targeting military personnel . targeting military personnel. >> israel has begun operations in the gaza city of rafah after prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected hamas ceasefire offer, and the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest kicks off in malmo today. >> as the uk's olly alexander vies, probably unsuccessfully, for the top gong and from the london jury , manchester united london jury, manchester united nul points manchester united embarrassed. >> what do you think about that? >> what do you think about that? >> terrible. >> terrible. >> was it really? the top of my head was the best i could do at the time. if i practised. yeah, yeah. manchester united, a team they used to be as they lose four nil to crystal palace last night, west ham were finally confirmed that david moyes will be leaving at the end of the season. and there's a new world snooker champion, kyren wilson won last night. >> this morning it was a rather mixed picture over the bank houday mixed picture over the bank holiday weekend, but the good

news is it is turning drier and brighter over the next few days. find out more with me in a little bit. >> just a little bit of work on that accent, paul. that's all. >> while many. nil. nil nil nil nil. >> while many. nil. nil nil nil nil . and now the from the nil. and now the from the latvian jury. >> yeah , that's always the worst >> yeah, that's always the worst bit. hey, here's a question for you. yeah how old is too old to make a career comeback, do you think? >> what do you mean by in eurovision terms? >> no, no. >> no, no. >> general. general, there is ho. >> no. >> oh, there is no age. >> oh, there is no age. >> well, william, it's just that william shatner wants to do another star trek movie at 93. >> right. >> right. >> and he hasn't done . why not? >> and he hasn't done. why not? he hasn't done one for 30 years. generations with his last one week. okay. >> did he play. >> did he play. >> so he wants to use, de—aging technology to make him look younger. >> right. he's always looked quite young though, hasn't he?

>> he just looks good for 93. >> he just looks good for 93. >> he's got the hair of a 35 year old, hasn't he. well i don't know how he. >> anything's possible with al guys. anything's possible. >> but he's exactly. but he's the only one. he's the only one that's still alive, isn't he . that's still alive, isn't he. how old of the star trek? he's the only one that's still alive. the original nimoy. there's yeah. >> nichelle nichols, he went recently. >> deforest kelley. yeah, i'm surprised of myself. i'm not even a star trek fan, but they're all very good. >> yeah. very good. no, sulu is still about. >> yes. what's his name ? >> yes. what's his name? >> yes. what's his name? >> can't remember his actual name now. name how. >> name now. >> george takei. >> george takei. >> yes, of course. >> yeah, he's he's still going anyway. 103 george takei and looking great. >> he says, paul, we'll see you later on. >> thank you. get out. this isn't your slot. sorry. >> it's 602. and it is the start of our program. the top story this morning, the ministry of defence has been hacked. and all fingers pointing this morning towards china . towards china. >> yeah. now, the mod has confirmed to gb news that an external payroll system was hit andifs external payroll system was hit and it's operated by a contractor which contained staff

information, including names, bank details and in some cases , bank details and in some 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 payment delays ehhen >> let's talk to former labour mp denis macshane, who joins us now. i mean, this is hugely worrying, dennis, because it makes you wonder what on earth the chinese are trying to achieve with this. >> oh, it's very simple. they're not interested in the pay grades. the money paid in the mod. what they want are bank details, bank numbers, other connections. so then if they find any vulnerabilities, someone's got a problem with marriage or whatever, then they beam in on that and we saw it. it's happening all over europe. the german far right party, the alternative for deutschland , alternative for deutschland, their politics isn't so important, but their chief european candidates almost had to stand down because he had a

guy on his staff who's been exposed as a chinese spy. alicia kearns, our very good chair of the foreign affairs committee, the foreign affairs committee, the house of commons. she was being investigated or examined for being tapped by the chinese earlier this year. and i mean, the wackiest story, if you like, in france, where actually president xi jinping of china is now on a big state visit with president macron. but the port of brest, which is a home to the french nuclear submarine fleet and other warships right out of the atlantic coast, they suddenly found a rather lonely place. they suddenly found the last few years an awful lot of very young chinese ladies were enrolling for academic courses in the university and going out and maybe having building warm relationships with all the nuclear technicians and this, that and the other. and the french admiral was reported to the french national assembly on this. it is happening all over. and i mean, they're being aggressive. a chinese , sorry, an

aggressive. a chinese, sorry, an australian helicopter military helicopter was attacked by a chinese plane. the prime minister of australia, mr albanese's, just announced it was on a un patrol related to nonh was on a un patrol related to north keeping north korea under watch. and we're not doing anything to push back . this is anything to push back. this is the tariff. >> well, look on push back. >> well, look on push back. >> we've had we've had two people charged with espionage under the national secrets act, including the person that was involved with alicia kearns. but there is, as you say, stephen, how do you push back? because there's this dilemma. you have there's this dilemma. you have the financial pain that would come with cutting off such an important trade partner, giving these tiny sanctions sort of slap on the wrist . we're not slap on the wrist. we're not even calling them a threat, are we at the moment? >> well, president macron is rolling out the red red carpet. i was with him . i know the i was with him. i know the namedrop i was with him last week in the elysee. but since you asked, we talked about the change of government in britain. but i was glad to see there the ambassador of taiwan and the representative of tibetans

worldwide . the dalai lama is worldwide. the dalai lama is very frail now. so this chap sort of does the touring business. but france is luxury industry. export industry would collapse overnight if the chinese weren't buying louis vuitton. look at our own foreign secretary who's refusing to recuse himself on dealing with china, even though he was taking an awful lot of money to promote chinese investments overseas and other work on behalf of china. they're taking us to the cleaners , and we don't have cleaners, and we don't have a policy, and it's got to be across the board. >> but do we need a policy? in that sense, this is all smoke and mirrors. you're not telling me we haven't got significant assets within china ourself, as will america , as will many will america, as will many european countries, i expect. >> i remember when i was, chinese. sorry, the minister for china gates, the chinese foreign ministry, and i had this huge briefing thing about that big from the foreign office. and i went for a pee. and when i came

back, it had disappeared. panic all round. and then we went for another pee as it were, had a cup of coffee and it reappeared again. so obviously they just photocopied it in a flash. that's just the way they behave. well, we have to call them out. well, we have to call them out. we have to say, make clear, and it has to be done internationally. it won't be the little england or the la petite france or the grossdeutschland that does this. it will be all of us saying this must stop. >> okay. thank you very much. denis macshane , former minister denis macshane, former minister for europe. >> appreciate it. >> appreciate it. >> and china and china. >> appreciate it. >> and china and china . there >> and china and china. there you go. more relevantly. thank you. >> it's interesting. i mean, on a very personal front, i think you're going to be concerned if you're going to be concerned if you're serving in the armed forces. some veterans have been affected by this as well. so it is going to concern you, but i know the mod is offering support to and reaching out to those people who've been affected. so you just have to wait to see if you're contacted on that one. yeah. >> to the middle east now, where israel has vowed to continue with its invasion of rafah in

the south of gaza after rejecting a ceasefire offer from hamas. >> you know, the agreement was organised by qatari and egyptian mediators. but israel says the terms do not meet its demands. >> well, this comes as israel ordered a partial evacuation of at least 100,000 citizens. let's get the thoughts of the defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox, who joins us this morning, look , there's been so morning, look, there's been so much noise, hasn't there? even from the likes of america, to try and stop this from happening. and yet it's being described, isn't it, as targeted strikes on rafah that have begun, but a worrying moment the next 24 hours, i suppose. >> yeah . i'm next 24 hours, i suppose. >> yeah. i'm afraid next 24 hours, i suppose. >> yeah . i'm afraid we've heard >> yeah. i'm afraid we've heard all this before about targeted strikes in and around rafah. there have been 1.2 million. they've told 100,000 to get out of the way. some started moving from early yesterday. they were moving for the sixth or seventh time since the war began . we're time since the war began. we're into the 214th day. no, you're absolutely right. is that mr

netanyahu? netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, is determined to do this. he wants a fight to the finish. he wants to declare victory. the americans is not only anthony blinken, but bill burns , the blinken, but bill burns, the head of the cia, are extremely sceptical about the netanyahu plans. and that's where we are. and as you say, there are signs that the offensive has begun with bombing and now with ground operation, tanks have been seen moving in. >> i mean, in terms of israel's position then on this, it is becoming increasingly thin , becoming increasingly thin, isn't it? i mean, when you look at what seems to be on the table with this deal, it's a three stage plan, i think. isn't it? and it does look pretty substantial . substantial. >> well, it does seem to offer the, the prospect that, what remains of the fighting force of hamas under yahya sinwar , which hamas under yahya sinwar, which is the point, will get out ,

is the point, will get out, because the political leadership and the sponsors of hamas, not only of qatar, but it's particularly saudi arabia has been strong about this, saying you've got to win this, you've got to get this out, and we need a settlement with israel. the point on the other side is that there is a great fear, particularly from the liberal press, which is very strong in israel. haaretz times visceral, particularly the english language, dailies are saying, now, look, you've split the country completely and you're just going on with the war. this is to netanyahu and his hardline settler allies in his government. you're just going on, in order that you may survive, because once we have peace and the thing stops, you'll be out of office, you'll be on trial again, and that's the end of it. and it's becoming a very personal survival game, according to the critics , very according to the critics, very divisive, even, as you say in israel, with some people convinced he's more interested in annihilating hamas than than

trying to rescue any remaining hostages from there . hostages from there. >> and what about here in the uk? lots of papers reporting about these protests that we've seen at universities across america now reaching our shores. america now reaching our shores. a new tented camp in in oxbridge campuses as well. is this something that we're going to see more of, do you think as the humanitarian catastrophe increases over the next few days? >> well, the humanitarian side of it, i would have liked to have gone into that, but it's such a huge subject. humanitarian law and the international criminal court really are becoming factors in this. but let's look at protest . this. but let's look at protest. i think you're absolutely right. protest is now a factor in the electoral cycle, and we're going to see it big time in the engush to see it big time in the english speaking world as we go into general elections in the uk and the us. hmm'hmm now, having said that, a lot of very interesting background writing is being written about it. this is being written about it. this is the symptom of a general gloom that politics isn't

delivering in protest as her marvellous book by an lse professor called jonathan white called in the long term, which points this out, it's the absence of hope in so much of the politics. look at the politics of local government politics. i don't criticise gb news for this, but most of the coverage was actually a game show forecasting who's up, who's down, who's winning. not what it's about, not what you can not what you can deliver. and to go back to your very strong point, protest is part of that. yes they do feel aggrieved about, palestine and human rights there, but it's part of a general feeling of grievance as well . and to answer your well. and to answer your question, i've been very long winded and apologise as the answer is absolutely yes. this is going to be a feature of our national politics us, uk and certainly in countries like france and germany for the rest of the summer at least, and probably a lot more, it's whether it makes a difference

though, robert, i mean , so though, robert, i mean, so i mean, you could argue when you look at biden's position , i look at biden's position, i mean, one thing that they seem to have done is put on hold some munitions delivery to israel. i mean, is that a result of the protest? is that just because of the general unease in the white house about what's happening ? house about what's happening? >> i assume that's coming down the track. and this is quite clearly what blinken and burns have been saying to netanyahu , have been saying to netanyahu, because even things like, iron dome , you know, the famous, dome, you know, the famous, missile, it is very well famous now missile defence system, which is a complex of radars, of sensors , absolutely cutting edge sensors, absolutely cutting edge stuff and missiles. it does require a lot of american input in terms of part and technology. and they're saying, go on with a war war and no jaw jaw as churchill, put it. and we're going to start rowing back. this is the first sign that it's going to happen. but if, if,

netanyahu is going to say no to any possible solution, a political solution, a negotiated solution, which he appears to be saying at the moment we're going to hear more of that. i think that things are getting very tough because biden doesn't want this a polluting his election campaign . campaign. >> okay. robert fox, thanks very much indeed for your analysis this morning. >> thank you. all right. it is 6:14. let's have a look at some of the other stories heading into the newsroom this morning. and the united states and most eu nations are set to avoid the inauguration of russian president vladimir putin. the ceremony is going to take place at the kremlin today, and will swear him in for a new six year term. he's already a longer serving leader than joseph stalin, with putin holding a continuing position as president or prime minister since 1999. >> the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey , says he'll table sir ed davey, says he'll table a motion of no confidence in the

government today in an effort to pressure rishi sunak to call a june general election . sir ed june general election. sir ed claims the disastrous local election results show the country has, in his words, had enough of rishi sunak and his out of touch government and the met gala has taken place in new york. >> if you care about these sort of things, garden of time was the theme, if you like, zendaya was there. jennifer lopez, someone called bad bunny. >> no idea who that is. >> no idea who that is. >> no. and chris hemsworth, you know, it costs about $70,000 a ticket. yeah the exclusive event is a benefit for the new york metropolitan museum and marks the opening of its costume institute's annual fashion exhibit . absolutely crazy. exhibit. absolutely crazy. >> it is crazy. and yeah, it's kind of a bit grotesque, isn't it, when there's all sorts of tragedies going on around the

world, but it's always interesting and entertaining to see people taking it so incredibly seriously as they contort themselves into some strange shapes. i'll never forget the year that kanye , and forget the year that kanye, and kim kardashian both turned up with what can only be described as well masks or gimp suits. you're right there, conor. just walking across the screen. we're on air, my lovely . on air, my lovely. >> i forgot we were on air. his face. oh, bless him . yeah we're face. oh, bless him. yeah we're talking about the met gala anyway. >> i mean, look, i have to say, conon >> i mean, look, i have to say, conor, our floor manager, would not get in the met gala dress like that. >> and i say, where's the sparkle? where's the razzmatazz? conor >> oh, dear. well, that woke us up, didn't it, anyway, what are your best and worst memories from the met gala? perhaps it just passes you by altogether. a bit like it does arcana. >> never mind. he's absolutely. anyway, talking of sparkly outfits, the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest kicks off in malmo. >> yes, and steven's already been educating me about his favourite contestants for this

yeah favourite contestants for this year. we've had a sing along pre—show. >> she's unforgettable , it's >> she's unforgettable, it's a bangen >> she's unforgettable, it's a banger. it's marcus and martinus who are the, the swedish entry. i mean, they probably won't win because you never win when you're doing it at home, but it's a really catchy tune. sweden always knocks out. >> they're very, very good, and they are identical twins. and i didn't realise this. and i said, well , only didn't realise this. and i said, well, only one of them's performing, the other one's always in the background. and steven said, no, it's the same. it's different people. they just look the same. it's called being twins. >> so who is tipped to win this year and which countries should we keep a watchful eye on? let's speak to entertainment reporter for the sunday mirror, sarah—louise robertson >> good morning to you. i hope you've been getting as excited as we have. who should we be keeping an eye on, in your opinion? >> hi guys, yes i am, it all kicks off today actually, and i was writing about at the weekend, so the favourites are actually switzerland, stephen, not sweden . this year not sweden. this year switzerland are running at 2 to 1 and their entry is a guy

called nemo and the song is called nemo and the song is called the code and it is literally the most bonkers, craziest eurovision sort of poppy song craziest eurovision sort of poppy song that you could ever imagine . it poppy song that you could ever imagine. it mixes every sort of genre of music, and then there's like this huge chorus at the end andifs like this huge chorus at the end and it's all about him being non—binary and finding himself and all about acceptance . so and all about acceptance. so switzerland is tipped to be this year's winner , but hot on the year's winner, but hot on the tail is croatia. so croatia's entry is a is a guy called baby lasagne. i don't know where he got that from, but the guy called baby lasagne. yes. i mean, this is eurovision . it's mean, this is eurovision. it's all batus, you know what i'm saying? >> i know what you're saying. >> i know what you're saying. >> yeah, it's just bonkers. it's just crazy, you know. so. yeah. so his his entry is about, a young man going around europe again, trying to find himself, trying to find glory, trying to find fortune. and i think there's a bit of a sad element as well to it, i think

somewhere. but, i mean, he's obviously hoping for fortune on the night. and also up there is the night. and also up there is the netherlands and their song is called europa, which is obviously the most eurovision song entry, aptly named song, song entry, aptly named song, song title you could get, couldn't you? for eurovision. so that's very, dancey and very sort of netherlands. and if you're into like your techno beats and what have you, that's, that's up there, our entry though. olly alexander it was at 40 to 1 on saturday. he's now supped 40 to 1 on saturday. he's now slipped down to 60 to 1. so we've plunged right down. i mean, when you think when we had amazing sam ryder and we were in that final, weren't we. and we lost out to ukraine and fortunately olly is now slipped right down. oh dear. i think end up finishing last. yeah. >> and is that unfair? obviously sam . sam ryder's superstar and, sam. sam ryder's superstar and, you know, very , very good. you know, very, very good. i mean, do you think that we're that we're right to be lower down this year , i mean, i like

down this year, i mean, i like olly, i like years and years, but i think the track isn't quite right . but i think the track isn't quite right. i mean, i suppose there is craziness in the video, but i think there's been a lot of controversy around, this entry because of everything that's going on with the israel—hamas conflict . and there israel—hamas conflict. and there was all these calls, wasn't there, from, queers for palestine for, for olly olly to boycott , the concept. but then boycott, the concept. but then we've heard, over the weekend, over the bank holiday from ukraine, one of the ukrainian former winners, jamala and she, she'd won for ukraine in 2016. and she says a boycott over the conflict is not an option for ukraine because for her country, she needs artists to be loud and creative. was was the words that she used to remind the world about russia's invasion of ukraine, so that's her stance on it. but with olly, there's been a little bit of controversy because he he made some comments in a documentary that's coming

out about, the union jack being being divisive. and i'm like, what, what is he on about there? i mean, i'm in my red, white and blue, you know, we should be so proud to fly our flag. so i think that's not gone down very well. >> it's not going to be the gb news choice. >> it's not going to be the what is wrong with britain. and it's it seems very rare that we actually put forward a proper, proper catchy kitsch sort of tune that would and it might not be the cup of tea of a lot of people who are watching right now, but that's what works with a eurovision audience. yeah you're right stephen, it's strange. >> we just can't seem to get it. i mean, we have obviously in the past with bucks fizz , haven't past with bucks fizz, haven't we. which was so famous. and then there was katrina and the waves, which no one could ever forget that one either, so we do do well sometimes, but it's just been such a long time. and sam ryden been such a long time. and sam ryder. oh, i think obviously the whole ukraine conflict hadn't happened. whole ukraine conflict hadn't happened . that would have been

happened. that would have been our year. sam would have got it. you know, he was on course to make history, wasn't he. but but the end you know, it went to ukraine, i just he's doing okay regardless of coming second. i had i had high ups with olly. isabel you know, i did and not quite sure what what what what went wrong there. yeah, it just hasn't happened. but i mean , i'm hasn't happened. but i mean, i'm a bit of the terry wogan school who used to call the. i used to love terry wogan. so did i, he made eurovision for me. he used to call the concert. was it magnificently awful ? yeah. magnificently awful? yeah. >> well i'll tell you what i mean. the, the reason sam ryder did so well is he obviously fashions his hairstyle on you. sarah. >> oh, look, there you go . >> oh, look, there you go. >> oh, look, there you go. >> i don't know, you like a son. ryden >> i don't know, you like a son. ryder. tribute act . that's what ryder. tribute act. that's what you are. >> is it saturday night, then? the final. >> final saturday night. >> final saturday night. >> something to look forward to. >> something to look forward to. >> we'll be good. really good to see you this morning. thank you. >> sarah, i appreciate it. >> sarah, i appreciate it. >> indeed. ijust >> sarah, i appreciate it. >> indeed. i just sort of think you've got to keep it kitsch. yeah it's the only way to do it.

