have been left without people have been left without power and evacuation orders remain in place for coastal areas, although all tsunami warnings issued earlier today have been downgraded to an advisory , a smaller tsunami advisory, a smaller tsunami waves have hit the coastline, but no damage has been reported from nuclear power plants along the sea of japan. an official from the country's meteorological agency says. more earthquakes are expected . a earthquakes are expected. a teenage boy who died after being stabbed on new year's eve in london has been named as harry pitman, the 16 year old was pronounced dead shortly before midnight in primrose hill, a popular viewpoint where families had gathered to watch the firework . this male has been firework. this male has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody. officers have said. primrose hill was particularly busy at that time of the incident. barry . ness, mona's husband, says their family has been treated like a punchbag and hung out to dry. doug barrymore says it suits the agenda of the government to scapegoat him and

his wife. they're being investigated for their involvement in supplying ppe dunng involvement in supplying ppe during the pandemic. lady mona admitted she lied when denying connections to medpro, which made of £60 million. made profits of £60 million. labour's called for lady mone to be expelled from the house of lords. the government says it won't comment on any ongoing legal . case. almost 30,000 legal. case. almost 30,000 migrants crossed the channel to britain in small boats last year . that's down by almost a third on a number of crossings from 2022, although it's the second largest total since numbers were first published six years ago. no attempts to cross the channel have taken place since mid—december, either because of bad weather. thousands gathered on the streets of central london today to ring in the new year, with 100 shapps aiden . with 100 shapps aiden. >> wait for me , the one and only >> wait for me, the one and only p0p >> wait for me, the one and only pop singer chesney hawkes greeted spectators along the two mile route with dancers and brass bands, families even

witnessed a brief invasion . witnessed a brief invasion. >> faux pas gundam star. witnessed a brief invasion. >> faux pas gundam star . whoa >> faux pas gundam star. whoa whoa whoa whoa . the 2024 parade, whoa whoa whoa. the 2024 parade, which started in 1987, marched from green park to the palace of westminster . the this from green park to the palace of westminster. the this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . play gb news now it's back to. nigel. good evening and a very happy new year to all of you. >> now we had messages delivered yesterday by the prime minister and the leader of the opposition and the leader of the opposition and the leader of the opposition and the question tonight i want to ask is, can labour be better than conservatives lives in than the conservatives lives in government .7 and i say that government? and i say that because rishi sunak's list of achievements that he pointed out to us in his new year speech didn't impress me. he began by

saying we have record funding for the nhs and social care. well yes, that's true. the projected budget this year for the nhs alone . is £168 billion, the nhs alone. is £168 billion, but it doesn't matter what you spend. if the waiting list is now approaching 8 million people. he then went on to say that schools in england are surging up the global league tables. well, that's quite a claim. and whilst it's true that from 2008 to 2018 been the were improvements in the education system, we've basically marked time since that moment. but the oecd say that across a range of countries actually educational standards have gone down and our maths marking showed the worst results since 2006. he then tells us he's getting the economy growing. really, it's barely grown at all over the

course of the last six months, and each revision seems to move the number down, which is perhaps why inflation is falling the way that it is, because perhaps we're actually going to go into a recession soon. but his pledge to cut inflation by half? well, yes, he is achieving that. and then, unbelievably, he talks about the biggest business tax cut in modern british history. that's the couple of pennies off national insurance for employers. this is after in the very same calendar year, he put corporate tax up for every firm from a local laundrette to big businesses, put it up by 30% and the tax burden for businesses and for individuals is the highest that it's been for over 70 years. i am absolutely sick to death, sick to death of hearing this sophistry . to death of hearing this sophistry. i'm sick to death of how disingenuous it seems the prime minister and all of his

ministers are. they present us with spin, with things that simply are not true. but the question is, would keir starmer be any better? let's take a quick look at keir starmer's new year message , which we're year message, which we're confident we have a plan that could move our country forward, end the cost of living crisis, take back our streets, get the nhs back on its feet, cheaper energy bills for your home, more opportunities for your children. >> but most of all, i'm ready to renew our politics. so it once again serves our country well. >> some very big claims there from sir keir starmer as to what he's going to do if and when he wins the next general election. and by the way , looking at the and by the way, looking at the polling, nothing changing. polling, nothing is changing. the conservatives are consistently 18 to 20 points behind and technically the election could go until january

of next year. but i think it's 95% likely it'll be in this calendar year. in fact, it could even be 50 over 50. whether they decide to go for a may election knowing that the legal immigration figures, when they come out, will be even higher than the 745,000 net figure last yeah than the 745,000 net figure last year. and of course, once we get good weather, the small boats will start to come again. well, to discuss all of this, could keir starmer do a betterjob? to discuss all of this, could keir starmer do a better job? we have matthew lazar, former adviser to ed miliband . you adviser to ed miliband. you know, you work with ed miliband i did, yeah. as leader of the opposition , the big set piece opposition, the big set piece debates leaders debates. i was at a couple of. absolutely. >> we took you on nigel. >> we took you on nigel. >> yeah. um and of course christmas messages, new year messages. absolutely. i mean, perhaps i'm being unkind , but perhaps i'm being unkind, but starmer was dressed and gave a style that looked as though he was at a funeral. >> i thought it was a bit disappointing after the christmas message, which i thought was a success, his christmas message was, um, a

little bit religious and kids not religious not particularly religious person, to get a person, but it was good to get a nod to the christmas story and to that and christmas to use that and the christmas message bit more not message is always a bit more not fun, but they're more interesting because they're not so political, because interesting because they're not so feel.itical, because interesting because they're not so feel.iticalcan'tause interesting because they're not so feel.iticalcan't bee interesting because they're not so feel.iticalcan't be party people feel they can't be party political. christmas, you political. on christmas, you know, on the released on christmas eve. yeah, that's fair enough the the new enough for the for the new year's you're meant to year's message. you're meant to set the coming set the tone, the coming campaign. gosh, it's all very, all very depressing, isn't it? didn't you know, didn't it didn't. and you know, even most even keir's, um, you know, most ardent which i'm ardent supporter, which i'm broadly say it didn't broadly one would say it didn't set didn't the set the, it didn't set the heather alight and i mean, it was, know, it would be was, you know, it would be filmed just before christmas. he looked rather tired. let's hope he's bit a vavoom back he's had a bit of a vavoom back in him over the festive season. and they and let's hope that they remember to get makeup remember to get some makeup on him it's just him next time. yeah it's just the blair rule. always have makeup. >> yeah, but wasn't very >> yeah, but it wasn't very professional at any level. i thought it was. >> it was >> i thought it was disappointing and particularly i mean, looked at the five mean, you looked at the five pledges, they're big pledges, they're they're big pledges, they're they're big pledges, are they're pledges, but they are they're taken five big taken from his five big missions. mean, we have this missions. i mean, we have this war of these, you know, everything has to done in

