you're watching >> it's 11:00. you're watching gb news. good >> it's11:00. you're watching gb news. good evening. the top story tonight, russia's federal security service or the fsb, has hacked high profile mps in what the government is describing as a sustained effort to interfere in british politics. the deputy prime minister saying today that peers civil servants , peers civil servants, journalists and non—governmental organisation russians have been targeted. it's understood politicians had their personal email accounts compromised . email accounts compromised. oliver dowden saying those responsible will be held to account and the prime minister was busy today defending the government's rwanda plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti—immigration law yet. rishi sunak acknowledged that critics disapproved of the bill, but he said it addressed concerns raised by the supreme court . the first vote on the new court. the first vote on the new emergency rwanda legislation will be put through parliament next week. on tuesday day at the covid inquiry today, boris johnson rejected claims that he didn't care about the suffering

inflicted on the country during the coronavirus pandemic. if you're watching on television, a warning flashing lights are coming up. the former prime minister was answering questions about parties at number 10 dunng about parties at number 10 during lockdown and he said the idea of mass rule breaking was a million miles away from the truth. he also admitted that a trip to barnard castle in 2020, however, by his former chief adviser, dominic cummings, was a bad moment at the foreign secretary has been speaking in the united states tonight, urging ministers to approve a fresh package of military aid for ukraine. it's after us congress failed to pass an £88 billion package of wartime funding for ukraine and for israel . lord cameron says israel. lord cameron says blocking ukraine aid would be a christmas present to vladimir putin and described the response to the conflict as the greatest test of our generation. >> i see it as the challenge of our generation , just as my

our generation, just as my grandfather's generation had to fight off nazi aggression in europe. >> we are fighting against russian aggression in europe and the challenge in a way is a simple one. >> if you add up the economies of the allies of ukraine in the united states, the united kingdom, countries of the european union, we outmatch . european union, we outmatch. russia 30 to 1. what we have to do is to make that economic strength count . strength count. >> look, cameron, the new foreign secretary there now, there was a bit of a drama on there was a bit of a drama on the tube tonight. hundreds of passengers were released, though, a london though, from a london underground train after being trapped for over four hours following a power failure video on social media showed travellers stranded in dark carriages using their mobile phones for light. the singer, james blunt, was among those trapped and tweeted a plea for peace, saying it was an emergency. the transport secretary, mark harper, said he was aware of a serious incident with a number of trains, stationary on the tracks, but said all those passengers now on

their way home. and the world's most famous christmas tree has been lit up for the festive season in trafalgar square in central london tonight . it central london tonight. it norway has sent a tree to britain every year since 1947 as a thank you to the british people for assistance during world war ii, the traditional 20 metre high spruce tree is around 70 years old and was decorated this year with energy efficient light bulbs. the tree will remain in place until the 5th of january, after which it will be chipped and composted as it is each year . chipped and composted as it is each year. you with gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> oh my god, how rude of me. hello. >> and welcome to headliners.

>> and welcome to headliners. >> the second most entertaining paper review show on tv. >> even though it lasts for a whole hour and is three top comedians on it.7 >> i'm one of them. i'm leo carson. tonight i'm joined by steve and alan and cressida wetton. >> i notice you're keeping your fingers down. yeah, okay. that's good. >> i thought they'd blur it live, but that didn't happen. >> so. oops >> so. oops >> is it an actual . >> is it an actual. >> do you think it's an ofcom thing to show a finger .7 thing to show a finger? >> it depends where you put it . >> it depends where you put it. >> it depends where you put it. >> iranian rule, doesn't it ? >> it depends where you put it. >> iranian rule, doesn't it? i think. i think it is. but we're after nine and before half five for that part of the show . for that part of the show. >> so again, fingers crossed. you see what i did there ? you see what i did there? fingers crossed they got away with that. >> anyway, that's enough chit chat. >> let's $- %— >> let's have a look at tomorrow's front pages. the daily with minister daily mail leads with minister immoral to threaten jail over the licence fee. the telegraph has is ousting prime minister would be insane , he says tory would be insane, he says tory chairman the guardian leads with sunak fights to hold tories together over rwanda . plan. the together over rwanda. plan. the sun has staff too scared to

speak out over schofield. the i news has wounded prime minister faces growing rebellion and finally the daily star has is that a prairie dog in two two otters in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? and those were your front pages as . those were your front pages as. unless of a closer look at those front pages, starting with the guardian. >> steve, they're talking about rishi sunak, who i checked about five minutes ago on my phone is still prime minister, so who knows ? and it says sunak fights knows? and it says sunak fights to hold tories together over rwanda plan. >> this is fascinating that both sides of the argument are going, no, that's it. >> we're about to absolutely trash party if we don't get trash this party if we don't get what we want. >> therefore guaranteed >> therefore it's guaranteed destruction >> therefore it's guaranteed destructthere's way he can >> yes, there's no way he can make through. >> yes, there's no way he can ma so through. >> yes, there's no way he can ma so the rough. >> yes, there's no way he can ma so the centrists in the party >> so the centrists in the party and of the party don't and the right of the party don't like this i mean, you know like this plan. i mean, you know , i don't really understand why do you understand why the. >> yeah. and it's all about how

much you hate idea of the much you hate the idea of the european of human rights. right. >> you you right. » you >> you can't you can't totally not have otherwise the not have it. otherwise the centrists out. but you've centrists are out. but you've got insult the got to definitely insult the foreigners. people foreigners. otherwise the people to don't like it at to the right don't like it at all. >> i love elm- ema-- all. >.vote )ve all. >.vote on it, but:t all. >.vote on it, but it's there's all. >.vote on it, but it's not1ere's all. >.vote on it, but it's not going a vote on it, but it's not going to be a confidence issue because it doesn't matter why, says. it doesn't matter why, he says. >> you know you'll >> it's because, you know you'll lose. all it is. lose. yeah, that's all it is. and i also like the idea that the we saw on the podium, and i also like the idea that the thee saw on the podium, and i also like the idea that the the boats.)n the podium, and i also like the idea that the it'se boats.)n the podium, and i also like the idea that the it's all)ats.)n the podium, and i also like the idea that the it's all he's)n the podium, and i also like the idea that the it's all he's put1e podium, and i also like the idea that the it's all he's put hisodium, >> it's all he's put his entire political career on the phrase stop the boats. >> even if you reduce the boats, you wouldn't have stopped them. and it's this thing of politics, i it to us. it i think covid did it to us. it boils down something boils politics down to something that front of that fits on the front of a lectern like nhs. good and death bad. we're not allowed verbs anymore. think we're that anymore. they think we're that stupid . stupid. >> but i mean, this, this really is quite a simple issue . people is quite a simple issue. people coming the channel coming across the channel illegally in small boats. i mean the word is in the sentence they're illegal. surely we should be allowed to stop them somehow. >> you would think, wouldn't you? you remember when you? and do you remember when he was five plan? was doing his five point plan? he kept test me on it.