it's what people vote for. >> a little bit of nonsense. take all the politics out. although that is also quite funny. sometimes politics is quite fun, and yeah, all the accents and all the time lags on the voting. it's all just part of the magic. >> yeah, i shall enjoy that. a little bit of fun. >> need a little bit of fun. we do. now, as many of you will be aware, we've been nominated for aware, we've been nominated for a number of tric awards and this program has also been humbly nominated for best news program. if i may say it's been humbly nominated, okay. we're thrilled, for best news category. so we would really love some help with trying to win it this year. >> yes , you need to vote. >> yes, you need to vote. basically, we've got a qr code for you though yesterday that wasn't working, a lot of you got in touch, so if it doesn't work, this is where you need to go to poll dash tric.org .uk, you know, to get all our details for that on gbnews.com. so vote now and, we might win again. you never know. yeah, it'd be good to win two years in a row,

wouldn't it? >> that'd be nice, in the meantime, let's get a check on the forecast. what's the weather up to? here's craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast from the met office over the next couple of days, high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing a bit more drier unsettled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to produce some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. most it is a drier picture compared to monday . and come the compared to monday. and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and northeast england, so feeling quite chilly here

right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies. degrees. but where we do see some clear skies . a bit of some clear skies. a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away. so come the afternoon. i'm fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far northwest of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two. here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> and it's begun. with the heat

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now. almost seven years on from the manchester arena attack, the mum of one of the victims is campaigning for more robust security at uk venues. yes, for the past five years, figen murray, the mother of martyn hett, has worked alongside the home office to try and get martyn's law.

>> today she begins her biggest push yet to get this over the line. >> yeah, our north west of england reporter sophie reaper sat down with her before the challenge begins. >> on the 22nd of may 2017, 22 people went to a concert at manchester arena but never returned home. one of those people was martyn hett, murdered by suicide bomber salman abedi. >> it's seven years nearly and i still can't go to bed before about 11 ish because i feel so ashamed and guilty as a mum because i was fast asleep in bed when he died, and i can't reconcile that . i've got reconcile that. i've got a martin shaped hole in my soul somewhere and that'll always be there. >> after the attack, the manchester arena inquiry found serious failings in security on the night, which could have prevented it from happening . as prevented it from happening. as a result, for the past five years, fegan has worked tirelessly to try and improve

security at uk venues. >> about 18 months after martyn died , we went to a theatre in died, we went to a theatre in manchester and there was absolutely no security and that completely floored me . then completely floored me. then i looked into it and realised there's no legislation for security at all and i wanted to change that. i just want venues and places, public places to have a legal obligation to put security on and keep people safe. >> this morning, fegan will begin a walk from the spot where her son died. all the way to downing street. they'll arrive on the seventh anniversary of the attack and until then, she wants as many people to get involved as possible. >> people can join us on the walk at different stages and help us make the point. and i believe in people power because really , the government may stall really, the government may stall the decision to get the legislation over the line, but the general public deserve to be

safe and want to be kept safe. >> sophie reaper. gb news. >> sophie reaper. gb news. >> idea needs to make sure stuff like that can never , ever happen again. >> and we wish you the best of luck with that. walk or march as it's been described over the next few days. >> right. shall we see what's happening in the world of sport? >> a lot, it seems there is quite a lot. >> yes. >> yes. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> good. shall we start with a little snooker? shall we? oh, yeah. >> why not? new world champion. how do you feel about snooker? >> because snooker was so popular years ago. probably because there wasn't much sport. there wasn't much else on. >> no. >> no. >> yeah. and then so everybody would watch it because it was the only sport on where he's had a real dip. you've got darts which took off and they, they've sort of showbizzle it up a bit and that's done very well. where is snooker. what was the final people to watch it. but it doesn't get the viewing it used to. >> i find it a bit dull i gotta be honest. >> yeah. it's exactly the same as it used to be, you see. what do you do with snooker? you

know, but anyway, the winner, kyren wilson, won the world championship for the first time yesterday. one 1840. i don't know what he's throwing up in the air there. what does that look like? it's confetti. >> no, it looks suspiciously orange. there we are. just stop oil problems they've had in the past. i automatically think, oh. >> of course that happened last yeah >> of course that happened last year. so i was like, hold on, is that supposed to be there? yeah, but there's kyren wilson from kettering. so his first title, he beat jack jones from wales. that's jack jack by the way. not jack as in jack jones the singer of the love boat. all right, but jones was 200 to 1, and also the ninth qualifier ever to get to the final . so he did extremely the final. so he did extremely well. but kyren wilson was the one that came through. he was a finalist before and the thing is, you imagine where snooker is always very quiet, refined and played this shot. and he was so excited as he was coming, knew he was going to win that final frame . so actually as he's frame. so actually as he's playing he's he's he's like putting the red and going get in. yes. and then he straights straight to the next one

screaming and shouting i was like well this isn't usual for snooken like well this isn't usual for snooker. yeah. maybe that's what it needs. yeah. you know what andy murray style of like he really needs the crowd to get him. >> the emotion was there. >> the emotion was there. >> he's like world champion, get in. so he was over. >> well how much does he win? >> well how much does he win? >> 500 grand. okay, well think about it. is that for a world championship round . well, championship round. well, wimbledon is what, a million everything else is in the millions. but being the world snooker championship. but this is the thing barry hearn, who has been in snooker and you know, he guided steve davis back in the day and he's been the chairman , of the, of the snooker chairman, of the, of the snooker and billiards championship . and and billiards championship. and the thing is with him, he's the one that's saying that the crucible, where they play it and they've always played at the crucible in sheffield. it's too small. it's too much of a state and he's very much open to the world championship, maybe going over to the middle east because that's what everything's going over there. >> nine, 932 wow, is that right ?

>> nine, 932 wow, is that right? i think so, yeah. >> how would you know? is that just is that the theatre? i know you come out with this stuff all the time, but but 932 for a world final , i don't know, but world final, i don't know, but everybody loves the crucible and the crucible. truly synonymous with the world championship. so if they moved it away from there. but then again, as barry hearn says, things change. you know, sometimes you're going to move away. so they're saying either rebuild it, make it bigger or we're off somewhere else. >> okay dear. right. let's have a look at football shall we. palace and man united. >> yeah i mean there were there were days these days in the past, probably up to even just a couple of years ago with the thought of manchester united going to crystal palace and losing four nil was completely unthinkable. whereas now you know what? crystal palace were really good. and the way manchester united are at the moment under erik ten hag, i mean, the guy's got to go. i mean, the guy's got to go. i mean this if you have a manager of manchester united and they're losing four nil away at crystal palace with respect and i say it's like not unlikely but but it's like not unlikely but but it's just not good enough .

it's just not good enough. palace showed man united no respect whatsoever oliver glasner who's the manager that's taken over from roy hodgson a couple of months ago, has absolutely turned the turn the team around and they are looking terrific. so the most this is manchester united. some facts for manchester united. most defeats in a premier league season ever. now 13 one. so that's that's not very good. they've never finished below seventh in the premier league. they're currently eighth. so whether that's going to change most goals conceded since 1977 never finished a season with minus goal difference. they're currently on minus one right. so what would you do. would you keep the manager? >> well, oddly enough, it's who who you replace him with because all this talk is about the i've forgotten his name. now the guy at ipswich. >> oh yeah kieran maguire. yeah, yeah. kieran mckenna. yeah, yeah. >> because he could, he could go couldn't he. a new fresh new young talent. >> what about david moyes. i hear he might be available soon. >> david moyes is going to be available because west ham have

finally pulled the plug on him. i'm glad they finally said this because i feel sorry for david moyes. he's he's done really. he kept them from relegation in 2019, he's kept them in the top half of the league there in 22 and 21, won the europa conference league last year but this year they shipped five against palace, five against fulham, six against arsenal, six against liverpool. so it's probably time for him to go. julen lopetegui is the man that's probably going to come in who was at wolves, but david moyes at least i hope they give him a good send off at the london stadium because he knows that. >> fond of him though, really. >> fond of him though, really. >> well that's it. i don't think they are every west ham fan i speak to. it's like all the football's not good enough and he brought a trophy. the first time in 32 years it's because they've finally caught up with him as a young man. have we still got that picture that we showed the other day? >> i bet we haven't got it. i bet we haven't got it on the system. no. you know what? david moyes, david moyes, when he played for john, firmly hold on. >> oh my goodness. but you won't believe what you're missing. no we'll try and sort it out the

other day of how david moyes used to look when he was playing for was it dunfermline? i think he was playing for him at the time. >> bless me. >> bless me. >> he's he's improved with age. >> he's he's improved with age. >> he's he's improved with age. >> he has. he's like a fine wine, grown into his looks, he has grown into his looks fabulous. >> paul, that's enough of you. >> paul, that's enough of you. >> i've got the cold, the olympic cauldron for you in an houn olympic cauldron for you in an hour. oh, yeah? yeah, yeah. is it nice looking? it's a bit. oh, i was a bit underwhelmed, to be honest. >> don't say that. i prefer to be whelmed. >> i was underwhelmed, right. >> i was underwhelmed, right. >> oh, well. well, see if you can warm it up a bit for us. >> i will welme up for you. >> i will welme up for you. >> of course. thank you. >> of course. thank you. >> right. stay with us still to come. we're going to be going through the front pages and the biggest stories of the day. we've got claire muldoon and alex

>> at 641. good morning to you. let's have a look at some of the

newspapers today. and the times has israel, who've rejected a ceasefire as they continued their attack on rafa last night, killing, we believe at least 12 people. >> the mail is leading with greens facing fury over their failure to do to suspend a councillor who launched a hate filled tirade against a rabbi. >> the i this morning has a breakthrough in the early detection of alzheimer's. >> here's the express. it's leading. with britain facing a house price boom in the next four years. >> next one. it's not awful. >> next one. it's not awful. >> i want to rub my hands with glee on that one. >> you're pleased about that? >> you're pleased about that? >> i'm really, really pleased. >> i'm really, really pleased. >> if you're on the ladder, if you're on, if you're not. but except if it's bad for people who aren't on the ladder, it's bad for us all because you've got to have movement in the ladden got to have movement in the ladder. you see what i mean? otherwise it doesn't work. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah, but you do get very selfish with these sort of things. >> no, it's true, it's true. anyway let's talk to journalist and broadcaster claire muldoon and broadcaster claire muldoon and political commentator alex armstrong. >> morning to you both. >> morning to you both. >> good morning. morning. >> good morning. morning. >> good morning. claire, can we kick off with the i and this

alzheimer's study? >> this has been picked up in both the i and the guardian today. and i don't know about you, stephen, but i have had alzheimer's in my family. my dad had it and sadly passed away. and my grandmother had it. so both paternal and maternal sides, and there's lots of links we've known historically, you know, environmental links, exercising of the brain , etc, exercising of the brain, etc, etc. but i just think it's your bad luck if you're going to get it, you're going to get it and that's it. you can obviously minimise it and try and postpone it. what the papers are saying and what the new reports are saying, is that you can actually find out if you have got a predisposition to actually getting alzheimer's. i don't know if i'd go for that test. >> i really don't, because sometimes you can then get on these trials and the progress that they've been making in trying to at least slow the development of the, of the disease has been really incredible. in the last few years. i'm sure we've had a couple of major breakthroughs, haven't we? so yes, you probably don't want the bad news, but, you know, forewarned is forearmed. >> yeah, i take your point, isabel. but personally, i think if i knew, i'd have it. i had

the ding. i had the gene. i'd be more inclined to actually think i had it . and then everything. i had it. and then everything. every time i would stop and forget something, it would. it would only reinforce the fact that i've got alzheimer's. >> it's a bit like those people. i mean, it's not a direct comparison, but, you know, the people who have cancer and then say, actually, i'm not going to take the treatment. yeah, because i'd rather have a better quality of life, life than a prolonged life. yeah and it's a little bit like that. i can understand exactly why you'd say me too. i'd rather just live the next 20 odd years without actually spending that time just worrying. yes, yes, but, you know, i don't know whether it was chris hemsworth with his dementia or alzheimer's, but he got he found out that he's got a 50% chance of getting it. >> yeah. the actor. yeah. the actor and so he's actually been taking time off work and he spent there's a whole documentary on netflix. anyone interested should watch it. and he's saying and there's lots of studies saying that you can you

can really potentially change your likeness of getting it or getting it young , by doing getting it young, by doing certain things in certain ways and having a certain lifestyle . and having a certain lifestyle. so, you know, i think goes back to that point that claire was making, is that do you want to know do you want to do something about it? if you do know and not just about doing something about it in terms of, you know, trying to prevent it, but also make sure you've got your house in order, make sure that everybody that you love is taking care of, that you love is taking care of, that they don't have any. >> should have that anyway. life is just too short. yeah. you know, it really, really is. >> but you know, you might need power of attorney and all of that sort of thing. >> well be doing that anyway. >> well be doing that anyway. >> you should be doing it anyway. well you don't tend to do that do you? if you're at my age or something would you know i've got power of attorney. have you already noticed she didn't say our age. >> no, i know well, i am naughty, naughty. >> isabel, you know you're not ten years younger than me. no, you're eight years younger than me. >> 41 i am. »- >> 41 i am. >> yes, very nearly 42. i'm just saying. i mean, i might be 50, but you've got that much in it. >> i'm keeping very quiet in this conversation anyway.