everything has to be done in fives what the ad fives because that's what the ad men you. and you've the men tell you. and you've got the war two different. war of the two different. >> and both it and >> yeah. and they both do it and they do it. they both do it. >> um, she's got two sets. he's got his original set and his renewed and labour's got renewed set, and labour's got its it's five missions. renewed set, and labour's got its they t's five missions. renewed set, and labour's got its they are ive missions. renewed set, and labour's got its they are motherhood. renewed set, and labour's got its they are motherhood and but they are motherhood and apple pie because although i like like to admit like to i don't like to admit it. normally but i will admit, although it wasn't my idea because it slightly above my because it was slightly above my pay pay grade, but i was there when the headstone and the headstone was unveiled, and i have to remember i think you have to remember that vague things are pledged i think you have to remember that vtone things are pledged i think you have to remember that vton stone gs are pledged i think you have to remember that vton stone orare pledged i think you have to remember that vton stone or even.edged i think you have to remember that vton stone or even onged either on stone or even on pieces of cardboard your pieces of cardboard in your pocket. you know, pocket. you know, you know, can be and be open to ridicule and speculation. to make it speculation. you need to make it clear. and clear retail. speculation. you need to make it cle.there and clear retail. speculation. you need to make it cle.there and headstone.il. >> there was no headstone. >> there was no headstone. >> so let's be >> but i mean, yeah. so let's be thankful for small mercies. >> let's have look some >> but let's have a look at some of promises end the of these promises to end the cost of crisis. yeah cost of living crisis. yeah how the he to that? the hell is he going to do that? >> i think i mean by >> well, i think i mean by restoring economic growth, i think principle is think is their principle is their it. think is their principle is thei to it. think is their principle is theito me, it. think is their principle is thei to me, the it. think is their principle is theito me, the problem it. think is their principle is theito me, the problem witht. but to me, the problem with using broad brush using that as such a broad brush promise is just it, it seems promise is it just it, it seems such thing to achieve such a vast thing to, to achieve without any detail about how you're achieve my you're going to achieve it. my worry these is i'm old worry about these is i'm old enough older i enough to remember older than i look. the pledge look. nigel, the blair pledge card you card from 1997, which, you know,

um, john um, both tony and famously john prescott nip it out at prescott used to nip it out at any the of a hat you used any the drop of a hat you used to and was very, to get out. and that was very, very clear. was things like, very clear. it was things like, you number of kids very clear. it was things like, y( school number of kids very clear. it was things like, y( school class,number of kids very clear. it was things like, y( school class, the ber of kids very clear. it was things like, y( school class, the extraf kids a school class, the extra nursery places that be nursery places that would be available test available now. then you can test whether specific available now. then you can test whethervery specific specific targets, very specific targets and cost living crisis. and the cost of living crisis. >> very, very >> it's very, very, very, very broad and somehow now kind of almost beyond what a prime minister and also of course, i wouldn't be because they're a global events. >> they're global events. >> they're a global events. and also the one thing that the tories no, tories have done, frankly, no, through no to themselves tories have done, frankly, no, thris gh no to themselves tories have done, frankly, no, thris gh no their to themselves tories have done, frankly, no, thris gh no their inflation nselves is, is meet their inflation targets . so i think we might be targets. so i think we might be slightly not moving out of the cost crisis in terms slightly not moving out of the co how crisis in terms slightly not moving out of the co how households in terms slightly not moving out of the co how households are erms slightly not moving out of the co how households are feeling slightly not moving out of the co but households are feeling slightly not moving out of the co but h(termslds are feeling slightly not moving out of the co but h(terms of are feeling slightly not moving out of the co but h(terms oft abeing ing it, but in terms of it being such an obvious inflation coming down looking down or interest rates looking toppy down or interest rates looking toppy. >> yeah, this may not be and we may and we may some interest may and we may get some interest rate which is may help. rate cuts, which is may help. well well i wish we well we might well i wish we would wish the bank of would i wish i wish the bank of england but it's england would. but it's a separate a separate debate. >> nigel. >> i'm going to track it. nigel. tell it. >> i'm going to track it. nigel. teliworst it. >> i'm going to track it. nigel. teliworst governor bank of >> worst governor of the bank of england but it's a england ever. but it's a separate debate, i think. i agree i'll back agree with you. i'll come back for a blairite for that one. and a blairite message in yeah. take for that one. and a blairite messour in yeah. take for that one. and a blairite messour streets. yeah. take for that one. and a blairite

messour streets. yeais take back our streets. this is a right wing labour leader that's going to take back our streets. yeah, well, even mine and even my wasn't the most my leader, who wasn't the most right wing labour leader in history, mean, you we history, he i mean, you know, we had a policy to abolish police and commissioners, and crime commissioners, which are of are complete and utter waste of time, money time, energy, effort and money and spend that on extra neighbourhood policing. >> so, i mean , at least we can >> so, i mean, at least we can vote for them. yeah you can, but then, i mean, i mean, you know, i mind finding out i mean, never mind finding out who local mp is. when you who your local mp is. when you go survey, try finding go and do a survey, try finding out police. go and do a survey, try finding outand police. go and do a survey, try finding outand i police. go and do a survey, try finding outand i take police. go and do a survey, try finding outand i take that:e. go and do a survey, try finding outand i take that point. >> and i take that point. >> and i take that point. >> i you >> but also, i mean, you know, i was on debating this channel, was on debating on this channel, for silly things for example, the silly things they non—crime they do, like those non—crime um, hate crime um, there's non—crime hate crime incidents that they lodge , but incidents that they lodge, but you seem to stand up for that , you seem to stand up for that, even know , claim even if they're, you know, claim that they're common sense. so but a really about but again, a really about getting on streets. >> i mean, conservatives, >> i mean, the conservatives, the conservative lives cut police numbers. the conservative lives cut poltheyimbers. the conservative lives cut polthey certainly did. the conservative lives cut pol buty certainly did. the conservative lives cut pol buty cert replaced them. >> but they replaced them. >> but they replaced them. >> lower per >> but they're still lower per capita. well , well because capita. well, well, well because because well , well because population well, well we'll come to that in a moment. >> come to that. i'm >> we'll come to that. i'm taking it head on. take back our streets. blairite sounding being

