well . good afternoon britain. well. good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on monday the 14th of october. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. >> well, britain is open for business. the prime minister, he's pledging to get rid of regulations that are holding back investments in britain. what exactly does he mean? >> more historic reparations. a group of 15 caribbean nations will ask the king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations. the foreign secretary has spoken very much in support of such payments in the past. but will the government now cave in? >> and a new report has revealed

that chinese heritage pupils on free school meals are outperforming performing white british pupils from far better off backgrounds. now, critics say it shows the traditional belief that life chances are determined by a binary has been overturned. okay, white. >> well good afternoon, britain. much to come on today's programme, not least the government's vibe shift. we're calling this . they've been calling this. they've been talking attempted, attempted reset, a reset for the government. just 100 days in. keir starmer has gone from a sort of eeyore like figure saying that everything's really dreadful, much worse than he expected when he got elected. you know, there's going to have to be tax rises and we're going to be tax rises and we're going to have to release prisoners and all the rest of it. well, now he's saying britain is brilliant. and not only is it brilliant, it's booming. >> is it a bit late, though? i

mean, we've all read the reports that millionaires are leaving in their droves, or at least thinking about it if they haven't left already. we're all reading how, you know, national insurance contributions for employers may also be going up. when the government has said before, no national insurance won't go up. okay. we're hearing from the, you know, city bosses that they're worried and hiring's fallen to the lowest level since covid. i mean, it's a lot to turn around, isn't it? if you want to get across a positive message. >> yeah. i mean, it's strange to think that, you know, weeks and weeks, months and months of relentlessly talking down this country. oh, that doesn't matter, because the international investors that we're going to get them together in this one summit today and say, ignore everything that we've said for the past three months. today, we're going to tell you how great this country is, and then you'll give us all your money, won't you ? i mean, your money, won't you? i mean, it's a bait and switch . it's a bait and switch. >> yeah. well, do you buy it? gbnews.com/yoursay do you think britain is back at open doors for investment ? all of that.

for investment? all of that. i think it will come flooding in. i mean, the transport secretary almost got herself in rather a lot of trouble over potentially tanking a £1 billion investment from p&o ferries. so that's where we are. but let's get the headunes where we are. but let's get the headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> and emily, thank you very much. good afternoon. the top stories. the prime minister says he will do everything in his power to galvanise economic growth . speaking at the growth. speaking at the international investment summit today, sir keir starmer said the government will make sure that every regulator in the country takes growth as seriously as businesses. the government has today unveiled investment deals worth billions of pounds in al life sciences and infrastructure. it comes as a row over criticism of p&o ferries that reportedly jeopardised a £1 billion investment by its owner, dp world, has been smoothed over. the government aims to show it's making progress on its mission to deliver economic growth .

to deliver economic growth. after marking 100 days in office 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 to on 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 for teenage 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 perfume country yesterday. the perfume bottle carrying the russian nerve agent that fatally poisoned a british woman contained enough poison to kill thousands of people, the inquiry into her death has been told. 44 year old mother of three dawn sturgess was pronounced dead at salisbury district hospital in july of 2018. the novichok poisonings inquiry is to look at whether she died after she was caughtin whether she died after she was caught in the crossfire of an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt. she collapsed at her partner's home on the 30th of june of 2018 after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing novichok . it followed containing novichok. it followed the attempted murder of former spy the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and then police officer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march. that year. the trial of three

members of the same family over the murder of ten year old sarah sharif has begun the child's father, irfan sharif, stepmother bannau batool and uncle faisal malik are accused of killing her. sarah's body was discovered at her home in surrey on the 10th of august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder to and causing or allowing the death of a child . a potential third a child. a potential third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump was reportedly thwarted . on saturday 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 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 950 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 coin, it's hidden a solid gold coin, it's hidden a solid gold coin behind door number 24. in one limited edition advent calendar , offering someone the 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. gold proof coin of the snowman hidden inside . and those are the hidden inside. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:07 now. it's a great time to back britain. those are the words of the prime minister as he made the case for investment

into the uk at his first international investment summit. >> yes, sir keir starmer pledged to get rid of regulation that needlessly holds back investment as part of his big plan for economic growth. >> it comes as the tech secretary, peter kyle, says he's absolutely ready to engage with elon musk, despite his notable absence from today's summit. >> okay, well, gb news political correspondent katherine forster joins me now. catherine, we've been talking quite a lot on the show today about this, this vibe shift in the way starmer is talking about britain and the way the prime minister is talking about this country and its economy, etcetera , etcetera. its economy, etcetera, etcetera. cast our minds back to the rose garden speech, where we all told things were going to get worse before they eventually get better. now, britain has never beenin better. now, britain has never been in a better place for people to invest. what's changed? >> yes, it's quite a different tone, isn't it? now, i think what's changed is , on the one what's changed is, on the one hand, i think there is a recognition that they probably did overdo the doom and gloom a

bit. they came in, they say that they found that things were much worse than they could have imagined. we know there's going to be difficult choices coming in the budget on october the 30th. so i think they wanted to be honest and prepare people for that. but of course, you've got to give people a bit of hope and a bit of optimism. and i think what's different here is with this international investment summit today, he's talking to the world, really. he's talking to these global business leaders trying to drum up b