing his former boss and also talking about how much money he has made bashing donald trump via his podcast and other opportunities t