tough. the one that really made me annoyed cheaper energy. this me annoyed. cheaper energy. this is a labour committed to is a labour leader committed to massive increases in subsidies given to wind energy, all of which goes on people's electricity bills . electricity bills. >> well, the idea. so this is their their big plan of 18 months ago. the conference before last the conference of 2022, which was the beginning of the the sort of , 2022, which was the beginning of the the sort of, um, 2022, which was the beginning of the the sort of , um, people the of the sort of, um, people taking a serious look at him, which is this gb energy plan to effectively to sort of have a national player in clean energy that will bring people's bills down. what worries me about the way they phrased it is that it isn't an easy win. it's not like way they phrased it is that it isn' originaly win. it's not like way they phrased it is that it isn' original proposals not like way they phrased it is that it isn' original proposals last.ike way they phrased it is that it isn' original proposals last year the original proposals last year when in the total peak when we were in the total peak of energy crisis, when it of the energy crisis, when it was £500 your which was £500 off your bills, which was £500 off your bills, which was sell. was a clear labour sell. i remember being wakefield remember being in the wakefield by—election remember being in the wakefield by— there)n remember being in the wakefield by— there was a retail and there was a clear retail offer. you could put a leaflet through here's what offer. you could put a leaflet througsaying, here's what offer. you could put a leaflet througsaying, off here's what offer. you could put a leaflet througsaying, off your's what offer. you could put a leaflet througsaying, off your energy we're saying, off your energy bills going we're saying, off your energy bilbe going we're saying, off your energy bilbe paid going we're saying, off your energy bilbe paid for. going we're saying, off your energy bilbe paid for. this going we're saying, off your energy bilbe paid for. this a going we're saying, off your energy bilbe paid for. this a much, to be paid for. this is a much, much more, um, uh , nebulous much more, um, uh, nebulous concept trying to sell that on a doorstep in two sentences isn't if they're going to put 28

million canvassers, if they're going to put 28 billion a year into renewable energy, will going to put 28 billion a year into have wable energy, will going to put 28 billion a year into have cheaper|ergy, will going to put 28 billion a year into have cheaper bills, will going to put 28 billion a year intohave cheaper bills, is will going to put 28 billion a year into have cheaper bills, is thel not have cheaper bills, is the point that i'm trying. i mean, i think that that think the idea is that that comes not comes from borrowing and not from , you know, from energy bills, you know, as part deal. to part of the green new deal. to echo doing. we echo what biden's doing. so we don't behind. but it's don't get left behind. but it's not easy sell, nigel. not an easy sell, nigel. i'm not. exploding population 10 not. and exploding population 10 million, maybe 12 million population mr blair population growth since mr blair came to power. >> both parties appear to be terribly relaxed it. terribly relaxed about it. increasingly the british public are relaxed about are becoming less relaxed about it comes to immigration. it when it comes to immigration. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, yeah. i mean, it's a very, very big issue. >> absolutely. my colleagues in the red wall will, know, the red wall will, you know, i've their i've got the scars on their back. p45s that got. >> what's he got to say. >> what's he got to say. >> i actually think >> so look, i actually think that offer migration >> so look, i actually think thatwhich, offer migration >> so look, i actually think thatwhich,youffer migration >> so look, i actually think thatwhich, you know, migration >> so look, i actually think thatwhich, you know, it'sgration uh, which, you know, it's perfectly to challenge it, perfectly happy to challenge it, but think labour does have on but i think labour does have on illegal particular, illegal migration in particular, a, that it can a, a set of policies that it can sell . uh, smashing gangs sell. uh, you smashing the gangs by, by using anti—terrorism legislation, the tories legislation, which the tories haven't done, they have had the opportunity to it. they opportunity to do it. they haven't it's tough haven't done it. it's a tough policy. it plays into plays into the legal, tough. smashing the gangs france >> smashing the gangs in france and isn't

and belgium, isn't it? >> but there are things >> it is. but there are things that done using that you can be done using anti—terrorism legislation that you can be done using anti ofzrrorism legislation that you can be done using anti of them.n legislation that you can be done using anti of them. i legislation that you can be done using anti of them. i don't ation that you can be done using anti of them. i don't think it's one of them. i don't think it's a but i think it a magic wand, but i think it would right would be a step in the right direction. the haven't direction. the tories haven't done them done it and it gives them a clear wedge issue. but on legal migration as you migration that i think, as you say, be the really say, is going to be the really interesting thing labour interesting thing for labour over months. darren over the next few months. darren jones, shadow over the next few months. darren jones secretary shadow over the next few months. darren jones secretary of shadow over the next few months. darren jones secretary of treasury, )w chief secretary of treasury, who's star of the who's the rising star of the sort moderates, the sort of labour moderates, the sort of the next wes streeting, as . he went on telly as it were. he went on telly just before christmas and with that, i think with that, i think checking with anybody labour anybody committed labour to getting of getting it down to hundreds of thousands then thousands now. he was then silenced. wow i think that's going to be the big issue is maybe is there maybe it won't matter. is there going pressure on, on going to be pressure on, on on labour a figure on labour to put a figure on illegal migration? labour to put a figure on illeafter|igration? labour to put a figure on illeafter all, tion? labour to put a figure on illeafter all, the? labour to put a figure on illeafter all, the tories >> after all, the tories promised four successive promised in four successive elections, tens of thousands, hundreds, well hundreds, you know. yeah. well i have say, matthew, you. have to say, matthew, thank you. >> pleasure and >> it's always a pleasure and happy you to happy new year to you and to everyone happy new year to you and to eveande very broad brush >> and they're very broad brush and to be believable. and i think to be believable. he's going have give a lot he's going to have to give a lot more. think we're going to more. i think we're going to need i need some more detail, but i presume big new presume there'll be a big new year's about ten days. year's speech in about ten days. >> time hopefully >> to time hopefully put a bit of bones. of flesh on those bones. >> person did make >> well, one person who did make a big announcement just after

a big announcement at just after christmas was the home secretary, cleverly yes, secretary, james cleverly. yes, he's and he's apparently very clever and represents a seat called braintree. this was the braintree. but this was the tweet that he put out . well, it tweet that he put out. well, it says there were no small boat arrivals over christmas for the first time since they started in 2018. last night, our border force officers and their french partners worked together to stop a boat launching on the beaches . a boat launching on the beaches. they've played a crucial role in cutting crossings by 35. a rather boastful home secretary, this was my response. now it is a bit sulphurous from me, but i was jolly angry. you may be called cleverly, but you're clearly a moron. i'm close to dover now. the wind has been gusting at 50 miles an hour. thatis gusting at 50 miles an hour. that is why there are no migrant crossings. charlatans and crossings. you charlatans and liars deserve to lose your liars all deserve to lose your seats at the election. all right , it wasn't very much , i admit it wasn't very much the spirit of christmas, but i'm so blooming angry . i've the spirit of christmas, but i'm so blooming angry. i've had enough of these people , you enough of these people, you know, rishi sunak said he would stop the boats , and now they're stop the boats, and now they're boasting. the numbers are down

