southern gaza city of rafah. now if you're watching on tv, you can see live pictures. the military operation began after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that his war cabinet had approved the operation. strikes are currently being carried out in the east of rafah. earlier israel ordered a partial evacuation of civilians ahead of this offensive. mr netanyahu says strikes will increase pressure on hamas to release israeli hostages . this release israeli hostages. this comes after israel rejected a three phase ceasefire deal, which hamas claimed to have agreed with egyptian mediators. an israeli official described the deal as softened and said that it was a ruse intended to make them look bad. however, we understand that israel is sending a delegation to meet with negotiators to try to reach an acceptable agreement. now, there's been no deal on a ceasefire in gaza since a week long pause in november. we'll bnng long pause in november. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it now, as we've been heanng we get it now, as we've been hearing students at oxford and cambridge have set up gaza protest camps on their

university campuses , created in university campuses, created in the early hours of this morning, the early hours of this morning, the protesters are urging their universities to cut financial ties with israel over the country's offensive in gaza. similar camps have also been set up at manchester, sheffield, newcastle and london universities. oxford issued a statement saying that they respect their students and staff members right to freedom of expression in the form of peaceful protests . rishi sunak peaceful protests. rishi sunak says he's determined to fight and the general election is not and the general election is not a foregone conclusion . the prime a foregone conclusion. the prime minister is calling for unity among tory mps , after saying among tory mps, after saying that he believes britain could be heading for a hung parliament, that the tories lost hundreds of council seats and the west midlands mayoralty results. rishi sunak described as bitterly disappointing. but he's saying he won't give up what the independent analysis shows that whilst, of course this was a disappointing weekend for us, that the result of the next general election isn't a foregone conclusion and indeed

actually is closer than the situation is closer than many people are saying, or indeed some of the opinion polls are predicting . predicting. >> and that's why i'm absolutely determined to fight incredibly hard for what i believe and for the future country that i want to build. and that's what i'm going to do. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey says he will table a motion of no confidence in the government, in an effort to pressure mr sunak to call a june general election. sir ed claims that the disastrous local election results show the country has, in his words, had enough of rishi sunak and his out—of—touch government. the motion will be tabled when parliament returns tomorrow . and finally, new snp tomorrow. and finally, new snp leader john swinney says tomorrow. and finally, new snp leaderjohn swinney says he'll leader john swinney says he'll seek to build a coalition of the willing to focus on scotland's problems. but he won't resurrect the power sharing deal with the scottish greens in his acceptance speech, mr swinney called for unity and said that the polarisation of politics doesn't serve the country. mr swinney's appointment was

unopposed. he's expected to be voted in as scotland's first minister later this week . if minister later this week. if you'd like the latest stories, sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts back to . patrick. slash alerts back to. patrick. >> well, you've seen the totally mentally coherent group queers for palestine. well, get ready for palestine. well, get ready for the hard hitting and powerful impact of street skaters for palestine . unity 33 skaters for palestine. unity 33 is being . well, now the is being. well, now the pro—palestine movement is sweeping campuses across the country. we've had manchester, newcastle, sheffield, leeds, warwick, swansea and bristol and now oxford and cambridge have succumbed. there are camps being set up outside oxford and cambridge universities. oxford for palestine published their

list of demands. shall we have a little read through them? so it says disclose all finances, divest from israeli genocide, apartheid and occupation overhaul all the universities investment policy, boycott israeli genocide , apartheid and israeli genocide, apartheid and occupation. stop banking with barclays and help rebuild gaza's education system. well, it's worth noting that the cambridge pro—palestine camp spokesman refused to condemn hamas or describe them as a terror group. when questioned by the telegraph. shall we have a look at some of hamas's useful idiots 7 at some of hamas's useful idiots ? i will be . free. ? i will be. free. >> i will be free. >> i will be free. >> but over at oxford , 108 >> but over at oxford, 108 lecturers, faculty members and researchers from multiple colleges have now signed a letter of support. the dons are at it. how do you think jewish or conservative students feel there now? footage has emerged

of a jewish student studying at cambridge being shoved around and having the israeli flag pred and having the israeli flag ripped away from him . by ripped away from him. by >> come on. hey you are sir. >> well done . >> well done. >> well done. >> so that is just totally tolerated on campus now, isn't it? i'm surprised they had time to fit that into their day, though, because there is a busy schedule which they published. 8 am. camp opens, playlist a.m. camp opens, playlist begins. 9 am. de—escalation training for all campers . 11 training for all campers. 11 am. community guidelines a.m. community guidelines reading of demands 1 pm. a.m. community guidelines reading of demands1 p.m. lunch, reading of demands 1 pm. lunch, followed by banner making 3 pm. rally 6 pm. dinner funded by, you guessed it, the palestine solidarity campaign. then 7 to 9 pm. camp community stall. solidarity campaign. then 7 to 9 pm. camp community stall . and p.m. camp community stall. and oh yeah, the news and reflection. that was at 8 pm. yeah. anyway, they're clearly planning on being there for a long time because they've set up

an emergency toilet. i mean, i imagine that's absolutely overflowing because most of these students are full of. anyway. tory mp miriam cates speaks for many when she says the blairite aspiration to send half of all young people to university has backfired spectacularly , spending three spectacularly, spending three years detached from the real world, spending someone else's money is not always the best start to adult life. academic learning and common sense are not the same thing. they've got masks on their faces because they're worried about being identified in case they get arrested or kicked out of university, or it harms their future job prospects. a strong indication that even they realise that they might grow out of this nonsense one day. but listen closely to what some of these people are saying in the us movement set off a global chain of reaction, and we're so excited to be a part of that. >> and thankful to the us encampments for what they began. although the us and the uk have different contexts, the uk government is similarly complicit in israeli war crimes. and so too are our institutions of higher education. so we

learned a lot from them in terms of our demands, how to engage with our governments and how to mobilise students . mobilise students. >> interesting accent there. and now this one. >> also know that the university of oxford, through its investments, through its moral statements and through its business partnerships and academic partnerships, is directly complicit in the genocide in gaza and in the israeli occupation and apartheid i >> another interesting accent. i mean , they think they're in mean, they think they're in america, don't they? they think they're part of that movement. the only thing more annoying than americans loudly navigating the london underground is americans coming to our universities and kicking off on campus. they've looked at these cratons and taken inspiration. >> it's an ending until our demands are met. >> should we take down the tents? no >> our responsibility to figure it out. we the students, have given you our demands. we have. we have organised here together and we are not leaving until you figure it out . figure it out. >> one of the earlier clips was put out by the socialist workers party, and the palestine

solidarity campaign is involved. these same people are always involved, whether it's protesting about a migrant bus going to the bibby stockholm, whether it's the environment, whether it's the environment, whether it's the environment, whether it's outside school gates, it's the same groups of agitators every single time . now agitators every single time. now i've got a solution. tell these students that if they take part in pro—palestine protest, their student loan will be revoked. we'll soon find out how many of them are actually students and how many of them are rent a mob. jobless activists . but before jobless activists. but before i get the thoughts of my panel, let me bring in charlie woods. so charlie is a legal student in oxford and he was down at the protest today. charlie, thank you very much. now, i understand that you're working to try to stop this occupation , aren't stop this occupation, aren't you? what's going on? >> well, our primary role is really just to support students and help them understand what their options are. it's actually very difficult, for students to be able to use, particularly the

legal system , to defend their legal system, to defend their rights, if they want to issue things like, complaints to the university that can be effective. however, they require a listening ear. and the vice chancellor of oxford university so far , seems to not be doing so far, seems to not be doing very , very much. okay, what kind very, very much. okay, what kind of stuff is he hearing, though? >> this is. what kind of stuff are you hearing, charlie? what kind of stuff is the university potentially ignoring , so mainly potentially ignoring, so mainly it's students, being, isolated and ignored, very , very, you and ignored, very, very, you know, dismissive of anything to do with, comments about, inappropriateness of anti—semitism, and so forth. so it's, it's not easy for students to be able to exercise their rights, and defend themselves. what does a student do, for

example, if, all their classmates ignore them, as has happened, particularly after october 7th, what happens if, rhetoric on public forums or at jcrs , becomes very intimidatory, jcrs, becomes very intimidatory, and very, very, nasty and vicious. it's really a major fail of, failure of education. no it is. >> and just to clarify, charlie, without, you know, giving anything away that might identify you, you mentioned a couple of examples there. so so students at oxford who presumably are pro—israel are being given the silent treatment and ignored. are they by some of their classmates? the general rhetoric behind the scenes is what overwhelmingly pro palestine. are there any, you know, other examples of just what's going on behind the curtain here at these universities, these prestigious universities, these prestigious universities , i'll give you one universities, i'll give you one particular example i've heard of. i have heard of, a student asking for, their professor to remove all zionists from the classroom, which is, is

something that has been told to me. it is, something that i've heard and, you know , students heard and, you know, students are very, very reluctant to come forward and challenge these kind of, these kinds of incidents because, first of all, they have to go through their entire degree, and, you know , coming degree, and, you know, coming forward with coming forward with a complaint, particularly if it's against a lecturer or an academic, can be extremely , academic, can be extremely, risky for them personally. and also if they want to pursue a career in academia, they will require references. so there is there is a lot of internal, failure to, to sort of prevent intimidation. >> look, charlie, thank you very, very much. and we will talk again on this and, yeah . talk again on this and, yeah. good luck with everything that you're doing. charlie woods there is working in law in oxford. right. okay, look, let's get the thoughts of my panel this evening. i am joined by senior political correspondent at the daily express . it's at the daily express. it's christiane karg. i have also got the anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie and the founding chairman of global britain uk, ammon berger, look, christine ,

