gb news broadcasting live on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster andindeed from the heart of westminster and indeed all across the uk . and indeed all across the uk. sir keir starmer is flying into an explosive row over reparations for slavery as rebellious caribbean leaders are set to force the issue onto the commonwealth summit agenda. will our pm back down or will we eventually end up coughing up elsewhere? nigel farage tells every tory councillor to join reform now , or risk losing your reform now, or risk losing your seats, as he says the conservative party is doomed. does he have a point or is he perhaps a little bit delusional? deputy leader of reform uk richard tice joins me later in the show, but first i'll speak to a welsh councillor who's already defected to the party overnight and a furious backlash at labour mps for accusing the media of using racist gang tropes to portray feared gun gangster chris kaba as politicians who backed him are now being urged to apologise . now being urged to apologise. chris kaba and this year's royal british legion poppy appeal

officially launches today. i'm wearing my poppy , but do young wearing my poppy, but do young people take pride in wearing them? cast your vote now on gbnews.com/win poll . thanks for gbnews.com/win poll. thanks for your company. this afternoon. it's been a beautiful day in the south east. let me know how the weather's been where you are. the sun has been glorious. not too warm, but i'll tell you what. at this time of year, i don't really care. as long as the sun is out and it's on my skin, i'm happy. a really big three hours coming up. we've got miriam cates joining me live on this mermaids trans charity story. we've got peter bleksley in about the chris kaba developing story, and indeed richard tice of reform uk. and i want to hear from you as well. the viewers gbnews.com/yoursay with all your views and comments, and i'll endeavour to get through them as the show progresses. a big three hours ahead, but first, your news headunes ahead, but first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler.

>> ben. thank you. it'sjust >> ben. thank you. it's just gone. 3:00 these are your headunes gone. 3:00 these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. child serial killer lucy letby has lost her high court bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl. the 34 year old, who was found guilty of attempting to kill a newborn known as child k, was seeking permission to appeal against the conviction, claiming media coverage had to led overwhelming prejudice. however, three senior judges in london three seniorjudges in london rejected her application. the nurse is already serving 14 whole life orders for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. today's ruling marks her second unsuccessful appeal attempt, following a similar dismissal in may regarding her earlier convictions. gb news reporter sophie reaper is outside the court in london. >> it started today with his defence barrister benjamin myers kc, taking to the stand to set out exactly what their

application was about and it really seemed to centre around the question of fairness. he said the judge, who presided over the retrial earlier this year should not have let it go ahead because of what he described as overwhelming and irremediable prejudice. once all submissions have been made, that panel of three judges retired, returning only around 20 minutes later, simply stating right off the bat that they were refusing lucy letby application to appeal. they said they felt the judge was right to find that letby could have a fair trial . letby could have a fair trial. >> now, a six year old woman has been released under investigation after her arrest over the deaths of three residents at gainsborough care home in swanage. police are investigating carbon monoxide poisoning as the likely cause after gainsborough care home residents were evacuated. seven people were taken to hospital and 40 others moved to safety dunng and 40 others moved to safety during the emergency early on wednesday morning. health and

safety officials have now arrived at the scene with a police cordon still in place. the deaths are being treated as unexplained and tributes are pounng unexplained and tributes are pouring in from the local community. in other news, the government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes starting from june 2025 amid concerns about their impact on children's health. the announcement comes as 5 million single use vapes are discarded each week, with their use growing over 400% from 2012 to 2023. however, critics claim the move will drive illegal sales with the vaping industry association warning there will be a black market surge. gb news can reveal an imminent rise in channel migrant crossings, with numbers expected to exceed last year's total within just 48 hours. at least 400 migrants are anticipated to have made the journey by the end of today, following five boat arrivals this morning carrying

over 250 people to the border force processing centre in doven force processing centre in dover. a further three small boats were seen heading towards uk waters by lunchtime, taking the number of arrivals so far this year to more than 29,000. the total figure for small boat migrants over the whole of 2023 was 29,437. it comes as reckless people smuggling operations have already resulted in nearly 50 deaths this year. the government is being pushed to confirm its position on reparations for the uk's role in the slave trade. it comes as sir keir starmer faces mounting pressure from caribbean nafions mounting pressure from caribbean nations at the summit in samoa. shadow commons leader chris philp says it's wrong to ask for money for very serious sins committed hundreds of years ago. however, the bahamas foreign minister says justice is about more than money. they say it's about addressing the lasting

impact of slavery. our gb news political editor , chris hope, political editor, chris hope, says it's a ridiculous conversation. >> if the cost is anything from £200 billion to 17 trillion. it's clearly a ridiculous conversation. those figures are are far bigger than many times bigger than the amount of money in our uk economy. but if they do look into it further and find a number, they can all agree on, that may be a way forward. but of course, as you heard from nigel farage, many would say no , nigel farage, many would say no, no, no, where does it stop ? no, no, where does it stop? >> now we'll end with some breaking news to bring to you. it's being reported that vince mcmahon and the wwe have been accused of knowing about, and failing to stop the sexual exploitation of young boys by a ringside announcer. in a lawsuit filed on behalf of five alleged victims yesterday, they accused mcmahon, mcmahon and his wife and world wrestling entertainment of allowing the open , rampant abuse of so—called open, rampant abuse of so—called ring boys as young as 12 between

1980 and 1990. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to ben 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 . slash alerts. >> good afternoon i'm ben leo in for martin daubney this afternoon on gb news, who is on afternoon on gb news, who is on a well earned holiday. i did mention to tom and emily though he's still tweeting about politics and keir starmer and labour when he should be sunning himself. so martin, if you're you're watching, put your phone down my friend. anyway, we move on because it's all kicking off today with the slavery reparations story. heads of government are set to defy the uk by discussing slavery reparations at a leaders summit. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, insists calls for reparations are not on the meeting's agenda, adding that he'd rather focus on current challenges such as climate

change. he says though there's no question that slavery slavery was abhorrent, but he'd rather focus on the here and now than have endless conversations about the past. well, let's get the latest from gb news political editor christopher hope, who joins me now in the studio. good afternoon shopper. it kind of feels like we're i agree with keir starmer actually. >> why are we talking about the past when there's so many pressing issues here and now? although there has been a development in the last sort of 4 or 5 hours or so. >> yeah . there's briefing. hi, >> yeah. there's briefing. hi, ben, there's briefing in some newspapers now on social media that the government is looking towards accepting some of the wording in this communique. this agreement by by the heads of government in, in chogm, which is the commonwealth heads of government meeting in samoa with the king at the moment the draft version leaked already without any uk input by all accounts, is agreed that the time has come for a meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation about forging a common future based on eqtu forging a common future based on equity , and they also agreed to equity, and they also agreed to prioritise and facilitate further additional research on

the transatlantic trade in enslaved africans. now that is going towards talking about a number, the number out there for our involvement in slavery is huge. it's our involvement in slave