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News that Reform UK is whipping up anger
and stoking tensions over asylum hotels.
The Chinese president welcomes his
Russian and Indian counterparts for an
economic summit overshadowed by US trade
wars. Greta Tunberg and her fellow
activists set sail for Gaza again 12
weeks after they were detained by the
Israeli military for doing the same
thing.
An investigation is launched into
websites selling sex work with concerns
about the exploitation of trafficked and
vulnerable women.
The former New York City mayor Rudy
Giuliani is rushed to hospital after
being injured in a car crash.
And a wonder goal secures all three
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Good evening. A cabinet minister has
told Sky News that reform UK is whipping
up anger and stoking tensions over
asylum hotels. The education secretary
Bridget Philipsson said Nigel Farage is
not interested in solving the problem,
echoing the comments of the Archbishop
of York. As protests continue across the
country, reforms deputy leader told us
that Miss Phillipsson's com comments
were ridiculous and the Church of
England should stay out of politics. Our
chief political correspondent John Craig
has more.
Sunday protests spread to several towns
and cities
as demonstrators continued to pile
pressure on the government to close
migrant hotels.
Nigel Farage was accused of provoking
anger by a cabinet minister who also
backed home office lawyers who argued in
the Eping Forest Court of Appeal hearing
that the public interests of asylum
seekers and local people are not equal.
>> It is about a balance of rights. When
people come to this country and claim
asylum, we have a responsibility as a
government to assess their cases and to
process them. But Nigel Faraj and reform
they don't actually want to sort this
problem. It is in their interest. They
think their political interests are
served by whipping up anger rather than
fixing problems.
>> Mr. Farage's plan for mass deportations
was also attacked by the Archbishop of
York.
>> Mr. Farage is saying the things he's
saying, but he is not offering any
long-term to solution to the big issues
which are convulsing our world which
lead to this.
>> But Reform UK's deputy leader told the
Archbishop to stay out of politics.
>> I'm a Christian. I enjoy the church. uh
I believe in in uh in God but no the
role of the archbishop is not actually
to interfere with international
migration policies
>> in Crawley West Sussex on a showery
Sunday afternoon.
There were protesters for
and against asylum seekers.
>> We're trying to make our voices heard
peacefully. We don't want any any
trouble, but no one's listening.
>> No, no fear. Refugees are welcome here.
>> Unfortunately, I think the government at
the moment is um appeasing the far right
in Britain. MPs are returning to
Westminster after a break of nearly six
weeks. While government statements on
Ukraine and Gaza are expected, the
domestic agenda is certain to be
dominated by the migration crisis. So,
we could also expect an early statement
from Iette Cooper, the home secretary,
as well as moves by the Conservatives to
tighten the laws on deportations and
migrant hotels. The government is
claiming the number of small boat
arrivals for August will be the lowest
since 2019.
But that won't stop the protests. John
Craig, Sky News.
John joins me now from Westminster. But
first, let's speak to Emma Burchley, our
correspondent, who's in Eping for us
this evening. Emma, that's been the
focal point of a lot of protests in
recent weeks, of course. What's been
happening there today?
>> Well, the protest was due to start at
6:00, but actually by then there were
probably already 50 or so people here,
and it was all very peaceful. They were
waving flags. There was a little uh
flurry of tension as people arrived with
um flares at about4 6. They were
shouting send them back. But then it all
calmed down when they were uh sent
behind the barriers and there was
singing of Sweet Caroline, beeping of
horns as cars went past at 7:00. They
then headed a mile up the road uh to the
council offices. There were shouts of
shame on you. there was a tension bit of
pushing and shoving with the police and
that was when the first of three arrests
were made. Now the police have made it
very clear uh that actually it wasn't
because uh she had unfurled a union flag
on the steps of the council offices. It
was in fact because she'd breached a
section 14 order that police's
restrictions and exactly where the
protests can be held that didn't include
the civic center. So, that was arrest
number one. There was also another
arrest of a man because he'd refused to
leave at the end of the protest. It
should have finished at 8:00. And then a
third uh arrest uh on suspicion of
inciting racial hatred in relation to uh
an incident that was said to have
happened on Friday here in Eping. Uh so,
I think it's important to give the
context of all of this. There have been
protests in Eping throughout the summer
in the middle of July. There was uh the
alleged assault on a school girl that's
going through the courts at the moment.