ammon berger, look, christine, i'll start with you. what we're seeing on campus is here is quite astonishing. i think really ? really? >> well, it is, but universities have always been hotbeds of left wing ideologies . i think the wing ideologies. i think the problem is combining a student naivety with what is increasingly becoming an escalation of protests tactics. the problem is, the more people get used to the extreme tactics that have been used by extinction rebellion, just stop oil. they have to go above and beyond to get media and social media attention. i think there's also a been a massive expansion of narcissism amongst young people. you always hear this , people. you always hear this, and i don't want to blame her specifically, but it did seem to start with greta thunberg, which is that younger and younger people not just expecting a right to have an opinion, but the right or, you know, a belief that their opinion should then be completely taken on board and

enacted without , you know, like enacted without, you know, like they're the sole arbiter of what's what's right in the world. and i think that's what i can't stand. >> lisa, these protesters outside the universities, i mean, just take a student loan offer. no you say you get in all this wrong, patrick. >> it's wrong. don't think these are not working class students. these are middle class. these are probably very wealthy students. and especially if they're at oxford and cambridge , they're at oxford and cambridge, they're at oxford and cambridge, they're not likely to be working class students take their student loans off them. mum, they're mums and dads will be paying they're mums and dads will be paying for everything. you know , paying for everything. you know, working class students don't have this sort of luxury beliefs because they're probably working full time jobs, studying full time and worrying about their communities and families . this communities and families. this stuff is it's luxury beliefs by students that have got time and money to have them. and so, you know, don't don't mix these people up with with i think i think one thing that i will say is i remain unconvinced as to

actually how many of these people will turn out to be genuine students , because having genuine students, because having been to a number of protests not dissimilar to this now , it dissimilar to this now, it appears to be a lot of the same faces and a lot of the same groups that are behind it. >> i suspect a man that there are agitators there who are, whether they're paid or not, i don't know, but they make a career out of doing this. but why doesn't the government clamp down on this? why don't the police get get to the core of those agitators? well, we've seen already a large numbers of two tier policing, patrick and this is again indicative of that. >> but as you said, i think as we've seen in the us, a lot of people in the us are already reporting, these tent cities that are cropping up in, you know, in berkeley and yale and harvard and columbia , they're harvard and columbia, they're sharing very much of the same colour, same brand tents, for example. and a lot of people are saying that the biggest donors to this agitator, through the fringe elements, to these cranks, as my panellists would say, are some of joe biden's biggest donors. and you have to look at the, the, the money that

is coming in and it's being repeated in other democracies in the world. this is a disruption. >> have you have you noticed , >> have you have you noticed, though, that they're not it's not it's not at salford university. it's not where i work at the university of bedfordshire, which is mainly got working class students. this is all elite university is this is all elite university is this is not a manchester met. you know, it's not at the ex—police. >> i think one of the concerns for me though, christine, is that oxford, for example, 108 lecturers and other university staff have signed a letter supporting this stuff and i find that very concerning that this is running right through academia . academia. >> yeah, i don't think it's not the first time in my life i've seen incredibly stupid left wing academics actively support wing, policies that would either harm their jobs or harm the institutions they work for. i mean, we saw throughout brexit just how moronic some of these lecturers are. i would just say

these are protests at the moment. if they go into the realm of what's been happening in america with occupations of buildings and graffitis, destruction of property , they destruction of property, they all the students involved in those should be out on their legs like that. yeah. >> i mean, it will be fascinating to see, you know, we're a thunderstorm away from a press conference where they're begging us for more shelter and food, aren't we? but we'll have to wait and see. we're going to be talking a lot more about this a little bit later on, but look, still to come. i've got my exclusive interview with lord, president of the privy council, penny morden. it's exactly one year on from the king's coronation >> when i was doing drill practice on whale island with my reserve unit in the pouring rain every tuesday night was, why am i doing this now i know why it was so. i could hold that sword at the coronation >> plus, i will ask nigel farage live about the potential socialist coalition from hell involving labour, the snp and the greens. but up next, newly elected green party councillors appear to be absolutely feral . appear to be absolutely feral. >> a voice of palestine. hello

hello, hello . hello, hello. >> totally normal stuff there. he also hailed getting a seat as a win for the people of gaza. so should that guy and councillors like him be immediately expelled . the chairman of the national jewish assembly, gary goes head to head with the co—founder of the muslim debate initiative, abdullah al—andalusi. and of course, that breaking news tonight is that israel has commenced its attack in rafah. we are going to be taking you live there with live images from the scene, so we'll keep you right up to date with all of that. as patrick christys tonight, right here on

gb news. welcome along to patrick christys. tonight on gb news now, look. coming up. are we staring down the barrel of a socialist coalition from hell? but first, should the green party's new pro palestine councillors be expelled, it's time for our head to head . and time for our head to head. and the green party's been forced to launch an investigation. after concerns were raised about the behaviour of some of their new pro—palestine councillors voted in at the local elections over the weekend. so this was councillor moeen ali celebration after he won in leeds. >> he's the voice of palestine. hello, hello . hello, hello. >> reports have since emerged stating that ali played a

pivotal role in the hounding of the jewish chaplain at the university of leeds, rabbi zechariah deutsch, who went into hiding after receiving threats from pro—palestine activists because he served with the israeli army. but it's not just moeen ali, apparently . green moeen ali, apparently. green party councillor in bristol, mohammed makkawi, claimed in social media posts that hamas's massacre of innocent israelis was an american zionist lie. another green councillor , imtiaz another green councillor, imtiaz ali, branded zionists as nothing more than common thieves willing to massacre thousands in the process. that was in a facebook post last december. so look, tonight i am asking should these candidates be immediately expelled from the green party? going head to head on this ? the going head to head on this? the chairman of the national jewish assembly, gary mond, and the co—founder of the muslim debate initiative, abdullah al andalusi. gary, i'll start with you. what's your view? should they be expelled ? they be expelled? >> my view is that anybody in politics of whatever party who advocates any form of violence, has got no place in public life and no place in the major political party like the green party. >> when you shout allahu akbar, i appreciate that means god is great, but it is the shout

that's used by hamas terrorists and others who kill jews in israel. allahu akbari if you shout that you have no place in politics until your views on that. >> firstly , i think that's >> firstly, i think that's a quite ridiculous because a lot of sukh padda is what muslims say every time they pray. >> it means god is great. it is semitic word. allah is a semitic word. jesus would have said a word. jesus would have said a word similar to that and it's simply just an exhortation . it simply just an exhortation. it should not be associated with people who commit terrorist acts. in fact, just as we would be anti—semitic to blame all jews for the act of israel, it would be also anti—muslim to demonise a muslim exaltation of prayer simply because there are some individuals in the world that have used it improperly. doesit that have used it improperly. does it change that slightly? >> abdullah, when the whole point of him standing is as he says, you know, for gaza and for palestine ? does it, does it palestine? does it, does it change that? because, i mean, i'm not hearing any kind of denunciation of hamas there. so is there a context there when it

comes to him shouting that or not? >> well, it would appear that his platform is, anti—genocide and pro—palestinian rights, and he campaigned on that platform to guarantee the rights of british people, presumably to be able to protest free from government harassment , government harassment, demonisation and the attempt to kerb people's democratic rights in the uk to do demonstrations of protests. but as for the issue of him simply presenting his religious beliefs alongside his religious beliefs alongside his his his political campaigning, i mean, no one would complain that kate forbes, who is vocally christian, represents her christian beliefs. minister for the scottish parliament, that no one would would say, at least on a on the right wing spectrum would say that she should be, limited and restricted or should be condemned for mentioning her. i get what you mean. christian beliefs. i get what you mean. >> but unfortunately, people did condemn it. and the whole gay marriage stuff was one of the reasons why initially she was unsuccessful. well, gary, your your views on this, i mean, the shout of allahu akbar, right. that's one thing. what do you

reckon about the kind of relentless, the pro—palestine stuff, the idea that they're saying, you know, we're coming for you. the labour party and all of those things. >> i think it's a real tragedy that local politics has been interfered in by religious fanaticism . that is the tragedy fanaticism. that is the tragedy for our country. and that's the big picture . big picture. >> and i really absolutely condemn it . >> and i really absolutely condemn it. the >> and i really absolutely condemn it . the involvement of condemn it. the involvement of this. there are far more important local issues that affect constituencies all over the country. and people have beenin the country. and people have been in voting in the elections and to suddenly have the events of 2000 miles away brought into play of 2000 miles away brought into play as an election issue is tragic in our country. and abdullah , it's not really all abdullah, it's not really all about palestine, is it? >> we saw very quickly the muslim vogue.co.uk issuing a list of 18 demands to the labour leader . one list of 18 demands to the labour leader. one of list of 18 demands to the labour leader . one of those list of 18 demands to the labour leader. one of those was list of 18 demands to the labour leader . one of those was to, list of 18 demands to the labour leader. one of those was to, you know, be bang in favour of shana know, be bang in favour of sharia pensions, for example. i mean, what's all that about? >> well, firstly, firstly , >> well, firstly, firstly, religion doesn't have anything to do about it. anyone who has any humanitarian bone in their body would feel sorry for the plight of the palestinians. but what's the demand that have been denied their independence for 77