>> yeah, you stay in your corner, alex. >> move on. >> move on. >> yes. let's talk about that, it's this in the mirror this morning. >> molly russell. yeah, this is a really tragic story. >> it's really close to my heart because molly went to the same high school as i did in harrow in north—west london. yeah, hatch in high school. really, really great school, by the way, and does a lot for young people there. but but of course, molly russell lost her life to suicide after viewing thousands, potentially thousands of harmful images online and, you know, that led to her self—harm. and, you know, basically, the father of molly russell is urging for these online safety laws to come quicker . there currently has quicker. there currently has been passed through parliament this bill. but the issue is, is that the regulator is now having to go through consultation with big tech. so it's taking a really long time now up to for people. young people die a week is what this is what molly's father's, charity is saying. so that that's quite a substantial amount of young people taking their own lives or being in this position. so he's asking for this legislation to be sped up, which is totally understandable. and there's some really good things in this bill that will

protect young people. i do have other concerns about the bill in general and about, you know, how this is going to be policed because the internet is massive and i don't really know how one small regulator is going to be able to stop harmful images. if young people are going to big tech have to have to step up. >> it can't be down to the regulators, you know, entirely. and they've got to have some sort of responsibility. and i don't know what the answer to that is, you know, well, you know, they've got all these amazing ai and algorithms these days. >> you'd think there'd be some way to say, if this person is under this age, you should be able to filter this . able to filter this. >> i don't think any age should be able to watch harmful content. no, you're right, suicide, to be perfectly honest. you know, there's certain people fan, but i just think that some content is not appropriate. >> no you're right. >> no you're right. >> but there are certain people, groups of people that would use it for research and things like that. so there's obviously got to be some leeway there. but you're right, isabel, it's more needs to be done. i mean, you know, you've got daughters as well. claire so you must this must, you know, resonate. >> it resonates. and i'll tell you something else. when i was

growing up in the 70s and 80s and stuff, there was no no one i knew had death by suicide in the past two years. in my close circle of friends and extended panshin circle of friends and extended parish in chiswick for young people have taken their lives. >> yeah, huge, huge dilemma. >> yeah, huge, huge dilemma. >> it's not right, is it? >> it's not right, is it? >> it's not right. >> it's not right. >> look, we're going to leave it there. you too. just for the time being. but thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. >> and we've got the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride joining us now. good to see you this morning, can i ask first about this, mod breach of security vie. because this is hugely worrying, isn't it? you've got to ask, how was this able to happen ? able to happen? >> well, that and many other questions . the questions that questions. the questions that are going to need to be asked here, the defence secretary will be making a full statement to parliament later today and no doubt addressing some of those issues, but let me just say now that this is a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut

down immediately by the ministry of defence in terms of external access to it. and of course, they're providing, support and advice to those who may have been impacted. but we really need, i think, to wait until we have grant shapps statement, later today to find out more. >> okay. but irrespective of perhaps that statement can you give your own view on whether or not we are taking a tough enough stance with china? we've had a number of cyber attacks this yeah number of cyber attacks this year. we've had this clear and persistent pattern coming from china . we've had two, charged china. we've had two, charged with espionage , under the with espionage, under the auspices of chinese intervention . are we doing enough ? . are we doing enough? >> well, we don't know at this stage. and it may be that grant shapps has more to say later on this, whether this is china or another state actor, it does appeahi another state actor, it does appear, i think, at this stage, to be some kind of state actor. but let's let's wait to find out what we hear that as to china, we've made it very clear in our, defence review , in the refresh

defence review, in the refresh of that review that china remains, i think we've defined them as an epoch making a challenge to the uk in terms of economic security. and that's why, obviously, we've taken action in the past in terms of getting huawei's hardware out of parts of our infrastructure here in the uk , and also in the uk, and also interventions in terms of energy security as well. so we do take this very seriously. but at the end of the day, also , they are end of the day, also, they are a very important economic partner and we have global challenges like climate change that we need to engage with china in order to address. >> all right. how do you we're at the beginning of a new week here. technically in terms of politics, how how does the government and the tory party pick themselves up and move themselves forward towards a general election, whenever that might be, with any degree of confidence, especially after the prime minister said yesterday . prime minister said yesterday. oh, it looks like we're not even going to be the biggest party in the next government in the next parliament. >> well, there are all sorts of,

kind of predictions that one can make based on the local elections. my observations would be that these are this was a difficult time for the conservative party, there's no doubt about that at all. and there's no point in ducking that. but at the same time, they are very low turnout elections. the electorate, as we know, is very volatile . and i think there very volatile. and i think there are elements of evidence that whilst people may be disgruntled with us at the moment and we have to do some work there, and perhaps i can come on to that, that people are not naturally necessarily beating a path with great enthusiasm to labour's d00h great enthusiasm to labour's door. so i do think there's more to play for here than some are suggesting in terms of what we've got to do, we've got to continue to focus really firmly on those things that matter to the british people and the prime minister has set those out in terms of getting inflation down. real wages now growing for each of the last nine months, we've cut taxes, national insurance actually down by a third. so at an average salary is, you know, saving £900 per year, those are

things. but the second thing we've got to do is we've got to be facing outward, not inward, and we've got to be united as a party. and i think that's something that you're going to see going going forward. >> now, it's interesting, isn't it? i mean, why don't you just put it all to the test and call a general election? i mean, the lib dems today have said they're going to table a vote of no confidence, a motion of no confidence, a motion of no confidence in the government. and they think that there should be a general election in june. why would you resist against that? >> well, these these are decisions that are for the prime minister and that is the convention. and that's the case no matter which party is in power at the time, so, yes, of course, you know, the lib dems can table their motion and i would be very surprised if it gets anywhere. but, it's for the prime minister to decide. he suggests ed, probably the autumn. and i think that's looking , the most likely looking, the most likely scenario at the moment. >> yeah, but the idea of running and hiding, which is, is how it comes across now when things seem so desperate, are things

really going to change that dramatically in the next couple of months? i mean , of months? i mean, realistically, does anyone think that you must know that your colleagues are saying when they're not sat in front of a microphone or a camera, because we've all talked to them saying , we've all talked to them saying, well, time is up now . well, time is up now. >> so i think things are changing. i mean, if you look at cost of living, we have seen a turnaround in the economy. we've seen inflation down from 11.1 to 3.2. we've seen real wages increasing, taxes beginning to fall on, the boats issue and illegal, immigration, migration down, we've seen the rwanda legislation go through. we're already seeing the deterrent effect of that, incidentally, with people now leaving the uk as a consequence of that legislation. we're seeing waiting lists in the nhs falling by 200,000 since september of last year. so we are seeing progress. there is more time between now and the next general election. i think it was harold

wilson who said a week is a long time in politics. we have several months now before the next general election. >> the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says that your gaslighting the british public with the way you're describing the economy and that if we vote for the conservatives again at a general election, it'll be five years more of the same . chaos or years more of the same. chaos or stability would be the choice if they voted for labour. gaslighting us? >> no, not at all. what we're seeing is exactly as i've set out, we are seeing an improving economic situation. we are seeing a gradual and but sustained improvement in those cost of living pressures and inflation, real wages going up, taxes coming down. we're seeing all that good stuff happening. what we're going to get with labouh what we're going to get with labour, who have all these, uncosted commitments. they're 28 billion that they were going to be putting into the energy that they seem to have. are you turned on? but the policy yet still remains are examples of where we can really are in dangehi where we can really are in danger. i think, of going back

to square one with labour because they have no plan at the end of the day. so i think it's all very well for rachel reeves to make these comments, but she's overlooking, firstly, the progress, a clear progress that we are making and will continue to make. and also, i think rather gaslighting where labour are at the moment, which is that they don't have a plan, they're not telling us enough of the detail. we know what they've donein detail. we know what they've done in the past when they've beenin done in the past when they've been in government, which is to borrow too much and to get into problems. and. >> all right, forgive me. but we hear a lot about the plan, and the prime minister says , keep the prime minister says, keep saying, well, they haven't got a plan. we've got a plan. we don't really seem to be very clear, to be perfectly honest, on what that plan is. and what it is doing, what it is actually, in real terms , in our pockets, in real terms, in our pockets, in our homes, delivering for us. >> so. well, i think i've set some some of this out. so cost of living, for example, is very much part of our plan. we want to ease the pressures there. the prime minister about a year ago said the plan is to halve inflation in the year we beat that target. >> government , so that

that target. >> government, so that is part of the plan themselves, as is getting taxed down. >> yeah, but forgive me the idea of saying, well no , the plan is of saying, well no, the plan is that we want things to be better isn't very strong is it. >> no, no. look, i think people do care that price rises have now fallen very dramatically in terms of inflation, in terms of whether the government had anything to do with that. well, of course we did. we have an accommodative fiscal policy alongside the, monetary policy of the bank of england. we, for example, had to resist, a loss of public sector wage pressure . of public sector wage pressure. okay, in order to make sure that we got inflation down, there were active things that we had to do. >> we have to say goodbye. we really appreciate your time this morning. mel stride, department of work and pensions. >> thank you. okay >> thank you. okay >> let's see what the weather's going to do with craig. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast from the met office. over the next couple of days . from the met office. over the next couple of days. high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing a bit more drier and settled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland . the cloud north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to view some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells . the cloud will be spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and northeast england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10

degrees. but where we do see some clear skies a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away, so come the afternoon. i'm fairly optimistic , a lot of us fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far north—west of scotland, maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain , see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning to you . it's >> good morning to you. it's 7:00 on tuesday the 7th of may. >> welcome to breakfast with stephen and ellie. isabel? >> even so, you used to say stephen and ellie. >> oh, who am i? i don't know,

where am i? it's tuesday. welcome to the program . today, welcome to the program. today, mps are set to be told of a massive chinese hack in the military ministry of defence targeting military personnel . targeting military personnel. earlier, we spoke to the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride, for the government's reaction. >> she's a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence. >> israel has begun operations in the gaza city of rafah after prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected hamas's ceasefire offer and the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest kicks off in malmo today. >> as the uk's olly alexander vies for the top gong . vies for the top gong. >> and in the sport, erik ten hag is probably moving a little closer to the exit door at manchester united as they lose four nil away at crystal palace , four nil away at crystal palace, you know what? maybe david moyes

could take over and go back there again. kind of doubtful. but he'll be leaving west ham. that's confirmed at the end of the season and i will be revealing the new olympic cauldron. how about that for france 2024? >> good morning . it was a rather >> good morning. it was a rather mixed picture over the bank houday mixed picture over the bank holiday weekend, but the good news is it is turning drier and brighter over the next few days. find out more with me in a little bit. >> so our top story this morning. the ministry of defence has been hacked and fingers this morning are pointing towards china. >> well, the mod confirmed to gb news that an external payroll system was hit. it's operated by a contractor and contained staff information, including names , information, including names, bank details and in some cases, home addresses . home addresses. >> well, we've been told this was immediately taken offline for a full review, and all payroll payments were made at the end of last month, and they

don't expect any future delays . don't expect any future delays. >> let's talk to madeline grant from the daily telegraph. good to see you this morning. what do you make of this, madeleine? >> well, i mean, it's a very worrying thing. i mean, i think that the fact that it happened to a contractor, i mean, it may well have been that , you know, well have been that, you know, there was a reason that they went for potentially there was a there was a kind of a weak link in the system. but, you know, it's not the first time in recent years that we have been hacked by china, you know, that in 2021, i think the electoral commission was cited and chinese backed state hackers were able to access the voting records of 40 million people, more likely in the recent years, it has actually been russia that has been responsible for hacks and so forth. but we really, you know, it just i think it's a big warning against becoming a tool, complacent about the much bigger and more powerful threat posed by china . by china. >> so it's a dilemma, i suppose, isn't it? because they are such a big trading partner, we would be really hurt economically if we were to kind of react

properly, i suppose, to this , properly, i suppose, to this, except the danger, if you don't react properly to this, is also hugely democratic, dangerous to our democratic process. and there are people who are saying, look, it comes right from the top. you've got the foreign secretary who's quite openly had, you know, financially beneficial interactions with china, and he's not recusing himself from those deals as our foreign secretary, going around representing us on the world stage, if we're not prepared to change that, then , you know, change that, then, you know, we've got to put up with this kind of stuff, haven't we? >> absolutely. and we are. we're playing catch up. you know, we had years of a very warm and benign sort of relationship with china that was pushed by cameron and osborne , and actually, you and osborne, and actually, you know, part of the, the difficulty has been as you, as you mentioned, the fact that our economies are so intertwined. but i don't i still don't really see i mean, obviously there is a rump of mps who care very much about china and in fact, i think some china sceptic mps were targeted for hacking earlier this year. also but but on the

whole, i'm not sure that we're really hearing about, you know, how they might be trying to reorganise our economy, for example, change diverse , example, change diverse, supplying our supply chains, etc, so that we're not so heavily reliant on china to this extent. >> but even if we were less reliant on china, china is still going to do these sorts of things. i mean, it looks like they're trying to find people with financial vulnerabilities, to engage them as assets . well, to engage them as assets. well, that's standard espionage. it's what china's always done. it's what china's always done. it's what russia's always done. and frankly , it's what we do and frankly, it's what we do and it's what the americans do. so we shouldn't be that surprised, should we? >> well, i mean, i don't i don't really know enough about that. i think perhaps you know more than me about the, the kind of the long term strategy that that, that has been employed, for sure. i mean, ijust think that has been employed, for sure. i mean, i just think that, you know, that the threat from china is altogether very different. i mean, it's we're still recovering. we haven't yet fully recovered from a pandemic, which, you know, every, every ,

which, you know, every, every, every month seems to bring yet more mounting evidence that that virus was engineered in a lab and escaped, whether deliberately or not, you know, the threat is, is an absolute orders of magnitude higher than than from any other country. and i'm not really sure that i've seen , the evidence that we are seen, the evidence that we are really, governing with that , really, governing with that, with that fact in mind, president xi jinping of china, in those pictures whilst you were speaking there on a state visit to france at the moment , visit to france at the moment, red carpet being rolled out there, what do you think? >> i mean, we're going to find out more details today from, from grant shapps about this particular incident, but what do you think would be a proportionate and appropriate response, you know, are we going to be just calling summoning the ambassador in? are we talking about more sanctions ? i mean, about more sanctions? i mean, what exactly is going to make us you know, feel safe against these threats but also not undermine that relationship? >> well, i mean , it's very >> well, i mean, it's very tricky. i think that really what we have to do is, is, you know, put a serious amount, perhaps

more money than we currently put into our own defence, and into making our security as watertight as possible, and then in the long term, looking at how we can, perhaps rethink our economic policy so that we are less fully reliant on china and other countries that we might do business with. obviously, we're not going to stop doing business with china, but other ways in which we can sort of rebalance things from where they currently are . are. >> it's the old adage, and i wonder if it applies to this, because obviously people see this and think we need to go in, you know, sort of all guns blazing if you like , but you've blazing if you like, but you've got to keep your, i mean, in this sort of situation, when it comes to geopolitics, you've got to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, haven't you ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i mean, ?_ >> i mean, i ? >> i mean, i don't know, i 7 >> i mean, i don't know, i think we did a few a fair few years of, of cosying up to china and it hasn't worked out well for us. so. so no, i think you have to maybe keep them closer, but still being very mindful of the

fact that they are, your strategic enemies and, you know, obviously i think we've been very we've been very distracted with domestic policy issues in recent years, but actually the, you know, the big cause of our troubles in the last few years was lockdown, which i think can be firmly laid at the door of china, and i'm not really sure that the world has sort of reacted, you know, to reflect that fact . that fact. >> good to see you this morning. thank you , to the middle east thank you, to the middle east now, where we've just learnt this morning that the israeli military have said that they've taken control of the gazan side of the rafah crossing . of the rafah crossing. >> it comes as israel said it's vowed to continue its invasion of rafah in the south of gaza, after rejecting a ceasefire offer from hamas. >> well, the ceasefire agreement was organised by qatari and egyptian mediators, but israel claims that the terms did not meet its demands. >> well, israel had ordered an evacuation of at least 100,000 citizens from rafah. let's talk

to journalist yotam confino, who joins us from israel. can you bnng joins us from israel. can you bring us up to date with the latest j—term? >> absolutely. as you said, the israeli army has taken control of the palestinian side of the rafah border crossing. i was just in a briefing now with the military, they wouldn't say whether the military is going to keep control of the rafah border crossing, how long they're going to be there, all we all we got, all we were told really, was that israel is continuing these limited operations in the eastern part of rafah , which is eastern part of rafah, which is where they have asked people to evacuate from. and of course, this comes after, as you said, hamas, came with their own ceasefire proposal. israel said, listen, it's the same demands that you have come up with for the past couple of months. we can't agree to that. so the operation is continuing. but i suspect that this operation rafah will take a very long time, mainly because it's going to do it in very limited ways. it's going to take rafah and

divide it into zones and simply go, zone by zone, until they have gone through all of the city. >> yeah. israel is saying that this is the last significant stronghold of hamas in rafah. but if possible, i know this is probably impossible, but if possible, if we can take the politics out of all of this and just focus on the humanitarian situation where we're now going to see aid being blocked, presumably with this at the crossing in rafah, we know that there are huge numbers of people, amputees, children without parents intended encampments being asked to move again to places where there aren't any sort of resources or there isn't any infrastructure for them, toilets or water or medicine. and you know, what's been the reaction of the international community, not least from israel's most, you know, prominent partner in recent years, america . recent years, america. >> so the united states again, repeated yesterday that the united states is not supporting this operation . i think what this operation. i think what they're saying publicly and what they're saying publicly and what

they're saying publicly and what they're saying behind closed doors, i think those are two different things . but obviously, different things. but obviously, like the rest of the world, if you're looking strictly at the humanitarian situation, then yes, of course this is a disaster , there's no way around disaster, there's no way around it. if you look at the political side of all of this, if you want to get rid of hamas, you have to go into rafah. there is no other option. now, if you will allow hamas to stay in power in gaza, that's a whole different , that's a whole different, different discussion, because then you could easily say, well , then you could easily say, well, israel has damaged and hurt hamas enough, and now they'll withdraw from gaza and, spare the palestinians and rafah more suffering. that's just not the case. but the international community, all of all of israel's allies are warning against this operation because of the humanitarian situation . of the humanitarian situation. >> what about the pressure on netanyahu from within israel then? because there you look at this ceasefire agreement, which, hamas has agreed to. it's a three stage process. and even though it's not written in that sort of hints of giving up the