he kept saying, test me on it. come to this later test me come back to this later test me on it, test me on it. and he just looked so stressed. i mean, i for at i almost feel sorry for him at this point. i almost feel sorry for him at this |think he's going start >> i think he's going to start saying, remember came up saying, remember when i came up with point plan? with that four point plan? everyone the four points. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> moving on. what have they got in the cover the daily in the front cover of the daily mail? immoral mail? chris minister, immoral to threaten licence threaten jail over licence fee. >> about the bbc >> so this is about the bbc licence fee. leo's favourite topic . it's going up by licence fee. leo's favourite topic. it's going up by a licence fee. leo's favourite topic . it's going up by a tenner topic. it's going up by a tenner , which isn't as much as they would have liked. apparently that's only they wanted 10, that's only 6.7. they wanted 10, but it's still it's going up, so it's going be about one. it's going to be about one. >> the bbc ideally would >> i think the bbc ideally would like us to give all our salary to bbc. to the bbc. >> haven't seen that. maybe >> i haven't seen that. maybe that express, but that was in the express, but you're right. don't you're probably right. i don't know. and the big thing is that it's policy because it's a sexist policy because apparently 70% people that go apparently 70% of people that go to not paying their to prison for not paying their licence fee ladies us. so, licence fee are ladies us. so, you know, we can't have that, can we have? >> apparently that's because women are in the they women are in when the when they come and knock on the door come round and knock on the door go it won't affect you . go to work it won't affect you. >> be so >> well just don't be so agreeable know, don't let agreeable you know, don't let

them i you wouldn't let them in. i bet you wouldn't let them in. i bet you wouldn't let them you? no them in, would you? no >> and stuck their them in, would you? no >> andthrough stuck their them in, would you? no >> andthrough the k their them in, would you? no >> andthrough the letter' them in, would you? no >> andthrough the letter box, fingers through the letter box, i'd with a bread i'd cut them off with a bread knife. it's an absolute nonsense to invade somebody's home. steve, as a long steve, i'm sure you as a long standing bbc employee, will agree is an agree with me that this is an absolute tax. it's absolute egregious tax. it's a regressive everybody, the regressive tax. everybody, the rich people, millionaires, pay the amount as as poor the same amount as as poor people and, you know, the idea like a tv licence, a licence to own a television . i'm not trying own a television. i'm not trying to explain this to american to explain this to my american friends. they think i've gone mad. a license mad. imagine having a license to own microwave that own a microwave and all that money for your money that you pay for your microwave goes to findus microwave licence goes to findus cuisine they're the cuisine because they're the prepared state providers of. >> thought through to >> he's thought it through to reheatable propaganda as someone who definitely still gets repeat fees and writes some jokes for some bbc shows. fees and writes some jokes for son noibc shows. fees and writes some jokes for son no iic shows. fees and writes some jokes for son no i totally's. fees and writes some jokes for son no i totally agree it's >> no i totally agree it's a regressive tax effectively it's not calling it a tax is you don't have to call a tax to don't have to call it a tax to inqu don't have to call it a tax to insult it. >> it's regressive. yeah. >> it's a regressive. yeah. >> it's a regressive. yeah. >> the michael grade is >> and even the michael grade is in charge of ofcom calls it in charge of ofcom now calls it regressive, who needs regressive, says who needs a discussion. we will have discussion. so we will have a discussion. so we will have a discussion bring of discussion to bring a whiff of balance. would be this is

balance. it would be this is the bbc's agreement. >> like, oh, want >> it's not like, oh, they want an was an extra £10. the agreement was freeze for two years and then freeze it for two years and then link it to inflation thereafter there. be fair, the bbc there. and to be fair, the bbc have up with some stupid have come up with some stupid agreements in the past. world service to funded by the service used to be funded by the ministry of defence and that became pays became something the bbc pays for the bbc when they negotiate . for the bbc when they negotiate. the thing about the over 75 seconds, it gets the government used for the free tv used to pay for the free tv licence for the over 75 seconds. the agreed pay for it for the bbc agreed to pay for it for its last couple of years. yeah, so got blamed so it just got blamed on the bbc. cancelling the free bbc. they're cancelling the free like fools. how do you sort of talk themselves into a corner there? >> yeah. and the world service was, mean, it was the one was, i mean, it was the one bit of bbc that agree with. it of the bbc that i agree with. it projects british values around the whereas the in the world, whereas the bbc in this seems project this country seems to project other people's values into britain , although it's not britain, although it's not replacement . replacement. >> but the thing that goes along with it now is bbc world and that's the channel. now we'll with it now is bbc world and that'aboutchannel. now we'll with it now is bbc world and that'about it annel. now we'll with it now is bbc world and that'about it later, now we'll with it now is bbc world and that'about it later, butn we'll with it now is bbc world and that'about it later, but that'sl talk about it later, but that's the where newsreader the channel where the newsreader did did. so that's the did what you did. so that's the values we're sending across did what you did. so that's the vallworld we're sending across did what you did. so that's the vallworld right re sending across did what you did. so that's the vallworld right now nding across did what you did. so that's the vallworld right now is ing across did what you did. so that's the vallworld right now is take cross the world right now is take a look this. it's fingers. yeah. >> i mean, chris, do you do you

pay a >> i mean, chris, do you do you pay a tv licence? >> i don't i haven't had a tv for years. but even if i did, i got a tv and i don't pay the tv licence. >> that's too much of a rebel. oh, my. can come and try and arrest me. try and come right at my house. >> is this gonna stick your fingers front door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere front door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere was front door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere was a front door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere was a thingont door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere was a thing in: door? >> is this gonna stick your fingthere was a thing in the)r? >> there was a thing in the article that said that if you watch live tv on youtube, you have licence. good luck have to pay a licence. good luck working there's working that one. there's no detective that. detective that can spot that. are doing well? are you doing well? >> the detector >> apparently, the detector fans, actually fans, they don't actually do anything. it's just to scare people. which all people. and which isn't at all like something that would happen in stalinist state anyway. in a stalinist state anyway. what we got we've got what have we got next? we've got the sun next cressida. >> . the sun starved, too >> okay. the sun starved, too scared to speak out. so this is about phillip schofield phillip schofield is left well , we know schofield is left well, we know he's left itv, but he's been spotted out today, which i'm sure he's absolutely delighted about. sure he's absolutely delighted about . i'm sure he wanted that about. i'm sure he wanted that photo taken so 48 people were interviewed. there's been a report talking to the staff of itv because they're trying to understand, is there a toxic

culture? and the review has said, no, there isn't a toxic culture. they talked 48 culture. they talked to 48 members and only one members of staff and only one said they knew about this relationship between mr schofield younger employee schofield and a younger employee . conclusion is it's not . so the conclusion is it's not toxic. but i don't know. it's apparently the relationship was unwise, but not illegal. so my was unwise but not illegal of echoes of brand and louis ck, isn't it? it's all that stuff, you know, so you end up coming back to this thing. is it the age of consent or isn't it? you know, and this person was of the age consent, but people age of consent, but people are still happy they still not happy because they talk about power and influence. and sounds unwise. and it all sounds very unwise. yeah. it seems, steve, as yeah. and it seems, steve, as if, you know, itv , the staff are if, you know, itv, the staff are closing ranks. >> there's omerta. i'm not >> there's an omerta. i'm not saying that phillip schofield still the power of a still exerts the power of a mafia don , but nobody's willing mafia don, but nobody's willing to, know , be put into the to, you know, be put into the witness protection league . witness protection league. >> it's gordon, the gopher that's all the power. no one that's got all the power. no one ever he's ever talks about it, but he's the the power behind. the secret. the power behind. >> the one that out

