is paradise and is labour's attitude towards business the right one.7 but attitude towards business the right one? but also. hang on a second. excluding the world's richest man, elon musk, and alienating one. of your core investors with frankly quite stupid remarks before the event has even begun. is there then trouble in said paradise? you tell me. also, spain and ireland have urged that free trade agreements with israel are suspended. would you back that? and the caribbean community is

calling on the government to secure reparations to the tune of billions of pounds over the uk's role in the slave trade? what do you think ? all of that what do you think? all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news. >> on just after 6:00. the main headunes >> on just after 6:00. the main headlines from the gb news centre, stansted airport , is to centre, stansted airport, is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £i.i undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the development will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime

minister at the flagship international investment summit in london for us tech firms also used the summit to announce plans to invest £63 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk. the chancellor, rachel reeves, told the summit labour was determined to ensure the uk becomes a highly attractive country to invest in, and this investment will support the growth of businesses , big and growth of businesses, big and small, helping them create new the current conflict with hezbolhelping ar ago. the current conflict with hezbolhelping them». the current conflict with hezbolhelping them create small, helping them create new jobs, invest in new technology jobs, invest in new technology and play their crucial role in and play their crucial role in this government's number one this government's number one mission to grow the economy by mission to grow the economy by being the most pro—business being the most pro—business government that this country has government that this country has ever seen . at least 18 people ever seen . at least 18 people ever seen. at least 18 people have been killed in what's ever seen. at least 18 people have been killed in what's believed to have been the first believed to have been the first israeli airstrike on a northern israeli airstrike on a northern lebanese town since the start of lebanese town since the start of the current conflict with the current conflict with

hezbollah a year ago. hezbollah a year ago. rescue teams have spent the day digging through rubble looking for survivors in the town of itu. lebanese officials have blamed israel for the attack, which would mark an expansion of the current conflict into the christian majority northern region. well, that strike comes less than a day after four idf soldiers were killed and more than 60 others injured in a drone strike on a military base in northern israel. the israeli defence minister has promised a forceful response to hezbollah following the attack . the following the attack. the perfume bottle carrying the russian nerve agent that killed a salisbury woman contained

on the 30th of june 2018, home on the 30th of june 2018, after the pair found the discarded perfume bottle in a local park. the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and a local police officer also fell seriously injured . and finally, seriously injured. and finally, the snowman is being depicted on a new royal mint £0.50 piece , a new royal mint £0.50 piece, with a one off gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars. as part of the launch of the collectable coin. a solid gold £0.50 piece has been placed behind door 24, in just one limited edition . will the coins limited edition. will the coins commemorate the much loved character immortalised in the books and films of raymond briggs ? well, our much loved briggs? well, our much loved michelle dewberry is back with us all 24 carats of her.

>> 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 . .com. forward slash alerts. >> oh, thank you very much for that. he's a smoothie, isn't he? our mark white. we love him . and our mark white. we love him. and thank you very much, by the way, to each and every single one of you that sent me birthday greetings last week. i very much appreciated it. i had a great 21st birthday in the sun. so i did and now i'm back to the rain and the clouds. that exciting story at the end of that, will you be getting involved? it's like a real world wonka, isn't it? will you be trying to get the golden snowman or not? tell me what you're up to. do you even buy advent calendars anymore or not? anyway, i'm michelle dewberry and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight. my alongside be my panel. i've got alex dean, the conservative commentator, and mike buckley, the journalist and commentator. good evening to both of you. would you be will you be hunting

for the golden snowman? >> i might buy one of those. well, that sounded great. >> is that your kind of thing? i love an advent calendar. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what's the price? i don't know, maybe i didn't pay attention. how much are these advent calendars? i'm quite tight. you see. what's the. what's the odds of me getting the golden one? i don't know. i need to i need to look into it a little bit more. but anyway, look, lots i want to discuss with you tonight. it's very much about your thoughts as well. so get in touch with me all the usual ways. you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to the website which is gbnews.com/yoursay and get in touch with me and each other there. or of course you can tweet or text me. you're very welcome tonight though, wherever you're watching or listening. but of course, today there's been lots of anticipation, hasn't there, about the international investment summit? well, it has indeed taken place. i think round about now they'll be getting ready to rock their socks off to elton john. reception. post that event. and apparently it's a great time to back britain. that's what our prime minister was saying. i

think. long story short , there think. long story short, there was investment commitments of £60 billion, tens of thousands ofjobs £60 billion, tens of thousands of jobs will be created and secured by those investments. so do you back these developments today, alex? >> of course i do. i'm british and i want people to invest in this country. for me, politics stops at party, politics stops at the water's edge. i didn't vote for this government. i'm a conservative. but when it does things like this, i long for it to succeed. i want it to bring investment to these shores. and i'm cheering them on. we, the last government tried efforts like this. this government's trying and we should all support it . it. >> why do you think they seem to have had the labour government seems to have had more success in getting these kind of people around the table, especially so early on in their premiership. >> i'm not sure that's right. but of course, with any change of government, there's a sense of government, there's a sense of new beginnings and a new opportunities and the contrary, wise people have had concerns about what the economic environment is going to be like under a new government . it's under a new government. it's important to note, of course, we

didn't actually get some the real substantive announcements from government about what our future economic outlook is going to be. that comes in the budget in two weeks. and i think it's unfortunate to have had this summit two weeks beforehand, because some businesses will be sitting on having said, i support this and i want it to do well. some businesses will be sitting on their hands because they don't want to be seen, as you know, enthusiastically applauding today. and then in a fortnight when the budget it comes out, having to row back on their remarks and saying rather less positive things about our economic climate. >> yeah, you say the timing is unfortunate. i think it's weird. i would love someone who knows more about these things to get in touch and help me understand why you would host an international. >> i don't mean to hog the mic wmmw >> i don't mean to hog the mic summit. the answer is because they promised to have it within 100 days of taking office. >> well then why not bring your budget forward then? >> and that's what they should have done . have done. >> because to me, i mean, i am not in government, but all of this stuff is basic common sense because as a as a high scale investor, how can you make any kind of mood music if you don't

know what the fiscal framework is going to look under the people of which you're talking to anyway? mike, what do you think to it all? >> i think today's been an incredible success , and i think incredible success, and i think the government's got a lot to be proud of. i mean, they've obviously proud of.