More later, but all eyes on 6 20 as paul coyte brings you the latest from the world of sport. Latest from the world of sport. I feel like dickie davis after that. Back tonight, Champions League, newcastle , Champions League, newcastle, celtic and also Manchester City play. The spanish women are still on strike. And also joe marler says that england won the 2003 world cup. Ugly. So whats the problem with now . They can still do it the same way. Yeah, well, good night. And for football tonight. For football tonight. Absolutely. Some Good Champions League stuff there. And as always, can join any of always, you can join with any of our discussions. To our discussions. Were all to going talk about farmers as well. To why superman markets. And as to why superman markets are again clobbered in our farmers and that story coming shortly. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Or you can tweet at. You can tweet at. Gb news. Politics leading for us this morning. Sir keir starmer heading to the elysee palace today to meet with the french president. The labour leader is president. The labour leader is introducing himself as a Prime Minister in waiting in this break in protocol meeting to discuss policy on brexit and other areas. The Opposition Leader is facing claims hes looking to take britain back to square one on brexit, but number ten has commented that its not unusual for Opposition Leaders to meet world. World leaders. Tom jones used to say that as well. Well. Well, really, its not unusual. Unusual anyway , lets go to unusual anyway, lets go to our gb news Political Editor, Christopher Hope, who im not going to expect to join in dancing with that one. And theres our deputy Political Editor of tom harwood live in london. Christopher, first of all. Morning and yet what keir starmer arrived here last night with david lammy and Rachel Reeves , david lammy and Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor. He arrived with a tweet. His tweet said , labour will improve our said, labour will improve our relationship with europe and make brexit work for britain. Now, this morning, ive got to tell you, labour aides are downplay laying any idea that there might be any movement or any any news really. They would they would describe from the they would describe it from the meeting lunchtime with meeting at lunchtime with president theyre saying president macron. Theyre saying its meeting and its an introductory meeting and of course, labour is still in opposition, but its all about the optics is how it looks like theyre trying to show that labour a party of government, labour is a party of government, that go i to i on the that he can go i to i on the world stage with major leaders. This is why its a very, very significant meeting today for sir starmer. That sir keir starmer. Before that hes breakfast vivendi, hes got breakfast at vivendi, a big ceos and big company with ceos and chairmen who have operations in the uk. But its all about how it looks here for sir keir starmer and isabel. Christopher, thank you very much. Well, lets cross to tom, who joins us from westminster downing street. Keen to imply theyre not threatened by this. This no deal, it is a this is no big deal, but it is a bit embarrassing. Bit embarrassing. Well, certainly what what keir starmer is attempting to do is appear as a world leader , as is appear as a world leader, as chris was saying. But if you talk to people in and around government, but if you talk to people in and around government , theyll and around government, theyll point to a former Labour Party Leader who made a similar trip to paris back in 2012. Yes ed miliband made a perhaps ill fated trip to meet with Francois Hollande. The then french president , where he declared a global resistance to austerity politics. Of course , ed miliband politics. Of course, ed miliband didnt seem to get much of a poll bounce from that, although he was meeting with someone who was a much less Popular French president at the time. Of course, hollande did not go on to win a second term as french president , unlike macron, who has just won a second term. So perhaps theres a difference there, although people in london, around the government, around the Prime Minister, will say this isnt the first time this has happened. Look at miliband, look at hollande. Were not worried. Were not worried. Okay. Tom and christopher, thank you both very much indeed i more hm more from both throughout the programme this morning. Lets get the latest on the Sexual Assault allegations against the comedian and actor Russell Brand. The metropolitan police say they have received a report of an alleged Sexual Assault. 2003 an alleged Sexual Assault. 