i >> -- >> yeah. and how is it possible that only one person knew about this relationship when i knew of this relationship when i knew of this relationship, we all knew this relationship, we all knew this relationship. i suppose we only we only knew rumours only need. we only knew rumours rather but. rather than facts. yeah, but. okay. idea that people okay. and the idea that people are scared to speak out, but are too scared to speak out, but there's toxic culture. there's not a toxic culture. what's a culture then, what's a toxic culture then, other than being too scared to speak out ? but problem is speak out? but the problem is it's isn't it? you've it's cash cows, isn't it? you've got who's making ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money who's making ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money for who's making ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money for you. s making ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money for you. s0|aking ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money for you. so even] ton it's cash cows, isn't it? you've go money for you. so even if ton of money for you. so even if someone you with someone comes to you with a complaint, want the complaint, you kind of want the complaint, you kind of want the complaint away, whether it complaint to go away, whether it be or true, of be false or true, you kind of want it to not impact the amount of money you're raking in from want it to not impact the amount of m hity you're raking in from want it to not impact the amount of m hit tvou're raking in from want it to not impact the amount of m hit tv show. aking in from want it to not impact the amount of m hit tv show. yeah in from your hit tv show. yeah >> and we see we see that time and time again, the allegations against people, whether they're whether substance whether there's any substance to them only come out once them or not, only come out once that person is stopped, once their hit shows have finished, or in the case of savile, once they're once they're dead. wow. well, finally , we ending this well, finally, we ending this section with a star section with a daily star crusader. what have they got? >> a prairie dog >> okay, is that a prairie dog and two otters in your pocket, or are you pleased see or are you just pleased to see me? smuggler caught

me? airport smuggler is caught with zoo down his undies . with half a zoo down his undies. so this is . i don't know if this so this is. i don't know if this guy was trying to smuggle them for christmas presents or something sinister. something more sinister. i don't know. cheeky traveller know. but the cheeky traveller had concealed a prairie had also concealed a prairie dog, a relative of the squirrel. but officers did not find his nuts. >> we nice? >> we nice? >> hey, are we aware of prairie dogs? do you know you're into gerbils, aren't you? you've got gerbils. >> well, funny enough, i. i used to be into otters. i used to watch otters a lot on the internet until i found out because they're super cute. but then that you then these authors that you watch, , playing, watch, you know, playing, playing in their playing with people in their flats and getting fed cat food and stuff. they're taken from the wild. the south east asian clawed otters , they're clawed otters, they're taken from and it's not from the wild. and it's not good. ifs from the wild. and it's not good. it's not for good good. it's not it's not for good the it's not good for the the otter, it's not good for the environment probably environment. it's probably not good parsons either i >> -- >> yeah, i mean look a little bit the defence this bit in the defence of this person, it's not like you could go wherever was going and go to wherever he was going and buy a prairie and buy yourself a prairie dog and a couple of otters there. so of course he was just taking them for personal right?

course he was just taking them for he'sinal right? course he was just taking them for he's not right? course he was just taking them for he's not just right? course he was just taking them for he's not just font? course he was just taking them for he's not just for personal >> he's not just for personal use. that sounds like it use. that's. that sounds like it makes really when you makes it worse. really when you say it like that. anyway that's it for part one. but don't go away. in part two, we've got russian spies, british terrorists and another reason to cancel your

there are a range of protections that both parliamentarians and ministers have. >> you're listening to news radio . radio. >> welcome back to headliners . >> welcome back to headliners. i'm leo kearse. i'm still here with steve allen and cressida wetton . and let's get stuck back wetton. and let's get stuck back into the stories kicking off this section with the i and russia's been hacking the phone calls of our politicians who do these russian spies think they are tabloid journalists? steve oh, very good. >> yeah . they've been launching oh, very good. >.sustainedhey've been launching oh, very good. >.sustained cyber been launching oh, very good. >.sustained cyber attacklaunching oh, very good. >.sustained cyber attack on nching oh, very good. >.sustained cyber attack on uk ng a sustained cyber attack on uk politicians . the foreign office politicians. the foreign office minister, minister leo docherty , minister, minister leo docherty, has been speaking about this . has been speaking about this. and i think the question that's not been answered is do they have boris johnson's whatsapps? because they might be the only people who at moment. and

people who do at the moment. and we kind of need them. he we really kind of need them. he came 90 year old came across like a 90 year old trying set up a wi fi. yeah. trying to set up a wi fi. yeah. >> do you think some of that could have been he could have been sure been hamming it up? sure i don't know into this know how to log into this factory, reset. >> so. and there's claims >> so. and there's been claims before and china before about russia and china hacking various ministers part of the article does say this is the modern type of warfare. and that did make me think, oh, good, prefer that one. i'd good, i prefer that one. i'd i don't like the idea of being bombed and i don't mind if someone's selfie gets leaked in an embarrassing have an embarrassing way. so have a slice it's slice of that. but it's apparently they've been trying to in our democratic to interfere in our democratic process. says here since process. and it says here since 2015. interesting that would make any sense because i think since this since 2015, if anything, this nafion since 2015, if anything, this nation is more together, more cohesive and less likely to rip itself apart . so they want to itself apart. so they want to chat about sarcasm there. >> chris, though. >> chris, though. >> love the use of the >> yeah, i love the use of the word makes sound word meddle. it makes it sound like scooby doo episode. it's like a scooby doo episode. it's nothing serious. there's a bit of meddling. yeah, i know. of meddling. yeah, i don't know. so ambassador has so so the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office told these actions

office to be told these actions will have consequences. will they?i will have consequences. will they? i bet he's pretty. pretty relaxed. you know, he hasn't missed your misgendered anybody or anything like so or anything like that. so i don't know how how much what are the going to we the consequences going to be? we don't know. >> i take it as read that countries spy on each other, especially countries that are essentially enemies like china and russia, russia and the west are russia, russia and the west are russia, russia and the west are russia, russia and the west. and it does have even though it seems, you know, less lethal than the other less lethal than than the other type of warfare, like dropping bombs on people they have in ukraine. they've hacked russian officer's phones. they've eavesdropped on conversations and then identified , you know, and then identified, you know, staff parades and even , you staff parades and even, you know, sort of staff jollies where all the soldiers get together to watch a show and then dropped a bomb on them. so, yeah, lead to the bomb yeah, it can lead to the bomb stuff. yeah , moving on. stuff. so, yeah, moving on. we've got the sun now. warning of an apparent downside to importing hundreds of thousands of age men from the of fighting age men from the muslim world to europe . muslim world to europe. literally, nobody could have seen cressida fears seen this coming. cressida fears vast hamas terror cell network will be activated over christmas

in uk and europe as israel issues urgent warning. >> so this is coming off the back of the eu's already warned there's going to be a huge risk of terrorist attacks around christmas because you've just had the incident at eiffel had the incident at the eiffel tower israel has written tower and now israel has written to countries , is to 20 european countries, is talking about evidence of terrorist attacks sorry, terrorist attacks sorry, terrorist activity of hamas in major cities across the continent. and one of the examples in here is the guy who's living in north london in a council house and has been since the 90s, which we did a few weeks ago. not good guys, not a good look to have him there. so a lot of the funding we could we could probably like put put a stop to a lot of terrorist networks if we just stopped providing council housing to anybody who has links to hamas or anything like that. >> i know it's good. and also it's going to free up half of the council housing stock in london. it's going to be amazing. >> well, yeah, maybe talks about