He's denied that, but it caused a lot of
protest. Then there was that high court
ruling, that temporary injunction that
should have meant in theory uh week on
Friday everyone should have been gone
from here, all 138 people. But then that
was overruled in the in the in the court
of appeal. And so now we're seeing this
flaring up of protests. There were three
arrests here on Friday. Two people have
been charged. The three arrests here
today and then further protests
elsewhere. There were five arrests in
Weston near Heathro yesterday. All sorts
of protesters. A many of them uh were
peaceful but also one at Canary War.
Four arrests there. A policeman
allegedly punched in the face. So you
can tell that it is really uh gaining
momentum again and this headache for the
government is certainly not going away.
>> Well, let's speak to John about that
who's in Westminster. John, as you
mentioned in your piece, MP's back
tomorrow after the uh summer recess, the
government may have had a different
agenda in mind, but this is going to
dominate, isn't it?
>> Well, after his summer holiday in
Croatia. Yes, we know it's Croatia
because the uh Croatian prime minister
tweeted about meeting Sir Kia Starmer in
the seaside resort of Vatia. Uh the
prime minister will during the day one
of the new parliamentary term hope to
take part in a radio phone in where he's
bound to be asked about the migrant
crisis. Tony Blair used to call those
sort of things uh his massochism
strategy. About the same time, we're
expecting Iette Cooper, the home
secretary, uh, to make a statement to
MPs. She will hope to make a launch a
fight back really after all the dreadful
headlines of the summer. Uh, she'll get
a tough time from the opposition,
obviously. Uh, but there'll be concerns
from a lot of Labour MPs too, who are
very worried and believe that the
government's not moving fast enough to
close down the hotels, worried about the
threat from Reform UK. Then uh in the
House of Lords uh the Tories are
planning to table force of the vote on
an amendment to the planning and
infrastructure bill. Now what they want
to do is make uh the make force uh the
uh force the home office to consult
local authorities before they uh hotels
are converted to uh hotels for asylum
seekers. Make it part of the planning
application process. Now, Labour say
this is rank hypocrisy for the tries
because during the COVID crisis in 2020,
um the uh immigration minister, a
certain Chris Phelp, who's now the
shadow home secretary, um wrote to
council suspending uh that very
provision and according to Labour never
restored it when the pandemic ended.
Then later in the week on Wednesday, uh
the Tories have an opposition day debate
in the House of Commons when they are
going to uh uh put forward their what
they call their deportation bill and uh
that's got a lot of proposals similar to
those of reform uh deport anyone who
arrives in the country illegally, annual
cap on migration, uh disapply the human
rights act in immigration and so on.
It'll also be the first prime minister's
questions of the new term on Wednesday.
So, Starmer versus Bayon, the first one
for seven weeks. The last one was back
on July the 16th,
John and Emma as well. Many thanks
indeed.
Next, China's President Xiinping has
rolled out the red carpet for Russia's
Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra
Modi. They're among the leaders
gathering for a key economic summit. And
while Mr. Putin is seen as the star
guest, Mr. Mod's attendance carries
particular significance. It is the
Indian prime minister's first visit to
China in 7 years and comes just days
after the US imposed 50% tariffs on
Indian goods. Our Asia correspondent
Helen Anne Smith reports now from
Tanzhin.
>> At a fractious time for the world, this
was quite the statement. A collection of
powers convened by China.
>> Part of what some are calling a new axis
of upheaval.
One by one, leaders lined up to greet
President Xi. 26 in total.
>> But there was no question about who was
the guest of honor here.
Vladimir Putin got a lingering
conversation,
a right-hand position for the pictures.
It felt a bit like the others were
simply trailing along as they headed on
in to have dinner.
But the welcome banquet was also
designed to place the host front and
center. His vision as well as his
message, his guests listening on.
>> Guided by the Shanghai spirit, let us
set out again from Tanzin and embark on
a new and promising journey towards a
brighter future.
