good morning, i'm ellie costello alongside ben elliott and this is saturday morning live. >> very good morning to you. thanks for your company this morning. we've got an action packed show in store. all of the day's top stories with alex cairns and matthew laza. >> the king and queen continue their six day tour of australia as they are greeted by the country's prime minister and a torrential rainstorm. our royal correspondent, cameron walker is in sydney. for us. >> well, welcome to sydney, where the king and queen have spent their first night down unden spent their first night down under, the first time ever that a reigning king has stood on australian soil. i'll bring you the very latest. >> lucky you. cameron. great gig . >> lucky you. cameron. great gig. elsewhere, the race to the white house is on as donald trump and kamala harris hold rallies in the swing state of michigan. >> former tory mp miriam cates is in croatia for the second european congress on family. she's going to join us live from dubrovnik in the next hour.

>> and as celebs such as harry and meghan flock to portugal due to lower tax rates, are we all missing a trick by staying in blighty.7 >> well, it would certainly be warmer, wouldn't it .7 warmer, wouldn't it.7 i'm very interested to talk to miriam cates a little bit later on because she's in dubrovnik at the moment, and one of the biggest questions she's going to be trying to tackle at this conference is how do we make the young people of europe have more babies? and i know that's a topic you feel very, very passionate about. >> yeah, i'd like a third child. i'd like a big family for third. >> in fact, you want ten. >> in fact, you want ten. >> in fact, you want ten. >> i understand that people don't want kids because they haven't got homes. they can't afford it. they kind of look at the news in the world and say, why would i want to bring a child into the world? yeah, but my argument now is just do it and find a way. because otherwise, as elon musk says , otherwise, as elon musk says, the future of humanity is at stake. >> right . i'm stake. >> right. i'm not sure that's the best advice. just be like, just honestly, just do it, go for it and then work it out

later. >> do you know what i'm going to be getting a lot of? stick from viewers on gb news dot com forward. slash your cv for doing that. they'll be saying i guarantee and i'll read them in a second. they'll be saying, ben, don't be so irresponsible to say bring kids into the world regardless of your situation. but i just think we need it. >> i'd be inclined to agree with them. and you've also seen as drawing. the male has caught your eye this morning. yes. >> let me just grab this out of shot. here we go. it says trapped. no. couples with children are rarely stuck in unhappy marriages. the widely held view that many parents are trapped in loveless, unhappy marriages is a myth. so apparently , according to this apparently, according to this new research, couples who are neither happy nor unhappy, they kind of just plodding along, getting on with it , they are at getting on with it, they are at most risk of breaking up. >> oh, right . okay. but if you >> oh, right. okay. but if you have children, you're not desperately unhappy? no. what the exactly. >> but it poses a good question. should you stay together for the kids if you're unhappy? should you kind of just grind it out decade after decade? or should you maybe go and seek ventures new elsewhere? >> or are two happy homes better than one unhappy one? let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we do anything else, our lovely will hollis is on the bulletins

today. >> a very good morning to you. i'm will ross with your top stories. the prime minister has insisted the government will stick to its manifesto pledges, amid reports the chancellor may extend a freeze to tax thresholds. the financial times writes rachel reeves could raise £7 billion in revenue if the freeze is extended until 2028. it could help a plug. it could help plug some of the £40 billion gap in the treasury's finances , with the hope of finances, with the hope of avoiding a return to austerity. but critics say it will break labour's promise not to raise taxes . the king and queen have taxes. the king and queen have spent their first night in australia ahead of their royal tour of sydney and canberra. the couple's six day tour of the country started yesterday with a greeting on the runway by prime minister anthony albanese. the

visit includes a trip to the australian war memorial and sydney opera house, plus parliament gb news royal correspondent cameron walker is in sydney. >> it's a rest day for the king and queen's day following their very long journey from the united kingdom, partly a decision taken because of the king's cancer diagnosis. making sure he's got enough energy to carry out his engagements later on this week. the king and queen had an informal cup of tea with the prime minister, anthony albanese , last night. tomorrow albanese, last night. tomorrow they'll be attending a church service in northern sydney, where they are expected to meet members of the public. >> however, the visit prompts questions over the country's future as a constitutional monarchy, with calls for it to become a republic. earlier, cameron spoke to alexander voltz from the australian monarchist league, who says support for the king and queen is strong. >> i think the two is going to go really well. we're very optimistic and at the end of the day it's a reminder of the significance of our system and just how wonderful it is for

this country. we love a bit of patriotism in the monarchist league. we're very proud of our country. we love being australian. we love our king and queen of australia. and so yes, we'll be distributing a lot of flags. i think we've got about 15,000 ready to go. >> and the father of pop star liam payne has arrived in buenos aires to begin repatriating his son's body. geoff paine was pictured visiting the casa sukh hotel, where the one direction singer fell to his death from a third story window just days ago. officials confirmed a search of the hotel found narcotics, alcohol and destroyed objects in the room. liam's family say they are heartbroken . family say they are heartbroken. and back to the uk. a car being dnven and back to the uk. a car being driven by a heavily pregnant woman flipped three times when it crashed with an unmarked police car in southeast london, according to an eyewitness. the witness told reporters he saw the police car driving on the wrong side of the road before it

collided with her on thursday night in eltham. both the woman and her baby died from their injuries. two police officers have since been discharged from hospital. an investigation by the independent office for police conduct has been launched and could this be the comfiest seat in the country? well, that's what the company making the chairs for the hs2 rail service is hoping passengers will be treated to 87cm of legroom, two plug sockets and reclining features. according to manufacturers alstom , after manufacturers alstom, after backlash against some existing services comparing seats to ironing boards , leaders say they ironing boards, leaders say they hope to rectify the industry's pretty bad job designing seats. those are your latest headlines. now it's back to ben and ellie 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. >> thanks, will. >> thanks, will. >> and welcome to saturday morning live and loads of comments already. >> yes. what about inbox? >> yes. what about inbox? >> oh yeah . yeah. of course. >> oh yeah. yeah. of course. yes. >> i like this one from dave on babies. oh, you want to go into babies? >> babies. >> babies. >> no no no. go ahead, go ahead. sorry. >> i was just going to read dave's that says i'd like to see spitting image do a show about gb news. some great characters on there. i think they're talking about us and gb news would have a laugh at it as well. could you imagine? >> have you ever had, you know when you go abroad they get the street sketches where they make you look caricatures? >> that's it. yeah. >> that's it. yeah. >> no, i don't think. i don't think i can handle that. >> the ego wouldn't allow it. >> the ego wouldn't allow it. >> just cry. >> just cry. >> no, i don't think i'd be confident enough to sit in front of a caricature artist. >> great idea. dave. i've done it before. i found one from when i was about ten in my mum's house. the other day. yeah, it's very funny. yeah. i don't think i've got much of an ego. bring it on. >> if anything, i have much of an ego either, but i just

wouldn't have the. i probably burst into tears. >> yeah, a good idea. spitting image. that'd be good. jenny, you say, can we have an honest hands up at a guess who will win the us election? 1543 00:08:07,888 -