armed struggle at the end of it, it's a it's a solid piece of work, and yet it's been dismissed by netanyahu very quickly . is dismissed by netanyahu very quickly. is that going to put him at loggerheads with the israeli people? >> i don't think so. and i also don't think that it's realistic for hamas to expect israel to withdraw from gaza and to go back to aukus six, where there is a permanent ceasefire and where hamas is in control of gaza, i don't think any israelis would like that. after what happened on october 7th, hamas has promised that they will do this over and over and over. so it leaves israel no choice. hamas is not interested in a two state solution. it's not interested in peace with israel. it's interested in destroying the state of israel. so, the whole discussion about, how to go into rafah, when to do that. there are many different opinions initial about this particular issue. but the overall aim, which is to remove

hamas from power. i'm yet to find a single israeli who says , find a single israeli who says, yeah, we should allow them to stay in power. i suppose if you look at, yeah. >> go on. >>- >> go on. >> sorry. i'm just saying, if you look at this proposal by hamas, it's not being very flexible. first of all, it's only allowing 33 hostages to be released, which is nothing really. they don't even know if they're dead or alive. and secondly, they're getting hundreds of palestinian prisoners released from israeli jail, some of whom have committed, some of whom have committed, some of whom have committed murder, who are in prison for a life sentences, all i was going to say was that a lot of the dissent that i've read about towards netanyahu and jerusalem is people who think that he has put the priority of, of, you know, getting rid of hamas above the safe release of those hostages. and there is that question mark about which one he should be focusing on more at the moment, no , that more at the moment, no, that you're completely right about. >> and i think that he has done a horrendous job in managing all of this. i think it's been very clear from the beginning that

for some reason, the hostages were not the first priority, and even some of some of his far right ministers have said it outright, the first priority is to, to destroy hamas. now, i think that that's an extremely ungrateful way to treat the public. it's breaking social contract. you cannot allow 250 people to be taken hostage and then not do everything possible to get these people out. i think that's atrocious. and i think most people in israel think that this has been handled very, very badly , given that we still have badly, given that we still have 133 hostages held in gaza . 133 hostages held in gaza. >> okay. yasam confino, good to see you as always. thank you. thank you. >> okay. the time 713 let's take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom . and the us and most eu nations are now set to avoid the inauguration of the russian president, vladimir putin. the ceremony will take place at the kremlin today to swear in putin for a new six year term as president. he's already a longer serving leader than joseph stalin, with putin holding a

continuing position as president or prime minister since 1999. >> the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says he's going to table a motion of no confidence in the government today to try to pressure the prime minister to call the general election for june. sir ed says the disastrous local election results show the country has had enough of rishi sunak and his out of touch government and finally , the government and finally, the annual met gala has taken place in new york. >> the theme of this year's event was garden of time, and it was hosted by zendaya, jennifer lopez, bad bunny and chris hemsworth. the exclusive event is a benefit for the new york metropolitan museum , and marks metropolitan museum, and marks the opening of its costume institute's annual fashion exhibition . exhibition. >> i'm just looking up bad bunny, who's a puerto , a puerto

bunny, who's a puerto, a puerto rican rapper and singer. there you go. okay, good. >> thank you for clarifying that. >> in case you were wondering. >> in case you were wondering. >> and i was just googling who we were looking at on the red carpet there because we'd listed all these people. but that was sydney sweeney, who in many ways is the woman of the hour. she was star of white lotus and a number of big movies. she's also a huge donald trump fan, and she she's seen as sort of a big sort of i don't know how you'd describe her pin up girl for all for the republicans. yeah, yeah , for the republicans. yeah, yeah, i think he's a pin up girl, too. >> he apparently. >> he apparently. >> so how old fashioned? >> so how old fashioned? >> how old fashioned? >> how old fashioned? >> yes. bad. bad bunny. it's all very weird. >> it's so weird. i think the met gala is the weirdest event of all. >> and one that is quite fun to watch, but more as a kind of laughing at them rather than wishing you were there. >> and they would never think they'd never think that. >> and it's just ridiculous. but emperor's new clothes, isn't it the whole thing? >> ridiculous. >> ridiculous. >> don't get yourself reminiscing by nice. all right, let's have a look at the weather for you. here's craig.

>> with a brighter outlook. with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast on the metaverse. over the next couple of days, high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing a bit more dry unsettled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england , the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland . the the far north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to view some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. for most it is a drier picture compared to monday . and come the compared to monday. and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and northeast england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of

the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far northwest of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies. a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away. so come the afternoon and fairly optimistic. a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far northwest of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> so 2021 degrees. it really feels as though summer is just around the corner and we want to make it sizzle for you. with an incredible £20,000 in cash up for grabs in the latest great

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the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck . watching on demand. good luck. >> so i'm just thinking about our next guest . our next guest. >> are you singing in your head? >> are you singing in your head? >> i am singing, i don't play that song again, reminding me of how it used to be. oh well done eurovision star nicki french. >> she was our entrant in 2000. anyway, we're going to talk to her about eurovision in just a couple of minutes

and i am looking forward to saturday. yeah eurovision song contest. it's always a lot of fun. i conic, anyway, it's the, the semis kick off today, so we'll work out who actually gets into the final. we'll know a little bit later on in the week. but one woman who made it right

to the very top and hit that stage back in 2000 is the one, the only miss nicki french. and she joins us. hello, darling . she joins us. hello, darling. good to see you. >> good morning. and can i congratulate you on your rendition of the chorus of don't play that song again? amazing >> i never, i never forget a word. i never forget a word . word. i never forget a word. what do you think of this year's entrance ? entrance? >> it's a mixed bag, to be honest . it's. there's so many of honest. it's. there's so many of them that are to my mind, they're trying to shock or they're trying to shock or they're trying to send messages or whatever. you know, for me , i or whatever. you know, for me, i like a good old song. i like a song sung by a singer, and there's an awful lot that are doing sort of radical things this year. but the thing is, with eurovision, nothing is radical anymore because it's all been done. yeah, just singing a song would be quite radical, wouldn't it? >> a straightforward ballad , >> a straightforward ballad, just take us back to when you

were there and i guess just sort of some of the drama. and i've watched the film about what they sort of imply it's like to be as a contestant and the craziness and the parties, you know, how true is all of that. and when you look back , is it one of the you look back, is it one of the best times of your life? >> oh, genuinely . oh, >> oh, genuinely. oh, absolutely. it's one of the best times , you're sort of carried times, you're sort of carried along on this huge cloud of positivity and optimism , and positivity and optimism, and fun. and you've got the host nafion fun. and you've got the host nation showing off their country to you. so, yeah, there's lots of parties and there's lots of, sort of official events that you're invited to. and it's wonderful. and and backstage, all the acts are so supportive of one another. you know, it's just great fun and it's , it's just great fun and it's, it's such an honour because you're representing your country. at the end of the day. and it's wonderful, i was looking back at the video of you again, and i know you've still got the outfit

, but i know you've still got the outfit, but it must have been. >> i can't get in it. no, that's. >> no, never mind. it's it. you just sort of think when that first beat of music starts, it must be absolutely blooming. terrifying yeah. >> oh it was. i walked out on the stage in semi—darkness because they're showing what are called the postcards at the side of the stage on these big screens to, to sort of introduce you, and i walked out and i looked out at the audience and most of them couldn't see me because it was semi dark and i just, i literally my, my thought was, don't muck it up now, girl, you've dreamt of this for so many years and that was it. and then the music started and that three minutes was like, whooshi it was just gone in a flash. >> well thank goodness it went very well. and it was you didn't mess up your magical moment. i mean you know, imagine if something terrible happened and you tripped or. oh it'd be awful

wouldn't it. with the world watching. what about the politics of eurovision. because you talk about all the fun and the parties , but a lot of people the parties, but a lot of people don't like it, do they? because let's be honest, britain often gets a bit of a flogging, we had success with sam ryder, but other times you feel like they've just decided they don't like us before. we've got very far. >> yeah, well, there's, you know, there's half the countries, you know, how they're going to vote before the songs are even performed. >> yeah, that's kind of true. but a lot of that is neighbourly voting, i think. yes, there's politics in there. there's politics in there. there's politics in there. there's politics in everything. we know that. but but i think a lot of it is to do with neighbourly voting. you hear an artist and a song, that is played on your radio regularly because, you know , that artist, you know, know, that artist, you know, it's like when, when one of the westlife guys was representing ireland . and so the uk was ireland. and so the uk was really keen because we knew him, we knew his stuff. and the whole thing with sort of greece and cyprus etc. etc, you know, i

mean, the lovely terry wogan used to make that a fun aspect of the whole of the whole show, whereas nowadays, yes, the politics gets in eurovision tries so hard to keep politics out of it as much as possible. of course, they don't always succeed , but you know, the rest succeed, but you know, the rest of us, we just want a decent song contest and a huge, glamorous event, and you know, the good thing is that there is no runaway winner this year. you know, there's no sort of one country. well, yes , i know country. well, yes, i know stephen loves sweden. >> great. i like it. >> great. i like it. >> i'm sold on it now as well. 100% love that song. >> it's great. >> it's great. >> but like your your lady an hour ago said, you know, sort of croatia are up there, switzerland are up there. even finland's up there. we're not though, are we this year? well, i don't know. i mean , since his i don't know. i mean, since his rehearsal started , the fans have

rehearsal started, the fans have been really, really excited , the been really, really excited, the performance isn't my cup of tea, but i love the song. i absolutely love the song. and in absolutely love the song. and in a an evening of a lot of people, as i say, trying to make statements and trying to shock and trying to scare you, i mean, some, you know, there's some with hideous makeup on and things, it's a song at the end of the day and it's, it's going to stand out because it's a song. it's a good song, well, i, i the one to look out for that everyone's talking about is ireland . ireland. >> oh, i've seen that blooming. >> oh, i've seen that blooming. >> i know that's show me that one in the next break. that's rather special . rather special. >> i can't see that making it through to the final, to be honest. nikki as always it's a joy- honest. nikki as always it's a joy. thank you very much. >> thank you so much nikki. >> thank you so much nikki. >> i was just trying to think, what was the name of the song that katie price performed? do you remember that? >> oh no, 2005.

>>— >> oh no, 2005. >> she sang not just anybody. it was such a car crash. yeah, i think that was probably an all time low point. sorry, katie . time low point. sorry, katie. yeah, let us know which were your favourites, which have been your favourites, which have been your worst, british entries over the years and. yeah. who you're going to be voting for on saturday night ? saturday night? >> yeah. i never pick a winner, i'll tell you that. oh, i'll never pick a winner, but i do. i think the sweden one is really good. and nikki likes france. apparently. i haven't heard that one yet. >> you need to show me ireland. >> you need to show me ireland. >> i know we did. >> i know we did. >> ireland is very special. have a look. you can do that very quickly as we have a little break. because paul coyte is going to be

if you did look up ireland in the break. i'm really sorry about that. that was fairly traumatic , bambi. understand traumatic, bambi. understand what happened there? >> it's called bambi. thug i mean, paul coyte loved it, though, didn't you? >> yeah, i did, it wasn't . >> yeah, i did, it wasn't. what's another year by johnny logan, though, was it? no it

wasn't. i've been waiting such a long time. yeah. the white suit with the black shirt and the hands did do that. yeah, yeah, yeah, and all that stuff. yeah. johnny logan, because he won it twice as a singer and as a songwriter, as well. so he's won it. he is mr eurovision. >> i don't think they're going to win it this year. >> i don't think they are ehheh >> i don't think they are either. everybody's just going yeahi either. everybody's just going yeah i know, let's, let's make it really weird. let's make it really out there and see if we can do it. >> it'sjust can do it. >> it's just a can do it. >> it'sjust a bit can do it. >> it's just a bit scary. >> it's just a bit scary. >> ding ding a dong. by teaching the dutch winner from 1975 was my. >> yeah, that was an absolute bangeh >> yeah, that was an absolute banger, wasn't it? >> oh, it's a wonderful song. excellent write. and it sounded nothing like what i just did , so nothing like what i just did, so i'm feeling quite confused. >> can we talk about kyren wilson ? wilson? >> yes. yeah. kyren wilson from kettering. he has won the world snooker championship for the first time. so well done to him, beat jack jones, jack jones who was a qualifier or and from wales and never expected to get so far 200 to 1 was jack and you know what and jack jones and it

was in the final session. it looked like there was a chance he was going to get a maximum one for seven, which, you know, which is the ultimate, you know. yeah, all reds and blacks and then finish off. but then he supped then finish off. but then he slipped up on one of the reds but won the frame started coming back because he was seven nil down after the first session. so disastrous start for jack jones. slowly worked his way back. but kyren wilson was the champion and i mentioned earlier i love the fact that you very rarely see celebrations in the middle of the frame when he knew he'd pretty much won it, and he's just finishing off and he's hitting a red, and each time he's like, come on, get in there. and then he'd go over and play there. and then he'd go over and play his next shot a little bit more. so he knew he'd won, but he was getting very, very excited. >> i need something to liven it up, don't they? >> you think so? >> you think so? >> i mean, maybe is it is it definitely chiron? chiron. yeah. i tell you what. and this is if you're this is a bit geeky, but you're this is a bit geeky, but you know, those things on the bottom of your screen where it says sports roundup and all that? you see, they were called chiron's back in the day. were they chiron's? no i don't yeah.

and it was, so the fact it's called chiron just makes you think, well, we put it on the screen every time you see his name on there . name on there. >> and he said, oh, chiron. karen. that's a karen. karen. >> yeah, yeah. god >> yeah, yeah. god >> anyway, well done to him. >> anyway, well done to him. >> crystal palace and man united. yeah obviously man united. yeah obviously man united should have won this one. >> well you would have kind would have thought so. you know what, if you look at just the names manchester united and crystal palace, you'd think the manchester united wouldn't lose four nil at selhurst park. but crystal palace are doing very well at the moment. you know it was interesting. is at the end of the game, manchester united fans, manchester united supporters went round to say thank you to the fans, which i think is very important because when they've trapped. but then again you've got manchester united fans, most of them are probably travelled about probably travelled about probably a couple of miles since it was in london. so anyway, so they've gone over to them to salute. okay. oh, i'm just kidding . soto go over and kidding. soto go over and salute the fans, erik ten hag had already gone down the tunnel, which was not a good sign, but the fans were really seem to be appreciative and were applauding the manchester united players. i cannot work that out.

are they true fans or were they? you know what i mean. it was a bit bizarre because it was a bad performance. casamiro was awful and just not good enough . so and just not good enough. so they're right at the moment. the worst they've ever finished in the preakness is seventh, so it's not very good. so erik ten hag is he going to curtains, i think yeah, i think so, i think so david moyes maybe want that job. >> apparently job. >> apparently he's moving on sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> well he has. the thing is he has had the job. he was the one that came in after ferguson . that came in after ferguson. yeah. and it didn't work out. i mean he's on a hiding to nothing. if any of you bloody follows alex ferguson, he's never going to work. so he'd been around after that and then everton and now west ham. and he's done well at west ham. he's done a good job at west ham. but it sometimes it just comes to the end. and i think fans have decided that you don't want him to stick around. so his contract ends at the end of the season. so they have announced that he won't be back. so at the end of the season, that's it. and it looks like julen lopetegui, the spanish manager, will come in. >> all right now , which it seems >> all right now, which it seems to follow perfectly on from

watching ireland's eurovision entry this year. let's talk about cauldrons . about cauldrons. >> why does that follow? >> why does that follow? >> it was kind of witchy, was witchy that sort of a bit of fun? >> yeah. okay, cool. so always the olympic cauldron. remember that london 2012 was unbelievable. there was lots of different. do you remember there were lots of i don't remember. do you not remember? there was like flames and they all joined in together. i do and there was lots of separate ones, which is in the museum of london, i think, now, but let's have a look. this is what parrot. now see what you make on this. i'm a little underwhelmed. so this is the parisian cauldron . that will the parisian cauldron. that will be paris 2024. now that's the. that's it. that is it. there on his right hand side. he's standing there next to it. that is the designer. >> it's very minimalist. >> it's very minimalist. >> it's very minimalist. >> it is monsieur le seigneur. and it takes the form of a ring of fire suspended above a liquid surface . surface. >> it's inspired by water and formal purity . formal purity. >> i don't really know what that

means, but there's the torches . means, but there's the torches. but the actual ring of fire. it's just a ring. that's it. it's just a ring. that's it. it's just a circle. so i think it'll still look pretty spectacular when it's lit and in its in situ. >> but at the moment it's just in a room. yeah. with a handsome frenchman distracting . frenchman distracting. >> yeah. yeah. is he. he's probably because you're not looking at the. well, you know, the ring. >> ring of fire. >> ring of fire. >> yeah. looking at him. but remember, it's just going to be. >> i'm sorry . >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> no. you want him to be spectacular. that does look like a bit of a washout. it'll be fine. >> yeah, but then it'll be. well, the reason i have chosen that, it's like. come on. yeah, it's just a ring fight. that's it. give me a bit more. >> i mean, anyone could have come up with that. exactly. i could have come up with that. >> could you have come up with that? >> yeah. oh they do it in a circle. yeah >> it's. yeah, it's like an olympic ring. but one of them. and then there'll be fire and it will symbolise and it'll be all right. >> we'll get into it. it'll be perfect. >> it'll look great. you're right. >> it will look, will look good because it'll just be big and much more tolerant than we are. >> i think so, yeah. i'm not standing for this olympics

nonsense. no, i see through it in a second. i do, i do, yeah. good man. right >> you to see you a little bit later on and we're going to welcome claire muldoon and alex armstrong after this very quick break. >> and they'll be looking at what's making the news. see you in a moment.

