On track. Latest headlines now on track. Latest headlines now with tatiana. Mark, thank you with tatiana. Mark, thank you and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. The Prime Minister newsroom. The Prime Minister says the american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities as it comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people including an 11 year old girl, rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah be banned by the end of the year. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on while owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgent working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public dog. Meanwhile , a man has died meanwhile, a man has died following a dog attack in staffordshire. The person was bitten by two dogs in the village of stonnall yesterday. A 30 year old man from the lichfield area has been arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control. All dangerously out of control. All the force is carrying out an investigation to determine the breeds of the dogs. Investigation to determine the breeds of the dogs. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. Billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. The has put 3000 jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector. Overall tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. The company is expected to warn therell be a transition period, including potential deep restructuring at the plant. Restructuring at the plant. Train drivers will strike at the end of this month in their long running dispute over pay. The running dispute over pay. The aslef union says its members at 16 train operators will walk out on the 30th of september and the 4th of october. The action will coincide with the conservative party annual conference. The union said the strikes would force train operators to cancel all services , causing travel all services, causing travel problems for passengers. Aslef members will also ban overtime from the 29th of september and the 6th of october for three members of sara sharifs family are in court today charged with the ten year olds murder. Sarahs father, irfan sharif, his partner and his brother have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Sara was found dead at her home in woking after officers were called from pakistan by mr sharif on the 10th of august. A former 10th of august. A former director general of the National Crime agency has been appointed as the investigator into the prison escape of Daniel Khalife. The 21 year old escaped from wandsworth prison last week and was later arrested after a four day manhunt. Khalife disappeared while awaiting trial after being charged with terror offences in january. The investigation will look at whether the prison followed relevant protocols. Followed relevant protocols. Labour has pledged to create temporary so called nightingale courts to speed up asylum decisions. The party courts to speed up asylum decisions. The party is also pledging to hire over 1000 Home Office Caseworkers to clear the claims backlog and fast track decisions for applicants from certain countries. They plan to stop using hotels, barges and former military sites to house asylum seekers, which they claim cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of passengers year. Thousands of passengers have been impacted as more than 40 flights have been cancelled or diverted at London Gatwick airport due to a lack of staff. It comes after the airport confirmed a short notice staff absence in its air Traffic Control tower yesterday. A total control tower yesterday. A total of 16 arrival flights were diverted to a range of airports, including bournemouth , cardiff including bournemouth, cardiff and heathrow. Easyjets chief and heathrow. Easyjets chief executive has said. Air traffic executive has said. Air Traffic Control provider nats has let down customers all summer after this latest disruption. Kim jong this latest disruption. Kim jong un has visited a russian fighter jet factory. The north korean jet factory. The north Korean Leader is making the rare visit to russia, one that the United States and its allies fear could strengthen russias military in ukraine and bolster pyongyangs Missile Programme downing street has previously urged north korea to end talks over the sale of arms to russia. The search for arms to russia. The search for 70 runaway crocodile continues in Southern China following heavy flooding. They escaped from a farm through two gaps in the enclosure walls , which the enclosure walls, which collapsed during heavy rain. Collapsed during heavy rain. Local Authorities Say 36 crocodiles were found yesterday. More than 30 are still on the loose. The iconic black sheep jump loose. The iconic black sheep jump worn by diana, princess of wales, to sold for £920,000 at auction in new york. The jumper, which shows a black sheep among a row of white ones, was discovered in an attic in march by designer joanna osborne. It was famously worn by diana at a polo match in june 1981, shortly after her engagement, polo match in june 1981, shortly after her engagement , this is gb after her engagement, this is gb news across the uk on tv , in news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to markham. Pip the american xl markham. Pip the american xl bully dog will be banned by the end of the year. That is news that has come in in the last half an hour from the Prime Minister, rishi sunak says it follows a series of attacks. This was his announcement just a short while ago. The announcement just a short while ago. The american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities, particularly our children. I share the nations horror at the recent videos weve all seen. Yesterday, we saw another suspected xl bully dog attack, which has tragically led to a fatality. Its clear this is not fatality. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on. While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public. Today i have tasked ministers to bring together police and experts to firstly define the breed of dog behind these attacks. With a view to then outlawing it. It is not then outlawing it. It is not currently a breed defined in law, so this vital first step must happen fast. First, we will must happen fast. First, we will then ban the breed under the dangerous dogs act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year. These dogs are dangerous. I want to reassure the public that we will take all necessary steps to keep people safe. Safe. Well, the Prime Ministers announcement there in downing street follows this latest attack in stafford , a man killed attack in stafford, a man killed after being savaged by two dogs outside a Primary School yesterday afternoon. Despite yesterday afternoon. Despite their rishi sunak assertion , their rishi sunak assertion, police say they have not yet established what breed was police say they have not yet involved. Lets speak now to animal behaviourist jordan shelley, who does have a dog there with you, which well , even there with you, which well, even though the Prime Minister says its difficult to define what an xl bully you believe you xl bully is, you believe you have got one of them there . I think his name is basil. Yeah, his name is basil, i believe i do have one. Its really difficult to define they are all such define because they are all such different shapes sizes to different shapes and sizes to the point where basil weighs 39 kilos. If you look at princess who lives down the road, she weighs about 60. Theyre completely different shapes sizes. Theyre completely different shaso; sizes. Theyre completely different shaso i sizes. Theyre completely different shaso i dontzes. Theyre completely different shaso i dont really understand so i dont really understand and theyre to define and how theyre going to define what bully is. What an xl bully is. Jordan basil is 17 months old. You rescued him. Im going to say his name to get him to maybe look this way. Basil basil , you can. He is a big, big dog. What is your reaction to what the Prime Minister said . I know the Prime Minister said . I know you love and adore him, but the Prime Minister is saying that he is dangerous. Is dangerous. Im obviously devastated because, you know, i understand what the Prime Minister is saying from the perspective of he thinks he sees a pattern of behaviour, but the pattern really exists. On the other end of the lead and where there are issues, its always around irresponsible ownership and often bad breeding as well. I dont believe these dogs are any more dangerous than any other large dog will be in the wrong hands and all this will do is push the wrong people into having other types of dogs and really the answer lies in licencing for owners and education. Yeah but you will know that there are others who say that such breeds are bred specifically for fighting for commercial reasons with organised crime sometimes involved, there is no other reason for having such a dog. Reason for having such a dog. They would say theres no difference in that regard to a cane corso or any other type of big mastiff. That was also bred as dogs of war. I mean , theres so many war. I mean, theres so many different breeds where do you end up drawing the line . Well, the pit bull terrier, of course, has already been banned that particular banned for that particular reason dangerous dogs act. So what about the english bull terrier . The staffordshire bull terrier . I mean, list is terrier . I mean, the list is kind never ending. Thats kind of never ending. Thats thats the point. And actually, if we can take these dogs of if we can take these dogs out of the of irresponsible the hands of those irresponsible people, that they can people, i believe that they can be wonderful be lovely, wonderful dogs. I mean, training be mean, hes training to be a search and rescue dog. And this will obviously be the end of his career, hopefully the of career, hopefully not the end of his life. So i dont you his life. And so i dont you know, im gutted. Jordan, what is basil like . Because were hearing constantly, every day , american constantly, every day, american bullies, theyre killing machines. What is your dog like . Because i know from what you tell us, hes hes very affectionate. If anything , hes affectionate. If anything, hes hes a scaredy cat when hes confronted by other dogs, even golden retrievers. Yeah. So he was seized by the yeah. So he was seized by the police at five months old from the people that chopped his ears off and they they then kept him in kennels for another five months. And he then ended up in the pound system and came to me at that ten months old and ive had him for seven months. So hes 17 months, um, since coming to me. Hes not shown any form of aggression. He walked into a house with a chihuahua and a cat hopped straight up on the sofa. It wasnt ever an issue. And hes just generally lovely and kind. He was attacked recently by two vizslas laid down on the floor, froze and pooed himself , floor, froze and pooed himself, literally. And jordan to get them off him. Do you appreciate or maybe you can you can answer this. We know that every dog is capable of biting, but the damage that an american bully excel could do is a lot more. Or is it not, is a lot more. Or is it not, than, say, a jack russell could do if it turned on you . Oh, yeah. For sure. But then theres not a huge difference between what an excel bully can do and what most masters can do. I mean, theyre virtually the same. What im trying to say same. So what im trying to say is