christopher hope. he's in hot water after many say that , he's water after many say that, he's basically suggested that women with young children shouldn't be in such high powered jobs, such as leader of the opposition. what do you make to that? also, a simple question for you why on earth do you think that there are so many migrants coming into this country without having criminal record checks? we all surely don't think that's okay, but what on earth is going on? also, young drivers, when they first pass their test, do you think they should be able to carry passengers or not? and the labour party? surely, surely they have better things to do here. then spend their time heading over to the us to campaign for the elections. over

there for the democrats of course. your thoughts ? on. all course. your thoughts? on. all of that and lots more on our fabulous panel to keep you company. look at this, everybody. i've got matt goodwin, the pollster and academic and judith da silva, the broadcast journalist as well. but first, let's get stuck in to the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. it's just gone 6:00. the prime minister is in germany today holding talks with quad leaders. sir keir starmer travelled to berlin to meet with german chancellor olaf scholz. us president joe biden and french president joe biden and french president emmanuel macron. they discussed developments in the middle east and also the war in ukraine. starmer also spoke about domestic issues during the press conference. he told journalists labour will keep their manifesto pledges in the upcoming budget in relation to

our manifesto. >> we are going to keep our manifesto pledges as we go into that election. i've made that very clear. i'm not going to pre—empt the individual measures that will be outlined by the chancellor in due course, but i make it clear that this is going to be a budget that will fix the foundations and rebuild our country. the prime minister or chancellor are ever pre—empts the measures that may or may not be in a budget. i'm afraid you'll just have to wait until the chancellor lays that out in full. but the structure, if you like the framework, is going to be to fix the foundations and to rebuild our country. thank you very much . very much. >> some breaking news now. music mogul simon cowell has said he is heartbroken and feels empty. in a statement posted on instagram following the death of former one direction member liam payne. payne died aged 31 after

falling from a third floor balcony in buenos aires on wednesday. a post mortem confirmed multiple traumas from the fall, with police describing payne's hotel room as in complete disarray. other musicians and fans have been remembering liam's infectious energy with a candlelit vigil held in argentina . now back in held in argentina. now back in the uk, a former police detective has been jailed for 19 years for stealing cocaine from work to sell on the streets of manchester. the court heard that andrew talbot took almost four kilograms of cocaine, with a retail value of £400,000 from an evidence store , and then evidence store, and then searched police systems for dealers to help him sell the drug. the 54 year old, who worked for greater manchester police's serious crime division, was found guilty of misconduct in public office and supplying class a drugs . a heavily class a drugs. a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby have died after a collision with an unmarked police car in south—east london. the incident

happened at around 6:15 last night. witnesses have told gb news that it appears the police vehicles were responding to an emergency at the time. two officers in the police car were taken to hospital but have since been discharged and a road closure remains in place as enquiries continue . alex enquiries continue. alex salmond's body has returned to aberdeen from north macedonia following his sudden death at a conference on saturday. the former first minister passed away from a heart attack in ohrid and his body was flown back this afternoon on a chartered flight arranged by businessman sir tom hunter. gb news scotland reporter tony maguire has more. >> the body of former first minister alex salmond was successfully returned home to scotland today. mr salmond was attending the academy of national diplomacy conference in nonh national diplomacy conference in north macedonia, where he suffered a major heart attack last weekend. after days of discussions between the uk and

scottish governments , it was sir scottish governments, it was sir tom hunter, the scottish businessman , who paid for businessman, who paid for a private charter to bring his body home. before leaving north macedonia, a guard of honour placed a saltire atop his coffin and he was slowly marched into the plane. a few hours later he touched down here at aberdeen airport, where he was met by his wife moira. members of the salmond family and the alba party, including his deputy kenny macaskill , and king kenny macaskill, and king charles and queen camilla, have touched down in australia for a historic royal tour. >> the couple landed in sydney, greeted with a warm welcome and a bouquet of flowers for the queen. our royal correspondent cameron walker is on the ground in sydney. >> king and queen have got a pretty packed schedule over the next six days in australia, both in sydney and in canberra. tomorrow, saturday is going to be a rest day for the king. of course he's travelled 24 hours to get here and he has cancer. he has paused his cancer

treatments while he is here in australia, but that will give him, it's hoped, enough energy to carry out his vast programme of engagements in new south wales. but republicans have been very vocal about the fact that the king is here. the first time ever that a reigning king has been on australian soil. they are calling it the farewell tour of oz. however, australian monarchists are pointing out that there are thousands of people who are wanting to welcome king charles and queen camilla to here australia, but it is up to the australian people to decide how well the king is received. down under. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com . gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much for that. my >> thank you very much for that. my name is michelle dewberry and

i'm keeping you company on this friday evening right through till 7:00 tonight alongside me , till 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel, i've got matt goodwin, the pollster and academic and judnh the pollster and academic and judith da silva, the broadcast journalist. good evening to both of you. you're very welcome tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home as well. what's on your mind this evening? lots, i suspect i want to talk to you about the tory leadership debate last night. did you see it? who do you think won? there was lots of themes that came out of that. don't worry, we shall be exploring them. i also want to ask you a simple question, ladies and gents. why on earth for so many migrants coming into this country without criminal record checks , what is going on? the checks, what is going on? the labour party? do you not think they should have anything better to do with their time, then get themselves to organised head off over to america to try and help the democrats win the election? apparently not. is the answer to that anyway, lots to discuss. get in touch gb views @gbnews. com on the email you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or text me. but look that first one, then it was the big night last night. did you watch it? what did you think to it? it was

generic. what did you think to it? it was genenc.the what did you think to it? it was generic. the badenoch head to head. i've got to say , there was head. i've got to say, there was quite a lot of interesting themes that came out for me. the word drama and the drama. i mean, if robert jenrick had had a couple of bob every time he said drama, he'd have retired. i think by now i also thought it was very interesting, kemi badenoch saying, i'm not going to give you policies. this is not about policies. it's about trusting me. we need an engineer. i am your engineer. what did you think to it all? >> well, the first thing to say is this is a conservative party that's in the midst of a philosophical and ideological and electoral crisis. it's a party that doesn't quite know what it is anymore, where it's going, how it's going to reconnect with the country. you know, the interesting thing that struck me , michel, i think, was struck me, michel, i think, was you heard a lot from robert jenrick about, i'm going to leave the echr going to leave the european convention on human rights. and i was sort of sat there wo