more to this story than meets the eye.7 plus, more to this story than meets the eye? plus, the tory leadership race turns nasty as the final two candidates take the final two candidates take the gloves off. i'll get reaction from a current conservative mp, a former tory mp and a top tory insider. and tonight my top pundits , head of tonight my top pundits, head of communications at the popular conservatives and on siddhartha rees—mogg, former tory mp neil pansh rees—mogg, former tory mp neil parish and former labour special adviser paul richards . adviser paul richards. two hours of big opinion. big debate and big entertainment. something very special for you, something very, very special for you at 10:00. ian hislop on the bbc on have i got news for you has launched an extraordinary attack on gb news. so i'll be dealing

with the bbc and hislop and have i got news for you in no uncertain terms in a special take at ten. that's in an hour. you won't want to miss it. lots to get through. but first the news headlines and katie bowen . news headlines and katie bowen. >> mark. thank you. and a very good evening to you. it's just gone 9:00. these are your latest headunes gone 9:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. developing tonight in the middle east. hezbollah has said it launched a drone attack on a military base in northern israel earlier, with israeli medics reporting that around 60 people have been injured in the attack on the golani brigade camp. the idf has yet to confirm the number of casualties. it comes as this afternoon, israeli military said that one of its tanks entered a un post in southern lebanon while attempting to evacuate injured soldiers. united nations personnel said that 15 peacekeepers were injured in what the un called a shocking

violation. un chief antonio guterres has tonight called on all parties, including the israeli military, to refrain from any actions that put peacekeepers at risk and said that any attacks on peacekeepers may constitute a war crime. the us has announced that they will send an anti—missile system to israel, along with troops to operate it . the terminal israel, along with troops to operate it. the terminal high altitude area defence is a type of battery that requires 95 troops to operate it, and it can be used to defend against different types of ballistic missiles . different types of ballistic missiles. back at home, different types of ballistic missiles . back at home, alex missiles. back at home, alex salmonds family have paid tribute to him this evening after the former first minister of scotland died yesterday at the age of 69. in a statement released by the alba party tonight, mr salmond's family said that alex was a formidable politician, an amazing orator and an outstanding intellect admired throughout the world. the alba party leader died yesterday afternoon from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . ahead trip to north macedonia. ahead of the international investment

summit tomorrow, jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a rogue operator. despite a press release this week calling them a rogue employer, p&o ferries owner dp world will now attend to the summit they had previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment after the transport secretary, louise haigh, criticised their employment strategy and called for a boycott. the operator was criticised by politicians from both main parties in march 2022, when it suddenly sacked 800 british seafarers and replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it was necessary to stave off bankruptcy. the business secretary told gb news camilla tominey that the billion pound investment will go ahead quickly on this issue. >> that's not the government's position. the issue, obviously, with p&0 position. the issue, obviously, with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong. the fire and rehire that we saw those workers being sacked and then taken back on on fewer terms and

conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government. so where companies accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework, we will of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will go ahead. >> and finally, this evening, elon musk's spacex has pulled off a world first after the starship rocket booster was captured on its return to earth. if you're watching on television, you can see these extraordinary pictures of the rocket landing. this is the fifth test of the starship rocket. the rocket also made a successful water landing in the indian ocean. those are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm katie bowen. more from me in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com . or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts .

>> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> welcome to the show and literally seconds ago we've got some developing news, which is a third assassination attempt has been made against donald trump. now this is the third occasion in which an attempt on donald trump, the presidential hopefuls life has been made. but we understand we're hearing from the newswires and from the various news agencies around the world that donald trump has suffered a third attempted assassination . a man was assassination. a man was arrested after trying to enter a venue with a fake vip pass . we venue with a fake vip pass. we don't know whether donald trump has been injured at this stage, but one individual in possession of multiple firearms has been apprehended by the authorities. so if you're just joining us seconds ago , the story that seconds ago, the story that we're hearing from the united states is that an individual that's been apprehended by the police with multiple firearms has said that he wanted to kill donald trump . that's a direct donald trump. that's a direct quote. now, this is a developing