funding a lot in here. and a lot of is getting to of the funding is getting to these through charities these to hamas through charities . so places organisations like charity associates for palestinian support, which sounds so nice, doesn't it? yeah, but it's not. >> yeah . there are two bits in >> yeah. there are two bits in the article. i know it's, it's horrible. and this is not one to make light about but this is what i do in the article. it points out hamas wants to points out that hamas wants to try attack the jewish people try and attack the jewish people and then says there'll be attacks markets. attacks at christmas markets. now planning now i'm not a planning strategist , but christmas market strategist, but christmas market seems like your stupidest move. yeah that's yeah. >> although a lot of jews do celebrate christmas, especially if you were if you were really trying to maximise your just, you know, google it. don't give them ideas. steve don't give them ideas. steve don't give them ideas. steve don't give them ideas. yeah it's, it's not what we're going to them ideas. yeah it's, it's not wh are we're going to them ideas. yeah it's, it's not wh are you we're going to them ideas. yeah it's, it's not wh are you you�*re going to them ideas. yeah it's, it's not wh are you you�*re go been» do are you have you both been surprised sort of the surprised by the sort of the vociferous support for hamas from certain parts of the sort of left wing woke community? it's not a community, but, you know, these these crazy progressives with blue hair. >> you know, i was listening to a podcast that simon evans was

on. was some other podcast. on. it was some other podcast. it makes a really interesting point that's point about one thing that's unique about is that if unique about israel is that if it anything militarily, we it does anything militarily, we there's . but if there's anti—semitism. but if hamas does anything mirrored well, it's not even militarily a terrible attack. it causes more anti—semitism. yeah. how is it always pointing in that direction regardless of which way you think the violence is going? >> yeah, it's bizarre . moving >> yeah, it's bizarre. moving on, we've got the guardian now reporting that inflation was dnven reporting that inflation was driven by corporate greed. i assume the guardian is congratulating this corporations for not being greedy during the decades of low inflation. >> steve almost greedflation corporate profiteering significantly boosted global pnces. significantly boosted global prices . i significantly boosted global prices. i don't significantly boosted global prices . i don't know why we'd be prices. i don't know why we'd be surprised . of course they did. surprised. of course they did. this is what happens and it's almost our fault for falling for it. we're being told, oh, inflation prices are going up. and they thought, oh , they're and they thought, oh, they're expecting prices to go up, let's put prices up. and then when we complain about it, they say, oh, inflation admitting inflation with admitting the inflation with admitting the inflation the fact inflation is caused by the fact they've prices they've just put their prices up. that's like me saying, oh, that rise i got last year,

that pay rise i got last year, it's increased the median wage of up on tv. so of people who turn up on tv. so i'm going some more i'm going to need some more actually, profits actually, please. they profits rose amongst the uk rose by 30% amongst the uk listed firms driven by just 11% of the firms and mean the same thing happened in the credit crunch as well. we just get absolutely ripped for it. crunch as well. we just get abs(let's.y ripped for it. crunch as well. we just get abs(let's go pped for it. crunch as well. we just get abs(let's go through for it. crunch as well. we just get abs(let's go through some. crunch as well. we just get abs(let's go through some of the but let's go through some of the stats. profits for stats. the profits for exxonmobil increased to 53 billion. went up to 44 billion. shell went up to 44 billion, liz truss said she'd bnng billion, liz truss said she'd bring about growth and it kind of happened for those players. she is also the most successful politician i just want to say because she's a lib dem anti—monarchist and managed to end the tories and a queen. so she's done well and steve but i mean, i think steve's been a bit unfair here. >> i mean, exxonmobil and shell, these, these are oil companies. glencore is is a mining glencore is a is a mining company . it's not as if they company. it's not as if they charged more for their oil oil gets sold at a market price. i understand kraft heinz, which is a comparatively much smaller company, they put up the price

of their ketchup or whatever. >> everybody would put up the price of whatever they sell. if they can, wouldn't they? and these big companies these are just big companies who've got the best people in the boardroom. everyone's who've got the best people in the boaifor om. everyone's who've got the best people in the boaifor the everyone's who've got the best people in the boaifor the path (one's who've got the best people in the boaifor the path (onleast looking for the path of least resistance, one resistance, aren't they? no one goes to and says, goes to a meeting and says, well, were going try and well, we were going to try and increase actually increase profits, but actually we wouldn't because we thought we wouldn't because it for everyone it would be nicer for everyone and it's the way of and it's just it's the way of the world. >> think people should >> do you think people should just switch supermarkets just switch to supermarkets own brand because sure. brand ketchup? because i'm sure. i'm brand ketchup i'm sure lidl own brand ketchup didn't at same rate or didn't go up at the same rate or to price as heinz. ketchup. >> highly likely. yeah no, i agree. yeah. go to go to lidl. yeah. >> that's the solution to everything . meal with everything. the meal now with good news drug dealers and good for news drug dealers and beggars. cressida new fca proposals will protect access to cash as usage of coins and notes rises for the first time in decade. >> is that anything to do with our don't kill cash campaign, i wonder? i don't know. apparently people are now using coins and cash a little bit more than they were before in 2021. so that's that's interesting. so the fca, the financial conduct authority, is proposing new rules to protect people who live in areas

where they wouldn't have access to cash. so the idea is that that banks and building societies are responsible for identify the gaps and then they've got to fill them, which is cool. i guess. i mean, i don't know whether just having a cash point is really the same for you. if you're an elderly person, want to go in and person, you want to go in and have and do your banking, have a chat and do your banking, but a step the right but it's a step in the right direction, isn't it? >> absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> just beggars, >> it's not just beggars, it's things like this time of year having put coins the having to put coins in the christmas pudding . you can't do christmas pudding. you can't do that contactless you that with contactless if you just someone going just stand behind someone going beep it. not beep and they eat it. it's not the vibe, there's the same vibe, although there's less chance of choking on an american express card. >> that's the that's the thrill of isn't it ? of christmas, isn't it? >> need it for drugs >> also, you need it for drugs and prostitution , but mainly and prostitution, but mainly it's in puddings. and prostitution, but mainly it's although puddings. and prostitution, but mainly it's although ajddings. and prostitution, but mainly it's although a lotings. and prostitution, but mainly it's although a loting drug >> although a lot of drug dealers, i've told, are now dealers, i've been told, are now using those contactless readers that comedians use at the fringe shows. yeah, yeah. although i don't think beggars can have that option because, you know, even if you do have a home to go back to where you can charge it

and you know you're registered with a bank account and stuff, people them money, all know people give them money, all know that. they're going to be that. so they're not going to be like, a minute, got like, wait a minute, you've got this, you've got bank account, this, you've got a bank account, you're homeless you're not as homeless as well. >> wouldn't >> you know, i wouldn't have thought that through. i'm not as cynical really good cynical as you. really good point, right? >> didn't think think of >> i didn't even think think of myself anyway, >> i didn't even think think of mysel it. anyway, >> i didn't even think think of myselit. for anyway, >> i didn't even think think of myselit. for part anyway, >> i didn't even think think of mysel it. for part two. way, >> i didn't even think think of mysel it. for part two. but that's it. for part two. but coming we've ulez coming up, we've got the ulez blade runner to use blade runner starting to use bombs war. i thought bombs and another war. i thought we had enough of them for