these people will just is that these people will just go and find another type of dog that they can use a weapon. That they can use as a weapon. And not really solving the and were not really solving the problem. The problem problem problem. The problem the problem lies of the the lies at the end of the lead. The human side the lead, not the human side of the lead, not the dog side of the lead. Is there issue the is there an issue with the fact this breed of dog fact that if this breed of dog or type dog, because or this type of dog, because theyre defined breed, theyre not a defined breed, theyre not a defined breed, theyre recognise by the theyre not recognise by the kennel club. So could you foresee a situation where if they are banned , then there are they are banned, then there are lots of other mixed breeds that that are, you know, perfectly behaved dogs that will get caught up in this and will be seized unnecessarily because there are thousands of say, staffordshire bull terriers out there that are lovely. Yeah , definitely. If you look yeah, definitely. If you look at what the most common mixed breed is that sees currently as a pit type, its a Staffie Cross labrador, which is just absurd. And the same thing will happen, you know, massive crosses , bull you know, massive crosses, bull breed crosses. Theyll all be considered type and theyll all be seized and theyll all be killed. It doesnt really matter about genetics or dna. This is all done by a tape measure, which is just absurd. How can a tape measure ever define whether a dog isnt dangerous . A dog is or isnt dangerous . Last thought about the precautions principle. Its reported this attack in stafford, although we dont know the breed and local people say that both dogs were involved in some sort of incident. A supermarket just a week previously. So is that the other issue that we should be looking at, dogs behaviour before at, the dogs behaviour before an attack actually happens . 100. I mean, if you yeah, 100. I mean, if you look, for example of that case with the poor boy, jack liz in caerphilly, you can see that days that outside days before that dog was outside shops terrorising people biting by trying to bite people on the arm. The owner was beating it on the head. I mean, it was obvious that something was going to happen and so i think its clear its that its an its clear to see that its an issue with the deed, not the breed and the types of people that have them. Jordan, shelley and also basil, thank you very much indeed for joining basil, thank you very much indeed forjoining us with basil, thank you very much indeed for joining us with your initial reaction on gb initial reaction there on gb news. You. News. Thank you. Tata steelworks, britains largest steelworks in port talbot, is to receive up to £500 million from the government to switch to greener production using electric arc furnaces. But unions there say the real cost will be the loss of at least 3000 jobs. And they claim theyve been conned by both the government and the Indian Company tata steel over job assurances. Lets get more now with gareth stace, whos director general at uk steel. Director general at uk steel. And gareth, clearly this is contentious in particular of this plant , but the existing this plant, but the existing furnaces are coal fired and obviously in terms of net zero, theyre not going to cut it. Yeah. And i think thats why this is an important day for the steel sector in the uk. And steel sector in the uk. And government today has shown its firm and bold commitment to the future of steel making here in the uk. You know, the transition the uk. You know, the transition from , as you said, coal fired from, as you said, coal fired blast furnaces to electric arc furnace will deliver a massive boost to the uk economy and to the uk ambition to net zero and therefore today is very positive because we are going to see that transition that we as a steel sector in the uk need to make to move from carbon intensive Steel Production to green Steel Production to green Steel Production , which is what we as production, which is what we as a sector set out in our bold plan, our roadmap to net zero a year ago. And what we said was we need a partner with government between the sector and government to make that transition to net zero. But this marks a big step towards that. Yeah, theres seemingly no partnership with the unions. At least 3000 jobs to go. Mark drakeford , the first minister, drakeford, the first minister, wales is a very high price to pay wales is a very high price to pay and the unions say they were given assurances which have just been thrown away by tata steel and the government. Well any transition plan for any sector anywhere in the world making a transition from using one technology to a very Different Technology will involve risks, will involve significant change. But you can work through that change to deliver to deliver a positive outcome for that sector. And in my case, today , sector. And in my case, today, its the steel sector in the uk , because if we move to net zero, our customers are asking us for more net zero steel. We can deliver on that. We can make more steel in the uk, we can export more steel and we can actually stop a flood of imports coming into the uk and we can make the steel to satisfy those orders. The demand for steel is growing net zero. The net zero economy demands more steel, not less. Steel, not less. Gareth, let me just put to you something that the local labour mp Stephen Kinnock says and what he is criticising is that there is too much of a narrow focus s on electric Arc Furnace Technology and it will result in more job losses than are necessary. Are necessary. Well , there are a number of well, there are a number of technologies that that companies could choose to go dow