by 35. why are the numbers down? three reasons. number one, we've returned to some degree of sanity with albania. number two, the hundreds of millions we've given the french and have promised the hundreds of millions more to give them, have been some extent effective on been to some extent effective on the beaches . and number three, the beaches. and number three, the beaches. and number three, the weather has been be awful for much of this year in the engush for much of this year in the english channel. and that is the biggest factor i can promise you of all. but if i said to you five years ago that over 30,000 people and it is over 30,000, and because there's numbers we saw don't include anybody saw today don't include anybody under the age of 18, if i said to you five years ago that over 25,000 young men are fighting age who cannot produce identity documents, whose backgrounds involvement in wars in syria or elsewhere, we do not know some of whom will pose a threat to stability in this country . if stability in this country. if i told you over 25,000 of them would cross the english channel in small dinghies, you wouldn't have believed me. and the

have believed me. and if the home secretary and the prime minister can hold this up as a triumph . well, i'll tell you triumph. well, i'll tell you what. they've probably got bigger electoral problems than they themselves . in they even imagine themselves. in a moment, we'll talk about somebody else with an actual problems. so serious that a second state has said donald trump can't even be on the ballot paper. i'll be joined by former trump adviser corey lewandowski. surely the us supreme court must do something, and soon, i don't know

news radio. >> so i asked you , will labour >> so i asked you, will labour govern better than the conservative gives? i have to say, for my money, i think they're really rather similar. maybe labour will be marginally worse. know some of your worse. i don't know some of your thoughts coming in. steve a thoughts coming in. steve says a terrifying . for 2024 by terrifying thought. for 2024 by illness or mishap , we could see illness or mishap, we could see angela rayner as our acting pm,

deaung angela rayner as our acting pm, dealing with world leaders and our economy. denny says no labour will probably do worse . labour will probably do worse. yes, we need a new party in this country. it really interesting , country. it really interesting, dennis, and all the polling that's being done , you know, up that's being done, you know, up to a third of people are saying they're just not sure and they wouldn't mind having some form of alternative . ken starmer do of alternative. ken starmer do better ? asked patricia herself better? asked patricia herself a big fat no, he can't. no confidence from patricia . and confidence from patricia. and gaby finally says , i guess what gaby finally says, i guess what i really think labour and conservative parties are the same. no difference in policies, high taxes , high immigration, high taxes, high immigration, etc. we actually need change. we need a party that put britain first in economy , education and first in economy, education and health and gaby, i agree with that. the problem is we have an electoral system that makes it very, very difficult to achieve that. very, very difficult to achieve that . now, let us go across the that. now, let us go across the pond and see what is going on,

because of course, 2024 will be a big year in this country. in america, it will be even bigger, even bigger, because america is the leader . the american the leader. the american president is the leader of the free world world. and of course, donald trump is. now, if you look at the prices in british bookmaking shops and the bookies get this stuff right , normally get this stuff right, normally trump is now very, very clearly the favourite over biden or indeed any other democrat to win the president . see, in november the president. see, in november 2024. but of course he has to actually be on the ballot paper and following on from colorado , and following on from colorado, ohio, maine have decided that donald trump cannot be on the ballot, not just in november 2024, but also in the primaries. and the season for that kicks off pretty quickly. now it seems to me that the us supreme court ought to be acting on this and doing so pretty damn quickly . doing so pretty damn quickly. the last time this happened was in 1860. you it really was.

that's when a president was kept off the ballot paper. in fact, ten southern states kept abraham lincoln off the ballot paper. but he still managed to win. but that was america heading towards a catastrophic civil war. surely modern day america can do better. let's get the reaction of trump's former campaign manager corey lewandowski . manager corey lewandowski. corey, happy new year to you. thank you for coming back on with me at gb news. >> happy new year to you. thanks for having me. >> corey . i for having me. >> corey. i mean, it seems almost to us, uh, extraordinary that whether you like or dislike donald trump, that the 14th amendment meant something that was designed to stop civil war leaders on the losing side in the 1860s, that that somehow, you know , supreme courts in two you know, supreme courts in two states can decide that somehow it's acceptable to stop donald trump from being a candidate. i

mean, are these people losing their minds ? their minds? >> nigel, these are self—aggrandising liberals who are so afraid that when donald trump is on the ballot, he's going to destroy joe biden. they're so fearful that donald trump is going to become the 47th president of the united states it states that they've taken it upon elected upon themselves until elected bureaucrats really , you know, in bureaucrats really, you know, in the supreme court case, in colorado, those people are appointed by a democrat judge in the state of maine , and the the state of maine, and the secretary of state is not elected people. is elected by the people. she is actually elected by the legislature. so it's not like she went in with this mandate of going make change. she's going to make change. she's single that single handedly determined that donald trump, although he has never been charged, let alone convicted of the crime of insurrection, committed an insurrection, has committed an insurrection, has committed an insurrection back in january. january the 6th. and so she is determined that he will not be eligible to be on the ballot in maine. the supreme court must weigh in on this in immediately, and they should be completely unified. it's impossible to have

a case where a person has never been charged, let alone convicted, and then have them removed or not access to the ballot. that is the decent franchisement by definition of what the democrats supposedly rail against. but they are the biggest perpetrator of that. oh biden always goes on about america , democracy and how america, democracy and how important it is. >> and yet it doesn't seem to want to say anything about these judgements. but what worries me, cory, any cory, is i'm not hearing any noises coming out of the supreme court . i'm not noises coming out of the supreme court. i'm not hearing noises coming out of the supreme court . i'm not hearing they get court. i'm not hearing they get a sit tomorrow and deliberate on this. they seem to be dragging their feet . their feet. >> well, nigel, the worst part is just last night on sunday, uh, chief justice roberts wrote his end of the year soliloquy and never even mentioned this case. didn't mention anything other than really ai case. didn't mention anything other than really al or artificial intelligence. and the possible liberties and problems associated with that going forward. never mention the donald trump case. and look, i think this is a seminal case in front of the us supreme court.