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to headlines . >> welcome back to headlines. kicking off this section with the guardian and cressida in denmark has voted against freedom of speech and expression in favour of diversity and inclusion. >> dave nish mps vote to ban desecration of religious texts after quran burnings. so after months of intensive debate, a bill making it illegal to burn soil , trample on or cut soil, trample on or cut recognised religious scriptures,

including the quran, the bible or the torah, was passed with 94 votes in favour and 77 against it , which votes in favour and 77 against it, which isn't a landslide . it, which isn't a landslide. >> it was quite close. >> it was quite close. >> yeah, pretty close. so some people are saying there criticising that denmark's motive for doing this is their desire to have a seat on the 20 2526 un security council and other people are saying it will limit freedom of expression. yeah, i mean this this seems like the reintroduction of blasphemy laws. >> exactly. steve yeah, it's that weird thing of something that weird thing of something that i don't think you should do. >> it should be illegal or it shouldn't be, especially legal, like a book. now. i know like it's a book. now. i know i'm coming at this from a position atheist, for position of an atheist, so for me just a book and if me it's just a book and if you're doing it to clearly offend someone, it's rude. but there's a big between rude offend someone, it's rude. but therillegalg between rude offend someone, it's rude. but therillegalg the etween rude offend someone, it's rude. but therillegalg the etwe

are by it. whereas if you just shook and went like, oh shook it off and went like, oh well, guess burnt a well, i guess you've burnt a book, idiot. not book, you idiot. you've not impacted belief. then impacted my belief. yeah. then you with your life. >> yeah. and if you could maybe just if your religion was secure enough were secure enough and if you were secure enough and if you were secure enough yourself see things enough in yourself to see things like being done. i'm like that, being done. i'm a massive fan of jesus and mary chain, but i don't think, you know, if i saw somebody burning their albums, i'd just think, well, waste of a good well, that's a waste of a good album. but wouldn't, know, album. but i wouldn't, you know, start beheading people. album. but i wouldn't, you know, start completely people. album. but i wouldn't, you know, start completely agree. album. but i wouldn't, you know, start completely agree . yeah. and >> i completely agree. yeah. and i mean , i think i'm a free i mean, i think i'm a free speech. absolute artist until such time as i'm talked out of it, but i just can't see. >> well, people shouldn't be allowed to talk you out of it. >> yes, they should. no, they absolutely should. yeah, i, i appreciate isn't about appreciate this isn't about speech. is a gesture, speech. this is a gesture, isn't it? saying, know, it? they're saying, you know, and wouldn't we wouldn't and we wouldn't we wouldn't allow don't allow you to go and i don't know. don't allow people to know. we don't allow people to damage property in general. but the point is you this is your own property . own property. >> you can damage your own property. and is this a sign we've been warned by people we've been warned by by people on a lot who

on the right? a lot of who have been as islamophobic been dismissed as islamophobic bigots or racists or whatever. they've warned that the growing numbers of muslims in western europe mean that our laws and our societies will adapt to be more islamic. and this is an islamic blasphemy law being introduced in denmark. yeah, absolutely . okay. well, moving absolutely. okay. well, moving on. we've got the sun now. and normally i don't like vigilante bombers, but this one is taking a ulez cameras . a ulez cameras. >> steve urgent hunt for vigilante bomber after massive explosion wipes out ulez camera amid blade runner protest. i take your point that normally explosions are bad, but i'm not a ulez camera, so i'm. i'm not the target and i don't want to dress as one for a fancy dress party. so in general, i'm probably going to be safe with this, although you don't know. probably going to be safe with thisi although you don't know. probably going to be safe with thisi mean,;h you don't know. probably going to be safe with thisi mean, sadiq don't know. probably going to be safe with thisi mean, sadiq don'tdoesn't >> i mean, sadiq khan doesn't really do any consultation before he puts a ulez camera in. you morning before he puts a ulez camera in. you a morning before he puts a ulez camera in. you a camera morning before he puts a ulez camera in. you a camera hanginging before he puts a ulez camera in. you a camera hanging off with a ulez camera hanging off the your head. yeah the side of your head. yeah i feel a bit. >> oh, no. but mean, it's. >> oh, no. but i mean, it's. it's it is getting different though. we've got explosions.

though. if we've got explosions. there a transformer from there was a transformer from this off was this one that flew off and was lodged in side of a van like lodged in the side of a van like a that turns into a robot. a car that turns into a robot. yeah. go it as yeah. you heard it go as it as it flew through the air. the. and if the van wasn't there, it would have gone into someone's house. look, i'm not favour. house. look, i'm not in favour. i'm in favour of any of i'm not in favour of any of this. protests and all this. i think protests and all this. i think protests and all this don't stuff this stuff. but don't blow stuff up that could launch a technical unit someone's house. unit into someone's house. >> i mean, chris, it does seem like slightly overkill to use a life threatening bomb to do something that , you know, you something that, you know, you could achieve with an angle gnnden >> it's massive overkill . and i >> it's massive overkill. and i don't understand how these they haven't found anybody yet. why aren't people when they put the ulez cameras in, why aren't they putting camera putting another camera in to film ulez camera? i find film the ulez camera? i find that just extraordinary that no one's thought of but it one's thought of that. but it says here. but locals have pointed finger at london pointed the finger at london mayor inviting mayor sadiq khan for inviting the onto their the carnage onto their doorsteps. and that's sort of slightly makes me smile, although shouldn't. although i know it shouldn't. yeah point out we yeah well the they point out we didn't ask for these cameras here, now we've got cameras

here, so now we've got cameras and we've got bombs. >> were perfectly >> we were, we were perfectly happy with things the way they were target painted were having a target painted on your and also, again, not your house and also, again, not a massive expert this , but a massive expert in this, but i think you blow something up, think if you blow something up, it produces enough particulate matter, and matter, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides that probably undoes any of the clean air requirements in that area. >> yeah, you could run a 1.2 astra for several months for one of those bombs. >> moving on, we've got the times now reporting on a growing inequality between students and it could hurt the nhs. cressida cost of living blamed as gap between rich and poor student grows so there are fewer poor students now for every disadvantaged student. >> 2.16 advantaged students were accepted onto our higher education course, according to figures recently released by ucas . so, i mean, it's what ucas. so, i mean, it's what you'd expect really , isn't it, you'd expect really, isn't it, in the cost of living that fewer poor people would go to university having that, university having said that, the overall number is still higher. there are still more people from disadvantaged going disadvantaged backgrounds going to ever before ,

to university than ever before, and they make a particular point of saying that there are fewer people 10.5% fewer applying for nursing courses, which of course we know we need more nurses, don't we? so this is bad. yeah. >> particularly as the government's immigration rules are going to mean be are going to mean we won't be able to them from other able to steal them from other countries. don't know why. countries. i don't know why. you know, like know, nigeria in places like that got excess surplus that have got an excess surplus of i mean, this this of nurses. i mean, this this article, although they talk about the inequality, steve, it's really a sign of a lack of inequality because the wage gap between university leavers and people who never went to university has narrowed over the years. yes. >> and they're not carrying the debt of someone who went to university. i mean, it's changed so much since when i went to university, i think now i wouldn't have been able to go from the background. from from the background. i'm from and a shame. one of and it is a shame. it's one of the ways to get social the few ways to get social mobility in a country that doesn't talk all we doesn't have we can talk all we like it. we are very much like about it. we are very much set slice of life. set in the little slice of life. you're basically you're born into. it's basically going or being going to university or being good football. was i was going to university or being goo that football. was i was going to university or being goothat second.. was i was going to university or being goothat second one.as i was not that second one. >> could be good at singing.