years? okay under the justification that, jewish europeans have a better right to palestine than native palestinians is, my point is that the arab or the arab jews who came to israel when it was formed, it's not jewish european country. >> well, who formed who set up the zionist movement in the first place? >> it was jewish europeans, arab jews. >> wait wait wait wait wait wait wait. >> this is. and then we'll go to. >> when the when the state of israel was established, there was no arab. there wasn't many arab jews in israel anyway. we're talking about who set up the zionist movement. it was jewish europeans who argued that they have a superior right, because actually what i am talking about is the potential for a new religious movement within british politics, which is directly relevant to this. >> and certain things like the shana >> and certain things like the sharia pensions, for example . so sharia pensions, for example. so that to me seems like a you know, is it is it one step away the natural progression from that? i suppose, would arguably be things like blasphemy laws. and is that what happens when you get more councillors standing and winning on a overtly muslim ticket? wait

shana overtly muslim ticket? wait sharia is this is a red herring. >> there are, you know, judaism compliant pensions in the uk, which no one would say, oh, no jewish law has come to the uk. you'd be condemned as an anti—semite for that. rightfully so. so likewise, if people want to voluntarily enter into contractual agreements for pensions, which are just shariah compliant, how is that an issue? if it's voluntary, it's consensual . no one's being consensual. no one's being forced to it. if other religions get that privilege too, well, it's not even a privilege. it's just a simple, basic civil right. so i think bringing religion into this is a big red herring to distract from the issue that british people want to have their rights protected when they are demonstrating and protesting against a genocide happening across the world that britain has been involved with. >> gary , in your view, is it >> gary, in your view, is it really all about palestine? do you think ? you think? >> no, i think if you look at the 18 requests, the 18 demands from the muslim vote, there's very , very a great deal of very, very a great deal of worry, which i think jews and christians and others will feel alike in the requirement for , alike in the requirement for, legislation to make islamophobia

an offence, because i think that it's perfectly okay to criticise judaism. it's perfectly okay to criticise christianity. and it must also be perfectly okay to criticise islam in certain situations. so. >> so do you think then homophobia should be legalised as well then? >> i don't , i don't believe >> i don't, i don't believe homophobia should be legal. >> so then why islamophobia is , >> so then why islamophobia is, is an issue for you that you think that shouldn't be legalised, but not homophobic? it's not about the criticism of islam. it's the criticism of muslims for being muslim. that is the issue. the term. that's what simply it means. so. so if we have a definitions of anti—semitism that include the criticism of israel, which is ridiculous, right? then surely we should be for the criticising muslims for simply being muslim and for demonising muslims and scaremongering muslims for simply just wanting the same civil rights as every other people. parallel to anti—semitism is anti—muslim hatred, and i totally condemn all forms of anti—muslim hatred. >> okay, look, guys, can we just park it because we are going to just chat now quickly, albeit.

but about the ongoing situation in rafah. so israel invasion of rafah has begun. we have a live shot of it right now. so as we understand it anyway, it's a ground invasion. we think it started a couple of hours ago , started a couple of hours ago, ceasefire talks broke down. i think this is quite possibly going to have big consequences here in britain. again, we've spoken a lot about the councillors . we've spoken a lot councillors. we've spoken a lot about some of the protests taking place. abdullah how do you feel when you see what's going on over here? >> well, ceasefire talks haven't broken down. apparently hamas has agreed to the proposal that was that was given to them. and the question now the ball's in the question now the ball's in the court of, of, benjamin netanyahu and his government, who with right wing pressure are told to continue military operations despite any ceasefire agreement he's facing that pressure and most likely he won't care. as he stayed before , won't care. as he stayed before, it won't matter at all to his military campaign, to whatever ceasefire agreement is agreed, gary, is what's going to happen now justified ? now justified? >> yes, absolutely. a fundamental requirement of

israel is the elimination of hamas to us ever have peace in the region? hamas has to go , and the region? hamas has to go, and this is a necessary step taken to ensure that hamas does go. and what happened was when it seemed that hamas was agreeing, they were agreeing with an amended egyptian qatari proposal, which didn't take account of israel's requirement for hamas to be removed. >> hamas are a symptom of a very long problem. hamas wasn't there from 1948, the beginning of israel, palestinian resistance has been for 77 years, right? hamas is only some recent. who do you have to go? benjamin netanyahu himself argued, was useful for him to deny the palestinians a state. but they do have the issue is, oh, sorry, hamas, they've got to go. >> right. >> right. >> i think that the icc should put arrest warrants for everyone who's participated in genocide and killing civilians, including the israeli government and so on. so hamas though. >> yeah , well, let the icc issue >> yeah, well, let the icc issue arrest warrants to everyone and indict them in court if they

have nothing to worry , if have nothing to worry, if they're innocent, they should be arrested. >> they're not anyone who's who's anyone who's ordered the killing of civilians should be arrested. that includes the israeli government. more so who've killed far more civilians, including women and children, than hamas ever have. >> this is a war that was started by hamas. it must be finished. >> no, it was a war started by israel. >> a 5060 years ago. ridiculous. and they have blockade of gaza and they have attacked israel in 1948. they were bombing gaza in may last year. forget five months before the chris kaba killing jews. >> they've been bombing gaza consistently. >> okay. well, look, we obviously could carry on this on all night. thank you very, very much. and, hopefully we'll pick this up again at some point soon. look, coming up one year on for the coronation, penny morden tells all about how she prepared for that sword bearing marathon when i was doing drill practice on whale island with my reserve unit in the pouring rain, every tuesday night was , rain, every tuesday night was, why am i doing this now i know why am i doing this now i know why it was so i could hold that

sword at the coronation. don't miss my exclusive with the lord president of the privy council. but next, new data suggests that there will be a hung parliament at the next general election. rishi sunak claimed labour, the snp and the greens could get into bed together so just how much should we fear? what would potentially be a socialist coalition from how nigel farage is on and

next? welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up, my exclusive

interview with penny morden. one year on from the king's coronation. but first, a shocking new poll has revealed that labour would fall short of a majority at the next general election, raising fears that britain could be heading for a socialist coalition government with keir starmers party propped up with keir starmers party propped ”p by with keir starmers party propped up by the snp, the lib dems and the greens. that's despite rishi sunak today acknowledging a bitterly disappointing local election result, which saw the tories lose nearly 500 council seats, as well as the west midlands mayoral team. i'm joined now by gb news star nigel farage nigel, thank you very, very much. what do you reckon about the potential for a socialist coalition of chaos ? socialist coalition of chaos? >> it's not a poll, it's an extrapolation . there's a very, extrapolation. there's a very, very big difference. so what the academics thrasher and rollins have done is they've taken the local election results and superimposed that across the whole country, as if there would be a general election . two flaws be a general election. two flaws with that. number one, many of the strongest labour areas in

the strongest labour areas in the country weren't voting . it the country weren't voting. it was much more of a preponderance towards lib dem and certainly conservative areas. and number two, scotland didn't vote and scotland is the wild card because of course, the snp are in a state of complete and absolute meltdown, even worse than the conservatives. i mean, that's saying something. goodness gracious me. so you know, sunak takes these numbers and replays the 2015 general election, unless you vote for us, there'll be a coalition of chaos. it'll be labour with greens, sdp and goodness knows who else. and a vote for reform is a vote for labour. it's the old playbook. it doesn't work as you saw in the blackpool south by—election, where the conservative vote was down by 26. the truth is tories have had an absolute disaster and sunak can try and put whatever spin he wants on it. it doesn't wash. >> okay, now look, just whizzing

it on to a different story . a it on to a different story. a murder victim's family has hit out at the home office after it emerged that her killer should have been deported 20 years ago. oberm moyo is his name. he was jailed for life for stabbing his ex partner percy and cube—e with a meat skewer in front of her traumatised young children. after he was sentenced, it transpired that he was an illegal migrant . he'd also had a illegal migrant. he'd also had a string of previous convictions. nigel is the home office failing, specifically women. do you think there? >> no. it's fighting everybody. you know, women are part of it, but it's failing everybody, our judges are failing. everybody we are not putting the interests of our own country first. we think that international obligations are far more important. keep the un sweet. keep the echr sweet. oh, and by the way, quietly keep the eu sweet. never admitted. of course, in public, we're much more bothered about international agreements than we are about protecting the interests of our own people. >> yeah, i just wonder when this ends. really, nigel? i mean, how

many more? more us are there out there at the moment? and, you know, they're reluctant to tell us, aren't they? their government is reluctant to tell us how many criminals are illegal immigrants or asylum applicants, etc. >> you and i have discussed this in private, patrick, haven't we? you know, you can fly all you like , getting the data is very, like, getting the data is very, very difficult. and of course , very difficult. and of course, they don't want us to know the truth of the extent of migrant crime. otherwise they fear there will be a huge electoral backlash. we are being denied the truth. we are being denied the truth. we are being denied the figures. but everybody can see it. everybody can see it. every week our newspapers are full of stories like this. and the truth is, it won't end. all the truth is, it won't end. all the while we have conservative and labour governments. all the while we have what are effectively unipart running this country without any courage, any guts, without any conviction, scared of what the left wing mob will say on twitter or whatever else it may be, nothing is going to change, look, nigel, thank you very, very much. that is

nigel farage there. gb news star. great to have you back, by the way. looking well after youn the way. looking well after your, time stateside. so thank your, time stateside. so thank you very much. look, coming up, sectarian politics in britain is here, and we must not allow it to stay. stick around at ten to see astonishing clips from some of britain's new muslim councillors. a bit like this way to palestine. >> hello . >> hello. >> hello. >> yeah, and there's plenty more where that came from. but next, exactly one year on from the king's coronation, i will take you behind the scenes with the woman of the moment. apart from the queen, of course, it's penny mordaunt. >> we were practising not with the crown jewels at the time, but with replicas. wasn't until thursday we actually got our mitts on the on the real, real thing. >> yes, there's plenty of sword chat as well. don't miss it. this is patrick