maybe the biggest case that has been decided in the history of the court to potentially prevent a american citizen who has been convicted of no crimes from running for office is a very dangerous precedent. and if the court listens to this, and i believe colorado has sought to have this heard, and they don't speak in a unified tone , the speak in a unified tone, the left will use this as a dog whistle. and they will say that this is the conservatives on the court just trying to get donald trump back in. the fact is, the american people should have a say of who they elect. president >> yeah, absolutely. the american people should reject donald accept donald donald trump or accept donald trump. politicised trump. not highly politicised judges. and one day we'll have a broader debate about the politicisation of that judiciary, but not right now . judiciary, but not right now. now, corey, you know, you're still on very good terms with the 45th, and he hopes to be the 47th president. let me ask you, have you seen him recently? and how do you think he's going to react to all this ? react to all of this? >> i've had the privilege >> well, i've had the privilege to spend time with him. he's beenin to spend time with him. he's

been in new hampshire, my home state, campaigning a lot with a first the primary. uh, first in the nation primary. uh, our election here january our election here is on january 23rd. just weeks 23rd. so in just three weeks from today , we'll have an from today, we'll have an election. and so, uh, three weeks from tomorrow. so, you know, i've had chance to know, i've had the chance to spend he and spend time with him. he and i were they call beast were in what they call the beast just ago together. just two weeks ago together. just i talking about how just he and i talking about how things think things are playing out. i think donald is more emboldened donald trump is more emboldened than ever to fight for the american people. not because he needs personal wealth or recognition , because he knows if recognition, because he knows if he doesn't do it, our country cannot . on the cannot sustain. on the opportunities to give to the next generation. we have seen what, in three short years, the biden administration has done, and we've got an immigration system fundamentally and we've got an immigration system we fundamentally and we've got an immigration system we needfundamentally and we've got an immigration system we need donald entally and we've got an immigration system we need donald trump broken. we need donald trump back in office. he's ready for that fight. he's chosen that fight. and nigel, tell you, fight. and nigel, i'll tell you, when him on that when i was with him on that saturday ago, woke saturday two weeks ago, he woke up flew to new up in florida. he flew to new hampshire spoke for an hour hampshire. he spoke for an hour and a half. got on a plane. and a half. he got on a plane. he to nevada, to he flew to nevada, went to the fights that night and finished out nevada fights that night and finished out which nevada fights that night and finished out which is nevada fights that night and finished out which is 4:00 nevada fights that night and finished out which is 4:00 in nevada fights that night and finished out which is 4:00 in the evada time, which is 4:00 in the morning, east coast time. and

then next morning morning, east coast time. and ther did next morning morning, east coast time. and ther did all next morning morning, east coast time. and therdid all over next morning morning, east coast time. and therdid all over again.norning morning, east coast time. and therdid all over again. the ing morning, east coast time. and therisd all over again. the ing morning, east coast time. and therisd animal. again. the ing morning, east coast time. and therisd animal. he'sn. theing morning, east coast time. and therisd animal. he's a theing morning, east coast time. and therisd animal. he's a beast.] guy is an animal. he's a beast. he wants this fight and i cannot wait to take it right to joe biden. >> yeah. no, corey, he has the constitution of an ox and i did say to him once personally, he's the know that the only person i know that makes feel like an introvert. makes me feel like an introvert. you know, mean, is an you know, i mean, he is an extrovert free guy. now, iowa , extrovert free guy. now, iowa, you know, you mentioned new hampshire , the state you're hampshire, the state you're living in. but iowa is of more significance. there's still quite . a big field of candidates quite. a big field of candidates for the republican nomination. uh, i'm going to be in iowa in a couple of weeks time and hope to see you there. is it possible that trump delivers the knockout blow in iowa ? blow in iowa? >> well, i'm going to iowa tomorrow morning and i'm going tomorrow morning and i'm going to see on the ground firsthand what's going on. and i was there in 2016. i caucused , uh, at the in 2016. i caucused, uh, at the caucus events in 2020 for then president trump. look here's the way our system is going to work, donald trump is going to win iowa. about a 35 point iowa. he's got about a 35 point

lead over ron desantis, who is still technically in second place, but he's pulling around 18. going come 18. then trump's going to come to hampshire and he's going to new hampshire and he's going to new hampshire and he's going to and nikki to win here. and nikki haley will probably finish second. this over when donald this race is over when donald trump makes it to south carolina, which is the fourth state following nevada . once state following nevada. once that happens donald trump that happens and donald trump has secured wins in iowa , new has secured wins in iowa, new hampshire, nevada and then south carolina, the race is over. we go to super tuesday, and by the first week of march, statistically speaking, donald trump secured enough trump will have secured enough delegates to the de facto delegates to be the de facto nominee . he will be ready to nominee. he will be ready to beat joe biden and this race is. look, nigel, the race is almost over now. you to play it over now. you have to play it out the trump team has done out and the trump team has done a phenomenal job in iowa of coordinating and getting those caucus captains and those individual guys ready to commit to caucus for trump . he's going to caucus for trump. he's going to caucus for trump. he's going to there friday. going to to be there friday. i'm going to be tuesday, wednesday. be there tuesday, wednesday. marjorie greene is marjorie taylor greene is coming. is going to inundate coming. it is going to inundate the of iowa so they the people of iowa so they understand at stake here how. >> now. >> well, by march the fifth, super tuesday, it will as you say, all be over. they'll then

be speculation as to who be more speculation as to who is actually to run for the actually going to run for the democrats . corey, thanks for democrats. corey, thanks for joining happy new year. i'll joining us. happy new year. i'll see you in iowa . joining us. happy new year. i'll see you in iowa. in just a few days time. thank you. you bet. in just a moment, some really dark deeds. polish state media raided by the police at the behest of the new prime minister, donald tusk. we'll also look at dark sensation, also look at the dark sensation, luke littler. i'll be joined by dance legend george to dance legend bobby george to talk about that. and a really strong statement today by doug bowerman . the husband of bowerman. the husband of michelle mone. and i'm beginning to think maybe the government has got more questions to answer over procurement than over ppe procurement than baroness mone. all of that in

and making it consistent. >> you're listening to gb views lose radio . lose radio. >> for several years now, the european union, based in brussels, has been on the case of poland. they've accused the last polish government of

stuffing the media with their allies , of making unwise allies, of making unwise judicial appointments and indeed, sanctions have been threatened again and again against poland. but at the last election, the last general election, the last general election, donald tusk , of election, donald tusk, of course, the former boss of the european council, became the poush european council, became the polish prime minister again . and polish prime minister again. and it didn't take very long for police armed with truncheon to raid state media tv is the tv station . polskie radio is the station. polskie radio is the radio station. there was also a news agency and literally on the most watched tv station in poland . the cameras literally poland. the cameras literally went blank . well, it's revenge went blank. well, it's revenge of a kind, i guess, for donald tusk. what astonishes me is how little coverage this has had in mainstream media. now, dominic kaczynski is a member of the european parliament for the law and justice party in poland. he's been with me before in the studio, but today he joins me