>> you could be good at singing. oh yeah. >> all right. so there are three ways which surely we all ways out of which surely we all know that studies know nowadays that media studies is time and it's is a waste of time and it's better get a trade better to get a trade and plumbers earn a zillion pounds. better to get a trade and plu don't earn a zillion pounds. better to get a trade and plu don't ear|think?ion pounds. >> don't you think? >> don't you think? >> yeah, there's >> yeah, but there's a difference between don't difference between saying don't do film studies do media studies or film studies or could list all or sociology. i could list all the don't but the ones i don't like, but proper degrees. oh, i sound like an old person, but no proper degrees are still there. still have worth this nation gets better if we're all more likely to invent a thing or more of us are more likely to a thing. >> yeah, agree with that. >> yeah, i'd agree with that. and i say that as somebody who studied film media. so studied film and media. so >> yeah. >> oh god, yeah. >> oh god, yeah. >> i'll look at how >> and then i'll look at how much because she much my wife earns because she studied i wish i'd studied law and i wish i'd studied law and i wish i'd studied law. moving on, we've got the telegraph are got the telegraph now. and are you fatigue you suffering from war fatigue yet? another one's yet? well, another one's breaking it's in breaking out this time. it's in south steve yeah, south america. steve yeah, the us military us announces joint military flight drills as venezuela threatens oil rich guyana region i >> -- >> there's an area that guyana in charge of it. they're doing the administrative work and venezuela make a claim to it. but it is all about oil because

i guess we're still using a lot of it. it's pretty tasty when we're all living off wind power, there'll be a war about seattle, but until then, it's all about this and yeah, the united states anoints the announced these joint drills. joint military flight drills. i think drills doesn't think the word drills doesn't help if we're panicking about who gets to get the oil first, flying the drills in. >> yeah, just to get some speed oil. right. we've got oil. but you're right. we've got enough wars on at the moment. i don't can actually don't think we can actually mentally bandwidth mentally have the bandwidth to deal so deal with another one. yeah. so just turn. just wait your turn. >> although feeling >> although i get the feeling that this won't be as that this one won't be as intense the war against intense as the war against russia, which , know, to russia, which, you know, used to be as the second, second be seen as the second, second biggest and most proficient military in the world. it's currently the second most proficient in ukraine. proficient military in ukraine. >> right? i'm not that >> right? well, i'm not that familiar with guyana's military proficiency , but what i will say proficiency, but what i will say is a great opportunity is there's a great opportunity here. we send the just here. why don't we send the just stop there and stop oil people out there and give something to do? i give them something to do? i think they'd have a great time. >> give them some ak 47 seconds. >> give them some ak 47 seconds. >> know. they'd get >> i don't know. but they'd get out stop wouldn't out there and stop it, wouldn't they? down. they? because they lie down. they'd they? because they lie down. theanyone? anyone they war

>> anyone? anyone they go to war with, anyone that just stop oil go with people who go to war with are people who want the oil out of the want to get the oil out of the ground. both sides want to get the of the ground. there the oil out of the ground. there you go. >> oh, yeah. the opposite >> yeah. oh, yeah. the opposite of peacekeeper, sending of a peacekeeper, which sending in yeah. although >> yeah. although i mean, there'd war makers, there'd be war makers, but absolutely making absolutely terrible at making war. just lying down war. they'd just be lying down in the tanks , which in front of the tanks, which wouldn't work war wouldn't really work in a war situation. tanks wouldn't situation. the tanks wouldn't stop now, with the stop the mail. now, with the shocking news that a quarter of women aged 16 to 24 have been subjected to sexual harassment, which, maths, which, according to my maths, means three quarters means that three quarters of them ugly. cressida them are too ugly. cressida nearly a quarter of women aged 16 to 24 have suffered sexual harassment in the past year. >> shock figures show. are we shocked ? i feel like we do this shocked? i feel like we do this story quite often and of course it never begins with a definition of what we mean by sexual harassment. so so for example, it says here three quarters of victims were harassed in person , while a harassed in person, while a fifth suffered online, which is quite interesting, isn't it? i mean, and it's not like i haven't had the occasional inappropriate email from working

here, but you're so lucky we haven't got an hr department. but i wouldn't i don't i don't count that. i think i think obviously i'm a lot older than these these women . but i think these these women. but i think you've got to be really careful about gets through the net about what gets through the net here, here. and it says the most common form was classed as inappropriate , comments or inappropriate jokes, comments or gestures . on and then it finally gestures. on and then it finally hit. it says is 0.7% of women had experienced sexually explicit images being taken, shared or had had the threat to do so. i say that's definitely sexual harassment. >> oh yeah, that's a horrible sort of like a bribery or a blackmailing type type thing. >> absolutely. 0.6% had been the victim of flashing either in person or online. i would say that as well. obviously it's not for me to say how her individual women . i just think we've women are. i just think we've got to be we've got to be hot on this and let's remember that it's not that men in general are doing this. it's like one guy

doing this. it's like one guy doing a thousand offences. i think not not a thousand guys doing an offence in my opinion. >> there was that scottish comedian, not me should add, comedian, not me i should add, who . yeah. he'd thousands who. yeah. he'd done thousands of had some sort of mental issue and sent out literally thousands of pictures of his phallus and other peoples because the internet as well. >> i mean the old days that would have been like a long way down snappy snaps. yeah a lot of stamps as well. >> whereas if go back >> whereas if you go back further, mean, got further, i mean, you've got those, those plates with the those, those big plates with the phosphor and then you've those, those big plates with the photo �*ioi’ and then you've those, those big plates with the photo start and then you've those, those big plates with the photo start likeand then you've those, those big plates with the photo start like maintaining, ve got to start like maintaining, maintaining stiffness for, for several hours while the pattern emerges on the box. brownie it's hot. and then turn up at the turn up and speak to me. >> i'm glad you're taking this seriously. don't you think it's bad, though, that these young women think they're being harassed they? harassed when possibly are they? it's things. it's the it's two things. >> is this is the >> it's this is this is the thing that no one ever thing that no one will ever agree things can be agree with. two things can be bad can be worse. yeah. bad and one can be worse. yeah. and the one that's doesn't and the one that's worse doesn't mean one's bad. mean the other one's not bad. and also bad and the one also being bad doesn't they're exactly the

doesn't mean they're exactly the same. it actually same. so earlier on, it actually says they feel upset, says that they feel upset, distressed threatened. distressed or threatened. threatened. really bad upset happens. and happens. yeah. yeah. and it might valid and it might be a valid upset and it might be a valid upset and it might a valid upset. might not be a valid upset. it shouldn't same data shouldn't be in the same data set threatened. set as threatened. >> of one of the >> one of the one of the incidents that can happen is unwanted relationship attempts. if we keep going down this road, there will be. it's the death of love is what it is. we can't be we be cracking on we can't be cracking down on men having go . they've got to have having a go. they've got to have a go. have got to have a go. a go. men have got to have a go. there'll this sounds there'll be no go. this sounds like a desperate plea for. >> is there a number that's on? >> is there a number that's on? >> moving just anyway , do >> moving on just anyway, do send your emails and in the break. >> but that's that's part three in the bag but coming up we've got the bbc giving us the finger horrible english, english food and even worse scottish food. see you in couple of