story. it's quite shocking. it's a huge problem and a massive implication for american democracy. we know that the race for the white house has turned very nasty. it's been very personal. an awful lot of, you know , remarks made about each know, remarks made about each candidate of a personal nature . candidate of a personal nature. it's toxic and it's dangerous. and so if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to speed on the fact that a third attempt has been made on donald trump's life. we're going to bring you more on that very shortly. but we'll kick off with domestic politics, which is important to and my big opinion. politics, which is important to and my big opinion . oh my and my big opinion. oh my goodness. where do you start? not even the most loyal party member , lifelong socialists who member, lifelong socialists who have spent decades stuffing envelopes to spread the word, could have anticipated such a disastrous beginning to this labour administration. i actually feel sorry for labour supporters, labour voters , supporters, labour voters, labour activists, because it's

my view that they've been let down by a charlatan leader in sir keir starmer, who had no plan and is already horribly out of his depth. shall we have a look at some of his greatest hits , allowing a perception to hits, allowing a perception to take hold that those protesting about mass migration are somehow far right after southport handing over strategically sensitive british sovereign territory to a chinese ally . territory to a chinese ally. failing to answer a question about whether the future of the falkland islands are safe in his hands, the same falkland islands that over 200 british servicemen gave their lives to protect . in gave their lives to protect. in 1982, we had the appointment of a supposedly neutral civil servant in sue gray, who laughably investigated the partygate scandal. was potentially interviewed by starmer whilst she was still a pubuc starmer whilst she was still a public servant and who, on entry into downing street, issued an

access all areas pass to labour donor lord alli, who by the way, had given £10,000 to her own son's election fund . oh, and she son's election fund. oh, and she negotiated herself a salary even higher than that of the pm himself. there was a rant, not even befitting a student union activist, courtesy of the transport minister, louise hague, who urged customers to boycott p&o, which almost lost this country. £1 billion worth of investment , 10 this country. £1 billion worth of investment, 10 million pensioners, a large portion of whom are living in poverty, are to be stripped of the winter fuel payment. there's the egregious tax on private schools, which has seen over 10,000 children already leave the state. the private sector, 10,000 kids already left the private sector, some in the middle of their academic year, disrupting their education and

losing their friends and access to the teachers with whom they have a relationship. by the time the government have made exemptions and paid the cost of new state school places for a growing exodus of kids, how much money will this wicked and ideological policy raise , and at ideological policy raise, and at what price ? there's the non—doms what price? there's the non—doms tax, which i'll grant you, was stupidly started by the conservatives, but made worse under labour and is now expected to cost the country money rather than bring in revenue . the than bring in revenue. the endless economic doom and gloom, which is politically motivated in order to blame the tories for everything, has seen business and consumer confidence go through the floor. there's the freebie scandal with holier than thou sir keir starmer proven to be the greediest member of parliament. that's right, the greediest single member of parliament with over £100,000 worth of gifts dating back to 2019. today it emerges that the

chancellor, rachel reeves, has been charging the taxpayer for help with her tax returns for years and years and years, even though you and i have to pay for that privilege . labour have that privilege. labour have ditched free speech legislation in universities, perpetuating higher education as a focal point for brainwashing, social engineering and leftist ideology. they've banned new nonh ideology. they've banned new north sea oil and gas licences , north sea oil and gas licences, making us reliant on imported fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. and betting the house on flaky renewables and little things that you might not even notice, like abandoning the national maths academy, presumably to make way for more mickey mouse courses in higher education. see how far a degree in gender queer history and jam making will get you . we had the making will get you. we had the cash for access row with 30 grand being offered for croissants and coffee, with the business secretary taking credit for investment deals secured

under the tories party apparatchiks given posts in the civil service and rolling over to the trade unions with inflation busting pay rises for junior doctors and train drivers . junior doctors and train drivers. now i voted labour in 1997 when their anthem was things can only get better. but after just 100 days under sir keir starmer, labour are playing a very different tune. now we're on the road to hell . are you dreading road to hell. are you dreading the next 100 days? let me know your thoughts. gb news .com forward slash your say let's get reaction from tonight's top pundits. i'm delighted to welcome former brexit party mep annunziata rees—mogg , ex tory mp annunziata rees—mogg, ex tory mp neil parish and former labour special adviser. the one and only paul richards. great to have all three of you with me. let me start with you if i can,

