will. >> will. >> morning 11 am. on monday 14th >> morning 11 a.m. on monday 14th of october. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so world leading business bosses and investors are in london this morning and they were treated to sir keir starmer trying to secure their investment in your country. have a listen to him trying to win over the crowd because we're determined to lead the way on growth, determined to get britain building. >> determined to get our economy moving through the shock and awe of investment. that is the message to take home today.

>> the inspirational. >> the inspirational. >> wasn't it charismatic or not, smashing those gangs? prime minister, i don't think so. labouris minister, i don't think so. labour is now planning for ten more years of small boat crossings at the channel. they've set aside £500 million contract for migrant processing centres and trump in trouble again. >> a man is arrested near donald trump's california rally with loaded guns as police foil a potential third assassination attempt . attempt. >> and this is a big thrill. we're going to be joined by the extraordinary adventurer ash. he set a new world record after he kayaked the length of one of the world's most remote rivers in a 37 day journey. he's in the studio with us. don't miss it. >> and what did you make of ian hislop's attack on gb? news on have i got news for you on the bbc at the weekend? have listen. >> you can't just say you've selected the audience. you've got no evidence for that, no proof. it'sjust got no evidence for that, no proof. it's just this isn't gb news .

news. >> this is gb news. and we have evidence there that the bbc maybe has to fight a little harder for your licence fee money because they think that you are all idiots for watching and listening to us. do you agree? gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> thank you very much. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has pledged to get rid of regulation that needlessly holds back investment at a major business conference in london, the government's unveiled investment deals worth billions of pounds in al, life sciences and infrastructure at its first international investment summit. well, a row over criticism of p&o ferries that reportedly jeopardised a £1 billion investment by its owner , billion investment by its owner, dp world, has been smoothed oven

dp world, has been smoothed over. the government aims to show it's making progress on its mission to deliver economic growth. after marking 100 days in office, and also ahead of the chancellor's first budget at the end of this month. sir keir starmer says he'll do everything in his power to galvanise economic growth in times like this, economic growth is vital, as it's always been. >> if we are to steer our way through a great period of insecurity and change and on to calmer waters, because when working people benefit from that growth, when every community enjoys the fruits of wealth creation, it stops a country turning in on itself and against the world. and that in turn helps provide a stable foundation, breathing space for a country to take advantage of those opportunities for a better future elsewhere. >> for idf , soldiers have been

>> for idf, soldiers have been killed and more than 60 wounded in a drone strike on an army base in northern israel. it's the deadliest attack on an israeli base since israel stepped up attacks on hezbollah in lebanon last month, lebanese terror group hezbollah have claimed responsibility for the attack. this comes as the un peacekeeping mission says israeli tanks have forcibly entered its base in southern lebanon. the health ministry there says 51 people were killed by israeli strikes across the country yesterday . the inquiry country yesterday. the inquiry into how a british woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to the russian nerve agent novichok, opens today . 44 agent novichok, opens today. 44 year old mother of three, dawn sturgess, was pronounced dead at salisbury district hospital on the 8th of july in 2018. she collapsed at her partner charlie rowley's home on june the 30th of 2018 after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing novichok. the post—mortem indicated the cause of her death was indeed novichok poisoning. mr rowley was also poisoned and he was discharged from hospital despite being

critically ill for two weeks. the trial of three members of the same family over the murder of ten year old sarah sharif is due to start today . the child's due to start today. the child's father, irfan sharif, step mother beenish batool and uncle faisal malik are accused of killing her. sarah's body was discovered at her home in woking in surrey on the 10th of august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder and to causing or allowing the death of a child between the 16th of december 2022 and august the 9th, 2023. a potential third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump was reportedly thwarted on saturday night, local police arrested an armed man carrying multiple weapons and fake passports as he attempted to get into a trump rally in california. the 49 year old las vegas resident, varne miller , denied wanting to hurt miller, denied wanting to hurt the former president after being released on bail. this comes as the local county sheriff said

the local county sheriff said the man in question was likely to be a sovereign citizen, someone who does not believe in government control . and the government control. and the snowman is being depicted on a new royal mint. £0.50 coin, with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars for someone to discover on christmas eve. the mint said that to further celebrate the launch of the snowman 2024 collectable £0.50. it's hidden a solid gold coin behind door number 24. in one limited edition, the snowman advent calendar, offering someone the chance of striking gold. the advent calendars will be priced at £30, with a total of 3000 available. only one will have a gold proof coin of the snowman hidden inside , and those snowman hidden inside, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. i'll be back with more news in half 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 . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom live across the uk with bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, we're really excited to be joined by our next guest. that's the explorer adventurer world record holder. call him what you will ash. >> so over the course of a 37 day expedition through the jungle and along the coppename river in suriname, ash and his team broke two. please don't do the camera that close. i'm way too to old have a close up like that. ash and his team broke two world records . now i want to world records. now i want to show you a little bit, because before ash went, i was covering for neil oliver and i had ash in the studio then. i was so excited about that, and he told me about the challenge in surinam. here he is will be attempting via helicopter to begin with to drop off in the amazon might not be anywhere to land, so we'll lower the

helicopter above deep waters and jump helicopter above deep waters and jump into the river and then from that point, we attempt to summit the highest and second highest mountain. >> so the machete and hand hacking our way through the bush, hunting gathering. and then we look to find and officially map the source of the copper river and kayak from source to sea, which will be highly intense. a lot of a lot of your wildlife, your jaguars. you came in, you were on. >> how do you how do you devise such an extraordinary challenge? >> you know, you have to break it down step by step. otherwise, i think all of the challenges are just too daunting, way too overwhelming. so you've got to just focus on one challenge at a time and one day at a time. >> write your 10—k lighter now, ash , than you were in july, but ash, than you were in july, but how are you physically? it was incredibly taxing, wasn't it? >> it was. i think every single day it was demanding, you know, whether it was the sleep deprivation, the heat exhaustion, the lack of food as well. we were expending maybe 7000 calories and only taking maybe. and what were you eating?

we would fish. so we were pulling out big piranha about this big wolf fish stingray. but at the times where we were in the jungle, sort of hacking our way through and didn't have access to the river, we had like ration packs, we would share a bag of peanuts between four blokes, you know, so it was like it was , let's name check your it was, let's name check your team—mates as well, because you're obviously here, but you couldn't have done it without them. couldn't have done it without them. no. they are