we welcome back the headliners kicking off this section with

the times and a bbc presenter is in trouble for giving someone the finger. takes me back to the days of saville steve bbc news presenter caught giving middle finger live on air. >> miriam blesser private jokes you said on twitter actually , i you said on twitter actually, i tweeted about this earlier because i did a screenshot of the thing and also on the mash report we did ellie taylor doing both fingers. so we i don't both fingers. so we win. i don't know we need to make know why we need to make it a competition. she doing it as competition. she was doing it as the along. the countdown was going along. apparently she said she was counting down from ten her counting down from ten on her fingers. a joke, did the fingers. and as a joke, did the last as the one, she last one as the bad one, she should known when it was should have known when it was going because countdown going to end because countdown is are to tell you when they're going to end. it's the fundamental thing to know. stop messing let's remember messing around. let's remember what on that countdown what one is on that countdown down the end it. yeah. down to the end of it. yeah. >> and a bit worrying that >> and it's a bit worrying that bbc news presenters have to count fingers . i bbc news presenters have to count fingers. i use count on their fingers. i use an abacus. should have people abacus. they should have people for that these days . for that these days. >> and was on bbc world. i >> and it was on bbc world. i love the people online who've tried to get something out of this it's not. clearly it's this that it's not. clearly it's just joke between and just a joke between her and

someone timing someone in the gallery. timing the vision mixer or something went people online have the vision mixer or something went see, people online have the vision mixer or something went see, look ple online have the vision mixer or something went see, look ate online have the vision mixer or something went see, look at the line have the vision mixer or something went see, look at the bbc'slve said, see, look at the bbc's attitude as if they she meant it. it was on bbc world the same people are upset this surely people are upset by this surely think bbc loves foreigners. think the bbc loves foreigners. >> we can. we can >> well we can. we can. we can see the video. no that's it. see the video. no that's not it. that's me . that's me. >> live from london, this is bbc news . and cressida. news. and cressida. >> that's obviously a deep state signal to the bbc showing how their disdain for the viewers. well, this is it, steve, saying there's people online implying that it's sinister. >> it's us, isn't it? it's us online. i thought that was a joke. i think it's very funny. it's funny, isn't it? it's like a teacher accidentally swearing or something. it's brilliant. why not more of that, please . why not more of that, please. >> all bulletins should start like that. that'd be great, wouldn't you have >> i know you would have use these things i'll these things sparingly. i'll tell glad i'm tell you what. i'm glad i'm sometimes the box here. sometimes in the box here. what's the gallery. what's it called? the gallery. thank .i what's it called? the gallery. thank . i know to make

thank you. i know how to make television, glad all the television, and i'm glad all the things say about lewis things we say about lewis schaffer broadcast schaffer don't get broadcast because we maybe have even more ofcom complaints than a bit of fun. isn't it harmless fun ? fun. isn't it harmless fun? >> yeah. well, we've got the telegraph now and mcdonald's have looked around and thought , have looked around and thought, you know what? there aren't enough shops. cressida, enough coffee shops. cressida, mcdonald's launches new chain to beat 3 pm. slump, which is so important, isn't it? >> you know, you haven't bought any food for three hours. quick. >> you know, you haven't bought any f(canfor three hours. quick. >> you know, you haven't bought any f(canfor threabout's. quick. >> you know, you haven't bought any f(canfor thre about it?)uick. >> you know, you haven't bought any f(canfor thre about it? so :k. >> you know, you haven't bought any f(canfor thre about it? so this what can we do about it? so this new thing is going, i don't even know how to say this because it cosmax cosmic because that's cosmax or cosmic because that's like the sign of the beginning of age, isn't i don't of middle age, isn't it? i don't know to pronounce new know how to pronounce new fangled new product fangled mcdonald's new product thing, russian . it thing, but it's some russian. it sounds do you think it sounds russian. do you think it sounds russian. do you think it sounds cossack they're sounds like. cossack so they're going they're going to launch going to they're going to launch this it's going to this new thing. it's going to have all these kind of drinks that are just designed annoy that are just designed to annoy your going to your dad. it's going to be beverage as beverage led selling coffees as well speciality lemonades and well as speciality lemonades and teas. well, don't we just need a speciality sort speciality lemonade? it's sort of wallet surgery for 3:00 of open wallet surgery for 3:00 pm, i think. i don't know.

>> i think cosmic , as we all >> i think cosmic, as we all know, equals adjacent over hypotenuse. merc i'm glad we've all got that sorted . all got that sorted. >> oh, my god. this is a man who does not need his fingers to countin does not need his fingers to count in trigonometry. but you're right. >> we are living in like the fattest period in this country. and i know. let's get more ways of getting food into people's faces at 3 pm. oh, yeah. cram it in there. >> so sugary beverages, i mean, if you look around the average high street, there is not a shortage places where you can shortage of places where you can get an eggnog latte. yeah i do love an eggnog. >> whatever that one's called. the eggnog seems wrong. if anything, the anything, that seems like the trigonometry yeah, trigonometry again. oh, yeah, yeah . there you go. i should yeah. there you go. i should have thought . that's good. i'm have thought. that's good. i'm happy that we've had both trigonometry and logarithms logarithms involved here. if we could exponentials on, could do exponentials later on, i'll happy . could do exponentials later on, i'll happy. i'm probably i'll be very happy. i'm probably not. i don't think i've been to a mcdonald's probably 15 a mcdonald's in probably like 15 years right . years or something now, right. and i've glanced and they whenever i've glanced in band, they do look fancy. well, i just realised like, oh there other shops that do

there are other shops that do other stuff that's better. they look quite these you look quite fancy these days. you have on a touch pad or have to order on a touch pad or something. like something. yeah. it's like a massive you stand massive iphone that you stand next that someone next to and hope that someone will you use it. it will show you how to use it. it makes feel tiny, so you eat makes you feel tiny, so you eat more, so they get you clever. >> we've got the guardian now and reason british and for some reason british people eat like they're in people still eat like they're in a medieval nursery rhyme . a medieval nursery rhyme. >> steve p the headline reads >> steve p is the headline reads peas on toast. trump and i got that far and thought, oh, what is this story about? that sounds like it's going to be silent but deadly. but peas on toast. trump smashed avocados a uk cost of living bites says waitrose. wait a minute , you're that poor. your a minute, you're that poor. your waitrose shop has to change. you're not that poor. you're having sicilian hand—reared free range peas on a balsamic . but range peas on a balsamic. but you know what, though? people are like, no, if you want to save money, don't just go from avocado to peas. go from waitrose to anywhere else would be way of doing it. in be another way of doing it. in the says that the article it also says that there are people well, people

are eating more favourites like chicken support the war chicken kyiv to support the war effort. but but searches for vegan air fryer recipes on their website has gone up . and i'll be website has gone up. and i'll be honest i genuinely for about three days people were three days when people were talking about air fryers, i thought it was a joke and it was like guitar and i thought it like air guitar and i thought it was like i was really healthy. if you use an air fryer, well, of course it is. and then i found out they are a thing. >> a real thing. >> they are a real thing. >> they are a real thing. >> they are a real thing. >> they real. >> they are real. >> they are real. >> eat peas on toast? >> would you eat peas on toast? >> would you eat peas on toast? >> probably. not? >> yeah, probably. why not? sounds i've eaten much sounds fine. i've eaten much worse. looks like worse. i mean, it looks like a sort student diet, sort of standard student diet, isn't it? something toast. isn't it? something on toast. anything spreadable on anything that's spreadable on toast. yeah. so peas is fine. did you know that the uk is 90% self sufficient for people duction? wow, that's so reassuring , isn't it? yeah. reassuring, isn't it? yeah. >> so we're not importing our peas from venezuela. >> we're not. and i've got a childhood memory of my, my grandparents growing peas. so it's a nostalgic sort of it's a very nostalgic sort of thing, isn't it? and i don't know, fashion know, maybe there's a fashion for apparently britons are for that. apparently britons are also comfort in also finding comfort in potatoes, right ? not like the