paul let me start with you if i can, paul, it's been 100 days to forget, but i'm dreading the next 100. >> well, if you unpack some of that stuff, actually, a lot of it is froth and there's no substance to it. but the things that people will remember , i that people will remember, i suspect, are the new workers rights and onshore wind, which will bring our bills down. launching gb energy at the end of one word. statements from ofsted will help teachers and parents understand what's going on. there's a whole raft of actual legislation going through, i mean, 100 days is an entirely arbitrary number of days to judge a government on. you know, governments should be judged on years, not days. >> what's gone wrong in the first 100 days? >> well, i think there's been a communications issue which is hopefully now been addressed . hopefully now been addressed. >> is it a policy issue though? >> is it a policy issue though? >> no, i don't think so because these are the policies that people voted for in large number. they have a mandate to do all of these things. people didn't vote to hand over the chagos islands to a chinese ally, did they? well, several governments have negotiated that over many years. and i think, you know, it's a way of guaranteeing the us base stays

there. so i think that's why that's been done. >> did they vote to cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners? >> we don't know what's going to happen with that do we. and i think the budget. >> do you spy a u—turn? >> do you spy a u—turn? >> i don't know about a u—turn, but i suspect they are listening very closely to the voices of those that are saying, let's look at this again. >> well, there you go, neil. labour have had a bumpy 100 days, but not as bad as the last 100 days of the tory government. >> no, i mean, they they were, you know, we were expecting so much from labour, weren't we. >> and i think, you know, you made the phrase that tony blair said, things can only get better as far as i can see. starmer's thing is things can only get worse. and the problem with an economy is that you soon actually stop people spending and you stop people investing. and i think all the stuff that that they will not allow to happen in ’ all’ that they will not allow to happen in ’ all the stuff that rachel reeves is going to bring and i think all the stuff that rachel reeves is going to bring in with taxes is actually going in with taxes is actually going to slow up the economy, not to slow up the economy, not actually build it up. and i actually build it up. and i quite agree with you that there quite agree with you that there have been the pensioners really have been the pensioners really did not expect £300 to be taken did not expect £300 to be taken away from them, and at the same away from them, and at the same time, you know, keir starmer time, you know, keir starmer said well, it's within the said well, it's within the rules. i could have this, these rules. i could have this, these

gifts given to me, but gifts given to me, but pensioners are having money, pensioners are having money, real money taken from them and real money taken from them and many are going up. many are going up. >> but the triple yes , because, >> but the triple yes , because, >> but the triple yes, because, you know, we have looked after >> but the triple yes, because, you know, we have looked after pensioners, which we should do. pensioners, which we should do. >> but you don't take £300 from >> but you don't take £300 from them and some of those them and some of those pensioners don't go on to pensioners don't go on to pension credit and they will pension credit and they will really suffer, whereas meanwhile it doesn't, you know , it's really suffer, whereas meanwhile it doesn't, you know , it's it doesn't, you know, it's hypocritical, that's the trouble. and of course all, all it doesn't, you know, it's hypocritical, that's the trouble. and of course all, all keir starmer will say is, well, keir starmer will say is, well, it's within the rules. i'm a it's within the rules. i'm a lawyer, it's within the rules. lawyer, it's within the rules. and i can tell you what the and i can tell you what the people that i speak to out there people that i speak to out there are really upset at the way this are really upset at the way this labour government has started labour government has started off. i think it will hopefully off. i think it will hopefully get better because if it gets get better because if it gets worse and what is their vision worse and what is their vision for the future? i mean, you for the they've talk, you know , private schools talk, you know, private schools and not only is it about just all children going to private school, there's many there with special needs and special things that need help in the private sector. they are being affected by it as well, just purely because it's a political thing that they will not allow to

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disastrous economy they've inherited from the conservatives. >> they invented the black hole, as far as one can tell, because they weren't they haven't invented, they haven't invented, but they haven't inherited the deficit or the national debt, have they? no, indeed they haven't, which have been growing over years and particularly through covid. but the choices they are making make no sense, because if you want to raise money, you don't go after penalising the growth generators , penalising the growth generators, which is exactly what they're doing. they're taxing jobs so that there will be less jobs or worse, paid ones, that none of their economics is making any sense. and if you announce that you're going to have a horrible budget months in advance , people budget months in advance, people prepare and business confidence has gone off a cliff at a faster rate than ever before. >> okay, well, look, neil, i'm going to interrupt you because clearly feelings are running very high on this one. we're going to return to this labour's first 100 days. are you dreading the next 100? but i've got to tell you, we've got a developing