>> Putin's presence will be the headline
grabber here. His war in Ukraine drags
on. So does his reluctance to make
peace. China clearly still has his back.
But for the host, this summit is wide
reaching. A forum to discuss security, a
platform to promote its credentials. It
is only day one of what is going to be a
huge week here in China. But for many
here, it will already be seen as a
success. China is showing the world that
it has the ability to convene nations.
It has the ability to provide global
leadership and it has the ability to
provide alternatives at a time where
many see America as increasingly
unreliable.
>> And if there was ever proof that that
strategy is working, it is this the
presence of India's Narendra Modi. They
share a bitter border dispute, intense
regional rivalry, and lately a distaste
for Donald Trump and his tactics.
>> Based on mutual trust, respect, and
sensitivity, we are committed to take
our relations forward.
>> Trump has levied tariffs of 50% on
India. They say he is the reason they're
here. with Donald Trump coming in and
telling us who we should be friends with
and how we should be conducting our
business and with whom should we be
conducting our business. I think he has
um created an impetus for us to look for
um other friends um and cultivate
relationships that we might not have
been keen on repairing.
>> A cultural show rounded off the evening.
soft power tactics to mask a rockhard
political message about China and its
ability to lead. Helen Smith, Sky News
in Tienjin.
>> 12 weeks ago, Greta Tunberg and a yacht
full of other activists were detained by
Israel's military as they attempted to
break the naval blockade of Gaza. Today,
many of those who were on board set off
to make the same journey again, aiming
to deliver food and humanitarian
supplies to the strip. Thousands of
supporters gathered in Barcelona to see
the ships leave. Our Europe
correspondent Siobhan Robbins was there
as well.
>> Is the largest mission of its kind.
>> A platilla of boats leaving Barcelona
trying to get aid to Gaza.
More than 20 vessels carrying people
from 44 countries including campaigner
Greta Tunberg. The story here is about
Palestine. The story here is how people
are being deliberately deprived of the
very basic means to survive.
And the story here is how the world can
be silent and how those in power, those
who are supposed to represent us are in
every possible way betraying and failing
Palestinians and all oppressed peoples
of the world.
>> Adding his support, Game of Thrones
actor Liam Cunningham, who told the
story of a little girl called Fatima,
who he says died this week.
Lovely voice, huh?
Uh, the reason she's singing the song
uh
is because she wanted it sung at her
funeral. Excuse me. She wanted it sung
at her funeral. This is a five or six
year old kid who's making her funeral
arrangements, her own funeral
arrangements. What sort of a world are
we living in?
Despite their passion and determination,
this flatillaa is likely doomed to fail.
>> Israeli forces intercepted the last one
that tried in June, deporting those on
board.
>> And as the boats left, the IDF said the
blockade would be enforced. The
activists know the chance of them
getting the AIDS in their flatilla to
Gaza is slim, but that is just part of
their mission. What they're really
hoping to do is mobilize millions of
people around the world to show their
support for Palestine.
If the crowd in Barcelona was anything
to go by, the plan seems to be working.
among them Garen refugee Ola and her
family who managed to get out a month
ago to get medical help here in Spain.
>> When we left Gaza, the situation was so
dire. We left at the peak of bombing and
destruction. It was so so dire. There is
starvation, no food, no drink. She says
as the boats begin their mission towards
her home, Israel continues to deny
people are starving or that aid is being
blocked.
It's unclear how far the flatillaa will
get, but those on board say they can't
stay silent on Gaza. Siobhan Robbins,
Sky News, Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Israel's government claims it
has killed a Hamas spokesperson in a
targeted strike on Gaza. Hamas hasn't
confirmed Abu Abeda's death in the
strike yesterday, but the Hamasr run
health ministry in Gaza says at least 88
people have been killed in Israeli
attacks in the past 24 hours with more
than 400 people injured.
Giuliani has been hospitalized following
a car crash in the state of New
Hampshire. According to his
spokesperson, the 81year-old was struck
from behind yesterday evening has
fractured his vertebrae, but he's said
to be in good spirits. He's expected to
be released from hospital in a few days.
A boy who died at a playground in
Cheshire has been named as Logan Carter.
