and what opinions we should like and not like us.7 democratic nominee kamala harris is accused of plagiarism after a passage from her new memoir rings eerily similar to an anecdote told by martin luther king nearly 50 years before miss harris wrote. is she a fraud or simply sharing the same experience that by amazing coincidence, mirrors those of king's state of the nafion? those of king's state of the nation.7 starts now . nation.7 starts now. i'll also be joined by my most cantankerous panel author and journalist, michael crick, and the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie. as ever, let me know your views. it's a crucial part of the programme mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite part of the day. the news bulletin with lewis mckenzie . lewis mckenzie. >> my favourite part of the day too. good evening. it's 8:00.

i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. the prime minister and the health secretary have said new weight loss jabs could help boost the british economy by getting people back into work. wes streeting suggested the latest medicines could be life changing for individuals and those that would relieve pressure off the nhs, but experts are insisting that the drug is not a quick fix , nor a drug is not a quick fix, nor a replacement for eating well and exercising, and should only be offered under medical supervision . a court has been supervision. a court has been told that zara sharif had to wear a hijab to hide her facial injuries. she received in the lead up to her death. the ten year old was beaten with objects, burnt with an iron and bitten in the weeks before she died . her body was found in bitten in the weeks before she died. her body was found in an upstairs bedroom at her home in surrey last year after her father, irfan sharif, called the police, confessing to the killing after fleeing to pakistan. the minicab driver is on trial among with, along with

sarah's stepmother and uncle. they all deny murder and cause or allowing the death of a child . or allowing the death of a child. the police officer, who shot chris kaba has told the old bailey that he did not intend to kill him when he opened fired martin. blake told jurors that he intended only to stop the car. kaba was driving and aimed for the centre of his body . mr for the centre of his body. mr kaba was shot in the head while driving in south east london back in september of 2022. he died in hospital the next day. mr blake, a marksman for the metropolitan police, is accused of murder, which he denies . sean of murder, which he denies. sean coombs, also known as p diddy, has been hit with a new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault against six people, including a 16 year old boy. the lawsuits, filed yesterday accuses coombs of raping women , accuses coombs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy . more than 100 molesting the boy. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of taking legal action against coombs in

the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month. it's been reported that the prime minister did in fact meet with taylor swift. the sun are reporting that their meeting lasted for around ten minutes. backstage after her concert at wembley, they reportedly discussed the attack in southport at a taylor swift inspired dance class which took place the previous month. this comes after the reported controversy surrounding the pop star being given an enhanced police escort by the met . and police escort by the met. and finally, it's been reported that thomas tuchel has now agreed to become the new england manager. the former bayern munich manager, who also won the champions league with chelsea back in 2021, will reportedly succeed gareth southgate and become england's first ever german born boss. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. there's more from me in an hours there's more from me in an hour's time, but now it's back to jacob for the very latest gb

news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . alerts. >> now. >> now. >> when it comes to climate change, most of the public discourse surrounds her shirt. measures to cut emissions and phase out fossil fuels. but is this really where our focus ought to be.7 perhaps this really where our focus ought to be? perhaps instead of being obsessed by a futile attempt to stop climate change, attempt to stop climate change, a goal that's looking increasingly out of reach, we should turn our attention to the virtues of green technologies and innovative developments to tackle some of the most practical and immediate challenges. recent research by scientists at the university of exeter explores whether we can alter the atmosphere to cool the planet, a process called geoengineering. methods such as stratospheric aerosol injection or marine cloud brightening observed in nature, modelled on the cooling effect after volcanic eruptions. these ideas

are controversial and they come with perhaps some risks. but shutting down the economy is the biggest risk of all. critics argue that geoengineering is dangerous and distracts from real solutions, such as starving yourself and keeping cold. cutting carbon. despite the fact that we've spent decades focusing on cutting carbon, which has made us cold and poor while other countries take no nofice while other countries take no notice and continue to increase their emissions. geoengineering may not be perfect, but it represents a new frontier in climate science that we ought to explore. if we are serious about mitigating the effects of global warming, rather than resisting these new technologies out of fear and trembling and the precautionary principle, we should be developing them and understand how they work in nature. professor james hayward, who nature. professorjames hayward, who leads this research, argued if world leaders are going to consider these technologies, it's crucial to do the research now to understand how they work and how to minimise side effects. by supporting green innovation. we are equipping ourselves with more tools to deal with climate change instead of relying on big government

economy, destroying costs and restrictions on our freedoms, we need to stop thinking of climate change as just about shutting down the economy. the reality is that climate change is already here. the question now is how do we adapt? green technologies and development offer the best path forward. it's not about denying climate change, but rather using the practical tools we need to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world. human ingenuity is a much better route to solving problems than government diktat of course, the greens hate it because they want to control your lives, but mitigation offers a route to tackle the events of climate change while improving our standard of living. it is a much better approach and goes with the grain of the desire of mankind to improve its condition. as ever. let me know what you think mailmogg@gbnews.com. but i'm joined now by my most cantankerous panel author and journalist, michael crick, and the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie. michael, is this a point on greenery where you and i may be able to agree,

because this has the same effect as shutting down all our gas powered electricity stations and stopping driving petrol cars . stopping driving petrol cars. but it's based on nature. it's based on how volcanoes work and it will reduce the temperature. well , i it will reduce the temperature. well, i certainly think all of this should be explored and every effort should be put in to help the people at exeter and indeed anybody else doing research on this in this country orindeed research on this in this country or indeed anywhere else around the world. >> i think you've got to explore every option. and if once more research has been done , we are research has been done, we are confident that it will work without any side effects. and the trouble is that when you interfere with nature, there can often be a terrible side effects. but we have to be careful. but i am. i'm open to anyidea careful. but i am. i'm open to any idea that is going to make life easier and is going to reduce climate change and mitigate its effects. where we can't reduce it. >> and we do know, both from recent history and from older

history, that volcanic eruptions can have a very profound effect on the climate, that there's one recently that reduced the average temperature by half a degree. there's one in the beginning of the 19th century that affects the climate for a couple of years. if i remember rightly, i wasn't there, but, well, you'll not be surprised to know i'm not a volcanologist. >> and so, i mean, i don't know about what all the possible effects of, of volcanic eruptions are. and, you know, part of me says, well, hang on a minute. i'd better be careful how much you interfere. i mean, it's one thing interfering with plants and, you know, flora and fauna and everything, but with volcanoes, it's just strike me that you could. you could end up doing some pretty terrible things. >> kelvin isn't this. i think the answer to this is that innovation is always not only exciting, but actually, as elon musk proved with that astonishing rocket, the other day, which turned out, by astoni