story. the new york post is this evening reporting there has been a third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump. it's been thwarted, i understand, and the bottom line is that we've heard that an individual with multiple weapons individual with multiple weapons in their possession has been apprehended by the authorities, quoted as saying that he wanted to kill donald trump. so this is quite a shocking story. now, we understand that donald trump is one piece. doesn't appear that he's physically injured, but more on

close. welcome back. now, the new york post is this evening reporting there has been a third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump, but it's been thwarted . yesterday, it's been thwarted. yesterday, he attended a rally at coachella valley in california, where local police stopped an armed man with guns and fake passes

trying to get in. riverside county sheriff chad bianco said. we probably stopped another assassination attempt. there were different enough. they were different enough to cause the depufies different enough to cause the deputies alarm. the suspect was caught about a mile from the rally venue with a phoney entry pass, according to police. he was also carrying a loaded shotgun, handgun and high capacity magazine. cops stopped him about half a mile from the rally at a checkpoint . it does think british people just find it. s(at a think british people just find it. s( at a checkpoint . it does rally at a checkpoint. it does look like donald trump has once rally at a checkpoint. it does look like donald trump has once again, quite literally dodged a again, quite literally dodged a bullet . annunciator you and bullet . annunciator you and bullet. annunciator you and i were both on air and paul bullet. annunciator you and i were both on air and paul richards for the second richards for the second assassination attempt on donald assassination attempt on donald trump whilst he was playing golf trump whilst he was playing golf in mar a lago, which was luckily in mar a lago, which was luckily unfulfilled and unsuccessful. unfulfilled and unsuccessful. but once again, you know, the but once parlous state of us politics and if public figures like a presidential hopeful is not safe, then neither is democracy. >> i absolutely agree , and i was >> i absolutely agree, and i was listening to gb news on the

radio earlier, and one of the commentators said going to coachella is going into enemy territory. and i think that kind of perception that the opposition are the enemy is actually very dangerous. >> no part of america should be enemy territory for a politician. it shouldn't be. >> and you know , of course, >> and you know, of course, california traditionally does vote democrat, but that shouldn't mean that the republicans can't campaign. there and campaign there safely . there and campaign there safely. but i think america has got a real problem with guns. >> well, indeed, paul, paul, you were also with us on for air that second assassination attempt. and then, of course, the other one back in july, which actually struck the president on the ear. i mean, you just have to wonder whether things are going to change in us politics in the months and years ahead. you know, can can politicians make public appearances? will there come a point where they're only going to be on a video camera? >> i mean, they're going to have to keep making public appearances because democracy rests on the interaction between leaders and their people . and i leaders and their people. and i think british people just find

it. so unfulfilled and unsuccessful. but orbizarre that guns are it. so bizarre that guns are so ubiquitous in the american culture. you know, this guy being arrested with guns in his car . americans drive around with car. americans drive around with gunsin car. americans drive around with guns in their car all the time. this is, you know, quite a normal thing. and i just think we i don't know about you. i can't remember the last time i saw a gun. you know, it's not part of our everyday culture. and yet, in the states, it really is. and until they sort that bit out and just get them off the streets and out of people's private ownership, then i think this is going to carry on. >> but the genie is out of the lamp on that one, isn't it? there are now more handguns in america than citizens. >> well, indeed. but i think, you know, if you look at the types of gun control that you could introduce, you know, on assault weapons, for example, you know, rapid fire machine guns and so on, you don't need those to hunt rabbits . those to hunt rabbits. >> indeed. what do you think about this? it's very concerning, isn't it? we need politicians of all persuasions to be safe. we've had two serving members of parliament in this country murdered in cold blood for various political. >> i mean, i think we must be able to campaign. i mean, i

think the problem is you you highlighted it earlier, mark, is that with the american politics, everything is so negative. and they spend all the money they raise virtually destroying the other candidate. and let's face it, you know, both candidates can be very controversial . can be very controversial. donald trump can be very controversial and can say everything he likes and thinks. and perhaps that's right. in a democracy, but i think it just hypes everything up. then , hypes everything up. then, coupled with the fact that you've got so many guns in people's ownerships and like you say , they're not they're not say, they're not they're not just handguns. they're all sorts of, you know, high powered rifles and machine gun types . rifles and machine gun types. and this is what's wrong. but i think, you know , you must be think, you know, you must be able to campaign wherever you are. but i think one of these days, i think america will have to stop destroying each other. really. and they literally do. they just destroy each party in each candidate. they destroy each candidate. they destroy each other. and i think this sort of hypes everybody up, and i think it's just getting worse. and worse. and i think that's

