ITV Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray in clash with Dominic Raab as deputy PM snaps over programme
01.03.2022 - 17:23
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Things got a bit heated on Good Morning Britain as Adil Ray quizzed the deputy Prime Minister.
Tuesday's edition of the ITV news programme was again dominated by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Now in its sixth day, Susanna Reid choked back tears as she spoke about children who have been injured in Ukraine.
She spoke through various pictures showing the horror unfolding in the country, including a doctor in Mariupol' who was photographed desperately trying to save the life of a little six-year-old girl.
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"Ukraine's president says 16 Ukrainian children have been injured. Russia says it's not targeting civilians, the pictures tell a different story," Susanna added as Adil agreed with his co-host.
Later in the programme, Adil and Susanna were joined by Dominic Raab who they quizzed on Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Among the questions, Adil asked for Mr Raab's thoughts on Home Secretary Priti Patel refusing to waive tough visa rules for those fleeing Ukraine.
Currently, Ukrainians with immediate family in the UK are allowed to join them.
Ms Patel, who has come under fire for not doing more to help those in Ukraine to seek refuge in the UK, has said "further changes" would be announced in the "next few days".
"The principle is that dependants will be able to come here and that’s of course a fact..." Mr Raab began to say before Adil chipped in.
"So a mother – so therefore a mother – imagine if it was your mother, Dominic Raab," the GMB hosts asked him hypothetically.
"If your mother was in Ukraine right now, would you not want your mother to be repatriated, to be back here with you?"
"Well you're doing the