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news. this is patrick christys. tonight on gb news. and it's a year to the day since the coronation of king charles the third. apart from the king himself, of course. the stand out performer of that day was penny mordaunt. she's the leader of the house of commons, as well as the lord president of the privy council. she stunned everyone with that remarkable, iconic cape teal dress and her sword carrying skills. well, she agreed to do an exclusive interview with gb news in the privy council office to relive and share some insight into that historic day. what led up to it, and what it meant to her, as well as giving a bit of an insight into what life is like as the privy council's lord president, i was very nervous . president, i was very nervous. >> i was determined and very excited. but also very nervous. and i think one of the most wonderful things about the whole event was it was this massive team effort, not just the people who were with me in the abbey, but we knew all the rehearsals that had gone on beforehand with

the armed forces, that massive procession through london. and we know that it had to be perfect. it had to be absolutely to the to the minute. and that's a lot of pressure . but we were a lot of pressure. but we were all working together and the camaraderie was amazing. and we were practising not with the crown jewels at the time, but with replicas. wasn't until the thursday we actually got our mitts on the on the real, real thing. and what was that like? it was it was an amazing occasion in particular, because the king's grandchildren were there as well, and they were very impressed with the crown jewels. but we also had rehearsals going on across the country , including the massive country, including the massive procession that happened that was literally replicated , was literally replicated, somewhere out in the sticks. and people were doing that route march to make sure it was absolutely time to perfection. >> and of course, i had to ask

how on earth did she keep that sword aloft for the entire coronation ceremony? >> no, the sword was very heavy , >> no, the sword was very heavy, the question i had always asked myself when i was doing drill practice on whale island with my reserve unit in the pouring rain every tuesday night, was, why am i doing this now i know why it was so i could hold that sword at the coronation. so, just, just an amazing day. and actually, the adrenaline of the day just carries you. carries you through it, i, i learned from rehearsals that on the day i wasn't going to pick the sword up until i absolutely had to. and so the king's armourer carried it for me before i went into the abbey. and i didn't put my heels on until i needed to ehhen my heels on until i needed to either, glad i remembered to do that, but . so, no, you just give that, but. so, no, you just give yourself every, every chance of doing your best performance. but really, on the day , everything really, on the day, everything worked perfectly. and i think it was important to the king that he had this amazing ceremony. it

was about a third of it was had been cut out from the 1953 service, but it was still spectacular. full coronation robes. and i think people would have been disappointed if that wasn't the case, so really amazing spectacle. but he also wanted it to be relevant and modern wanted it to be relevant and modem for the for the nation as it is now . so i think he kept it is now. so i think he kept that role in the full lord president role , perhaps because president role, perhaps because i was a woman and i was i was representing half the nation. so and i'm glad he did because it was an amazing experience . was an amazing experience. >> mentioned the king there, of course. and what was he like in the build up to the event? were you in communication with him quite regularly, i imagine, yes, we were. >> we were rehearsing with the royal family and he just wanted it to go well. and he also so i think recognised that it was

obviously it was for him and this important moment in his life , but it was also for the life, but it was also for the nation. and i think that moments like that really do help reconnect ourselves and remember what this country is all about, it's , no one was complaining it's, no one was complaining that it was an ancient service because it was so relevant to our modern lives. it was about duty and service to each other. and i think that's what the royal family, what they stand for, what they do , that service for, what they do, that service and duty to us, but also all that accompanies them and everything that was on display that day, the armed forces, the church of england, all these community groups that are there to help our communities, help help the nation be all it can be. that's that's timeless, that's completely relevant to today. and i think the royal

family , he continues. because it family, he continues. because it it does reflect the nation. it reflects . it's not just what we reflects. it's not just what we stand for and our values, but what families go through. when i paid my tribute to , the late paid my tribute to, the late queen, i. i i the thing that really struck me when i was looking back on her life is that she shared her whole life and her family with us, that would have been hugely intrusive, i think she said she she liked going to balmoral because she got to sleep in one bed for six weeks, it's hard to imagine what a life is like. i mean, i as mps, we run about all over the place. we do crazy things, but it's not for our whole life. and i think that is something that is quite remarkable about our royal family so i think they're relevant, and we've seen that

with, the recent news on the king and the princess of wales's health. it's a reflection on of what what families go through . what what families go through. >> now. few public servants meet our monarch face to face. more than penny morton. they meet regularly, often weekly. and she shared with me what king charles the man is really like. >> well, i think i think people won't be surprised to know that he's completely charming and always calm. and he's also got a really good sense of humour as well. but he's always asking about how things are going, he's, you know , particular he's, you know, particular issues that we're, you know, deaung issues that we're, you know, dealing with in, in parliament or particular groups who he knows that are having a rough time. he's always asking after after those people. so he he cares a great deal. and i know that he will have been so pleased to get back to public duties. he will have missed it tremendously . so i duties. he will have missed it tremendously. so i think everyone is really pleased to see him back and i know that he

wants to do more. so it's a it's a been a good week okay. >> yes . so that's the first part >> yes. so that's the first part of my interview with the lord president of the privy council and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, who, it must be said , quite a few people must be said, quite a few people are tipping to maybe be the next conservative leader. i know that there are a lot of mixed views on that. so that's something that no doubt you will all be picking through in gbnews.com/yoursay. this was confined ad i must add to a conversation about it being a year on from the coronation, but there is more of my exclusive interview with penny morton to bnng interview with penny morton to bring you, including her incredibly touching memories of how she feared for the state of britain after the late queen's death. i'm going to bring you as well, on a slightly different note, all the latest on this bizarre baby bomb scare today. so passengers were left on the tarmac for more than 20 minutes. despite this threat being reported for cancel takeoff clearance, cancel take off. >> clarence, we received some

information regarding a bomb threat . threat. >> so we've come into possession here @gbnews and have extended version of that clip. you will absolutely not believe how long it took for the reaction to come into force there. people on the plane thought there was a bomb on the plane. people in the airport thought there was a bomb in the airport. for what it's worth, the actual passengers who were on that plane managed to get another flight, and they're supposedly landing in london in about five minutes time. so we'll be quite interesting to see if anyone can interview them when they step foot back on british soil. but next, there has been a deluge of staggering clips featuring newly elected muslim councillors . muslim councillors. >> we are coming for you in the general election. anyone deserve sectarian politics. >> has arrived in britain. the genie is out of the bottle. it cannot be put back in. so what are labour and keir starmer going to do about it? now i have a procession of quite shocking clips to bring you that i think, quite frankly, makes a lot of people very, very scared about the future of britain. it's one

thing standing democratically, isn't it? and winning fair play. but what are you really standing for? and how on earth, how on earth are some of these candidates getting around the same vetting procedures that other major parties are made to enforce? isn't it time that someone looked into them? it's patrick christys tonight. we are only on gb news. and now of course, it's time for your weather with greg dewhurst. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. who's >> hello there! welcome to your latest weather for gb news. it's becoming drier over the next 24 hours, but with light winds we could see some fog patches tonight developing, and that's thanks to an area of high pressure moving in, which then stays with us for much of the week. temperatures are rising, particularly by the end of the week into the weekend. highs of 24 or 25. in the best of the sunshine this evening time. still some heavy thundery showers easing away . the rain

showers easing away. the rain across south—east england also moves out of the way. most places dry overnight, but that allows some mist and fog patches to form in places under the cloudier skies. to form in places under the cloudier skies . temperatures cloudier skies. temperatures holding up though around 10 or 11 celsius. so tuesday morning a grey start in places. still the risk of some light rain and drizzle across central and northern parts of england into southern scotland. but it does brighten up quite quickly for most parts of the uk. best of the sunshine across southern parts of england and wales. perhaps 1 or 2 heavy showers developing here later on in the afternoon, temperatures rising to around 20 or 21 degrees a little cooler further north under the cloud, particularly northern ireland. southern scotland. here, around about 13 or 14 celsius, a murky start once more on wednesday, but fog patches lifting and then dry for most. plenty of sunny spells, perhaps some low clouds just lingering around some coastal areas, but feeling warm in that sunshine as temperatures start to lift further and more sunshine on the way to end the

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gb news. >> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christie's tonight , i mean, hello? >> hello . >> hello. >> hello. >> is this a political takeover ? >> is this a political takeover? >> is this a political takeover? >> here we are coming for you in the general election . anyone? the general election. anyone? nick gibb . nick gibb. >> will keir starmer cave in to the muslim votes demands? >> and we were practising. not with the crown jewels at the time, but with replicas. wasn't until the thursday we actually got our mitts on the on the real, real thing. >> is this the woman who should lead the tories into the next

election also recounts will take off clearance. >> cancel take off clearance, we received some information regarding a bomb threat. >> i have got the extended shot king audio recording of exactly when what went on at that runway dunng when what went on at that runway during a ba bomb threat. you will not believe your ears. plus the bombing . now, now, now, now the bombing. now, now, now, now we are the people we once decided . it's kicking off on decided. it's kicking off on campus on my panel this evening, i'm joined by express political guru christi and corgi, founder of global britain and anarchist lisa mckenzie. oh yeah, and what's all this about? >> i have been in a gay bar. >> i have been in a gay bar. >> all right, get ready, britain. here we go. is the takeover happening . next?