The 12-year-old suffered fatal injuries
at Wharton Recreation Ground in Winsford
on Friday. His family said he made every
day worth living and will be missed more
than they can ever put into words.
The UK's anti-slavery commissioner has
launched an investigation into adult and
sex work websites over the exploitation
of trafficked and vulnerable women. It
follows a report by Sky News which
raised serious concerns about how
traffickers may be using the platforms
to advertise and abuse their victims.
Skye's Dan Whitehead has more. forced
into sex work and sold online against
their will. Trafficked victims and the
websites that host their adverts are the
focus of a new investigation by the
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
>> Last year alone in the UK, there were
over 5,000 women and girls who were
identified as victims of sexual
exploitation.
And we know that's likely to be just the
tip of the iceberg. They're the women
that we've managed to identify.
In fact, this number has been rising
year on year. And part of the issue has
been that the online world has made it
easier for criminals and traffickers to
identify and um sell those victims of
sexual exploitation online.
>> Those victims will be interviewed as
part of this investigation. In June, Sky
News spoke to one woman who'd been
sexually exploited. Sarah, not her real
name, arrived in the UK on a youth
mobility visa, but she was soon listed
online for sexual services.
>> The man was there to greet me, and one
of the very first things he did was ask
me to hand over my passport to check
that I had the right to work.
I remember him taking me into another
room within his flat and closing the
door behind him and then locking the
door and and then I was raped.
Exploitation signs online include phone
numbers being used across multiple
profiles with different photos, ages,
and locations.
New laws in the UK mean websites have a
duty to report these cases to police,
but there are concerns they aren't being
enforced properly. In a statement,
Offcom told Sky News, "The UK's Online
Safety Act requires sites and apps to
protect people from illegal content,
including facilitating the sexual
exploitation of adults and human
trafficking. We're closely scrutinizing
companies compliance with their duties.
>> We've just got this environment that is
not conducive to the protection of
women, girls, um, and children more
broadly." and uh we urgently need to
look at our laws and make sure they're
fit for purpose.
>> The commissioner will interview victims
throughout September. A report is due
later this year. Dan Whitehead, Sky
News.
>> Charities say they've been filling the
gap for free school meals during the
holidays as families continue to
struggle with the rising cost of
groceries. New research from the Felix
Project reveals that twothirds of
teachers expected children in their
class to go hungry over the summer. Our
education reporter Anjun Pier Bakos has
more on this. Now,
>> for kids, the summer holiday season
means time off school. But for many
families, it poses a dilemma. How to
feed the children when the free school
meals stop.
Richard is a dad and he told us what the
summer holidays have been like for him
and his family. He wanted to remain
anonymous. The the two main ones are
your breakfast and your lunch. You
you're probably looking at a good sort
of three to four meals extra than you
wouldn't necessarily have.
>> Come on into the chillers.
>> The Felix Project redistributes food
from companies who donate goods they
can't use, helping families that are
struggling. Charities such as these are
helping plug the gap left over the
holiday period.
>> More and more working families are
finding themselves struggling to feed
their children. So more and more of them
are having to turn to food banks and
holiday activities where their children
can be fed. So numbers are increasing
every year.
>> Families are having to find different
ways to make ends meet.
>> The children they've done a drive sale
on they they got rid of a load of their
old toys. And what did you use the money
for once you sold those things?
>> So some of it was just the groceries and
then sometimes it's that thing where you
just need that extra £10 on electric.
>> At the William Ford Junior School, food
delivered by the Felix Project will
serve past and current pupils.
>> We have had a humongous number of
parents in. We were only expecting to
cater for about 50 families, but we
would I would definitely say we've
reached a greater community to the
extent where we've had um people
bringing their elderly relatives along.
We've had friends and families of um
neighbors of people bringing them along.
>> Many working families struggle to ask
for help.
>> I do work. is that I can't provide for
my family enough and having to admit
that I need that help but at the same
time not wanting to sort of let everyone
know that I'm struggling.
>> As the summer holidays draw to a close,
parents across the country have had to
make challenging choices trying their
best to ensure that their children don't
go hungry. Anjan Pierre Bakos, Sky News.
