comes as iran's president has it comes as iran's president has warned against further attacks on his country. meanwhile, at least 35 people have been injured, six reportedly seriously, after a truck hit a bus stop in central israel this morning. israeli police say the suspected ramming attack north of tel aviv is being treated as a possible terror incident. police have also confirmed the driver of the bus was an israeli citizen . education secretary citizen. education secretary bridget phillipson has failed to clarify what labour means by working people. while thousands of businesses are closing their doors due to fears about labour's upcoming budget next week. according to the telegraph newspaper, more than 1600 company directors have chosen to wind down their businesses so far this month. that's the highest number of closures this yean highest number of closures this year, and more than double the amounts for the whole of last october. speaking earlier on gb news, bridget phillipson avoided questions around whether people running small firms are indeed

working people. >> i appreciate that it's frustrating that i can't comment on wider measures in the budget, but we haven't got to long wait. the chancellor will set out everything on wednesday. what a manifesto was clear about was that we didn't want working people to face higher taxes. we hold to that and they will not see increases in vat, in national insurance or in income tax. and coming out of the budget when they receive their pay budget when they receive their pay slip, they will not see higher taxes. >> following a fatal road collision in the early hours of saturday morning, a 39 year old craig nunn has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. a three week old baby died following the crash in stockport , greater manchester, stockport, greater manchester, whilst a man and woman, also in the vehicle were treated in hospital for their injuries. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman and two children suffered stab wounds in what has been described by police as a truly shocking incident. police were called to dagenham where they found the woman in her 30s. an

eight year old girl and a two year old boy, all suffering from stab wounds. the metropolitan police said. they were taken to hospital and none are in a life threatening condition. meanwhile, 48 year old kulvinder ram will appear in court on monday charged with three counts of attempted murder . prince of attempted murder. prince william has extended a so—called olive branch to prince harry by publicly naming him for the first time in six years. >> my mother took me to the passage. she took harry and i both there. it must have been about 11, i think. probably at the time, maybe ten. i'd never been to anything like that before, and i was a bit anxious as to what to expect. >> that's part of a new itv documentary following the prince of wales and the first year of his homewood's programme, which aims to end homelessness. the film, titled prince william we can end homelessness, includes unseen photos of william and diana at the passage in westminster . and in other royal westminster. and in other royal news, the king is set to return

to full royal duties next year, including an overseas tour. that's despite ongoing cancer treatments. a palace official described his trip to australia and samoa as a perfect tonic, adding it had lifted his spirits. king charles will fly abroad during the spring and autumn, the traditional periods for official royal trips provided the doctors sanction the travel that is , and a the travel that is, and a british woman has begun her attempt to become the first woman to row solo all the way from mainland europe to south america. 21 year old zara lachlan set off from lagos on the portuguese algarve earlier this morning and will now aim to row the 3600 miles to french guyana, a journey that will take an estimated 90 days. rather her than me. those are your latest gb news headlines for now . i'm gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next hour. >> 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. >> the irish government wants to police your thoughts. the final battle between trump and harris edges closer. and is surrogacy a moral outrage or an act of compassion? this is free speech. nafion compassion? this is free speech. nation . welcome to free speech nation. welcome to free speech nafion nation. welcome to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. this is the show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics, and we've got the latest from those loveable culture warriors who've been very busy over the past couple of weeks . coming up on the show of weeks. coming up on the show tonight, ireland passes its controversial hate crime bill, which claims to protect members of the transgender community. but critics say it defies science and harms kids. i'm joined by an irish barrister and women's advocacy campaigner to look at this development , women's advocacy campaigner to look at this development, and donald trump and kamala harris face the american public in just nine days. very exciting stuff. who will reach the white house and what will it mean for us at

home and surrogacy? is that a moral outrage or an act of compassion? is it time to regulate, ban or embrace the practice ? who does it really practice? who does it really serve? children or selfish adults? and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from this rather delightful studio audience and my comedian guests this evening are jojo sutherland and cressida wetton. hello. welcome both. >> and jojo, you're all over the place as usual. >> you're to off iceland. i am. is that because you're a fan of bjork? >> yes, very much so. and i'm gigging- >> yes, very much so. and i'm gigging. i'm doing a show. me and mr kerry marx are both. is that right? >> you're so international. >> you're so international. >> i know, yeah, it's quite glamorous. and i drove all the way from edinburgh today. >> well, okay. you must be knackered. >> i am well, no, i'm just furious. at 20 miles an hour. i was like, it took me three hours to get to london and then another five just to get across london. >> they're slowing down those, those speed restrictions. but, cressida, you're not going to anyway. >> i'm mostly hanging out in paddington. yeah, i know, i know, you're basically here all the time. >> you need to get a hammock in

the back, green room, but. oh, well, we've got this audience here. thank you all for coming in, and we may as well ask for some questions. we've got one from ryan. hello, ryan. you've been here a few times. i have, i have. >> good evening all. is it mad to compare donald trump to hitler? yeah. >> so this is the latest thing, isn't it? so , you know, we've isn't it? so, you know, we've had this campaign, this election campaign from both sides has been had more twists in it than than game of thrones. it's been absolutely insane. but now the latest tactic seems to be talking about fascism . and so talking about fascism. and so kamala harris has been calling trump hitler. and by the way, donald trump has also been calling kamala harris a fascist. so it's gone down to the level of basically childhood mudslinging. what do you think about all this, ryan? >> i think it's just become fashionable for the left now, anyone that's on the right just to automatically default to comparing them to hitler. you know, i've, i've had friends in the past compare conservatives to nazis. yes. the past compare conservatives to nazis. yes . and it's just to nazis. yes. and it's just lazy. it's lazy rhetoric. and it's intended to shut down conversation. >> so the thing about it is it doesn't seem to work like all of the polls, like anyone who

kamala harris says, oh, well, donald trump is a is a fascist, is actually hitler. all of those people are going to be voting for her anyway. that's not a persuasive tactic. that's very true. >> yeah. and of course, donald trump made a joke himself, didn't he, about being a dictator for a day. right. so he'd already got there. >> a lot of people have taken that quite literally. well, apparently he also made a joke about let's have a day where we just have violence for an hour and just sort everything out. the trouble is, because he's so full of bluster and because he's more a comedian than a politician, people do take a lot of that sort of stuff seriously. >> well, apparently, which i just think is ludicrous. so the question is it mad? yeah, i think it is a bit mad, but as you say, it's very fashionable. >> yeah, but they're both at it. i mean, this is the thing i kind of think it's really first of all, i think it's disrespectful to for actual victims of genuine fascist regime regimes in the past to start comparing what you can say is and i do think both candidates and both parties have authoritarian tendencies. you know, you've had, you know, the trump was calling, you know, dunng trump was calling, you know, during his 2016 campaign. he was

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