is the takeover happening. next? >> good evening. i'm addison in the gb news room. israel's defence forces have begun what they're calling a targeted attack against hamas in the southern city of gaza. city of rafah. now, you can see live pictures for those watching on television. the military operation , beginning after prime operation, beginning after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that his war cabinet unanimously approved the operation . strikes approved the operation. strikes are currently being carried out in the east of rafah . earlier in the east of rafah. earlier on, israel ordered a partial evacuation of civilians . ahead evacuation of civilians. ahead of this offensive, mr netanyahu says strikes will increase pressure on hamas to release israeli hostages comes after israeli hostages comes after israel rejected a three phase ceasefire deal, which hamas claimed to have agreed with egyptian mediators . there's an egyptian mediators. there's an israeli official described the deal as softened, and said that it was a ruse intended to make israel look bad. however, we understand israel is sending a

delegation to meet with negotiators to try to reach an acceptable agreement . but acceptable agreement. but there's been no deal on a ceasefire in gaza since a week long pause in november , students long pause in november, students at oxford and cambridge have set up gaza protest camps on university campuses. there created in the early hours of this morning, the protesters are urging their universities to cut financial ties with israel over the country's offensive in gaza. similar camps have also been set up at manchester, sheffield, newcastle and london universities. oxford issued a statement saying that we respect our students and staff members right to freedom of expression in the form of peaceful protests . rishi sunak says he's determined to fight and the general election is not a foregone conclusion . the pm is foregone conclusion. the pm is calling for unity among tory mps after saying that he believes britain could be heading for a hung parliament. the tories lost hundreds of council seats and the west midlands mayoralty results. rishi sunak described

as bitterly disappointing. but he's saying he won't give up what the independent analysis shows that whilst , of course shows that whilst, of course this was a disappointing weekend for us, that the result of the next general election isn't a foregone conclusion and indeed actually is closer than the situation is closer than many people are saying, or indeed some of the opinion polls are predicting. >> and that's why i'm absolutely determined to fight incredibly hard for what i believe for and the future country that i want to build. and that's what i'm going to do. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey says he'll table a motion of no confidence in the government in an effort to pressure rishi sunak to call a june general election. sir ed claims the disastrous local election results show the country has, in his words, had enough of mr sunak and his out of touch government. the motion will be tabled when parliament returns tomorrow. well, for the latest stories you can sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to

gbnews.com/alerts. straight back to . patrick. to. patrick. >> the local elections have taken place in england. not that you'd know it. political islam , you'd know it. political islam, i fear, is here. >> it's the voice of palestine. hello. hello >> that's the green party candidate . i wonder what his candidate. i wonder what his views on net zero are. we will be seeing him on the front line, i imagine, of the next extinction rebellion rally, won't we? he's now under investigation, though, because it turns out that the 42 year old father of three, who works as an accountant and runs a gardening blog, has previously described a jewish chaplain forced into hiding by threats from protesters as a creep and a kind of animal. he also reportedly said that palestine, i.e. hamas, had a right to fight back in the wake of the october 7th attacks. well i for1 a.m. 7th attacks. well i for1 am. shocked. let's go to bradford how. >> now. >> horton. great. horton manning

heated city ward. ankola. i'll tell you something here. this is a clear message to starmer . a clear message to starmer. bradford has rejected labour. it's rejected zionism. and this is a message to you, not shah and imran hussain. we are coming for you in the general election anyway , he's got a nick gibb and anyway, he's got a nick gibb and he won . that stands with he won. that stands with zionism. we're coming after you. free palestine, free palestine . free palestine, free palestine. >> the rumour is he's still going. actually that is in no way threatening. this video has emerged from burnley, apparently, where again, there was a totally normal reaction to a local election victory in a northern english town.

step forward. the ex conservative councillor , tiger conservative councillor, tiger patel, who started out making videos like this where he wanted to fix up his local community park. nana he . gave up his park. nana he. gave up his donkey to me . and now he's donkey to me. and now he's graduated to making videos about how he wants to fix up palestine. >> assalamu alaikum. warahmatullahi hi all my muslim brothers and sisters. >> i'm a tiger patel from blackburn in front of the town hall. >> and i say today , this is not >> and i say today, this is not my victory. this is palestine . my victory. this is palestine. innocent people victory . innocent people victory. >> look, hey, maybe i'm a cynic. maybe i'm being unfair. but i'm not sure this is really all about palestine and gaza. is it the muslim vote? .co.uk a movement that we first highlighted months ago on this

show, has greeted the local election victories with a list of 18 demands for the labour leader, sir keir starmer. now, yes , some of those include yes, some of those include things like end military ties to israel and recognise the palestinian state. but they also include stuff like issue guidance that muslims are allowed to pray at school and ensure sharia compliant pensions are available at every workplace. so the one third of muslim people without a pension can get one. all right. they also want to remove michael gove's extremism definition. can i just return now to martin ali, the green party candidate in leeds who won and started chatting about allah? a very bafic chatting about allah? a very basic google search of that man throws up that he was reportedly known for stirring up hostility to rabbi zakaria deutsch, that jewish chaplain at leeds university, who was subsequently advised by police to go into hiding with his wife and two children after death and rape threats. what what's the vetting process for these people to be candidates ? where's the

candidates? where's the scrutiny? is it not very telling that labour's response to people with these? i would argue , with these? i would argue, radical views displayed in a ranting quite threatening manner is to say that they want to win them back, not distance themselves. i think that political islam is here in britain, and it looks like it's here to stay. let's go. the thoughts of my panel this evening i am joined by the senior political correspondent at the daily express. i have got christian county, i've got anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, and i am joined as well by the founding chairman of global britain uk, eamonn bahgat . christian, should we fear a political wing of islam , do you think? >> well, it certainly having cut through , in local council through, in local council elections and by elections and the, the thing is they're clearly very organised. but what they're doing is they're targeting quite poor left behind places, areas with low electoral turnout. they are reaping the rewards. but as you were just

saying, these council elections, i don't think that chap has many views on bin collections or pothole repairs or social care things that matter to people in the area. what on earth does gaza have to do with a local election ? and really, the green election? and really, the green party have massive questions to answer here, because what they've done in the pursuit of seats at any cost is allowed themselves to become this random basket of deplorables that is full of all sorts of cranks and weirdos from any wing. and it's the totally incoherent party, and they've allowed some really dodgy characters to infiltrate it. yeah, i mean, they have i mean, just just a google search of that man reveals some incredibly fruity stuff that he's allegedly been involved with. >> how on earth was that man and others like him allowed to actually stand for election? >> because we live in a country with a system that allows certain groups to not be held

accountable. the greens are never going to be held accountable for this because although, you know, they're not ever going to win any real electoral power, they're never going to have any power in westminster , so they're not westminster, so they're not going to be held accountable. i remember this happening with the lib dems at the iraq war, the same similar sort of thing started to happen there. and what happened? the lib dems couldn't wait to get a bit of power, and when they did, they were held accountable for things that they'd done, and very quickly, all of the sort of cranks and weirdos fell away . yeah. >> but there was the immediate crossover from something that i think many people had long suspected. and i know that many viewers and listeners to this show had long suspected, and that this isn't actually really all about palestine and gaza. i fear that this is about the slow, creeping hand of sharia in the uk. >> but look at it this way. i think, patrick, these are the very fringe elements of british society and the fact is, until recently, the vast majority of them were active members and councillors in the labour party until george galloway bused them

down. don't forget , was it azhar down. don't forget, was it azhar ali who was the anti—semitic candidate from labour who had disowned last minute? so they've always been there. let's not kid ourselves. >> well, tanya patel was in the conservative party. >> well he was and i think he should have never been allowed to stand as a conservative in the first place. but the vast majority of them were in labour until keir starmer tried to do this balancing act of trying to appear moderate and trying to be electable from middle england . electable from middle england. >> well, just on that, because look, the obvious counter to all of this is that this was an election and they stood for election. they bothered to stand and campaign for an election and they were elected. okay. so we can't take that away from anyone . and people will be shouting at their television screens now going, well, if you don't like it, you should have stood for election in that area and you should have campaigned better and got more votes. so that is the counter for it. but christine, the labour party response to this appears to be we need to win these people back, not thank goodness you're

nowhere near the labour party at the moment. >> no, absolutely right. i mean, why they want them back is beyond me. i think keir starmer actually will be incredibly relieved from the west midlands mayoral result, not just because they beat the conservative party, but also if they hadn't, if they just lost out , then if they just lost out, then immediately people would have looked at the independent candidate who took 10% of the vote and almost certainly said, well, we didn't win because because they took a lot of our votes that we would otherwise won. so we've got to pander to this group. so hopefully keir starmer has a confidence that he doesn't need to pander. and from what i've seen, actually he does appear to be a lot of warm words . i don't think fingers crossed they're going to give in to a lot of these demands, but some of them are really worrying. one of them are really worrying. one of them are really worrying. one of the ones you didn't mention was press regulation, which goodness knows, they want new press. what do they mean by that? what sort of free speech there do they want to clamp down

on?ifs there do they want to clamp down on? it's very concerning. yeah. >> look, i used to be in a group called class war analysis group, and we used to make demands of everybody all the time. and it's a way of sort of getting your voice out there and getting known and saying something. i mean, when that camera panned round, there was ten people, if that. so i think they are fringe elements. they're making a lot of noise. i'm not sure we should be taking them out . i don't take be taking them out. i don't take them that seriously. >> i think that's i mean this with respect. i think that's a mistake. i think we should be taking this lot very, very seriously indeed. that will be my view. >> but, i mean, i agree with you, patrick. i mean, let's be honest , the labour party has honest, the labour party has always been a bastion of rotten identity politics. and we've already seen the newly elected labour mayor of the west midlands has been tweeting not about the west midlands as his first tweet after becoming mayor, but about israel and gaza . and the same goes for sadiq khan, same goes for lisa nandy and same goes for keir starmer. so they do want these votes back and they're pandering to them and they're pandering to them and we will see more of it. >> one thing i will say, which

is a caveat to this, and i mean it is that i think in this country, clearly we've been far too complacent for far too long. and, you know, people have potentially allowed a problem to fester and they're not necessarily stood against that problem. and now here we are. so i wonder whether or not the tide will turn eventually. but we reached out to the green party and to moeen ali for comment . we and to moeen ali for comment. we didn't hear back. we've probably gardening, isn't he? to be fair. anyway i'll give you a first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages. hot off the press and bring you a full version of this dramatic audio from a british airways bomb scare. >> the cancel take off. clarence. cancel. take off. clarence, we received some information regarding a bomb threat . threat. >> 40 minutes. those people were trapped on an aeroplane with, conceivably, a bomb ticking before. it's absolutely astonishing. wait till you hear it all. but next, the second part of my exclusive interview with the lord president of the privy council. it's penny mordaunt. exactly one year on from king charles's coronation, because it was my it was my first week in the job.