2003 was the year. So thats what, 20 years ago . Years ago . Well, officers didnt name brand but said they were in contact with the woman who came forward following media allegations against Russell Brand. Brand. Joining us, former metropolitan Police DetectivePeter Bleksley. Peter, what is Peter Bleksley. Peter, what is i mean, every accusation has got to be taken very, very seriously. But the sheer the amount against Russell Brand with the same story , we cannot with the same story, we cannot be a good position for him to be in. Well, it is a funny little cornerstone of the british criminal Justice System that people are regarded as innocent until they are Proven Guilty. Until they are Proven Guilty. And of course, mr brand has not been Proven Guilty in a court of law of anything yet. But as you have just said, the met have received an allegation of a sexual offence from some 20 years ago and so now detectives will be looking to interview the witness and thereafter to gather any evidence that they possibly can should they be able to gather sufficient evidence then that will go to the Crown Prosecution Service who will make a decision as to whether any charges are to be brought or not. But on that very note, my understanding is that at the moment that the metropolitan police have not spoken to any of the alleged victims who made their accusations , both in the their accusations, both in the newspaper and on the channel 4 dispatches documentary. Dispatches documentary. Yeah. And we know there are lots of reasons why women do struggle sometimes to feel that they can come forward. Lets hope anyone who has made those allegations in the media will step forward and speak to the police as one of the reasons, perhaps, that women arent necessarily all that keen to do so is for many reasons that so is for the many reasons that weve talked about. The problems with metropolitan. With the metropolitan. For example, the example, six months since the force was found to be institutionally misogynistic and here we are today talking about two years now until all of the bad apples in the force can be weeded out. 60 hearings a month are to be held. So i was just are to be held. So i was just getting a reaction to that. Getting a reaction to that. I think the lines gone down. Peter, can you hear us there . Were just were just checking. Were just were just checking. Hes gone. Shane yeah, but well, thats an interesting point that you make. That is a lot of investigations to carry out to see if the actual force is fit for purpose. Well , for purpose. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. And you know, weve talked a lot about that, whether it was pc carrick or whether it was Wayne Couzens women dont necessarily feel safe to trust those people in authority. And those people in authority. And you have stories like this and you have stories like this and you wonder why people dont come forward to the police. Lots of criticism levelled from some quarters at the media for airing this, calling it a trial by media. But in many ways, you could also argue that this bad behaviour bad behaviour, could also argue that this bad behavi never bad behaviour, could also argue that this bad behavi never come bad behaviour, could also argue that this bad behavi never come tod behaviour, could also argue that this bad behavi never come to light aviour, would never come to light without this kind of reporting. Without this kind of reporting. Peter does join us Peter Bleksley does join us again. I was just talking to you about the damage to faith really, particularly from women victims of alleged sexual incidents because of the reputation of, for example , the reputation of, for example, the metropolitan police. And here were hearing its going to take two years, possibly two weed out corrupt officers. Corrupt officers. Yes, the metropolitan police is reputation quite frankly, lies in shreds in many regards. After some absolutely appalling stories that have broken in the last couple of years or so. And there is a lot of rebuilding to be done in order to regain the trust and confidence of the police. However, this is an police. However, this is an organisation that employs many very decent , upstanding police very decent, upstanding Police Officers to whom you can feel confident if you make an allegation of crime. Not all of them are great, but many of them are. And i would urge anybody are. And i would urge anybody who is a victim of any type of crime to please pick up that phone, make that visit, report your allegations of crime, because the police cant investigate something that they dont know about. Dont know about. Peter, thank you very much indeed. Weve got to leave it there. Thank you. And, you know, but i still think that any accusation has got to be treated seriously. Its already people say innocent proven say youre innocent until Proven Guilty or whatever. Fine. But when you get a an amount, an and a similar modus operandi involved in the same sort of accusations , these things have accusations, these things have all got to be taken very seriously. To listen to Russell Browns father. And of course, youve got to defend your children on this. I mean, hes children on this. I mean, hes saying, see, obviously, is this the most important thing in the world happening at the moment . Now, there are a lot of really awful things happening in the world. But i put it to you, if six women are saying that they have been raped , i think thats have been raped, i think thats pretty serious. Well, exactly. I mean, what sort of society are we living in if are to turn if we are prepared to turn a blind eye to sexual crimes and, you know, he may be speaking as a of a son, but just wait a father of a son, but just wait until happens to until that happens to your daughter whoever daughter, to your wife, whoever it might you might feel it might be. You might feel differently. A no brainer. Differently. Its a no brainer. Of course, we have to take these things incredibly seriously and, you due process has to you know, due process has to take its course. With that , take its course. So with that, all the things that Russell Brand admits to about, you know, being