from now, dominic, from warsaw now, dominic, a happy new year, if i can say that to you. i know you're here to you, nigel. i know you're not. you're not in the best of moods about what's going on. >> sorry. i am not. i'd like >> no, sorry. i am not. i'd like to celebrate new year, but there is nothing to celebrate in poland. i am in the polish parliament at the moment. i'd love to be with my friends, with my is nothing my family. but there is nothing to celebrate. we have to protest. we have to react. we have to shout and scream about what is going on in beautiful, safe . so far, poland . you see, safe. so far, poland. you see, you are the only one who contacted me to discuss this crisis , this, this rape. and i'm crisis, this, this rape. and i'm using word rape because this is rape on freedom and we are not a banana republic. no one would expect that in this beautiful europe union full of beautiful words, of about freedom, of speech, about democracy, about the rule of law and the rest of

it. donald tusk, a golden child of this brussels brussels elites would do what he did, and this is unspeakable . is unspeakable. >> dominic, i, i you know, i'm not surprised that i'm the only uk media or even eu media outlet that's spoken to. >> ukip gb news you are, you are. i get the real genuine. i'm really, really thankful because no one is interested . no one is interested. >> however, no to close down state media to put it into liquidation , to take it off air liquidation, to take it off air is extraordinary . they could is extraordinary. they could have, of course, just gently replace some personnel. final thought on this, do they have some justification in saying that when your party. no, not at all. hang on, hang on, hang on. that when your party was in power that you stuffed the organisers in with your own supporters ? supporters? >> no, it is not true. that's number one. by the numbers. you can you can tell who was hired, but even if that would be the

case, you cannot use physical force against the media, workers, journalists . and mps. workers, journalists. and mps. one of our mps, female mps, was brutally beaten actually, and she is hurt . you cannot use she is hurt. you cannot use prime security company to get rid of people who are protests and mps . this is not a banana and mps. this is not a banana republic and this is what tusk did, he got off the signal, which never happened, never, ever happened in the history of poland, apart from marshall. marshall law times during the communism , he he behaves like communism, he he behaves like a communist. well, we never actually dominic. we actually . actually dominic. we actually. >> dominic, you say that poland is not a banana republic, but the way tusk has behaved in the last couple of days makes me seriously question that. thank you for coming on. >> this makes this makes and talking about this like a banana republic. and we will because he is the banana king. we will thank you and we will all go to

donald tusk's government, and we'll ask them for a statement on this too. >> this is extraordinary. now it's been pantomime season, and what villain could there what better villain could there possibly baroness possibly be than baroness michelle ? she admitted that michelle mone? she admitted that she'd to the public about she'd lied to the public about whether her family had an involvement in a firm called ppe medpro , and to lie to the media medpro, and to lie to the media on something as important as thatis on something as important as that is not very clever. how ever her husband , doug ever her husband, doug barrowman, who really was the investor behind ppe medpro, the firm that produced ppe for the government, has put out a big personal statement today. in it, he says 1 or 2 very interesting things . we've been accused of things. we've been accused of going through the high priority lane, but he makes the point that 51 other suppliers went through that lane and got contracts valued up to £38 billion. it wasn't just michelle mone who used it and indeed there was 1 or 2 quite prominent cabinet ministers, friends of theirs did get big contracts . he

theirs did get big contracts. he also makes the point there are 176, despite contracts to the value of 2.7 billion, including people who took government money run away with the money and never ever produced any ppe . and never ever produced any ppe. and whilst this may have now been referred to the national crime agency, he makes the point that actually he was told by a senior civil servant that if he paid back some money, they'd call the dogs off. these are all quite serious charges and if what doug barrowman says in this statement is true, i'm beginning to feel it's actually the government that have got more questions to answer than baroness mone . yes, answer than baroness mone. yes, she lied to the media. should never have done that. but the facts here are that nearly £9 billion worth of ppe was overordered . these idiots overordered. these idiots ordered five years worth of ppe when they should have only ordered a few months worth £9 billion of our money. literally gone and the so—called inquiry

into covid will not discuss ppe until the spring of 2025. five i tell you what, folks , this must tell you what, folks, this must be brought to the inquiry. we must know the truth before we vote at the next general election . and i'm beginning to election. and i'm beginning to think, as i say , that the think, as i say, that the government or the last government or the last government have more questions to answer than moan embarrassment. that's the way i'm thinking right now. now what a sensation. what a story . luke a sensation. what a story. luke littler, 16 years old now. he isn't very little and he looks older than 16, but he really is 16 one again today. he's through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship. it seems incredible. well, let's talk to a man who could throw a pretty mean arrow in his day, and i'd no doubt still can. legend free darts player bobby george. bobby, welcome back on the programme. good to see you, mate. um, this. the programme. good to see you, mate. um, this . guy, he's just

mate. um, this. guy, he's just come out of nowhere. hasn't he? well obviously he's played in the youth . the youth. >> um, he's played since he was, i know, three years old. he's played in . the. oh i don't played in. the. oh i don't believe it. the works hard at his game. got won the youth world championship . won that. world championship. won that. and that gives him a right to go in the men's world championship . in the men's world championship. now, when i first saw him play, i thought, okay, he's a good player. you know, um, a short format and then a short format and then a longer format and then best of fact, he's unbelievable with the kids. unbelievable i mean, 16 year old to get up there with all that crowd, all that pressure on him and to play does well. there's no pressure on him because he don't know the pressure yet . he don't know the pressure yet. he just plays like he's in his front room, probably, but he's youth world champion and he's a very, very, very good player. but what i like about him, he

scores well, he hits the shots . scores well, he hits the shots. he he goes for the shots to leave a shot to get a shot. he looks where he's throwing and he's throwing to where he's looking. and that's what he's got to do. >> and he's obviously done amazingly well with the media, the publicity, the pressure . is the publicity, the pressure. is it possible this 16 year old can go on to win? is it possible ? go on to win? is it possible? >> uh, not you. >> uh, not you. >> if you're in it, you can win it . is that politics for you or it. is that politics for you or what? >> i tell you what, you're right, bobby. that's life. that's life. you should be a philosopher, not a darts player. |, philosopher, not a darts player. i, i said you should be a philosopher, not a darts player , philosopher, not a darts player, because you're dead, right? i was like you, nigel. bobby. george. absolute pleasure. the thing is, the thing is with the young boy. >> yeah. as long as it don't push him too much . let >> yeah. as long as it don't push him too much. let him do his own thing. let him play darts. don't keep saying he's going to win. he's going to do

that. he's got the ability . that. he's got all the ability. he's plays magic darts. he can count. brilliant he's he's is a pleasure to watch for a young man. not only that, it's good for all the youth players around the world. absolutely. well if he i can do it. so it's great for the game. >> it's great for the game . and >> it's great for the game. and we're all going to be watching bobby come back talk to us bobby come back and talk to us again. soon. thank again. very very soon. thank you. as bobby says, you've you. well as bobby says, you've got to be in it to win it. over the last few days, we saw the death , age 98, of jacques death, age 98, of jacques delors. he was the visionary, really, that pushed what became the euro 25 years on from its launch, has it been a success or a failure? and did we have a great escape? the euro at 25? in just a moment