>> so on the monday i was a junior trade minister, tuesday i was promoted . wednesday we tried was promoted. wednesday we tried to have a meeting with the queen, and then on the thursday she passed away and on the saturday we were doing the accession council . accession council. >> yeah. we've got some fascinating insights for you there. this is patrick christys tonight. we're only on

gb news. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. only on gb news and it's tonight. only on gb news and wsfime tonight. only on gb news and it's time now for part two of my exclusive interview with penny mordaunt, senior tory mp, leader of the house of commons and lord president of the privy council. it is quite the cv and after our sit down interview, penny mordaunt showed me some iconic and ceremonial royal artefacts that only a select group of people get to see and even touch . it's a fascinating insight into how the privy council works, and mordaunt reflection on the late queen's passing. they're both unique and emotional. >> well, look and the king will have these. and that's where his all his government papers will be given to him that he will do every day has the new cypher on. and this is this is my job title. so that's that's what i will use. but everything has had to have the cyphers changed on it. so we're trying trying to do this gradually, but what's not often appreciated is on the for the coronation, all the uniforms needed, the cyphers changed on

them. so everyone's, dress uniforms needed, needed altering. so there was a massive embroider network around the country to change everything , ready? >> ready for all these little things people don't think of. or that. things people don't think of. or that . has things people don't think of. or that. has that sunk in yet? i mean, it must have done by now. >> surely it's a it's a great job title, i don't have a business card, but, it's no, it is, it is a privilege to do it. and you really do . i think not a and you really do. i think not a lot of people know about the role, and actually it wasn't perhaps until the coronation, people knew that there was such a thing as the privy council. >> and what's the day to day if you don't mind me asking, what is the day to day of it all, really? >> so the, the, the privy council doesn't a huge amount of work and i'd be sent to the tower if i go into it in too much detail. >> oh, there you go. but, it is things like making coins and, granting charters and those sorts of things. and then,

sometimes sort of very real live issues . so, for example, someone issues. so, for example, someone might , want issues. so, for example, someone might, want and need to be buned might, want and need to be buried in a particular, churchyard that hasn't done burials for a while. and again, the privy council would be granting permission for those sorts of things to happen. so it's lots it's very, very varied, but it is, it is, it is all tied back to, things like our, our royal charters and coinage and, and all that sort of thing. >> it's absolutely fascinating, should we work our way down then, if that's all right? so this is a seal, which i think we can pick up . can pick up. >> these are very heavy. so you can have a have a feel of that. so these, again, will be marking documents like this. so all government departments will have the seals of office. so when we swear in a new secretary of state they're, they're given their seals of office. and some of them are little things like

that. of them are little things like that . others are enormous. and that. others are enormous. and if there is a weight, people have difficulty lifting them. >> i don't want to i don't want to drop it just in case. >> they are still they they are in use in departments. occasionally people have to produce those sorts of documents. >> now, this looks very official i >> -- >> yes. so 51mm m >> yes. so this is an example of, a charter that, the late queen, did and, i mean, they produced quite, quite often. and this is obviously the seal, produced quite, quite often. and this is obviously the seal , that this is obviously the seal, that was, that was given on this one. yeah >> and the memories of the late queen, because that's we've spoken a lot today about the coronation. unfortunately for there to be a coronation the previous monarch has to pass away, don't they usually. so that must have been quite difficult overcoming those emotions as well. presumably for you that was that was quite a time because it was my it was my first week in the job. >> so , so on the monday i was >> so, so on the monday i was a junior trade minister, tuesday i

was promoted. wednesday we tried to have a meeting with the queen, and then on the thursday she passed away. and on the saturday we were doing the accession council and we had identified the moment we lost the sovereign as a moment of peril for the nation, because you don't know how the public will react. and of course, we know that they reacted in the most marvellous ways. you know, marmalade sandwiches across our parks and all sorts of things. but we didn't know that at the time. so i was i felt the pressure considerably as we were doing the accession council. and after i'd delivered it, i came outside into saint james's palace yard to hear the first proclamation being delivered that the king had just commanded be delivered from the balcony. and after it was done, the guards did three cheers to the king, and i could hear over the palace wall the crowds cheering the king. and at that moment i

knew it was going to be all right . and i did shed a tear, right. and i did shed a tear, because it was. it was such a relief that the public had responded in such a marvellous way. >> i get emotional thinking about it now, actually. yes >> i mean, that's that's, an incredible , incredible thing to incredible, incredible thing to think about that you you went through that so early on in the job as well. >> and, and this here is quite interesting cause i was being told before that i don't know if i'm allowed to touch this. the whole thing might unravel, actually, but, allowed to pick up this. >> so as long as you're very careful with it. >> okay, well, don't run around with it. >> don't run around. don't run around with it. no. now, the king has touched this more than, more than a few times, hasn't he? because it's got some significance. he he picks this charles with it. is that right ? charles with it. is that right? >> yes. this is how we make sheriffs. so i will read out who we are proposing to make a sheriff, and he will signify his permission being granted by by pricking the. this is used to be. >> you're braver than me. i don't want i'm going to put this

back down here. >> so that's how. that's how we make sheriffs every single sheriff here has got their their name. >> and then. yes >> and then. yes >> so he will signify his, his, approval of them as, as being good sheriffs. >> it's incredible to think that the king is , has, has done all the king is, has, has done all of this. yeah. it's not for you . of this. yeah. it's not for you. you meet him every other week? yes. okay. and this, secretary of state box here. >> so this is this is again, just another little red box, and it will have this has got a couple of seals in it. so so, i'm not sure. let's just see if i'm not sure. let's just see if i can tell which department those are from round, if that's all right. yes, certainly. >> show everybody what we're looking at here. >> so these again they're they're used in documents not not every week but occasionally. and when a, when a secretary of state is sworn in, they're given their seals of office. yeah. and then they return them when they're at their out of office. >> wow. okay all right. so yes, when there's a general election then they have to scoop them all back in apparently. >> and then return them.

>> and then return them. >> yes, but yes, but, well, look, thank you very, very much for showing us around all this and being so open about it all. i know that our viewers and listeners will really, really care about it, and it's a pleasure to get to know you a bit better as well. >> well, thank you and thank you to everyone that has supported his majesty and the queen throughout, throughout this yeah throughout, throughout this year. i think it's a tremendous , year. i think it's a tremendous, effort that people have made and it's very much appreciated. >> well, that was lord president of the privy council and the leader of the house of commons, penny morton, there. and i just would like to say thank you very, very much to her for and her team as well, for letting us see all those artefacts and do all of that. so i was very, very nice of them. thank you. so coming up , i nice of them. thank you. so coming up, i do bring you a very first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages and give you the latest on these alarming reports. yes, this has happened whilst we've been on air. so apparently the ministry of defence has been hacked by a chinese hacker. so i'll repeat that for you. the ministry of defence has apparently been hacked by a chinese hacker ,

hacked by a chinese hacker, plus, we'll be talking about pro—palestine protesters, plumbing new depths as they heckle the survivors of the october seventh terror attack dunng october seventh terror attack during a holocaust memorial march ingrid seward dawn neesom . march ingrid seward dawn neesom. oh, grief. look, more of tomorrow's news tonight. and

next. yes. look. it is time now to bnng yes. look. it is time now to bring you the very first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages. let's do it. okay. we're going with the metro. 30 missed chances to find a brain tumour sickness , migraines and stiff sickness, migraines and stiff neck. minor issues. a schoolgirl , tia gordon, is recovering from surgery for a brain tumour. finally diagnosed after 30 medical assessments. let's go to the daily express britain is on the daily express britain is on the verge of a house price boom. britain is on the verge of a house price boom, with experts predicting values will soar 20%

in the next four years. slightly optimistic. i think 20% seems like anything to do with a shortage. maybe. but anyway, the i alzheimer's genetic link raises hope of early treatment. a major study has found that anyone with two copies of the apoe four gene has at least a 95% chance of developing the disease, up to 3% of the population. they kind of made that sound like a good thing initially here in the headline there, which i don't think they're meaning to. but the genetic breakthrough presumably does make it easier for you to treat it earlier and spot the signs. so i think that really is the good news in a way. the guardian israeli airstrikes on rafah begin despite rising ceasefire pressure. yeah, that was breaking as we came on air tonight. we've shown you live footage of rafah, where israel has begun that offensive. let's go to the daily telegraph now. netanyahu rejects hamas ceasefire israel criticises deal as a ruse after gazans are seen celebrating on the streets of rafah. well, again, you know, potentially not for long, given

what's happening there, right. look, i am going to, reintroduce my panel. we've got senior political correspondent at the daily express, christian anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, and founding chairman of global britain. amman begum. i want to bring you, some news that's developing as we speak. okay. so apparently the chinese state has hacked our ministry of defence. that's according to sky news initially. but china stands accused of 2 or 3 attempts at hacking the ministry of defence employees, including personnel at the cyber attack, was reportedly on a payroll system with current service personnel and some veterans . it largely and some veterans. it largely names, apparently, and bank details that have been exposed, but still, as it currently stands, christian, the chinese state, it appears, has hacked our ministry of defence. >> yeah , yes. >> yeah, yes. >> yeah, yes. >> another deeply concerning move from china , the latest in a move from china, the latest in a long line of espionage that we