right. we have the lovely claire muldoon and alex armstrong taking us through the papers . taking us through the papers. yeah, that was collective lovely . both of you are lovely. i didn't need to repeat myself. you're delightful. alex armstrong. and let's start with you, alex. to make up for that slight, you know, unintended. slight. we haven't talked about this at all, really. but the snp, totally realigned themselves yesterday. they have their new leader, john swinney. yes. bring us up to date. >> new leader, old leader , new >> new leader, old leader, new leader, old leader. >> it's continuity candidate, isn't it? and i really i'm really looking forward to getting claire's views on this. but you know i mean i spent some

time up in scotland during the independence referendum, i've seen the backside of the snp, so to speak , who offered to pay for to speak, who offered to pay for me to get a cab home to london. one of their activists at the time. but, you know, john swinney is the continuity candidate. obviously, kate forbes , highly popular person forbes, highly popular person amongst the scottish electorate, actually, who keeps on trying to go for it but has stood down. now we're back to old nicola's, favourite , favourite gang. favourite, favourite gang. >> she used to have him on a leash. i think there's been plenty of backsides that have been opened up in scottish parliament, scottish parliamentary politics, recently, so yes, john swinney hasindeed recently, so yes, john swinney has indeed taken up the poisoned chalice, of the leader of the snp , now scottish national snp, now scottish national party. he's now saying we want to align with the pro—uk parties . hey, independence. no, that's not what we really should be going on about because we don't really have the appetite for it. it seems as if since sturgeon left, then humza took over and now this. they are rudderless and john swinney was the one

that was very much for, gender id for children. i'm talking about children here in schools. and he wanted to implement. he wanted to exercise his right to implement the dangerous. i would say, information and telling children what they are and who they are and what they can be and what they can't be. that's far too old for young children to behave, to, to, to learn from . i don't think this is a good appointment. i think this you would never think it was a i would. no, of course not. because i am clearly very anti snp because i think it goes against the grain for the benefit of the whole of scotland, but also for the benefit of the uk. >> he's found to take the poison out of politics and i'm sure that's something we can all he was the one that was great. >> look we can, we can definitely agree on that. >> but whether it's going to happen, i don't believe politicians take any poison out of politics. and quite frankly, he was actually one of the most poisonous msps that they had . he poisonous msps that they had. he has been. but not only that as well. i mean, the snp seem to have lost their entire purpose, which was to get independence.

>> no identity now. >> no identity now. >> and as soon as the electorate have looked at what is it actually you are doing to our country? they've gone, oh no, we don't like that. we don't like that at all. so humza, humza useless has, has has has has no. he's demonstrated two very good things. one, one that that , you things. one, one that that, you know, the snp when it comes to social issues in scotland have have been a disaster. yes. and secondly that, that, that when the snp take their finger off the snp take their finger off the pulse of independence, they're not very good at anything else. >> you know, the reason for this is because of the devolvement. i think we should scrap, i think rishi and devolution scrap devolution . look what happened devolution. look what happened in wales. >> not going to happen. scrap devolution. all these increased, all these powers have fallen under devolved powers. >> they're not protected. health, education. i could go on transport. and this is all at the face and all at the knees and all at the feet of the snp. >> pandora's box. so you can't shut it. >> scottish national feels . >> scottish national feels. >> scottish national feels. >> no, not. all right, claire, let's look at the house price boom in the express. >> well, we touched on this briefly earlier when you and

eleanor, you and isabel were giving the stop it giving the doneit giving the stop it giving the done it myself. >> don't worry . >> don't worry. >> don't worry. >> and giving the views of the papeh >> and giving the views of the paper. the front papers this morning . britain is on verge of morning. britain is on verge of a house price boom. but that's that's only good, as you both were saying, if you're actually on the market in the ladder. but for us there aren't. it's not good because it's just pricing everybody out. and this is an estate agent called savills. i think it is. it's put together this research, and they've came up with the fact that house pnces up with the fact that house prices will rise, i think by 2.8% or something like that. >> but 20% over the next four years, four years. >> where does this mean you're, you're you're beaming. >> but i'm thrilled i listen, what are you going to do ? what are you going to do? >> the money. we've got some data out this morning. the average uk house price rose by 0.1% in april on a monthly basis, after a fall of 0.9% in march. this is according to halifax . a typical uk home cost halifax. a typical uk home cost 288,949in april, compared with 288,781. sounds like a marginal difference, but over time is

what we're seeing over long penods what we're seeing over long periods of time. >> this this is what it is. i mean, four years, 20% in four years. there's quite a lot in the grand scheme of things. if we talk about inflation being 20% over four years, we'd all be like that. running around with our hands in the air. so the reality is, is that that house pnces reality is, is that that house prices don't follow inflation. they don't follow well , it's they don't follow well, it's obviously a supply and demand issue. there's not enough houses being built to sustain our the amount of people we have in this country. so what you're going to get is a is a increase in people renting, which is going to drive money out of the economy into more , more of a landowner's more, more of a landowner's homes, which means you are going to get a very, very dissatisfied group of young people, particularly, who will be the electorate . electorate. >> what does it drive money out of the economy? >> well, what it does is it pushes the money from the poorest people who are trying to get on the housing ladder into more wealthy people, people's hands, because they're the ones who own more than one property. so, you know, you don't unless you're renting with living with the landlord. people like myself have to rent and we're paying extortionate rents year on year going up. i mean, my last

landlord tried to put my rent up £300 a month. so, you know, this this is a lot of money. people are talking about things that i could use to be saving for my first home. >> i can't because or putting it back into the economy to use a landlord, you know, landlords can only increase rent by 5. >> i mean that's, that's can they is that is that is that real? >> that is in legislation. interesting only. no. they could do that. yes so if you put it, if you want to put it up any more than 5, you can go, no, you can't do it. >> but anyway, any landlord that's making money off a fundamental human right, which is shelter, i've got a massive issue with. >> well, there you go. you see, it's because you're all better people than me and you're looking at the wider picture, and perhaps you'd be very good politicians. i'm afraid i am just going on personal situation and going, well, that's more money that the house is worth. >> when i, when i said we shall fund my retirement, which is why a lot of us buy houses , but only a lot of us buy houses, but only if, only if the price remains to increase . increase. >> you know, so that if, if you have it to down what i paid for it. >> well, well okay. lucky you. >> well, well okay. lucky you. >> what follows. boom. yes. >> what follows. boom. yes. >> crush bust . herm. crash. get

>> crush bust. herm. crash. get some bargains. bust. get some bargains . fryston. bargains. fryston. >> what about the cost of marriage? because a lot of people we know say they can't afford to get married because they're trying to save for a house. and all of this ties into how expensive it is, particularly for young people. but obviously older people get married as well. yeah, this story is in the express. clare, page two. my mum's always had this adage that the more expensive the wedding, the shorter, shorter the yep, i agree, which is what she tried to tell me when she was like, this is your budget. >> well, my eldest daughter, my incredibly beautiful eldest daughter, i think she might just get married to the lad that she's with who is a lovely lad. >> oh, no pressure from mother then, saying it on the airwaves. >> no, but listen, she i said so let's let's get it done. she's 26 now. come on, let's get. no, no, i want to save up. but what do you want to save up for? oh, i want the wedding, i want everything. it'sjust i want the wedding, i want everything. it's just this whole. yeah, you know. yeah, i get you want to have a lovely day, but don't lose sight of the most important part of that day. and that is the union between

you and your husband to be. and that's the most important thing. not everything else. because basically, hardly anyone's going to remember it. >> and it's over in a flash. it's over in a khalife . as it's over in a khalife. as a girl, i spent my whole life dreaming about my wedding, and then before you know it, it's then before you know it, it's the morning after. yes. and so quick. >> there's so much money in, you know, surrounding weddings. >> now you can have your wedding planner. you can go for weeks before. i mean, you've just been through a wedding. did you do all this planning and everything? and. well, we planned, but we but we did it all ourselves, and we did it. >> it was. it was small and intimate, and i think it's saying a think tank says marriages should be cheaper. you can get married for next to nothing if you want to get married . married. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, just just to give you some insight, this campaign actually came out of the centre for social justice, which is seeing duncan smith's, centre right. and they said they found 60% of people post—covid felt lonely. and so this whole drive , lonely. and so this whole drive, this whole topic is because they want to see less loneliness, basically , and encourage more basically, and encourage more people. and we've also got a

deflating population. less people are having children. so they're trying to encourage this sort of old school thought, which is get married, feel less lonely , have children, boost the lonely, have children, boost the economy, boost everything. and so i think it's a good thing. >> it's a very good thing. >> it's a very good thing. >> people should point out that you can get married cheaply, because i think there's this misconception when you see onune misconception when you see online that you have to spend 50, 60 grand to get married and basically saddle yourself with debt. >> and ultimately, in my opinion, you hardly even know will have less. because when you do go on to have kids, that money you could have spent on any number of things. >> i know people who've been, you know, when you went to the church, got married, it was family and friends. i don't know, not that many of them. then they went to the local pub. yeah, and paid for everyone to have a pub meal. >> that's exactly the way it should be done. >> i mean, what's wrong? i think that's wicked. love that. >> so do i. so do i, although not spending. but if i get married again, that's. i think what i will do. yeah. >> i mean and someone said to me, oh they said they're bloody good pub. the wedding was cheap. they said we only had a little wedding, a cheap wedding, 40 grand and they were thinking that was cheap. >> yeah. that's ridiculous .

>> yeah. that's ridiculous. >> yeah. that's ridiculous. >> maybe they had the equity in the house and the remortgaged to do it. >> well, they're talking about between taking between a home house price booming and picking between mortgage. >> if you're saying 40 grand, i'd be like, well, i'm not getting married. simple as that. >> oh, that's sad. >> oh, that's sad. >> it is sad. pop up restaurants, battle it out for the what's that? funniest name on the high street. funniest, funniest. there we go. i wasn't sure if it was a typo. right. take a chance on me, says the son, whose story is this? >> yeah, this is the son's story. this is my story here. so indian eateries are lining up. i mean, a lot, not just indian eateries, actually plenty of other places, but but this is the funniest title, the funniest shop. and i'll give you some examples of some of the, some of the, the titles we've got here. barbra streisand , which is barbra streisand, which is a barbers, of course. >> is it really? yeah. >> is it really? yeah. >> prince charming printing shop, furry godmother's dog groomers . lord of the bins. groomers. lord of the bins. waste clearance. brilliant. >> lord of the bins is lord of the bins. >> lord of the bins. there's another good one on here. sherlock holmes. locksmiths >> there's a there's a local pub near here, actually, in westbourne park, and it's called the quiet night in. >> oh, very good. i think it's

quite a good play on words in in the quiet, quiet, quiet night, quiet night in. >> oh, stephen, don't overthink it. oh don't get him on. >> she. >> she. >> there was a pub called the doghouse. >> oh yeah, i'm in the doghouse. but you say that pub quite often. >> and there was, there was a, there was a curry house in shirley called the shirley temple. oh. which i mean, if there was years ago, whether it's still there or not, i don't know. but that's a cracker, i think. >> great. oh, this is so british, isn't this is britain 20 took a chance on me. this is brilliant. >> brilliant. abba won eurovision. of course. i think that's why it's in the hit. the papers today, took a chance on me. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> he's too young for that, claire. >> i know, i know, i is. >>— >> i know, i know, i is. >> i'm not that young. >> i'm not that young. >> you are quite. i might look it, i might look it. >> that baby face i've got one minute. where should we go? we've got time quickly to talk about trump. he's claiming the credit, claire, for our british drivers first form. wasn't this hilarious audacity, thompson? >> you know he's facing major

charges just now in american courts. the judge doesn't know whether or not to put him into prison. even if he prison by the end of the week, even if he is in prison, he can still run for presidency, and he still might get it right. >> his popularity will go up. >> his popularity will go up. >> of course it will, because that's whole his whole thing, isn't it? his fans just adore him. what's he done now? managed to even make our papers for different things. as usual, he's now taking credit for the formula win of lando norris. and he said, yeah, it's my fault. you actually can tell them alex is he's lucky you. trump is his lucky charm. >> see it? >> see it? >> he never would have won if it wasn't for me. it never would have happened. i made lando win. frankly that's quite good. >> yeah. okay. all right. yeah. there we go . there we go. >> very good. all right, thank you both very much indeed . you both very much indeed. >> we'll see you a little bit later on. >> thank you. see you see. >> thank you. see you see. >> let's see what the weather's going to do for you today with craig snell. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest youtube news, weather forecast from the met office. over the next couple of days, high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing saying a bit more drier unsettled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places, debut some spots of rain and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and northeast england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland under the cloud cover,

temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away, so come the afternoon. i'm fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells, the exceptions really across the very far northwest of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

she is a third party data set that appears to have been compromised , that has been shut compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence . of defence. >> sunak has always taken a relatively dovish approach to china, but could this latest development herald a change of tack? find out more with me very soon. israel has begun operations in the gazan city of rafah after the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, rejected hamas's ceasefire. we'll be speaking to tobias ellwood in just a moment. >> and the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest kicks off today in malmo, as the uk's olly alexander vies for the top gong. we're going to be chatting to the 1981 winner jay aston, from bucks fizz this hour . from bucks fizz this hour. >> really? are you? are you

really? yes really. wow. in the sport. follow that. i know i'm very excited about that. manchester united you know what are not the team that they were as they lose four nil to crystal palace last night. david moyes finally confirmed he will be leaving west ham at the end of the season. and kyren wilson is the season. and kyren wilson is the new snooker champion of the world this morning. >> it was a rather mixed picture over the bank holiday weekend, but the good news is it is turning drier and brighter over the next few days. find out more with me in a little bit. >> it shows how we don't do very well at eurovision. i mean, we're still excited to talk to members of boxt boilers 1981. >> well, you know, that's just because they were so outstanding i >> -- >> it was i mean, look, it caught the attention of the nation. we did it all at primary school and everything. we had to sing it all along and yeah, a

little bit, just marginally, but it was so exciting at the time. you look back at it now, it's so dated and everything. >> yeah, i don't see primary school children getting into eurovision these days. not in the same way, no, perhaps we did, but anyway. >> but there was less on the telly. that's true. >> yeah that's true. >> yeah that's true. >> we only had three channels. >> we only had three channels. >> the good old days and obviously the voting and try to get those connections over from wherever it was. it can still be quite entertaining when it goes wrong. >> you know, you used to have to bounce the signal off the stratosphere. that's how they did it, which is why which is why they kept well, the satellites , darling. satellites, darling. >> well, that does bouncing. >> well, that does bouncing. >> yeah, but it's to a satellite rather than just bouncing it off the atmosphere. i mean, it was like it was all very hit and miss whether you'd got a connection to latvia, wasn't it? but it was, it was the, the, the good old was the heyday, some might say heyday. i'm showing my age. we better move on. the ministry of defence has been hacked . fingers are pointing hacked. fingers are pointing towards china. it's been confirmed by the ministry of defence to gb news that an

external third party payroll system was impacted, operated by a contractor which contained staff information including names , bank details and in names, bank details and in a number of cases, home addresses . number of cases, home addresses. well, they've told us it was immediately taken offline for a full security review, presumably payroll payments were made and shouldn't be any future delays for anyone in the armed forces. >> well, let's speak to olivia utley, our political correspondent, about all of this . and, olivia, as you were saying in the headlines there, rishi sunak has been characteristically dovish. he's aware of the economic importance of china, but lots of people, the likes of iain duncan smith and others who are a bit more hawkish, have been saying for some time now that this can't carry on like this. it seems like every week there's another, quite frankly , audacious quite frankly, audacious incursion, whether it's a cyber attack or an arrest for , attack or an arrest for, espionage. so what what do you think the reaction will be, and what will we hear from grant shapps a little bit later on?

