one of its tanks entered a un post in southern lebanon while attempting to evacuate injured soldiers earlier today, adding that its actions pose no danger to the un peacekeeping force. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has expressed his regret it any harm was done to un personnel in lebanon after 15 peacekeepers were injured in what the un has called a shocking violation when israeli tanks forcibly entered their base. israel's un envoy has also spoken a short time ago, saying it is incomprehensible that the un is keeping lebanon peacekeepers in the line of fire. it comes as the us has announced tonight that they will send an anti—missile system to 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 . jonathan reynolds says missiles. jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a

rogue operator, despite a press release earlier this week calling them a rogue employer. p&o ferries owner dp world will attend the international investment summit tomorrow. they had previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment after the transport secretary, louise hague, 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&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that . we 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'll of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will go ahead . go ahead. >> finally, to the sporting world. england have won three one in their nations league clash against finland. jack grealish put the three lions aheadin grealish put the three lions ahead in the 18th minute, before trent alexander—arnold and declan rice extended. finland got one back in the 87th minute. those are your latest gb news headunes 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 alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> suella braverman is cancelled at cambridge. vodafone issues guidelines on gender identity and insects are unleashed at the lgb alliance conference. this is free speech nation . welcome to

free speech nation. welcome to free speech nation. welcome to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. this is the show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics. and of course, we'll have the latest from all those lovable culture warriors who have been unleashing insects. this week. we'll get to that in just a moment. but coming up, i'm going to be talking to the author of a new book that documents the hounding from protesters over her pro—women's rights views and the organisation which had its conference disrupted by thousands of crickets, will be joining me tonight and also an author found guilty of spreading pro—nazi propaganda gives his defence and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from this wonderful studio audience . and wonderful studio audience. and my comedian guests this evening are nick dixon and cressida wetton. that's me told to clap. >> they almost didn't applaud you. >> and that's a real snub. >> and that's a real snub. >> they've seen they've seen what i do. >> they have seen what you do. no claps for nick and i think that's fair enough. >> although i was shocked they

didn't clap cressida though. >> yeah, but you're a menace. >> yeah, but you're a menace. >> so yeah i understood. >> so yeah i understood. >> spent the last five minutes telling everyone you hate change. so maybe they were trying to keep things. >> yes . yeah. i haven't done it >> yes. yeah. i haven't done it since we were in the new studio in the big posh desk. isn't it.7 it's posh miles away from you. i feel like we're on one of those american shows where we're going to clash about something. well, maybe we will. >> maybe we will. nick, that's a lot to look forward to, but let's first get some questions from the audience. our first question is from gem. gem. hello. >> hi. is free speech in crisis? >> hi. is free speech in crisis? >> well, i mean, that's a big question. could you be more specific? >> well, i'm thinking of suella braverman's event that was cancelled in cambridge. oh, okay. >> well, and this was a, well, one of the many, many examples of this kind of thing. and the reason it got cancelled with suella braverman was because the police said it was unsafe. it would be unsafe because there were pro—palestine protesters. and this is the technique that they always use. it's about safety. it's all about we have to cancel it. >> we've got to be safe. i don't know if people's education and university experience is safe, but don't worry about that . but don't worry about that. yeah. as long as they don't hear anything they don't disagree with.

>> yeah . so why has this >> yeah. so why has this happenedin >> yeah. so why has this happened in this case, do you think? why suella braverman particularly. >> well, she's got a bit of a reputation for having views that are seen as far right. that's not my opinion. yes. >> well no, it makes no sense, does it? because if you disagree with her views, what you can do at these events, as i understand it, is turn up and in the q&a bit you can express why you disagree. >> too radical. >> too radical. >> is that too radical? >> is that too radical? >> no, it's much better to assume you know what she's going to say and leaflet everybody so they don't come. >> yeah, i mean, we had we've had all sorts of things like this. i mean, do you remember those activists in cardiff trying to put a stop to the germaine greer talk because they were claiming she was a transphobe even though she wasn't even talking about trans issues on the night. but this thing about safety, it winds me up, nick. >> well, yeah. i mean, you've done a whole show about it for three years. yeah. yeah, exactly. >> yeah. so yeah, you're getting the theme. yeah. >> it's. well, yeah . because he >> it's. well, yeah. because he asked, you know, it's free speech under threat. it's like free speech nation. but yeah i mean this was this is another classic example isn't it. but the question is would it, would it have happened without this bill being blocked by bridget phillipson? suella braverman suggested this would have been

solved by that which would have allowed universities well insisted universities defend freedom of speech, but labour have blocked that which implies labour love this kind of thing , labour love this kind of thing, this is great for them if they can just shut down their enemies, this is perfect for them . they don't mind that. it's them. they don't mind that. it's like eroding our, you know, discourse or something like that. >> well, let's fill fill in people if they don't know. so what happened was there was a cross—party agreement on a new higher education freedom of speech bill. it was agreed by both parties . it was debated both parties. it was debated endlessly. for years this thing had been people have been working on this for almost five years. then labour get in and the education secretary, bridget phillipson, just scotches it. the night before parliament is due to go into recess, which means that there couldn't be a debate in parliament about this act of political vandalism. it's absolutely mad, isn't it? >> it's quite ironic. >> it's quite ironic. >> well, yeah, i don't think labour do irony, do they? i mean, but this is it. does suggest this in tandem with the draconian jail terms for people posting offensive memes. the fact that labour wants to revamp the online safety act , the fact the online safety act, the fact that they've pledged to increase

so—called hate speech laws, are we just dealing with an authoritarian government at this point? >> well, yes, i think we are. and also weirdly authoritarian students. where's the rebellion ? students. where's the rebellion? why aren't 19 year olds trying to be outrageous instead of calling for more safety? why are you so upsetting? >> were you an outrageous 19 year old? >> nick, i think students have always been stupid and very far left, but we haven't always emboldened them to this degree, you know what i mean? they said things we went, okay, that's very nice. you'll grow up soon and realise how the world works. but now they seem to. they seem to run things stupid and far left. >> a bit of a generalisation, including myself. >> i was were you? i was stupid, yeah, yeah. i don't mean stupid intellectually. i yeah, yeah. i don't mean stupid intellec