potatoes, right? not like the death of organised religion . death of organised religion. >> speaking of comfort food, we've got the metro now in scotch. eggs are being promoted on hope this on the simpsons. i hope this doesn't people doesn't mean that more people start will start eating them. where will the next generation of scots hatch from? cressida >> are finding the >> oh, why scots are finding the latest the simpsons episode up setting. it sounds brilliant , setting. it sounds brilliant, actually. so apparently the simpsons, go to simpsons, the family go to edinburgh a holiday or edinburgh for a holiday or something. something about a wedding. know. and while something. something about a weddinthere, know. and while something. something about a weddinthere, the (now. and while something. something about a weddinthere, the ever and while something. something about a weddinthere, the ever cultural ile they're there, the ever cultural lisa simpson decides to do a bunch of stuff and she's got like a typical american bucket list of stuff she wants do list of stuff she wants to do while she's there. and she ends up at the edinburgh fringe, which familiar with their which we're familiar with their work she sees it and she work. and so she sees it and she says the fringe festival is a celebration of theatrical irony and self—awareness. lol like it's already it's off to a good start, isn't it? and then she goes over to a ticket booth where she assumes she can buy a ticket for a performance called musical the play. but the man inside the booth informs her sorry , shall i do that? no, sorry, shall i do that? no, i can't. soledar in this. that's

not edinburgh. sorry, darling. this ticket edinburgh is english, okay. sorry, english, right? okay. sorry, darling . this ticket booth is darling. this ticket booth is ticket booth a one man show about a ticket? booth, if you want to buy a ticket for ticket booth, the ticket booth is over there, and i thought that was a very accurate representation of edinburgh. quite she edinburgh. quite pithy, she says. so clever without says. it's so clever without being good. >> yeah , and she does say that >> yeah, and she does say that she had a scotch egg, which she says, which much regret yet. >> and the article says that some scots found it some scots have found it upsetting. i refer you to the earlier point of there's a spectrum and spectrum between upsetting and threatening. you're threatening. and if you're on the upsetting you just you the upsetting end, you just you could over it. could easily get over it. >> think >> yeah. although i don't think any people really were any scottish people really were that i mean , the scots that upset. i mean, the scots have never really held food up, as you know , the thing that as you know, the thing that holds aloft our national heritage, we know it's the worst food in the world. you go around the world, you see thai restaurants, italian restaurants, italian restaurants, you never once see a scottish and go in a scottish restaurant and go in and deep fried mars bar, and eat a deep fried mars bar, which way, the best which is, by the way, the best way to cook a mars bar. like don't whatever you do. i went on

way to cook a mars bar. like d> try cleaning that one. anyway the show is nearly over, so let's take another quick look at friday's front pages . the daily friday's front pages. the daily mail has minister immoral to threaten jail over the licence fee. the telegraph leads with ousting prime minister would be insanity, says tory chairman . insanity, says tory chairman. the guardian has sunak fights to hold tories together over rwanda . plan. the sun has staff too scared to speak out over schofield . the news has wounded schofield. the news has wounded prime minister faces growing rebellion and finally the daily star has is that a prairie dog and two otters in your pocket? or are you just pleased to see me? and those were your front pages. and that's all we have time for. thanks to my guests, steve and kristina steve allen and kristina whetton. is back whetton. nick dixon is back tomorrow p.m. whetton. nick dixon is back tomorrow pm. with paul tomorrow at 11 pm. with paul cox and lewis schaffer. good luck, if you're luck, nick. and if you're watching a.m, stay tuned watching at 5 am, stay tuned for breakfast. good night. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of

weather on . gb news evening, weather on. gb news evening, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> today's rain slowly clearing away this evening. tomorrow, a bit drier and brighter in the east, but there will be more heavy showers and it stays pretty eastern pretty blustery. it's eastern areas very soggy this areas still very soggy this evening. still met office yellow weather warnings in place. the rain does clear away all but the far northeast. some showers come into the west, many places having clear spells overnight, temperatures dropping to about 5 or 6 degrees in most towns and cities, maybe a little lower in 1 spots. could be some mist 1 or 2 spots. could be some mist and tomorrow morning, and fog around tomorrow morning, particular areas. particular over eastern areas. a bit start here, but in bit of a glum start here, but in eastern england, should eastern england, it should brighten most of the brighten up and then most of the day be dry here. but day will be dry here. but elsewhere, more showers. elsewhere, expect more showers. quite again for quite a wet day again for northern ireland. frequent showers for wales, north—west england and across much of scotland as well. in the sunny spells in the south, 12, maybe 13 celsius. generally a little bit warmer than today, but not

feeling all that warm when the showers gusty showers come along and the gusty winds, another spell of rain then comes in friday night and into that spreads into saturday. that spreads north saturday, lingering north during saturday, lingering over parts of southern scotland and northern england. the south will brighten up on saturday afternoon decent afternoon with some decent spells of sunshine staying mostly across the far north, mostly dry across the far north, staying quite chilly here. but in south we should, with in the south we should, with a bit of sunshine, get into the teens saturday. low pressure teens by saturday. low pressure systems continue to bring more wet and windy weather. we're keeping close this one keeping a close eye on this one could another spell wet could bring another spell of wet and for some and very windy weather for some on sunday. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

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and a very good evening. >> welcome to farage here on gb news. it's 7:00 and goodness me, another huge day. a lot to talk about. another huge day. a lot to talk about . more chaos in the whole about. more chaos in the whole rwanda debate will be getting into that . boris, of course, has into that. boris, of course, has been at the covid inquiry for his second day of evidence and a bunch more time and opportunity wasted some unbelievable still unbelievable scenes in the united states . anti—semitism united states. anti—semitism amongst some of the most the best universities in the states . best universities in the states. what is going on over there and of course, derek chisora will be in the studio at the back end of the show to talk about i'm a celebrity. you will not want to miss that out. loads of that. but first of all, of course, it's the news with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> richard, thank you. the top story this hour, russia's federal security service, the fsb, has hacked high profile mps

in what the government is saying was a sustained and effort to interfere in british politics. the deputy prime minister said today peers , civil servants, today peers, civil servants, journalists and non—governmental organisations have also been targeted . it's understood targeted. it's understood politicians had their personal email accounts compromised , email accounts compromised, seized and oliver dowden said the cyber attack is a clear pattern of behaviour by russia, adding that those responsible would be held to account . would be held to account. >> but i can tell you that a unit within the russian federal security service is known as centre 18, elianne has been behind sustained hostile cyber operations , is aimed at inter operations, is aimed at inter fearing in parts of the uk's democratic processes . this has democratic processes. this has included targeting members of parliament. civil servants think tanks, journalists and ngos . tanks, journalists and ngos. >> meanwhile, the first vote on the new emergency rwanda

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