>> well, absolutely. i mean, this is a pretty serious breach. it has been made clear that, computer systems with sensitive, ministry of defence information on them haven't actually been targeted. it's a separate payroll system, but still, this is active personnel who have been directly targeted by a third party who we at the moment assume is china. now this is really, really awkward for rishi sunak, as you say as well. it is not by any means the first cyber attack of its kind. and in recent history sunak has been dovish and the leadership contest with liz truss . truss contest with liz truss. truss went really, really hard on china, saying that she would declare china an official threat to the uk . declare china an official threat to the uk. rishi declare china an official threat to the uk . rishi sunak has declare china an official threat to the uk. rishi sunak has said time and again that he doesn't think that at the moment has come to do that. he says that it's really important economically to work with china and also for issues related to climate change. he says it's important to work with china, but there are plenty in his parliamentary party who really disagree with him. ian duncan smith heads a little group of conservative rebels who are

very, very worried about the threat from china and think it's time to essentially start treating, china as a sort of rogue state, a military enemy . rogue state, a military enemy. what can we expect here from grant shapps? well, my expectation is that he will try and sort of, fudge a little bit toe a bit of a line. will he say that now is the moment to declare china as a threat? a few months ago, it sounded a little bit as though rishi sunak was beginning to edge in that direction. and it would certainly help him in terms of his own parliamentary security, if he could get some of those rebels like iain duncan smith, back on side. so i think we can expect to see a bit of a toughening up of the position , toughening up of the position, but i don't think it will go as far as people like truss or duncan smith would like to see. >> there's a real danger in doing that. i know people may think, yeah, great, we've got to sort of fight back. we've got to take a real stance against this. but it's those unintended consequences. i mean, why would you want to make a that public, an enemy of somewhere like

china, which, you know, is economically huge , militarily economically huge, militarily huge, hugely influential in a part of the world that we where we do need to have some influence. i mean, it could really backfire on us. >> exactly. and i think that's why sunak is so determined to try and stop the situation . try and stop the situation. inflation escalating. obviously, president xi and president putin called themselves friends and china has started to say that the uk, ukraine war has heralded a new cold war between russia and china and europe, including britain, france and of course, the whole of the european union. so most leaders in europe, including rishi sunak , really, including rishi sunak, really, really don't want to escalate the situation in china. if you declare china as a military enemy , then you could be, you enemy, then you could be, you know, looking not too far off a world war ii situation with europe against russia and china. so i think that is why sunak really, really wants to keep

this as diplomatic as possible. but there is a lot of pressure from his backbenchers and after the breach this morning, i mean, you can see why. >> okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. let's bring in the former chair of the defence select committee. he was booked, actually, to talk to us about israel, and we will talk to him about that. but since we're discussing this issue, a story that broke overnight, about china and the mod, let's talk to tobias ellwood about it all. good morning to you. we were just hearing from olivia about the difficulty of striking that balance, really, between, trying to maintain world peace, essentially, and our economic prosperity , but also maintaining prosperity, but also maintaining our, our liberty and our democracy , which is, quite democracy, which is, quite frankly, being undermined by china at the moment. >> yes, i think that's a fair summary. this is a serious attack by any sense of the word. it does have all the hallmarks of a hostile actor , and i think of a hostile actor, and i think it illustrates just how the character of conflict is changing. the digital terrain is now as important as the physical. and of course, you can

attack a country from anywhere in the world and deny that you actually conducted that attack. and that's what we're seeing more and more take place. it's a coercive way of causing disruption , sowing political disruption, sowing political discord and creating economic harm by breaking things down. and we're going to there's one of the reasons why we've invested heavily in our own cyber resilience across whitehall. i understand in this case, it was to an outsourced contractor will have to wait to hear from grant shapps, one of the more tech savvy members of the more tech savvy members of the cabinet, actually, exactly what's actually happened in this case. but you're right to say that we, i think, have been too complacent over the last 30 years as to where our world is unfolding , why we haven't unfolding, why we haven't defended our international rules based order. and china is on a clear mission. make it really clear mission. make it really clear they have a strategy of trying to sign up countries to their interpretation of our global order, which is competing

with ours, and they are progressively going to challenge the united states dominance technologically, economically andindeed technologically, economically and indeed militarily. and this will eventually lead to a clash, a major clash, unless we find an off ramp . and right now we're off ramp. and right now we're seeing a combination of joining, if you like, of russia, china and iran . three countries that and iran. three countries that we have challenges with. these are not natural bedfellows, but coming together, to offer an alternative interpretation of where our world is going. some big, big questions that we need to be answered. and no country individually can do that. it needs to be america. britain and other allies as well. looking at this in all seriousness , because this in all seriousness, because it will be the challenge, the challenge for the next couple of decades. >> i'm intrigued by your phraseology , if you don't mind phraseology, if you don't mind me saying, because a lot of people with this sort of see it as an opportunity to go head to head, you know, we've got to really show what we're made of. i'm intrigued that you say what

we actually need to do is find an off ramp, which sounds, frankly, on the surface, like a much more sensible solution. >> does anybody really want to go to war with china? they have the biggest navy in the world, the biggest navy in the world, the biggest navy in the world, the biggest army in the world, the biggest army in the world, the biggest army in the world, the biggest air force in the world, and their capability in space. we don't really know, but it's phenomenal. there needs to be a way that we can actually advance our world in a sensible aduu advance our world in a sensible adult , grown advance our world in a sensible adult, grown up advance our world in a sensible adult , grown up way. the idea adult, grown up way. the idea that we just say china bad is naive. it really is. it's almost infantile in that sense, it's war mongering for all the wrong reasons. what we need to do is find a method of being able to live in coexistence. and as i say , a lot of this, the ball is say, a lot of this, the ball is in our court because the west does not have a strategy. we need to work with china on things like climate change. that's the biggest existential threat , but that's the biggest existential threat, but ultimately we don't have a plan . for me, it's the have a plan. for me, it's the economics that's important. the last cold war that we were part

of, russia , the soviet union was of, russia, the soviet union was pretty much independent. china's achilles heel is its reliance on access to the international oil, economy. it needs that to feed its own country. we need to be more robust in the rules on how we trade on security as well, and the movements freedom of movement. if we get that right, china should play ball because they require it. they needed as much as any other country. but at the moment we're too subservient. we've embraced china wanting to get to mature into a global statesman over the last couple of decades . and but last couple of decades. and but we've been not robust enough in world trade organisation rules andindeed world trade organisation rules and indeed security rules of the high seas . high seas. >> yeah, their economy is in decline. i think it has a problem with unemployment as well. and we do need to be braver. i think you're right. what what do you want to see as a response? obviously we don't know the exact details, but there will be an outcry, won't there? if it's yet again, another slap on the wrist for the ambassador and a couple of,

sanctions on minor people who, you know, will really not even touch the surface on this. >> yeah. i mean, there's one question. i touched on it as how the character of war is changing because there aren't really any penalties, international penalties, international penalties, penalties out there , penalties, penalties out there, agreed punishments. if somebody does a major security attack on that. so we need to agree some standards and values of what countries should be operating at this should not happen where russia or china are able to interfere either with, in elections, for example, in the cyber space, let alone a direct a targeted attack, as we've seen on the mod. and then there is this wider strategic question as to where our, countries go , to where our, countries go, where our the approach of these two, as i say, spheres of influence are actually heading. many countries are often in the global south are actually stepping back, waiting to see which way the world is going to go. that's actually where we are. we've been so distracted by the war in ukraine, by covid and so forth to see where our world is actually falling . we are in

is actually falling. we are in a very, very dangerous space indeed, and it's going to require some serious international statecraft to take us forward , okay, from one us forward, okay, from one crisis to another, then i'm afraid to say, let's have a look at the middle east. >> should we? what are we to make of the current situation? we've we've got israel, the idf, currently in rafah. and excuse me, apparently securing the gaza side of the border there. we've got a ceasefire agreement from hamas, which looks to be pretty substantial, knocked out of hand , by netanyahu. and pressure coming from the united states. where are we with all of this now? >> well, it links in with the last conversation because this is just another hot spot where the international community is not able to put the fire out, as we're not doing in ukraine as well. we've become too risk averse over the last 30 years. and we need to be bolder and more forthright in looking for a solution. the idea that prime minister netanyahu and i

specifically named him, because i don't believe many people, as many people in israel, are supportive of this now, wants to close down the rafah crossing, along with the erez crossing in the north, and then karim karim shalom as well. it means that more and more people will face famine. the humanitarian aid is not getting in and that of course, then will worsen relationships between jerusalem, london, paris , brussels and london, paris, brussels and indeed washington dc. it takes us further away from getting the hostages out, further away from getting some form of government structure or security structure that will actually work . so this that will actually work. so this is compounding the matters, charging into rafah with those tanksis charging into rafah with those tanks is as bad as charging into gaza in the first place. there's an absence of strategy as to where present prime minister netanyahu wants to go with this and we saw things escalate very quickly with iran that could easily happen again, how critical do you think the protests that we're seeing, not only in america and the impact that that will have on the election there, but now at

oxbridge here in the uk and our election year, you know, is that going to heat pressure on the west's reaction to what's happening? and we've seen haven't we probably i think the first munitions delivery from the united states delayed to israel, probably linked to that very fact that there is a changing mood coming from from israel's traditional allies. is that likely to continue? do you think? >> well, just on those demonstrations themselves , we're demonstrations themselves, we're absolutely right that this is a country where you're allowed to demonstrate universities are a place of freedom of expression. i was i was, president of my own students union when i was at loughborough , and we went on loughborough, and we went on a lot of rallies to make noise. that's absolutely the right and expectations, but it does need to be done peacefully and recognise that there are very much two sides to this. so yes, we want to get those, those crossings open to get the aid to in find a solution for the people of gaza. but i do hope that those demonstrations will distance themselves from the hamas leadership and their intentions. it's in the hamas own constitution to eradicate,

to remove the existence of israel. so we need to be careful as to where how these demonstrations actually go. but yes , more widely, as i go back yes, more widely, as i go back to that point, if you deny aid getting into gaza, if the international community is having to build a maritime jetty so we can get our aid in bypassing the land crossings from israel, then israel is clearly going to fall out increasingly with the international community making, as i say, this situation all the more difficult to resolve. but our priority must be making sure that the food, the humanitarian aid, the water and so forth gets in to prevent famine, which the united nations is very , very united nations is very, very concerned about. and if we have to do that by bypassing israel , to do that by bypassing israel, then so be it. but as i say, they're just compounds the situation worsens relationship between jerusalem and london and, dc okay. >> tobias ellwood, really good to see you this morning as always. thank you. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> right. let's look at some of the other stories heading into

the other stories heading into the newsroom at 817. and the us and most eu nations will avoid the inauguration of russian president vladimir putin. the ceremony taking place at the kremlin today. he's going for a new six year term. of course. he's already a longer serving leader than joseph stalin, with putin holding continuing position as president or prime minister since 1999. >> the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey , says he'll table sir ed davey, says he'll table a motion of no confidence in the government today 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 rishi sunak and is out of touch. government . of touch. government. >> oh, and here's one to feast your eyes on the annual met gala has taken place in new york. it's the one the kardashians always bleat about at garden of time was the theme, this is sydney sweeney that i was telling you. sydney sweeney, who's a, america's new darling.

right? there you go. anyway, so there she is. it's all hosted by zendaya. jennifer. lopez, bad bunny, who's a fella we had to google, and chris hemsworth. it raises money for the new york metropolitan museum and marks the opening of its costume institute's annual fashion exhibit . i think that's bad, exhibit. i think that's bad, bonnie. oh, there you go . bonnie. oh, there you go. >> does look like a very bad bunny. >> maybe it's not bad. bonnie. no. >> well, we need to do a bit more research into bad bunny. >> i googled bad bunny. it looked like it. you still got it wrong. i might got it wrong. i don't know, i mean, it's all just. i think the stuff and nonsense, all that sort of thing. >> yeah, i know, it makes us sound a little bit, you know, stuffy, maybe, but i actually totally agree. the met gala turns me off. i'd love to see dresses on the red carpet, but that one i think is a bit gratuitous and a bit emperor's new clothes. you are invited to

attend, but it still cost you $70,000 a ticket. apparently i've not been invited. no, oddly, i couldn't afford it even if i was. >> but you see, i think with all that i can't. i know we've got to have light and shade in the world and all these fabulous sort of things happen. but then when you look at what everyone else is going through and whether it's economic hardship or personal tragedy, as we'll talk about now, it's you put it all in perspective. it's just nonsense, all of that, isn't it? absolutely it is. actually, believe it or not, seven years, nearly since the manchester arena attack and one mother of one of the victims is now campaigning as actually as she has done all along for more robust security at uk venues. >> yes, for the past five years, figen murray, who was mum of martyn hett, has worked alongside the home office to try and get martyn's law. well, today she starts her biggest push yet to get it all over the line as our north west of england reporter sophie reaper reports. >> about 18 months after martin died , we went to a theatre in died, we went to a theatre in manchester and there was

absolutely no security and that completely floored me . then completely floored me. then i looked into it and realised there's no legislation for security at all, and i wanted to change that. i just want venues and places, public places to have a legal obligation to put security on and keep people safe, because terrorism is sort of around us. it's not going to go away at all. >> paying that woman's gone through, i know and shouldn't have to the families of the of the 21 others in all of that, never mind the families of all the people who were there and came away but were badly affected and sophie reaper jones affected and sophie reaperjones is now i mean, you have to say, pheganis is now i mean, you have to say, phegan is an extraordinary lady. >> she absolutely is, steve. and i've worked with her for many years since the attack, and she really is an incredible woman . really is an incredible woman. now, the plan this morning is that she and her team will depart from here at the arena. in fact, the exact spot where

her son tragically lost his life on the 22nd of may 2017. and over the coming 16 days, they will walk 186 miles all the way down to downing street. and as you were saying, that is in order to raise awareness around martyn's law, a piece of legislation which she has worked on over the past few years, which would see increased and improved security at uk entertainment venues. of course, the manchester arena inquiry finding that serious failings in security on the night of the attack could well have prevented it, and therefore could have prevented those 22 people, including martin, from losing their lives. of course, they'll arrive at downing street on the 22nd of may, which will mark the seventh anniversary since salman abedi detonated that bomb here at the arena after an ariana grande concert. and those 22

people tragically lost their lives in that attack. on that day. they will travel from marble arch in london down to downing street , where it's downing street, where it's scheduled that fegan will meet with prime minister rishi sunak to really push and try and get this legislation over the line on that day. they'll also be joined by many survivors and families of victims of other terror attacks that have taken place in the uk, as well as a plethora of other celebrities and politicians whom are supporting fegan to try and get martin's law passed. because that legislation , as we know, is that legislation, as we know, is incredibly important. and to fegan and the other families of victims of terror in the uk , victims of terror in the uk, wants it so that it will never happen again . happen again. >> okay. good to see you. for now. i know you're going to keep us up to date as this goes on, actually, and it will be something to mark on the 22nd. thanks very much indeed, sophie. thanks very much indeed, sophie. thank you. >> right, let's get a check on

the forecast. here's greg craig snell with everything you need to know. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast on the metaverse. over the next couple of days , high pressure is couple of days, high pressure is starting to build in across the uk. let's introduce and take a bit more dry and settled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to view some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and north—east england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form

and then towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies. degrees. but where we do see some clear skies . a bit of some clear skies. a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away. so come the afternoon and fairly optimistic. a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far north—west of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> a little bit of eurovision fever today, aren't we? i think it's sort of starting a starter, actually. before the programme even began, when you introduced me to some of this year's

entrants, i did well. >> it's nice to have a bit of uplifting music to get you going before 6:00, but it is fun to look back as well. >> and look back. we will, because coming up, we're going to be speaking to one eurovision winner. who might that be? >> oh, i don't know. but

now we are getting geared up for eurovision. now the grand final. the one that we all watch is on saturday. of course, but it's the semi—finals that kick off today in malmo in south of sweden. yes, and it is the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest . contest. >> so we're going to be finding out who's tipped to win this yeah out who's tipped to win this year. which countries we should keep a watchful eye on as well. >> yeah, so who better to ask than someone who has not only been and performed for us, but actually walked away with the trophy as well? jay aston of bucks fizz from 1981. what an

incredible time that was. i mean, i remember the fever that swept across the country at the time. do you think it still has that same excitement? jay i do, i think it's had a big revival since we had obviously sam ryder here last year, coming second because it did go through a bit of an awful dip, didn't it, for about 25 years where we were coming last. >> and but i do think last year is really revived. the interest a lot of people didn't even know what eurovision was, but back in my day, you know, it was like the holy grail of entertainment. so no, it's good. i mean, there's a big buzz, and we just, you know, hope we do better this yeah you know, hope we do better this year. i hope we, we end up in a top five and not in the bottom five. >> well, what do you think are olly alexander ? who is our olly alexander? who is our contestant this years? chances are looking like. because it seems to be he sort of splitting opinion. i think sam ryder was sort of popular from the get go, wasn't he? and everybody loved

him. and if frankly, if it wasn't for ukraine, we probably would have won. we would have won that don't know that there's the same kind of momentum behind olly alexander this time . olly alexander this time. >> if i could say, yeah, he is a great performer, and he'll deliver on the night, i just think we've all been in agreement that it, that the, the song doesn't quite deliver. it sort of starts promising, and then it literally , it plateaus, then it literally, it plateaus, it doesn't build. and we were hoping they'd do something really interesting with the production , which they kind of production, which they kind of have. they have done , i mean, have. they have done, i mean, visually it's quite interesting. it's just very much for the sort of pink votes, and i don't know whether that will cross over, you know, as much as we would need it. it's strong. he's great. it'll look good. but i don't think it's a winner. i think, you know, i think we'll be lucky to be on the right side of the leaderboard. sadly, who? >> well, who has caught your eye? jay >> well, to be honest, i there's

not really one that i'm going oh wow. that's a clear winner , wow. that's a clear winner, apparently it's called baby lasagne by, croatia. >> i've been hearing about baby lasagne . lasagne. >> it's rimmed in, tagged in. so it's one of those things that gets the audience going and they all cheer a bit like the song , all cheer a bit like the song, last year, which was cha cha cha. oh, that was fantastic . and cha. oh, that was fantastic. and they were going mad. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it came second. but, at the end of the day, it's a song competition. so whether that will happen on the night, i'm sure that will be close to winning that one. >> and we all have fond memories, obviously, of your success at eurovision. but what are your memories of it? i mean, obviously a life changing moment for you. and we've been talking a lot this morning about the wackiness, the parties, the glitz, the glamour of the event itself. i mean, just take us back to 1981. i don't know how old you were at the time, but you know, how big a deal was this for you, and how fond are your memories? >> well, it was a huge moment,

you know, three minutes, silly song, that changed our lives. and we're still working and still performing, you know, regularly that song. and it was an incredible experience , it was an incredible experience, it was bizarre because back in the day, eurovision was a big, big deal, you know? and i had a sort of, competition with my brother. he actually represented the uk the year before. i think he came second or third. so it was like it was a really big thing in our family. you know, everybody watched eurovision, so it's like a bit i was a teenager , so it a bit i was a teenager, so it was a long time ago. but just those that competition changed our life and people embraced it. you know, i think the little skirt rip probably had something to do with it. it was just people remembered that they all gave us a few points and, it was just brilliant. i mean , so just brilliant. i mean, so exciting. i rememberjust as we won, we went through and there was just this sea of flashbulbs going from the press all over, all over europe. and then we know for the next 2 or 3 years,

really, we were in and out of airports, travelling all around the world. so an amazing platform for any artist. >> it's that odd situation, isn't it, that we laugh about eurovision in this country, and yet when we do well, we couldn't be prouder and say for people like you, it makes a career. it really can. >> it can be the kiss of death or completely , you know, the or completely, you know, the beginning of something fabulous. so for us, it's been amazing, and, you know, it's just it's hard to win that competition. there's so many countries and there's so many different styles and some countries take it so seriously. i think if anything, we probably don't. but as you don't do well, generally the interest wanes naturally. so i don't know. >> i think there is a bit of a cult . i think there's a little cult. i think there's a little bit of a cult of people who love it. i mean, we'll both be watching on saturday night. i don't know if you get dressed up to watch it, have a couple of dnnks to watch it, have a couple of drinks or anything like that. people throw eurovision parties. how will you be watching jay?