one of the problems. >> also, most definitely. well, let's get reaction now from the former conservative mp for bournemouth east and former chair of the defence select committee, tobias ellwood. tobias, thank you so much for joining us, sir. your reaction to the news that a third attempt has been made on the life of donald trump? >> yeah, this is quite shocking. i agree this is a poor reflection on where democracy is. we look at america and indeed britain, if you like, as the parents of modern democracy and authoritarianism is on the rise across the world. and yet here we are, both countries going through a very isolationist and problematic issues from a domestic perspective. and it showed showing how angry us politics is becoming at such a critical time, not just because of the us election cycle, but also because of america's role in the world. this is taking away from looking at those other big issues of the

day, where we do require international statecraft israel—gaza for one, ukraine and other, the wider geopolitical challenge of china and so forth. and it then begs the question as to who would want to step forward and actually be counted, to actually represent public life. and so forth. it's a very, very worrying indeed that we are seeing, perhaps this become sensationalised, becoming normalised, that now if you disagree with somebody, you're quite content to go and fight to secure a firearm and go out and shoot somebody very, very concerning indeed. >> indeed, tobias , whilst i have >> indeed, tobias, whilst i have you, can i ask you about your latest thoughts on the tory leadership and then there were two so cleverly is out and it's now badenoch versus jenrick and is the leadership ticket now two right wing . right wing. >> that's a really good question. and the fact that you i mean i understand where the gb

news sits, the fact that you're posing this question, the fact that it posing this question, the fact thatitis posing this question, the fact that it is actually being asked by conservatives right across the spectrum is a concern. and i hope that the two candidates are aware of that. we need to have competent on opposition. this lengthy but important selection process is about achieving that objective, becoming an opposition party, an effective opposition party, an effective opposition party, an effective opposition party as a stepping stone to returning to power. and that requires us to reach out beyond our party members and appeal to the electorate as a whole. we won't do that if all we do is talk to ourselves and stay purely on the right of the political spectrum , we ignore political spectrum, we ignore our own track record of success. if we do that, if we ever want to get elected, we must also get support from the centre right as well. history shows that we're to down these final two candidates. i hope that the professionalism, the resolve, the humility that we display now

and where we pitch ourselves in the political spectrum, really will widen that appeal and make sure that we can regroup and regain the trust of the electorate . otherwise, we will electorate. otherwise, we will be in opposition for a long time. >> does the rhetoric of either genenc >> does the rhetoric of either generic or badenoch concern you at all? tobias? >> well, you know, look at those dots. i think all of us would like to have seen greater clarity of a single candidate winning the mps race, if you like. you know, perhaps achieving 60 votes, a clear majority, giving an indication to the party membership, what the mps thought . instead, we've the mps thought. instead, we've had a three way split so that really sends a confusing message as to where the party membership should actually go. i hope that both the remaining two candidates blend their own messaging in, recognising that they've got to take ideas and policy thoughts from all three camps if they want to hold the party together. otherwise, i'm afraid we're simply going to return to the tribal discord.

the disunity that was so destructive when we were actually in government. >> although tobias are both kemi badenoch and robert jenrick not right to address the threat of reform uk and the small matter of the 4.1 million people that voted for them in july. >> oh, absolutely. but you know, as i found out in bournemouth east, i knocked on the very doors of people that voted reform. there was five doors in a row on a particular street. i went back there and said, tell me now, what do you think? now you see the result and they go, firstly, really sorry to have lost you personally . we liked lost you personally. we liked you as a local mp. that's always nice to hear , but i then nice to hear, but i then i ventured to say were we not right wing enough? is that why you voted reform? and they said no, we couldn't vote for any of the other parties, but we wanted to send a message to westminster that you looked incompetent and we wanted you to regroup. so thatis we wanted you to regroup. so that is the message that if we show competence, if we start to refine the policies that will appeal to the electorate as a whole, then we can actually push

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