free and easy with a lot of women and a lot women of women and a lot of women allowing him be free and easy allowing him to be free and easy with them to. And its all it depends how youre brought up. You know again what his nature is and what his parents find acceptable. Globsec in my day, if you kissed a girl, you had to marry her, which was true in my case. But as it turns out, absolutely true. Hed been married a lot of times. By all accounts, there was only one kiss. Oh, my. Oh, my. Im thinking of russell, my mother. Oh, yeah. My mother and father were very moralistic. Not not religious, but morally mystic. About how you treated add a girl and you know what the relationship was and how serious it was to be and all that sort of thing. But, you know, it comes to down the respect im talking about. Theres a story in the front page of the star today, which basically i have four children right . Today, which basically i have four children right . Three of four children right . Three of them are giants. Its four children right . Three of them are giants. Its well over them are giants. Its well over six foot, right. Three of them. And then ive got my beautiful princess daughter whos a. Basically, shes petite , basically, shes petite, which is what you want. You want your boys to be big and tall and towering, and you want your daughter to be little and ballerina esque. Youve done well, thing is well, but anyway, the thing is that apparent, if you want your children to tall. Children to grow tall. Well, latest Research Shows the more you love them, theyre like a seed, the higher theyll grow. Yeah , but lets just caveat yeah, but lets just caveat that with the latest research being in the daily being published in the daily star , who also about star, who also talk about aliens, most warnings. Aliens, most warnings. I mean, are we saying that the queen saying the the queen wasnt saying the auens the queen wasnt saying the aliens dont exist, that short people are not loved by their parents . Im not sure theres much Scientific Backing anyway. But it is, i mean, im with but if it is, i mean, im with you. A giant, so i must you. My sons a giant, so i must be him a lot. Be loving him a lot. I must say. Yes. Must be doing right. There you are. It must be very, very, very loved. Right lets bring you up to date the stories of the to date with the stories of the time is coming up to 6 30 on this tuesday. Leaders have criticised this tuesday. Governments have criticised this tuesday. Governments plans riticised this tuesday. Governments plans to icised this tuesday. Governments plans to extend the governments plans to extend strike laws ensure doctors strike laws to ensure doctors and nurses in hospitals provide and nurses in hospitals provide a of cover. This a minimum level of cover. This comes as doctors and consultants walk in a dispute over walk out today in a dispute over pay walk out today in a dispute over pay. Well be joined by the pay. Well be joined by the health in an hour. Health secretary in an hour. 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A quarter past six, a reminder of the headlines us and labours keir starmer is meeting the french president macron in paris today as he seeks to present himself as a Prime Minister in waiting. Waiting. Russell brand has been postponed on his tour as the metropolitan Police Receive an allegation against him of Sexual Assault. 20 years ago. 20 years ago. 20 years ago. As top doctors walk out on strike again. What is the government doing to stop nhs strikes while the Health Secretary will be joining us around 6 45 . Yes. So well get that message through. Hell be with us half hour. Weather us in half an hour. Weather updates. Lets go alex updates. Lets go to alex burkill that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello very good day to you. It is going to be an unsettled day with a lot of cloudy, wet and windy weather around. For and windy weather around. For many of us, a slightly fresher feel than of late too. You can see just how widespread the rain is at the moment. And it is going to be heavy at times. Were going to see totals building up, particularly across parts of north west england and west and wales. Do have a west and wales. We do have a warning with some warning in force with some disruption possible. For many. Its a cloudy windy picture, its a cloudy and windy picture, though brightness across though some brightness across far northern of scotland. Far northern parts of scotland. Temperature is well near normal for the time of year. Highs into the perhaps for some, the low 20s perhaps for some, but unsettled weather but in the unsettled weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. But as go through unpleasant. But as we go through the evening, were going to see this spell of gradually this spell of rain gradually making way east, north, making its way east, north, eastwards more northern making its way east, north, eastw before more northern making its way east, north, eastwbefore somerore northern making its way east, north, eastw before some furtherthern areas before some further wet and weather arrives from and windy weather arrives from the west. It will have some heavy bursts mixed into it, which why totals really which is why those totals really are going to build up across the next day or so. Temperatures arent going to drop much. These temperatures to what arent going to drop much. Thes