>> i'll be watching, cheryl's having, a full on eurovision party at home, and she's already pinched my baklava. i brought some cakes to a gig. i went, oh, shall we give these to the band? she went, i want them for my provision party. so she's there all dressing up, and, i know what they'll be eating. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> brilliant stuff. jay, really good to talk to you. thank you. thank you very much indeed. >> take care. >> take care. >> good luck to olly on the night. >> yeah, absolutely. good luck. olly thinks he's going to need it. >> yeah. i'm not it.— >> yeah. i'm not a fan it. >> yeah. i'm not a fan of the song. >> it's not my favourite. we like the swedish entry this year andifs like the swedish entry this year and it's their home performance, so. 50. >> so. >> but they would they always. the thing i think about that is would they want to win again. it costs a fortune to put it on and they keep winning. i think they've won more home disadvantage then i suppose, isn't it really. >> yeah. you don't really. >> yeah. you don't really. >> it's a good sweden always puts on a good pop. >> yeah. they know how to do a bit of happy pop, don't they, let's talk about happy things. summer just let's talk about happy things. summerjust around let's talk about happy things. summer just around the let's talk about happy things. summerjust around the corner. summer just around the corner. we want to help you make it sizzle with an incredible £20,000 in cash.

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>> right. let's go through all the sport this morning with paul coyte. good morning to you. good morning. have you recovered from your bucs excitement? you know what? >> i was really excited by that. but you know, i was watching the other day was this shows what an anorak i am. the 1974 eurovision song contest in its entirety . oh song contest in its entirety. oh with waterloo winning. yeah. when waterloo won and that is some knowledge. yeah, yeah, but it's the 50th anniversary of abba anyway , olivia newton—john abba anyway, olivia newton—john was our entry and david vine, legendary sports commentator . he legendary sports commentator. he used to do the terry wogan thing, so he used to do the do the commentary. and then anyway, livvy newton—john appears and then he goes and there's olivia newton—john and she's a big spurs fan, so obviously she's going to be happy with the result against wolves. i'd like she was a spurs fan. >> there you go.

>> there you go. >> you never knew, did you? >> you never knew, did you? >> already loved her. >> already loved her. >> but that sealed the deal and i've realised that how much you've loved her even more. right, crystal palace for manchester united. nil last night. ouch. i know very bad for united. it just gets. it just goes from bad to worse. i'm just looking at some of the facts. the most defeats in a premier league season for them. they're currently on 13 and that's the worst ever. never finished below seventh. they're currently eighth. most goals conceded for manchester united since 1977. and they've never finished minus when it comes to goal difference. and they're currently minus one. so if you think that erik ten hag is going to be the manager next year and any of us are going to stick with him, i would have another think about that. all right? i'd be surprised if he sticks around. >> can we have a look forward to tonight? >> oh, yes, yeah, of course we've got, we've got the champions league semi—final, which is the second leg. paris saint—germain will play dortmund . so this is in saint—germain will play dortmund .so this is in paris. it's apparently so. well, currently dortmund are one nil up and it will go to paris. dortmund are one nil up and it will go to paris . and then it's, will go to paris. and then it's, you know, killing mbappe. they

say the greatest player in the world who didn't. >> he wants a good last time, was it. >> he wasn't. he wasn't so good. that's right. jadon sancho was the one who was really good. and looking at manchester united, of course, he's a manchester united player and erik ten hag has been very, very impressed. and so maybe the feud is over because he's now thinking, yeah, we could really do with a decent player coming back again. so anyway, that's tonight and then tomorrow night the other semi—final, which is real madrid versus bayern munich, currently two two at the moment, can you bnng two two at the moment, can you bring us some more cauldron news, please? >> oh, you want a bit more cauldron? >> cauldron? >> cauldron? >> matthew, you want to see the cauldron one more time? >> yes, because we need we need to remind ourselves of how exciting cauldrons normally are for the olympics. >> blink and you'll miss it. that's it. the thing that. that's it. the thing that. that's it. the thing that. that's it. that is the cauldron, by the way. >> that's lit. so it's not looking its best. it looks like a minimalist, you know, caravan fire as well . fire as well. >> well, you know, is that a model? >> this is what i've been thinking the whole time. surely that's not the size of it. >> surely that's that's the. >> surely that's that's the. >> i mean, the thing is, the

shape, it's just a it's just a circle and it's just going to be fire. so it's no amazing cauldron. it's always the most exciting part of the opening ceremony when the cauldron is lit. i would imagine it's something about ten, 15, 20 times the size. but can you imagine if they make it and they 90, imagine if they make it and they go, there you go, and you go, no. 110. >> no. >> this is because if that is the actual one, yes. in all seriousness, my fire pit is bigger. >> yeah, but money saving borrow that. >> they could borrow that cost of living crisis uses less fuel. >> maybe use a swan vestards to actually light the thing. >> and then that would be up and up. it would go. it would all be a bit underwhelming. i'm sure it'll be all very underwhelming. cauldron. it is. underwhelming. underwhelming, absolutely. >> say that in french. >> say that in french. >> absolutely . i'll work on that >> absolutely. i'll work on that . that's tomorrow. we'll have it by tomorrow . by tomorrow. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> coity over . >> coity over. >> coity over. >> peter, don't you worry. >> peter, don't you worry. >> 0.00. >>- >> 0.00. >> right, right. we've got the papers out of your way. just above me. thankfully, claire muldoon and alex armstrong will

be

here. all right. let's see what's in the papers this morning with journalist and broadcaster claire muldoon and political commentator mr alex armstrong. good morning to you both. good morning. morning, claire. let's have a look at the mail online. >> should we, home office loses 21,000 asylum seekers in five years. >> i'm not surprised. >> i'm not surprised. >> of course we're not surprised when they present, especially at border force and they say the words asylum. i'm si king. that's it. they get a number and then they're to free leave 21,000. apparently they've lost and you know, they're working in the black market. they're being absorbed into the black economy. it's having a massive pool on, infrastructure in this country for schools, hospitals. i don't think many of them will be going

to school, but you know what i mean. and then it's just the case of why is this happening? why, why, why, why can't we take control of our borders? why can't we work something out? why is this still happening? and that's notwithstanding the ones that's notwithstanding the ones that are coming over on the boats. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this story, part of this story broke just before the local elections, didn't it, as well, when we saw that they'd lost loads of the people that meant to send to rwanda, for example. it's constant, isn't it? it's like an episode of the thick of it that keeps repeating itself. yes. you know, they constantly are losing this data. what are they doing there? where is james cleverly? i haven't heard from this bloke for months since he took over in the home office, so i don't really know what's going on. i think the pubuc what's going on. i think the public deserve an explanation as to how they're being run. >> i actually coming to think of when i last saw james cleverly, he was doing push ups in the downing street garden with rishi sunak, who had failed to go for a run because his dog hadn't been. >> well, i'm sorry that that is not what they should be operating on at the moment. illegal migrants are costing the taxpayer £14 billion in this

country. the taxpayer is levied up to the hilt. >> well, presumably if they've gone missing, at >> well, presumably if they've gone missing , at least at that gone missing, at least at that point, you'd assume then they're not living off the state. well they'd know where they were. >> and that's that's really important because they are they are going into black market jobs. as claire correctly said, they're not paying tax. >> they're not paying tax. and the law enforcement, which is paid for by us, is then being used to track them down. yes. you know, they're not in those hotel rooms. at least i don't. >> all right, let's have something to smile about and talk about, heineken, which obviously reaches the parts of the country other beers cannot. >> indeed. does yes. well, good news for pubs, because we've seen thousands of closures since covid heineken are going to reopen 62 uk pubs this year. they're investing 39 million good on the uk into the star pubs chain. so they're going to be helping to reverse that terrible swathe of pubs that closed, post covid. at least 62 are going to be opening this yeah are going to be opening this year. hopefully they're going to put a ton of investment into it, and they're planning for more than 600 eventually. supposedly. >> is that uk wine uk wide?

>> is that uk wine uk wide? >> all up and down the country ? >> all up and down the country? >> all up and down the country? >> have they had pubs before in the country's country? >> yes, the us style. yeah. >> yes, the us style. yeah. >> they also have heard of them before. >> well you don't often know the sort of chain behind it all. >> it's like, yeah. so there's quite a few already, but it's great. i just think this is really, i don't know what's dnven really, i don't know what's driven it, but they want to invest 39 million. do you know what driven it. >> it's great. >> it's great. >> well, i'm such a cynic, but you know that all that press last week about the bulmers cider orchards, where they'd torn down something like 300 trees. oh, really? yeah, 300 acres. sorry, of apple trees, i think it's trying to make up for that because obviously the sales inside have gone down and they've been just ripping up 140 football pitches worth of apple trees last week. and that was all those pictures were out in the, in the press. i think they're trying to make way for that. >> well we're we're a country of drinkers, you know, 1000 jobs created. this is great news for britain. it's brilliant . britain. it's brilliant. >> really good news. well i don't think many people will be hopping mad. >> do you? >> do you? >> yeah, that is good. >> yeah, that is good. >> however, as a segue into that

one, ellen, hearty people are visiting the pub just once a month, so i wonder if heineken are actually aware of that post covid cost of living crisis, people are only going to the pubs once a month, and i urge everyone to go to an independent pub or any pub. support your pubs. yeah, you know you don't need to be drinking. you can have alcoholic free wines and beers at the moment. you can go in for a coffee but please use them . you know it's so sociable. them. you know it's so sociable. get together with a group of mates , meet up, have a book club mates, meet up, have a book club in them, have quiz nights , use them. >> you're so right because with each other pub in our village and if it closed down, we would be really sad and yeah, i can't remember the last time we went. >> how we see. there you go. you've got to be part of the solution to sort it out. yeah >> send myself to the pub. there we go, meanwhile, we should. >> maybe we should do our maths lessons in the pub. alex, yeah. the prime minister is launching a maths academy. >> yeah, another massive vote winner. i'm sure the electorate are buzzing about boats, though. >> guys , i actually think this

>> guys, i actually think this isn't a bad thing. >> if you can find the alan turing's of the future. >> yeah. no, no, no, isabel is right. >> this is a good thing. we should invest in the education of young people. and i'm. i'm pleased to see that that there is some movement to be to invest in the education of tomorrow because maths is important in the in the current economy with technology and everything. my point really was, is that right before an election, he can't deliver on this pledge. right? he can't deliver, he can't dereh he can't deliver, he can't deliver, can't deliver on it. right. so this is this is an election pledge. and really he's not he's not saying or putting policies forward that are inspiring the british public. we're not a country of mathematicians , really. we might mathematicians, really. we might be a country of scientists, but not not necessarily known for our mathematics. now, the thing is, is that you're trying to be, you know, keir starmer, who's coming up with big vision now for the uk. and they're putting some stuff out there, which seems to be doing well with the tory votes. >> well, i don't know. >> well, i don't know. >> the tories would dispute that. i think a lot of people would say that the local election results last week showed that actually the labour party are failing to capture their imagination, and there's this proliferation of the

non—mainstream parties that's on the rise. >> well, you're right there. you're right there. but at the end of the day, i don't believe rishi sunak saying that he's going to lose when he talks about national polling. i don't think he's going to do as well as he says he's doing. >> so when and why did he identify the need for maths to be taught at secondary school level? >> well, someone someone said this to me, right? someone said this to me, right? someone said this to me, right? someone said this to me. they said he's he's running the country as a parent because he's looking at his kids going, where do i want to send them next? i want to send them to a maths institute. and i think that is a really good oh, he'll be in la before long. >> he won't be sending them to his own. >> would you send your kids to maths institute? >> well, the post that stage, i think some of them ought to have been especially my son. he should have gone. yeah. the only thing he can count to is the positions of his rugby team in the positions there, so i don't think i think we shouldn't need a maths institute. >> it should be taught in secondary school. well, it really should be. >> it should be started at primary school. >> but you think this is what a degree for, though? >> breaking news. >> breaking news. >> it is started at primary school. >> but remember when you said, well, if you went into greggs,

the person behind the till didn't even need a till. they did. mental arithmetic i think has to be the key here and the times tables and you should be learning them. parrot fashion. yeah, there is no need for you not to. we're too reliant on these. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, that's absolutely right. >> no, that's absolutely right. >> that's true. yeah. >> that's true. yeah. >> 6/8 48. >> 6/8 48. >> oh just throw it out there. i found the eight times table tncky found the eight times table tricky 11 times tables really tncky tricky 11 times tables really tricky as well. the what 11 times tables. >> yeah. 11 2233 you see that's how you do it. >> well done. but can i just say i should get to that institute quick. >> my son's been taught times tables. you just say the sum. whereas we were taught ones 1111 two 1122. that's how i use it. but you just skip to the end. that's it. yeah, yeah. >> anyway, it's no good skipping to the end . to the end. >> you've got to put the effort in. all right. >> okay. remember where you're going wrong in a lot of things i think these gen z's i don't know. >> well look good to see you both. thank you very much indeed . let's get an update on your weather with craig. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast from the met office over the next couple of days. high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing a bit more dry and settled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to produce some spots of rain and a few showers may well just develop further south. but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday and come the afternoon , hopefully a lot of afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and northeast england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland

under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies, a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away, so come the afternoon. i'm fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far northwest of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> good morning to you. one of us better speak. it's 9:00 on tuesday, the 7th of may. >> today, mps are set to be told

of a massive chinese hack in the ministry of defence targeting military personnel. earlier, we spoke to the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride, about it . stride, about it. >> she's a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised , that has been shut compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence . of defence. >> trail has started operations in the gaza city of rafah after prime minister netanyahu rejected the hamas ceasefire offer. earlier, we spoke to conservative mp for bournemouth east, tobias ellwood . east, tobias ellwood. >> charging into rafah with those tanks is as bad as charging into gaza in the first place. there's an absence of strategy as to where present prime minister netanyahu wants to go with this , and we're to go with this, and we're getting a little bit excited ahead of eurovision. >> it is the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest on saturday kicks off today, though in malmo, as the uk's olly alexander vies for the top gong

this morning, it was a rather mixed picture over the bank houday mixed picture over the bank holiday weekend, but the good news is it is turning drier and brighter over the next few days. >> find out more with me in a little bit. >> it just seemed rather strange that we're talking about eurovision and the beginning of the semis, which is what happens today. the semis, which is what happens today . and then some people get today. and then some people get weeded out and then you get your finals on saturday, because you're always just used to be that you just, you know, you did the saturday. >> i know they've eked it out though, and that's fine by me. it just means more more drama, more jeopardy, more shows, more parties. oh yeah. oh, but mind you, we don't necessarily need that because you've been doing such great renditions for us. this morning in the advert, break has been singing his little heart out. yeah. why not? we're not convinced, though, about our uk entry this year. no, i think it's going to be hard to follow sam ryder's success last year. >> well, it was the year before .