A Department for Education spokesperson
told us, "We've invested over 600
million pounds into the Best Start
holiday activities and food clubs,
guaranteeing the long-term future of the
program for the first time since its
launch, so it can provide activities and
meals for children from lowincome
families. More widely, they continue.
We're expanding free school meals to all
children whose households are on
universal credit and introducing free
breakfast clubs in primary schools.
Time now for the latest from Sky Sports
News. Here's Gavin.
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Sky Business sponsors this report.
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Right.
>> Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank was all smiles
with his teammates today, but his future
still seems somewhat uncertain.
>> Honest, I'm just sick and tired of this.
>> The number that was put before me was
50% more than our highest paid player at
the time.
>> Yi had the feeling, do they really want
me here? My determination was not to
sell Jimmy to that particular club.
>> It made me look bad in front of the the
fans was not necessary.
>> The biggest single challenge is how we
managed his exit publicly, which
probably Jimmy didn't like very much.
>> He's settling into his new surround. The
player renamed Judas Floyd Money in the
Bank when he was jumped out of Ellen
Road.
>> Don't believe the figures at all. Don't
believe the figures at all.
>> Reading the text last night that was
nothing about money from his agent.
Well, Jesus, lads. Honestly,
>> I just think he's greedy.
>> The perception that people have of me,
the the difficult person, blah, blah,
blah, never there.
Sometimes things happen for a reason.
Another day, another summer signing. the
delightfully named Gerald Floyd
Hasselbank from Boa Vista. Jimmy to his
pals.
>> Have you heard about people like Billy
Brenner and Norman Hunter and things
like that?
>> No. No. No.
>> You never heard of them? No.
>> You'll find out about them.
>> Yeah, I will find out. But but I never
heard of him. No.
>> Now they tell me you put Jimmy. They
call you Jimmy and that's it. Is that
right?
>> Yes. They call me Jimmy in Portugal and
that's it. I think in the beginning of
the season I'm going to learn about the
English football, but I want to make the
best of it and score so much goals as
possible. Well, he finished up sitting
top goal scorer in in Portugal. So, he
looks as if he's he's a finisher, which
we obviously we were lacking goals last
season.
>> We'd been out to look at Bruno. We
signed Bruno and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbach.
He was 2 million pounds and he was an
unknown and you think to yourself, you
know, is that money well spent? Nobody
had heard of him.
>> George Graham said to me, we got to go
down to Lisbon on the Sunday because we
were going to watch this player. The
player was Jimmy Hasselbank. I remember
seeing him in a a very rundown
lowkey stadium. You knew straight away,
you know, there's something there. And I
remember looking at the back of a bus. I
was looking going, "Who who who are they
to?" Cuz it said the new attack line
for, you know, as they said, the men in
white, you know, and they said, "Who are
they?" And I remember looking and it was
a picture of me and Jimmy on on the
thing. I was like, "Oh my god." It took
a while to adjust, but everyone saw he
had one thing on his mind, and that was
to score goals.
He loves to hit them when he gets the
chance.
>> And he's spared it into the net for the
equalizer.
>> Hasselbach has a crack.
>> Good effort. It's gone in. Jimmy Floyd
Hasselbach has scored.
>> Oh, Hasselblank might get here before
Schmeichel. goal from Leads United.
Jimmy Floyd has a whack.
>> He had a natural ability to hit a ball
very hard and he had so much power and
when he controlled that power, he was
like quite unstoppable.
>> We just realized we'd stumbled on a
talent.
>> He's got that confidence about himself
to be able to put himself out there. He
wasn't shy from the get- go. We kind of
made a good little pairing. a club that
I really really liked, a city where I
really really enjoyed living, where I've
made now lots of friends, I really
wanted to stay at leads.
>> Jimmy wasn't sort of shy at making his
feelings clear on the QT. And I remember
>> Sky Business sponsors this report.
>> Gavin, thanks very much indeed. That was
Sky News at 10. Coming up, we'll take a
first look at tomorrow's papers in the
press preview. After the break, I'll be
joined by political journalist Theo
Ashwood and journalist and broadcaster
Carolyn Quinn. Among the stories we'll
be chatting about this on the front of
the Guardian, their headline, drug
better than aspirin at preventing heart
attacks. We'll be right back.