are aware of publicly. goodness knows what's happening that we're not aware of . it's also we're not aware of. it's also worth bearing in mind, of course, that our foreign secretaries still, lord cameron, whose main foreign policy time in office as prime minister was opening britain up to china and further endangering us. can i just say, so we have contacted the ministry of defence in the last few minutes, and i've just heard now the ministry of defence are confirming they've been hacked, but they are refusing to say the word china basically . basically. >> that's what that's what they're refusing. >> other outlets seem to be naming them. so i'll stick my neck out on that one. >> i mean, look at this one. >> i mean, look at this one. >> i mean, look at this one. >> i think these are multiple attacks that, democracies around the world face from the chinese communists. but let's be honest, you know , literally half the you know, literally half the country is running on huawei and xiaomi. so the fact they've actually done this, they've done this to make a point, to britain

and to british democracy . but and to british democracy. but even more than that, let's be honest, the chinese communist tentacles are everywhere in british society. be it our academic institutions, be it the fact that we've had recently, what two, officials from parliament charged with espionage, working for the chinese communists. >> can you call them communists? i mean, really , they are. i mean, really, they are. >> they're not by your definition, no, i knew this was coming by the anarchist on the paneps coming by the anarchist on the panel's definition . panel's definition. >> the chinese are. i mean, come on, it's a totalitarian state, isn't it? >> it's not. it's not a, you know , communism just tend to know, communism just tend to always veer towards it. >> yeah, but i'm not sure. >> yeah, but i'm not sure. >> i'm not sure we could actually go. the threat of communists, you know. >> well yeah. okay. fine. >> well yeah. okay. fine. >> okay. >> okay. >> so yours i appreciate so your main gripe with the fact that the chinese have had some ministry of defence and have their tentacles everywhere in society is that we have erroneously referred to them as. >> i'm not, i'm not. i'm not down with the communists at all.

because historically , because historically, historically, communists always kill the anarchists. anyway, you know, if you look at the anarchist antifa anyway, they are not very, not very well. no one really likes. well, look, but we don't like them much anyway. no, indeed. >> well, i think look at it this way. i think the fact that the uk decided to classify the chinese as strategic competitors and not as a hostile entity goes to show how out of touch our political class are, sadly. >> but interestingly, the eu today has sort of made making quite bold statements for them about china, because apparently they've been flooding the eu market with cheap goods . i think market with cheap goods. i think they've been doing that for quite i think they've been doing that for a long time. but the eu is now, you know, they're not happy about it. and they've also warned them about, sending things that could be used as military aid to russia. yeah, exactly. so i mean, i like the fact that it's taken the eu single to market be infringed for them to suddenly that's what china might be a threat.

>> you know, i've just got a little bit more of an update. so, this is . yeah, just some so, this is. yeah, just some more information about this, this hack. right. so apparently a contractor system, which is i believe was been hacked , is not believe was been hacked, is not connected to the main mod computer systems and has been taken down with a review. look. well, that's a really we can all breathe a sigh of relief, but no. what's it going to take seriously for us to stand up more to china? i mean, are we just terrified of them? >> well, i think it's i think it's more, a fear that lots of western economies have been built on very , very shaky built on very, very shaky foundations over the last 20 or 30 years. what we've done is we've we've almost sort of prostituted out our economy to these very, very unreliable , these very, very unreliable, global partners. that was what david cameron and george osborne were doing. and my prediction , were doing. and my prediction, really over the next decade, two decadesis really over the next decade, two decades is what the right is going to do, what the mainstream right of conservatism . it's

right of conservatism. it's going to start prioritising national security over unabated free markets. and that's going to be the big trend going forward. >> that's kind of where we are. that's kind of where we are because it's not about, you know, can we do without the cheap stuff that comes from china. >> but i would argue that's the easy political way out. i mean, look, for example , india runs look, for example, india runs a trade deficit with the chinese. and yet prime minister modi took the effort to ban tiktok before for the americans are wanting to do it. it takes political gumption and that's what we need in this country. >> i actually do think that tiktok is a bigger threat to society than many people realise. i appreciate that we are on gb news, we are on tiktok and you should obviously check us out on it, but it's a fantastic win. little little vortex of tiktok that is, of course, free from all of the negatives . but there we go negatives. but there we go anyway. moving on. pro—palestine activists have sparked condemnation after they staged a protest, yeah, i wish i was making this up, but i'm not near auschwitz . while israelis, auschwitz. while israelis, including october the 7th, survivors marched to honour

victims of the holocaust . ella victims of the holocaust. ella toone. i'm sorry, but it's just all so depressing, isn't it? this you know, eyewitnesses even claim that the protesters were chanting directly at the march of the living event, which takes place every year to mark holocaust remembrance day. i mean, look, man, these pro—palestine protest, i mean, that that surely, surely crosses the line. >> well, i think the line was crossed a very long time ago, patrick. i mean, look, the vast majority of this pro—palestine activism is rooted very much in nothing else but very bad old fashioned anti—jewish hatred. it's not about peace. it's not about preventing war. it's not about preventing war. it's not about trying to prevent any atrocity. it's about bad, bad, old fashioned anti—jewish hate. that's what it is. >> to be honest. i'm getting a bit. i'm getting a bit depressed

by all of this stuff, so i thought i would just mix this up a little bit now and talk about a little bit now and talk about a good old fashioned bomb threat. so passengers on a flight from bermuda bound for london last night, were forced to make an emergency evacuation after this alarming message from air traffic control . air traffic control. >> bird one eight bravo bermuda tower. cancel takeoff clearance. cancel. take off clearance , we cancel. take off clearance, we received some information regarding a bomb threat . regarding a bomb threat. >> okay. >> okay. >> cancel takeoff clearance. speedbird one eight. bravo. and, would you like us to leave the runway? >> one eight bravo. negative. all position. standby 218. bravo. you got any further information for us? >> one eight bravo, i was just on the phone with the airport duty officer, and they reported that they received an email saying that there is a bomb on board. and we are currently working on getting the authorities out and getting you to an isolated area to

disembark, possibly. >> right. so, look, just to add to the panic, there was a lengthy delay of 40 minutes in getting passengers off the aeroplane and the pilot was at times. i mean, it's quite cool. customer there to be fair on him, but at times was just like, can we just get some stairs so we can get these passengers off? >> okay, so it's 40 minutes now since , you gave us the bomb since, you gave us the bomb threat. we really should have fire engines surrounding the aircraft. >> and if it goes on for much longer, we will have to evacuate five flights and, further to that, we will need ambulances now as well. please >> 40 minutes on a plane with apparently a bomb somewhere ticking away underneath the stairs did eventually arrive. all the passengers made it off the plane safely before. luckily the plane safely before. luckily the all clear was given. the flight was delayed overnight. the passengers eventually arrived in london just under an hour ago , we think. anyway, i

hour ago, we think. anyway, i mean honestly, seriously . your mean honestly, seriously. your reaction? lisa, if you were on that plane or you're an anarchist, you just let it rip, wouldn't you? >> well, i would, i would want to know. >> i would want to know, i know i would want to know who was how. >> and you know who, whose bomb it was before i made judgement. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> was it ethical or not? >> was it ethical or not? >> yeah. you know, was it i'm. which side am i on on the bomb. >> given recent headlines, it's difficult to know what's more dangerous being sat stationary with a bomb or flying with boeing. because that's equally pretty notoriously litigious boeing here. >> who of course, i'll just say i've never met this man before. i've never met this man before. i know about him. yeah, absolutely. yeah, yeah , yeah. absolutely. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> well, i think is this a case for renationalising bar? >> well, possibly. >> well, possibly. >> can i just say i have had some shocking experiences on british airways, recently , my british airways, recently, my latest interaction on aeroplane was a ryanair flight. now i actually, despite being dug out on numerous occasions online weirdly by ryanair's press team,

i actually actually like flying on ryanair, apart from the fact that this time they tried to charge me ,30 as i went on to the plane for a cabin bag that they said was too big, which obviously wasn't, there was a woman sat in my seat who told me to off when i got there and then a man was arrested on the tarmac when we touched back down at stansted. so we'll not be flying with ryanair again, although they have offered to take migrants to rwanda. so there we go. coming up, more of tomorrow's front pages and i will show you what happens next here. as greek easter goes a bit potty . what could possibly go potty. what could possibly go wrong? stay tuned to find out.

