very well. great race. he did very well. it's very early, but he's popular. >> well, that opinion seems to have changed as a former president's team accused the labour party of election interference as they make a federal complaint against them. more on that to come . more on that to come. >> and police officer at risk. the officer found not guilty of murdering the violent gangster chris kaba, now has a £10,000 bounty on his head, and his family have had to move out of their home should he ever have been named . been named. >> know and making a splash. the government launches an independent review into the water industry, as some companies are pushing for substantial increases to your water bills. >> faith schools are fighting vat. a derby school is launching a court challenge against the government's imposition of vat on fees 20%. ben snowden, the headteacher of emanuel school, says it discriminates against religious schools, believe that this is denying parents the choice to send their children to an independent school that augns an independent school that aligns with their faith , and aligns with their faith, and saucy seagulls .

saucy seagulls. >> find out why seagulls in the west midlands could soon be put on the contraceptive pill. if one councillor has her way . one councillor has her way. oh, it's nice to be back after two days off, but that's a fabulous story. >> this is in worcester and they've got to do something about these seagulls. they are a menace and they're not. and worcester is not by the sea. >> take note seagulls deserve bodily autonomy. two do they not.7 you can't be messing around with the seagull population. has anybody got the seagulls permission before you put them on contraception? anyway, that's a lot more to talk about this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay for your thoughts. first, though, the very latest news in san francisco. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. >> it is 9:32. we will start with a recap of that story coming out of the united states

today that sir keir starmer insists his relationship with donald trump is intact, despite claims that labour interfered with the us election. trump's campaign filed a complaint accusing labour of illegally supporting kamala harris, pointing to meetings between senior party officials and the vice president's team. the prime minister, though, has dismissed those claims, insisting that labour members are in the us voluntarily , as they've done in voluntarily, as they've done in previous elections. he said that he has a great personal rapport with trump, recalling their meeting in new york, and said he'll work with whoever becomes the next us president. the complaint, though, remains under review by us federal election officials . german planes will officials. german planes will soon operate out of scotland under a new defence pact with berlin. the uk and germany will work together on submarine hunting patrols and developing long—range strike weapons as part of the trinity house agreement signed today. it also includes plans for a new factory

includes plans for a new factory in the uk, producing artillery barrels with british steel creating they say, 400 jobs. the agreement marks a significant step in strengthening nato's eastern flank and boosting security against russia's growing threat. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says the deal is the first step in resetting ties with key european allies . plans resetting ties with key european allies. plans for a rwanda resetting ties with key european allies . plans for a rwanda style allies. plans for a rwanda style deportation deal with uganda were blocked by civil servants over concerns about lgbt rights, gb news can reveal . whitehall gb news can reveal. whitehall sources say uganda showed interest shortly after the rwanda plan was announced under priti patel and rishi sunak, discussions took place at embassy level but foreign office officials raised human rights objections. it's the latest development in the uk's handling of asylum seekers and deportation policies . the deportation policies. the largest review of the uk water industry since privatisation could see major reforms, including the possible abolition of the regulator, ofwat. the

independent review follows pubuc independent review follows public outrage over rising bills pollution and executive bonuses, with a commission chaired by sir john cunliffe set to make recommendations from next year. both the uk and welsh governments say the review aims to tackle systemic issues, clean up the waterways and attract long term investment . walking up long term investment. walking up water companies have already asked for a 40% bill hike by 2030, while thames water wants a 53% increase because , they say, 53% increase because, they say, of mounting debts . well, staying of mounting debts. well, staying with the news on water and the environment secretary says he had no idea that football tickets he accepted were linked to a polluting uk water firm. steve reid was questioned on gb news this morning. over £2,000 worth of tickets from a firm with ties to northumbrian water, one of three companies the water regulator has ruled not fit for purpose. speaking to breakfast this morning, reid admitted he probably wouldn't take tickets again but denied it had

influenced any of his decisions . influenced any of his decisions. >> tickets were from a telecoms company, not a water company. so your facts, i'm afraid, are wrong and your inference is wrong and your inference is wrong too, because i would hardly i would hardly. i would hardly i would hardly. i would hardly be taking the toughest action against water company and water company bosses of any secretary of state in history. if i had been in any way influenced by a telecom company offering me a pair of football tickets, i wasn't and you can judge me by what i'm doing in parliament and the reform i'm leading in the water sector. you've not seen that from any previous environment secretary ever. eve r. >> even >> those are the latest gb news headunes >> those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with you at 10:00 for a full round up. now though , over to round up. now though, over to bev and andrew 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 scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. .com forward scanning the qr code, or go to gb news . .com forward slash gb news. .com forward slash alerts .

alerts. >> very good morning. 938 this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> she's back from her birthday. >> she's back from her birthday. >> i had a lovely couple of days off. you don't realise how much you need the rest, do you? until you need the rest, do you? until you take it off. and then it's nice to be back anyway. now. >> yeah. good to have you back. >> yeah. good to have you back. >> thank you. former us president donald trump has made a legal complaint over what they call labour's blatant foreign interference in the us election. >> it comes as sophia patel, who is the head of. she's the. she's the head of operations at the labour party, tweeted in a since deleted quote, nearly 100 current and former labour party staff are going to battleground states in the us election to campaign for kamala harris, with the party offering to sort your housing. >> don't forget back in 2018, our foreign secretary david lammy said that trump is a woman hating , neo nazi sympathising hating, neo nazi sympathising sociopath. that's right. just read that again. he said that trump is a woman hating, neo

nazi sympathising sociopath and yesterday the chief executive of x or twitter, as i still call it, elon musk, retweeted an article that claimed labour want to clamp down on his social media platform. >> he retaliated, saying this is wa n wan >> so, so much for that special relationship . if between america relationship. if between america and trump, if this country. sorry. if trump wins the election. and what does this like? what does this tell us really about how this labour party are operating? andrew, i think it's the sort of two sides to this story, isn't there? there's this idea of election interference and there's this idea that this centre for countering digital hate, which is linked to the labour party and linked to morgan mcsweeney , and linked to morgan mcsweeney, want to bring down x and effectively clamp down on free speech? >> yeah . and there's been a long >> yeah. and there's been a long tradition of party workers party supporters going to america to campaign from the republican side, the democrat side. but it is this tweet from safiya patel which he's deleted too late, where it implies a sense of

organisation by the labour party, and that would be potentially in breach of american election law. >> that's right. well, let's speak to paul richards, former labour special adviser and columnist. morning, paul. thank you so much forjoining us again. always nice to see you. do you think the labour party could be guilty of breaching american election law ? american election law? >> absolutely. 100% not. i think this says far more about the deranged and desperate state of the trump campaign. with two weeks to go, they know they're losing than it does anything to do with people going over volunteering and helping. and this this offer of accommodation. i mean, people go pay accommodation. i mean, people go pay their own way. they take their own leave from work if they're working and they go over there and do it off their own bat, just like nigel farage when he went over there to campaign. and when liz truss does as well, they do it as volunteers, whether it's on the democrat or the republican side. >> well, nigel was on gb news this morning on breakfast and we will we will find a clip of this morning on breakfast and we will we wi