well, jacques delors was a towering political figure and he

ran the european commission for ten years, of course, never having to trouble the voters of europe. goodness gracious me. no, regret slightly that i no, i regret slightly that i missed him in the european parliament by a few years. i'd have enjoyed battle, but have enjoyed doing battle, but there's was the one there's no doubt he was the one who publicly sold the who very publicly sold the vision the euro. well, as vision of the euro. well, as today marks 25 years since it was formally introduced, it's a good moment to ask whether it's been a success or a failure, and to debate that i have with me in the studio from the daily telegraph. matthew lynn financial columnist the financial columnist and from the london economics down london school of economics down the line, professor ian begg, gentlemen , i can i can quite see gentlemen, i can i can quite see from germany's perspective why 25 years on, the euro has been rather a success. but i look at countries like italy and even worse, greece and see them being trapped in a currency , having trapped in a currency, having lost control of their interest rates . um, i wonder, professor rates. um, i wonder, professor begg for the mediterranean . it's begg for the mediterranean. it's not been a great success, has it

i >>i -- >> i think m >> i think there's not been economic success in these countries during the period of the euro, but it can be a mistake to say it's because of the euro, and therefore you've got to look at what would happen in the absence of adhering to the single currency. and already by the time the euro was launched, italy was embarking on a of stagnation . then, a period of stagnation. then, because certain persons such as silvio berlusconi were were running the country in a way which was not conducive to better economic performance , better economic performance, since in greece they had a penod since in greece they had a period of success up to about 2004. but then it became it went from success to excess and they were boring far too much . they were boring far too much. they had a huge balance of payments problem . again, it's very problem. again, it's very difficult to say that's a direct cause of being directly caused by the euro. instead, it's associated with the euro. and i think that distinction is critical in trying to understand now euro now whether or not the euro is success not. i understand success or not. i understand that point. >> however, countries like greece were given completely the wrong they

wrong interest rate when they joined currency lost joined the currency, lost control interest rates, and control of interest rates, and i just wonder about the sort of democrat element of this. i mean, we're used to the idea that we vote for governments in our nation states, and they tell us what the economic policies are going to be. and somehow with don't nations lose with the euro don't nations lose a huge chunk of their democratic rights ? rights? >> they lose control of our monetary policy. that's unambiguous . that's the whole unambiguous. that's the whole point of joining a single currency . but let's not forget currency. but let's not forget it greek government and an it was a greek government and an italian government that were despot get the euro. despot not to get into the euro. they were elected on a mandate of the euro, so to, to of joining the euro, so to, to say that somehow the fact that they joined and found it was not as easy to run their countries when they had a separate monetary policy, is making a different point. okay i get the point. >> matthew lynn, i just to me , i >> matthew lynn, i just to me, i mean, i completely take ian's point that italy was entering a stagnant period and was coping with, you know, using lira devaluation as a way of dealing

with things. but i mean, do you see this as an economic success? do you see the eurozone as an economic the world? >> uh, definitely not. i mean, i think you know, i mean, i respect what the professor was just saying there. you just saying there. but, you know, back 25 years, know, if you go back 25 years, it's feel a little bit it's making us feel a little bit old, it? years. tribes old, isn't it? 25 years. tribes already flies when already had time flies when you're but anyway, you're having fun. but anyway, you're having fun. but anyway, you was launched , you know, when it was launched, there were two big claims made for euro. you know, the for the euro. you know, the first one was that it would it would dollar and would challenge the dollar and that was a very reserve currency . it would overtake dollar . it would overtake the dollar as a global trading currency. the reserve currency. you go out, you're malaysian , you're out, you're malaysian, you're thai, you'd be paying for your your or ship cargo in euros your oil or ship cargo in euros rather than dollars. and that would significant economic would have significant economic benefits . and two, it would benefits. and two, that it would make more prosperous, make europe more prosperous, that turbocharge growth that it would turbocharge growth , deeper capital , you'd have deeper capital markets, you'd have more competition, fewer competition, you'd have fewer transaction costs. all the rest of it. and these were the big claims. you know, 25 years claims. so, you know, 25 years is of enough is kind of enough time to measure the success of anything, isn't it? so the first one, isn't it? so on the first one, challenging not challenging the dollar. not not even mean , i looked it

even close. i mean, i looked it up at 2 or 3 years ago, the share of global reserves of the euro is actually less than the old deutsche used to be, old deutsche mark used to be, uh, before they got rid of it. so it just hasn't even begun to challenge challenge, the challenge the challenge, the dominance in terms dominance of the dollar in terms of making europe more prosperous. not. you prosperous. absolutely not. you know, rough. it it's know, it's rough. it it's probably not a coincidence that europe's relative underperformance vis a vis the us, which used to be roughly equal for most of the post—war period, started with the launch of the euro. yeah, i mean, ian begg, you know, again , we can begg, you know, again, we can apply begg, you know, again, we can apply the same argument, i guess, that, you know, maybe these things would have happened with the euro. with or without the euro. >> uh, professor becker, are you still a final still there? yeah. just a final thought from you, though. we had a huge debate in this country on whether we should join the euro or tony blair made that or not. uh, tony blair made that pledge before we pledge of a referendum before we joined, and he never dared hold it . he has not joined, and he never dared hold it. he has not joining joined, and he never dared hold it . he has not joining the euro. it. he has not joining the euro. so been a great escape for us. >> it's been something of an escape because we were the least

good fit for the euro. uh, the study's done , particularly by study's done, particularly by gordon brown when he was chancellor, showed that for a number of criteria, we didn't fit very well with the euro. so in that sense, yes, it was correct. not to go in at the time cuz the swedes are the other country which did a major study with 100 hundreds of components and they too study with 100 hundreds of compopted; and they too study with 100 hundreds of compopted not and they too study with 100 hundreds of compopted not to and they too study with 100 hundreds of compopted not to join. d they too study with 100 hundreds of compopted not to join. butey too study with 100 hundreds of compopted not to join. but for:oo have opted not to join. but for the others, i think you you can't ignore the political dimension of creating the euro. it was a pact , dimension of creating the euro. it was a pact, in a sense, between france and germany. unification or single currency and that political dimension is very often neglected when we say . it's been a failure or not. the success it could have been. >> i agree with that 100. i know i agree with you 100. it was always far more political than it that was it was economic, and that was one of the reasons that we opposed it. matthew >> absolutely. mean, >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think, know, it's an honest think, you know, it's an honest point to say it was a political currency, been currency, but the price has been a if you look at a huge one. so if you look at something like , know, something like, you know, a country italy. italy