welcome back to patrick christys tonight, and it is time to return to tomorrow's front pages. let's do it. here's the times. not sorry. no truth yet , times. not sorry. no truth yet, says israel. netanyahu hamas back deal doesn't meet our demands. let's go to the independent. cease fire pressure builds as israel sets for rafah invasion. i can confirm that israel has now invaded rafah or extended their invasion into rafah, the mirror, our chance to save young lives. so molly's dad in tech plea . the dad of a girl in tech plea. the dad of a girl who sadly took her own life due to harmful web content, warns delays to an online crackdown will cost lives. he says more

will cost lives. he says more will be lost unless there's new onune will be lost unless there's new online safety. we go to the daily mail. how could greens not know about vile rants over rabbi? i mean, we've discussed this, haven't we? really? it's the party leader of the green party leader. this is claimed ignorance about a councillor in anti—semitism row. despite a daily mail expose months ago. this is that you know, allahuakbar green candidate who, you know, to everyone's surprise, turned out to actually have said some fruity things about people in the past. and is, i think it does speak, as christine was saying earlier to how desperate the green party was to have some form of council representation really , that they representation really, that they would have sold it down the swanee. but back to my press pack now, senior political correspondent at the daily express, christian anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, and founding chairman of global britain uk, it's amman bagel, yeah. look, i mean, honestly, how could they not have known really this ceasefire pressure on israel, though? i mean , it is on israel, though? i mean, it is it is the breaking news of the night. it is what's leading the news agenda. it will probably be

leading the news agenda tomorrow. israel has invaded rafah. is this going to have widespread consequences here, christine? do you think they are justified in trying to root out hamas once and for all? >> look, i'm now personally getting to the point of being in two minds about what israel is doing. i'm a vociferous supporter of israel and have been throughout their throughout their campaign in the gaza strip since october 7. but the problem, of course, is that throughout out its mission to root out hamas and return hostages, they have constantly been telling the gazans to get to rafah. that is where millions have gone to seek safe haven. the rest of the gaza strip is almost unliveable now, you know, and now they're being told, oh, you need to get out of the one liveable area and find somewhere else. and we are getting to that point where no matter how much pre—warning israel gave, you know, of course, we want them to get their hostages back. and hamas are entirely responsible for what is happening. but on a

humanitarian ground , i don't see humanitarian ground, i don't see how this can go ahead without very bad casualties . very bad casualties. >> i think, again, this is obviously much more complicated than i'm going to make out now. but i think if i if i was an israeli, i would probably, probably want them to eradicate hamas once and for all. i don't know how you're feeling. yeah. >> i think lots of things with this are all true. at the same time, i think it's important that whatever hostages are left that whatever hostages are left that are alive gets home. so i think there's a big part of the israeli population that desperately wants to have some hope about the hostages, i think as every day goes on, it's less likely that any of them are going to come out, netanyahu is under great political pressure there, and i think the way that perhaps some of the western universities and students and pro—palestine cranks are behaving is not doing the

palestinians any good at all. and so for me, i think there's lots of things here that's true at the same time. but there is one thing that is true and that is that the palestinian people really you know, they are suffering now and none of us should. none of us should take any delight that that children and women are dying. none of us should do that. >> and quickly on this, indeed, i think i echo what you just said. nobody wants to take any delight. and this is sadly war and this this is a war that has been brought upon the palestinian people by hamas and by hamas alone. and israel is doing a favour to the whole region and the palestinians by finally wanting to eradicate hamas fully. >> yeah. well, i mean, when i look at the amount of conflicts going on in the quote unquote muslim world committed often by, islamists or islamic regimes against other muslims, it does stand out to me as though there is more outrage at this , and i is more outrage at this, and i can't help but wonder if that's because it's being perpetrated by a jewish regime. i don't

know, but there are. there are a lot of issues in that region, look, let's move on. something thankfully much lighter, although not for the woman involved. it must be said , when involved. it must be said, when you jet off to the greek island of corfu, you're expecting sun, sea relaxation. but that wasn't the case for this unlucky woman who fell victim to a greek easter tradition of pot throwing . so? so she's fine. apparently. hope so, so that is the mayor of that particular region of corfu , that particular region of corfu, and all the press is there. and it's, you know, i'm going to throw this giant pot out of the window now. wollop . yeah. not window now. wollop. yeah. not great, is it? not great. that's a resigning matter. probably that, to be fair anyway. right. it's time to reveal those greatest bristling union jackass do you remember who your

greatest briton is? >> i do, yeah, i do, i'm so awake. it'sjeremy >> i do, yeah, i do, i'm so awake. it's jeremy clarkson. a lifelong idol of mine, it must be said, but specifically , my be said, but specifically, my housemates and i sat down to watch the latest series of clarkson's farm on amazon on friday, and it is just the best show, to have come out in the last five years. it is so , last five years. it is so, entertaining but heartbreaking and emotional and fundamentally showcases the one awful job that british farmers do. and the nightmare situations they have to go through , and i think to go through, and i think everyone should watch it. all right. brilliant. well i will watch it a bit later on. >> lisa. >> lisa. >> i think mine was the great british public for. is that right? >> well, we'll find out . yes, >> well, we'll find out. yes, i have to the people who didn't vote in the local election, the people that that kind of looked at the local elections and said, you know what, not none of the

above. >> and i thought that was a great thing for democracy. >> you have got some bizarre views . views. >> oh. all right, go on. >> oh. all right, go on. >> well, look, for me, it's got to be andy street. i think he has fought a very valiant fight. and the great british dignity he has shown , over the last two has shown, over the last two days. and not to mention, of course, the way he has helped turbocharged the west midlands with foreign direct investment, with foreign direct investment, with levelling up and i think it's a real sad day to see him go. his replacement is already talking about everything other than west midlands. >> yes. well again yes. another shock right? today's greatest britain is jeremy clarkson. well hey well done. jezza right. who is your union jackass? christian, it's the co—leaders of the green party, can you tell i selected this before i realised we were going to spend two hours talking about the green party, just to recap. yeah, i just think what they've doneis yeah, i just think what they've done is idiotic, and they've opened themselves up to, obvious criticism in a desperate attempt

to win council seats. and fundamentally, i don't understand how a party that is 50% pink and blue haired , you 50% pink and blue haired, you know, insane lefty commies and essentially sort of right wing religious nationalists, most himars to these people even know that they're both in the same party. >> i blame on this a lot of this is the increasing death of local journalism, because stuff like this would have come out a lot soonen this would have come out a lot sooner. why would people confronted by this and i'm going to flip what's happened here. right. sorry. we're gonna have to be quick. you jack out. >> mine was keir starmer because he went to mansfield last week. and i think with all this, sort of this, the garzon stuff and the pro—palestine people not going to vote for starmer, i think he's trying to win back the red wall. but i think the people of the red wall are. >> that is his job, you understand? that's his job. >> but he's not he's not cared about us for such a long time. >> all right. fair enough, fair enough, fair enough. go on.

abdul ezedi a jackass. >> my wife's got to be this puffed up popinjay, this union jack has called sadiq khan. well, he's won a third term as london mayor, and he's now back to being mayor of gaza. >> flipping hat. right. obviously sadiq khan. but did i try to be the mayor of gaza? but anyway, the winners are those two green leaders there. christine said. right. look thank you, thank you. i've had a proper laugh tonight. i've enjoyed it for the most part. anyway and as headliners up next with a much more in depth look at tomorrow's newspapers. i'll be back tomorrow at 9 pm. keep fighting the good fight . fighting the good fight. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest weather for gb news. it's becoming drier over the next 24 hours, but with light winds we could see some fog patches tonight developing, and that's thanks to an area of high pressure moving in, which then stays with us for much of the week . temperatures rising, week. temperatures rising, particularly by the end of the week into the weekend. highs of

24 or 25. in the best of the sunshine this evening time. still some heavy thundery showers easing away . the rain showers easing away. the rain across south—east england also moves out of the way. most places dry overnight, but that allows some mist and fog patches to form in places under the cloudier skies. temperatures holding up though around 10 or 11 celsius, so tuesday morning a great start in places. still, the risk of some light rain and drizzle across central northern parts of england into southern scotland. but it does brighten up quite quickly for most parts of the uk. best to the sunshine across southern parts of england and wales. perhaps 1 or 2 heavy showers developing here later on in the afternoon , temperatures in the afternoon, temperatures rising to around 20 or 21 degrees. a little cooler further north under the cloud, particularly northern ireland. southern scotland here, around about 13 or 14 celsius, a murky start once more on wednesday , start once more on wednesday, but fog patches lifting and then dry for most. plenty of sunny spells, perhaps some low clouds just lingering around some coastal areas, but feeling warm in that sunshine as temperatures

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gb news. >> good evening. headliners is coming up next. but first, our top stories tonight, and we start with some breaking news for you. the ministry of defence has confirmed to gb news that an external payroll system has been hacked. they say the system, operated by a contractor, contained staff information, including names and bank details, and in a small number of cases , home addresses. of cases, home addresses. they've told us it was immediately taken offline for a full review. all payroll payments were made at the end of last month, and they don't

expect any future delays. they're not currently commenting on reports that the hack was carried out by china, but they will be providing specialist advice, guidance and support to affected staff. this is a developing story. we'll bring you more here @gbnews as israel's defence forces have begun what they're calling a targeted attack against hamas in the southern gaza city of rafah. now we can see live pictures for those watching on television. the military operation began after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his war cabinet unanimously approved the operation . strikes are currently operation. strikes are currently being carried out in the east of rafah . earlier, israel ordered a rafah. earlier, israel ordered a partial evacuation of civilians ahead of this offensive. mr netanyahu says strikes will increase pressure on hamas to release israeli hostages. it comes after israel rejected a three phase ceasefire deal, which hamas claimed to have agreed with egyptian mediators. an israeli official described the deal as softened and said it

was a ruse intended to make israel look bad. however, we understand israel is sending a delegation to meet with negotiators to try to reach an acceptable agreement. there's been no deal on a ceasefire in gaza since a week long pause in november . students at oxford and november. students at oxford and cambridge have set up gaza protest camps on their university campuses . created in university campuses. created in the early hours of this morning, the early hours of this morning, the protesters are urging their universities to cut financial ties with israel over the country's offensive in gaza . country's offensive in gaza. similar camps have also been set up at manchester, sheffield , up at manchester, sheffield, newcastle and london universities. oxford issued a statement saying that they respect their students and staff members right to freedom of expression in the form of peaceful protests. rishi sunak says he's determined to fight and the next general election is not a foregone conclusion. the prime minister is calling for unity among tory mps, after saying he believes britain could be heading for a hung

parliament. the conservatives