>> well, it was the year before. oh, sorry. thanks very much indeed. >> where were we last year? >> where were we last year? >> how did we do? we did very badly last year. >> okay. so we'll be fine then. >> okay. so we'll be fine then. >> we'll do better than that. >> we'll do better than that. >> you've just wiped her out of your memory. i've can't even remember. >> i can't remember her name ehheh >> i can't remember her name either, yeah, but sam ryder is a hard act to follow, is what i was trying to say, but it's all controversial to say i didn't like the samurai song. oh, that is controversial. yeah, i loved it. i really loved it. but maybe it. i really loved it. but maybe it wasn't very eurovision, actually . it was actually actually. it was actually transcending eurovision into sort of normal pop. yeah, not that i'm an expert on these things. >> like. >> like. >> like. >> like a bit of pop on all of this, but, there you go. let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay this morning if you want to get in touch right to our top story this morning. >> and the ministry of defence has been hacked. and all fingers this morning are pointing towards china. >> yeah. the mod confirming to gb news that an external payroll system was impacted. how they raised it impacted hacked. basically it's operated by a contractor. it contains staff information of people serving in

the armed forces, names, bank details and in some cases home addresses. >> yeah. which of course really worrying for all of those who've been affected. they've told us this was immediately dealt with and a full review will now take place. payroll payments were made at the end of last month. they don't expect any future delays , of course, although that delays, of course, although that remains to be seen, pending this review , let's talk to our review, let's talk to our political correspondent, olivia utley, who's in westminster for us. >> us. >> so we are going to get more information this afternoon. are we? >> we will get more information this afternoon. at the moment, all we know is this payroll system from the ministry of defence was hacked, compromising the details of serving military personnel. we've been assured that at, no sensitive information on ministry of defence. actual computers has been accessed. but still, it is a pretty big data breach. it's very awkward for rishi sunak. sunak has consistently been pretty dovish about china in the leadership race in 2022, when he

was against liz truss , truss was against liz truss, truss said over and over again that if she were prime minister, she would designate china as an official threat to the uk . rishi official threat to the uk. rishi sunak said that he wouldn't do that and in office he has repeated again and again that he sees china as an important economic, not ally, but but maintaining ties with china is important for britain's economy. he's also said that it's very important to keep ties with china for the sake of the climate. there are plenty of conservative mps who very much disagree with rishi sunak. they call it. they call themselves the china hawks. iain duncan smith, former party leader, is among them. and there will be fuel to their fire today after this new breach. it will be really interesting to see what rishi sunak and grant shapps do to respond to this. will they go the whole hog and finally designate china as a threat, or will they fudge it somehow and try and maintain those links with china while keeping their

own backbenchers on side ? own backbenchers on side? >> interesting. thank you. olivia well, joining us now is the shadow chief secretary to the shadow chief secretary to the treasury , darren jones. the treasury, darren jones. darren, i'm not sure how much you were able to hear of what olivia was saying there, but where would your money be on what the response is going to be from the uk to this? will it be a bit of a fudge or do you think we will come out with quite a hard line in response to to, china and this frankly repeated behaviour that they've been demonstrating ? demonstrating? >> good morning. forgive me. my glasses. the sun is steaming my lenses up. to answer your question, i think first we need to hear the answer from the defence secretary in the house of commons today about what has actually happened and what the evidence is for that. clearly, we need to have answers for the ministry of defence personnel who have been affected by this hack to reassure them of their privacy and security, and then we need to understand why we had it systems in the place that could be hacked, especially in, of all departments, the ministry of all departments, the ministry of defence. the broader question around foreign policy is, of course, relevant. there are a

number of countries around the world who we know actively try to hack uk systems, as well as the systems of our allies, and we should be in a position to prevent that from happening. and then in those diplomatic conversations , making the case conversations, making the case that that's clearly not an appropriate way to behave . appropriate way to behave. >> but is it? i mean, it's interesting that there is obviously going to be a movement off the back of this from those who are more hawkish to say, yes, china is a threat to uk security . it needs to be dealt security. it needs to be dealt with more firmly. is that a line the labour government would pursue? if you if you get into office at some point this year or you know, do we need to have a stronger diplomacy if we can sort of phrase it like that, stronger worded diplomacy, we so the approach that we take from being in opposition right now is that we need to compete where we need to compete, collaborate on issues, for example, on climate change, where we have a shared interest across humanity and on advanced artificial intelligence and those types of issues, but also to challenge our chinese counterparts when we are clear

that they've not been following the rules based order that we would expect from countries around the world. >> but of course, as the labour party in opposition right now, we don't have access to the intelligence information that the government does. and that's why we'll listen to the statement from the defence secretary closely in the house of commons later today. and if we win the general election, of course, we'll take a view in the round once we have access to that up to date secret information. >> speaking of elections, then, lots of people trying to analyse what's happened over the last few days. a heavy losses for the conservatives but lots of people commentating that labour really didn't make the inroads that perhaps they should have done. today your shadow chancellor , today your shadow chancellor, your boss in the treasury, is going to be making a speech saying that the tories are gaslighting the british public, but the conservatives won't be having that there this week. going to try and tell us we're coming out of recession or expected to be inflation has come down. cost of living is easing. why are they gaslighting us? >> well, the two points of your question are connected because our argument today is that until people at home, feel like they

are better off than they were at the start of these 14 years of chaos from the conservatives, the economy in real terms has not been improving for them. whilst we welcome the statistical improvements, we expect to come out of recession , expect to come out of recession, we expect inflation to come down. that's a pretty low bar. that would be the starting position normally in this country. not a point of success and celebration. and so rachel reeves , the shadow chancellor, reeves, the shadow chancellor, will be saying today until people at home feel better off in terms of their family finances and their experience of the economy , the country has not the economy, the country has not turned a corner. we need to end this chaos with the conservatives and go towards a penod conservatives and go towards a period of economic stability and growth under labour at the next election. >> the problem with that is that that labour would do exactly the same as the governments doing. if you were in power at the moment, you know, if there is a, you know, a 0.1% growth in the economy, you'd be saying, look, it's growing. it may be very slow, but it's growing and rather than saying, well, we need to wait until people feel like it's growing .

like it's growing. >> well, if i might just say so, we wouldn't be taking exactly the same approach as the conservatives. one of the reasons that the economy tanked so quickly in the last few years was because liz truss and the conservative party announced a whole tranche of unfunded tax cuts, which sent the markets spiralling. they're doing it again now by pledging a £46 billion unfunded cut to abolish national insurance. you just won't have that from the labour party. all of our policies are fully funded and fully costed. we'll bring stability back to the uk economy and uk politics, and off the bedrock of that stability, we'll be able to reform the policies that we can as a government on planning on skills and other areas in order to unlock the private sector investment that this country has not had the pleasure of experiencing over the past few years because of chaos under the conservatives. that's the way you grow the economy in a sustainable way. >> okay, well, time will tell on that. darren jones, shadow chief secretary to the treasury thanks very much for battling the sunlight for us this morning. it looks very promising out there. thank you. >> it's hard work with your glasses . you know, at times glasses. you know, at times these people need some sunnies

is what he needs . is what he needs. >> yeah, i don't know, though. i think it's difficult. >> i think it's easy to fully cost two policies, you know, that's that's all they've come out with and fully costed . out with and fully costed. >> does that therefore mean, you know, they're going to reverse national insurance? do we get no tax cuts. everyone's saying we need tax cuts. we've got no tax cuts can increase borrowing party i, i don't know. we'd have to wait and see. yeah. anyway look let's look back. should we. seven years frankly i've struggled with that. seven years since the manchester arena attack. well, now the mother of one of those 22 victims is campaigning as she has done for a long time, for more robust security at uk venues. >> yes, for the past five years, figen murray, mum of martyn hett, has worked alongside the home office to try and get martyn's law put into place. >> well, today she is doing something quite remarkable . our something quite remarkable. our nonh something quite remarkable. our north west of england reporter sophie reaper sat down with her before a momentous challenge that she's undertaking gets

underway. >> about 18 months after martyn died, we went to a theatre in manchester and there was absolutely no security and that completely floored me. then i looked into it and realised there's no legislation for security at all, and i wanted to change that . i just want venues change that. i just want venues and places public places to have and places public places to have a legal obligation to put security on and keep people safe because terrorism is sort of around us. it's not going to go away at all. >> well, our northwest of england reporter sophie reaper joins us now. and, sophie, you've known feigin for a long time . figen forgive me. and she time. figen forgive me. and she is an incredible person. it's not going to be an easy challenge, though. over the next few days. >> no, absolutely not. and when i sat down with her yesterday, i had the opportunity to speak with her ahead of this challenge starting today. she did tell me that she and her partner have beenin that she and her partner have been in training for this building up ,

been in training for this building up, knowing that they're going to be incredibly long distances , they're going to long distances, they're going to be covering. she also told me that one of the things that really drives her is this sense of guilt that she feels as a mother, that she was fast asleep when her son martyn, lost his life, and that she has a martin shaped hole in her soul. she told me, and that that will be there forever. i'm sure that's a sentiment shared not only by the other families of the victims of the manchester arena attack, but also any of the families of victims of terror across the globe . now, the plan today is globe. now, the plan today is that figen and her team will depart from here at the arena in manchester, from the spot where martyn, in fact lost his life. then over the coming 16 days, they will walk an incredible distance of 186 miles down to downing street . and the reason downing street. and the reason that they're doing that is to try and raise awareness around martyn's law. that's a piece of legislation she's been campaigning on for over five years to try and improve

security at uk entertainment venues, to try and prevent anything like the manchester arena attack from ever happening again. >> okay, sophie, thanks very much indeed. now, as always, coming up at 930, it's britain's newsroom. andrew pierce and farrah fawcett—majors are here to tell us what's going on. >> you know, i used to have poster. >> farrah fawcett majors, i know you'll find this hard to leave on my bedroom wall. >> i do find that hard to believe. >> were you sharing with somebody else? >> my brother, who didn't fancy her at all? >> oh, no. >>- >> oh, no. >> you see. >>- >> you see. >> farrah fawcett, i see martin belam this morning. >> i think it's very charlie's angels. i'm loving it. i am loving it. >> i think it's quite punchy. >> i think it's quite punchy. >> given the heat situation in here today. >> yes, it is warm in here. right? we've got a really great show. this is the first time we've been back on air together. of course, since all of those council and mayoral votes last week. >> carnage for the tories despite rishi sunak shamie's all to play for carnage. >> actually, yeah, we're going to be talking to phillip davis, of course, sir phillip davis now. yes. >> get it right . >> get it right. >> get it right. >> husband and mp, gb news presenter. and we're also

talking about a very interesting story on the front of the telegraph today, facebook and instagram, now the source of 1 in 50 crimes. >> that's really worrying when you think how many of us are not so much, but we put on facebook all the time buying stuff online. this is going to be a big, big problem. so we're going to be talking to an it expert, say how to prepare yourselves and make sure you're not falling into this terrible trap. >> we've got a live speech from rachel reeves. >> yeah. which i know. >> yeah. which i know. >> andrew, contain your excitement, the prospect of watching that. >> well , it's interesting, >> well, it's interesting, though, the gaslighting thing, because it's like, look , because because it's like, look, because it is totally flat at the moment i >> -- >> is it all being built up a bit by the tories? well they're pointing to one thing that's working very well for them. >> inflation is coming down sharply and he'll hit his 2% target. but it was 11.5% 18 months ago. and although inflation is coming down people are still paying more for their shopping every month. >> yeah. and eurovision union jack rao. >> oh what is it, this silly little contestant. silly little boy. what's his name?

>> somebody olly alexander a boy can you know. >> well, isn't he, isn't he non—binary as well? >> is he ? is he? i don't know >> is he? is he? i don't know what i can call him. >> he's an idiot because you don't describe the union flag just before eurovision as divisive and nationalistic. yes, it's nationalistic because it's the national flag. yes, mate. >> all right, well, on that note, we shall see you at 930. we're going to talk about eurovision , in a couple of eurovision, in a couple of minutes after the break, in the meantime, though, we're going to talk about the tric award. i want to do that in a minute. come on, let's talk about that. let's talk about our nomination for a tric award last time we won 707 andrew, because they never get nominated for anything i >> -- >> and this 5mm >> and this is our second time. >> and this is our second time. >> we're sorry with that. we're okay with that. we're happy in our own and we're happy and we're happy with our ratings. we just want gb news family to do well all across . well all across. >> she doesn't mean that at all. good. she does, we could do with lots of help, though. >> i hope you've cast your votes, guys. don't forget you're eligible to vote in this one. thank you. we could really. well, this is how. let us explain. >> you can either take a picture with your phone. >> you don't have to do the qr

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>> let's find out together for every moment. >> the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. >> gb news is britain's election . channel. >> also fills out where britain's eurovision channel this morning . this morning. >> it's been just the start of the week as well. >> oh it is. yes, it kicks off in malmo today. >> yes, the 68th eurovision. >> yes, the 68th eurovision. >> earlier we spoke to legends nicki french and jay aston. take that for one morning. >> sort of carried along on this huge cloud of positivity and optimism and fun. and you've got the host nation showing off their country to you. so yeah, there's lots of parties and there's lots of parties and there's lots of parties and there's lots of, sort of official events that you're ianed official events that you're invited to. and it's wonderful. and backstage, all the acts are

so supportive of one another. you know, it's just great fun and it's, it's such an honour because you're representing your country at the end of the day. and it's wonderful. my thought was don't muck it up now, girl. you've dreamt of this for so many years and that was it. and then the music started and that three minutes was like, whoosh i three minutes was like, whooshi it was just gone in a flash. >> so a lot of people didn't even know what eurovision was, but back in my day, you know, it was like the holy grail of entertainment. so no, it's good. i mean, there's a big buzz, and we just, you know, hope we do better this year. i hope we, we end up in a top five and not in the bottom five. >> well, what do you think are olly alexander ? who is our olly alexander? who is our contestant this years? chances are looking like. because it seems to be he's sort of splitting opinion. i think sam ryder was sort of popular from the get go, wasn't he? and everybody loved him. and if frankly, if it wasn't for ukraine, we probably would have

won. we would have won that. don't know that there's the same kind of momentum behind olly alexander this time . alexander this time. >> if i could say, yeah, he is a great performer, and he'll deliver on the night . great performer, and he'll deliver on the night. i just think we've all been in agreement that it, that the, the song doesn't quite deliver. it sort of starts promising and then it literally it plateaus, it doesn't build. and we were hoping they'd do something really interesting with the production , which they kind of production, which they kind of have. they have done , i mean, have. they have done, i mean, visually it's quite interesting. it's just very much for the sort of pink votes, and i don't know whether that will cross over, you know, as much as we would needit. you know, as much as we would need it . it's strong. you know, as much as we would need it. it's strong. he's great. it'll look good. but i don't think it's a winner. i think, you know, i think we'll be lucky to be on the right side of the leaderboard. sadly, who ? of the leaderboard. sadly, who? >> well, who has caught your eye? jay >> well, to be honest, i there's

not really one that i'm going oh wow. that's a clear winner , wow. that's a clear winner, apparently it's called baby lasagne by, croatia. >> i've been hearing about baby lasagne . lasagne. >> it's rimmed him tagged in. so it's one of those things that gets the audience going and they all cheer a bit like the song , all cheer a bit like the song, last year, which was cha cha cha. >> oh, that was fantastic . >> oh, that was fantastic. >> oh, that was fantastic. >> and they were going mad. >> and they were going mad. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it came second. but, at the end of the day, it's a song competition, so whether that will happen on the night, i'm sure that will be close to winning that one. >> penny ding. oh well done . >> penny ding. oh well done. there you go. >> you say little britain doesn't it . doesn't it. >> all right. we're going to let steven have a day off tomorrow. i'll be back bright and early from 6:00 tomorrow. up next, though, it's britain's newsroom with andrew and bev. bye bye. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest ub news weather forecast from the met office. over the next couple of days , high next couple of days, high pressure is starting to build in across the uk and that's introducing a bit more dry and settled than what we've been used to. so out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland . the cloud north of scotland. the cloud will be thick enough in places to produce some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. most it is a drier picture compared to monday . and come the compared to monday. and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. the cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and north—east england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. clearing skies initially , but that will allow initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north—west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much

lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. but where we do see some clear skies, a bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. a bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away, so come the afternoon. i'm fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. the exceptions really across the very far north—west of scotland. maybe the far north—west of northern ireland. two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> morning. very good morning. >> morning. very good morning. >> the first time since the local election results and the lib dems are going to try and bnng lib dems are going to try and bring down the government. >> they think they can trigger a motion of no confidence. it's going nowhere, probably going nowhere. >> and also we're going to be talking to hannah bourne—taylor. she's the woman who goes naked and paints her body like a swift . the swifts are coming home in the next couple of days, and the

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at 930 on tuesday, 7th of may. this is britain's news from on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. >> thank you forjoining us. so defence under attack. china is suspected of hacking the ministry of defence targeting military personnel . do ministry of defence targeting military personnel. do mps ministry of defence targeting military personnel . do mps need military personnel. do mps need to get tougher on china? the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride, spoke to gb news earlier. >> this is a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised , that has been shut compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of . of. >> and a cybercrime warning. facebook and instagram are now the source of 1 in 50 crimes. we're going to tell you how to try to avoid being a victim . try to avoid being a victim. >> and the 68th edition of the eurovision song contest kicks

off in malmo today. but the uk entry olly alexander