country like italy. italy was actually quite successful beforehand. you know, people were a bit sneering about were a little bit sneering about it this country. they it in this country. they actually us the actually over overtook us in the late in terms of gdp per late 80s in terms of gdp per capha late 80s in terms of gdp per capita overtook many other capita and overtook many other countries. italy's had countries. but italy's had absolutely zero growth, uh, since it joined . i mean, this since it joined. i mean, this point zero growth for 25 years is lost on many people. >> that's absolutely extraordinary. >> you know, if you look at, you know, greece through the know, greece went through the greatest greatest economic greatest the greatest economic contraction, uh, in recorded history , even worse than the history, even worse than the great depression of the 1930s. and the united states, you know, these mine. are these are not mine. these are not minor flaws. so you can say it's political it's a it's primarily political and a heavy price to and finished a heavy price to pay and finished a heavy price to pay and finished being told and finished a heavy price to pay atheir�*nished being told and finished a heavy price to pay atheir�*nishyrates being told and finished a heavy price to pay atheir�*nishyrates were; told and finished a heavy price to pay atheir�*nishyrates were to )ld and finished a heavy price to pay atheir�*nishyrates were to be, what their tax rates were to be, how much they can spend on their hospitals by foreign administrators . of the euro hospitals by foreign administrators. of the euro and the home of the birthplace of democracy, had lost it completely. yeah, that's that's absolutely true. i mean, it's a loss of it's a loss of sovereignty. and if it made you a lot richer, you know, maybe that'd worth but if it that'd be worth it. but if it makes you a lot poorer, then, well, your freedom well, you've lost your freedom and lost as well.

and you've lost money as well. >> not a bad was >> it's not a bad it was a fantastic deal. it was a great escape for us, it ? not escape for us, wasn't it? not joining the euro was a great escape. >> oh, it was, it was probably gordon brown's best decision was . not although there is an interesting argument that they're having us inside with they're having us inside with the city would have crashed it. yeah >> not a very positive way of looking at things, though . well, looking at things, though. well, there are. when somebody from there we are. when somebody from there we are. when somebody from the says gordon brown the telegraph says gordon brown got something right. that really is that's it is interesting. well that's it from i'm back with from me tonight. i'm back with you live, of course, 7:00 you live, of course, at 7:00 tomorrow go tomorrow evening. don't go anywhere as jacob rees—mogg will be appearing on your screens in just a few minutes time. be appearing on your screens in just a few minutes time . but just a few minutes time. but first, we'll get the all important . weather important. weather >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there . good evening. >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey here for gb news weather forecast provided by the met office 2023 was a wetter than average year for the

vast majority of us, and 2024 has started off on a relatively similar theme. we've got this band of rain sweeping its way across the uk across the majority of the uk will start falling as snow over higher scotland will start falling as snow over highepushes scotland will start falling as snow over highepushes into scotland will start falling as snow over highepushes into colderscotland will start falling as snow over highepushes into colder airland will start falling as snow over highepof1es into colder airland will start falling as snow over highepof it. into colder airland will start falling as snow over highepof it. some older airland will start falling as snow over highepof it. some travelairland ahead of it. some travel disruption is possible overnight, with strong winds developing across southern coastal and for coastal areas of england and for shetland orkney as well. shetland and orkney as well. temperatures in the south will be relatively mild, dropping down around 11 12 c, some down to around 11 12 c, but some frost for scotland frost is possible for scotland first on tuesday. first thing on tuesday. that band rain will push its way band of rain will push its way northwards eventually stalling across isles across the far northern isles over southern eastern areas should see some brighter spells developing holiday developing for the bank holiday here, more rain on here, but there's more rain on the for england, wales, the cards for england, wales, perhaps into far south—east the cards for england, wales, pe northern) far south—east the cards for england, wales, pe northern ireland. south—east the cards for england, wales, pe northern ireland. eventuallyt of northern ireland. eventually spreading into far south of spreading into the far south of scotland some scotland as well. so some localised flooding is possible dunng during tuesday. temperatures generally ranging between 8 and 13 c but probably feeling colder due to the strength of the winds. one of those areas of low pressure does eventually clear its way off towards the continent, but got another continent, but we've got another one north one that is lingering to north west into west of the uk as we head into wednesday. still, with some

persistent parts of persistent rainfall for parts of shetland and orkney, some strong gales here as well. further brisk westerly winds pushing in showers for the rest of the uk. most of those showers frequent in and heavy at times . in the west and heavy at times. some spells, perhaps some brighter spells, perhaps for . eastern areas. showers for. eastern areas. showers turning fewer and further between as we head to the second half of the week. by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news as

i >> -- >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . four wenzler in the gb newsroom. four people are dead afterjapan was hit by several earthquakes resulting in evacuations and tsunami warnings. that's according to ishikawa authorities . emergency services authorities. emergency services have been responding to multiple fires and up to 30 collapsed buildings after a 7.6 magnitude quake hit the centre of the

country . tens of thousands of country. tens of thousands of people have been left without power and evacuation orders remain in place for coastal areas, although all tsunami warnings issued earlier today have been downgraded to an advisory . a smaller tsunami advisory. a smaller tsunami waves have hit the coastline, but no damage has been reported from nuclear power plants along the sea of japan. an official from the country's meteorological agency says more earthquakes are expected . a earthquakes are expected. a teenage boy who died after being stabbed on new year's eve in london has been named as harry pitman. the 16 year old was pronounced dead shortly before midnight in primrose hill, a popular viewpoint where families had gathered to watch the fireworks . a male has been fireworks. a male has been arrested on suspicion of murder and in police custody . and is in police custody. officers have said primrose hill was particularly busy at the time the incident . a woman time of the incident. a woman accused of murdering two of her children in the united states has appeared in a british court. kimberly siegler's, nine year old daughter and seven year old son were found dead in a residential property in colorado

along with her 11 year old daughter, who was injured but alive. initially alive. the woman initially collaborated with the investigation , but later investigation, but later reportedly disappeared . an reportedly disappeared. an arrest warrant was issued for murder charges. she escaped to the uk and was apprehended by the uk and was apprehended by the national crime agency in west london. almost a thousand, almost 30,000 migrants crossed the channel to britain in small boats last year. that's down by almost a third on the number of crossings . from 2022, although crossings. from 2022, although it's the second largest total since numbers were first published six years ago. no attempts to cross channel attempts to cross the channel have place since have taken place since mid—december, either because of bad weather. thousands gathered on the streets of central london today to ring in the new year, with 100 shops. aiden wait for me , the one and only pop singer me, the one and only pop singer chesney hawkes greeted spectators along the two mile route with dancers and brass bands. families even witnessed a

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