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in retail banking. big difference . i tackle rachel difference. i tackle rachel reeves head on in my niggle at four, and i've got to pull up on x asking whether you think rachel should step down as chancellor in clip bait. what's happening here? >> this is one beaconsfield services. it's about six degrees. >> so what happens next? in difficult conversations? i'll be joined later by a farmer who's completely devastated at the chancellor's decision. so what does this hold for the future of food security in this country? should labour reverse the inheritance tax raid? and for the pulse, a groundbreaking study has indicated that a certain type of drink may speed up the onset of alzheimer's disease . but what type of drink disease. but what type of drink is that? stay tuned to find out. and has this happened to you? a food delivery up . but did you food delivery up. but did you get a refund? something similar happened to me, but of course, oncei happened to me, but of course, once i posted on x they were somewhat friendly. send me your thoughts, post your experiences gb views @gbnews. com. we'd love

to hear from you . but before we to hear from you. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sophia wenzler . latest news with sophia wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. kemi badenoch has described a police investigation into a journalist's year old tweets as absolutely wrong. amidst a row over free speech, the conservative leader told the telegraph newspaper that people should stop wasting police time on trivial incidents, while urging the government to review laws around non—crime hate incidents. telegraph journalist allison pearson was visited by essex police on remembrance sunday over allegations that a deleted social media post inched deleted social media post incited racial hatred. essex police said they invited miss pearson for a voluntary interview over the tweets. meanwhile, former prime minister bofis meanwhile, former prime minister boris johnson compared police action to that of the soviet

union in the last century. action to that of the soviet union in the last century . the union in the last century. the prime minister has just finished addressing the welsh labour conference, his first since the election in july. sir keir told conference wales carried the torch for 14 years to show the change. labour can deliver, but has now hailed a new era of opportunity, with labour governments in both britain and wales. the prime minister promised a partnership with wales first minister eluned morgan to tackle nhs waiting lists and invest in industry. welsh won labour 27 out of 32 seats in the last election, kicking the tories into oblivion with no seats. here's the prime minister speaking a while ago, 14 years, this nation here has carried the torch for the entire labour party, the only great nafion labour party, the only great nation on our islands where we could show as a movement the change that we can deliver for

working people. >> but now a labour government in cardiff bay, joined by a labour government in westminster. a new era, a new opportunity, a responsibility that we must now take to return wales and britain decisively to the service of working people. >> meanwhile, farmers have descended on the conference in protest over changes to inheritance tax, with trailers and tractors leading the way. farmers were escorted by police en route to the conference in llandudno in changes announced in the budget, farmers who pass on their land will have to pay a 20% tax on assets worth more than £1 million. the prime minister defended the proposals, saying the government needs to keep explaining how it will work. earlier , gb news spoke to work. earlier, gb news spoke to 999 work. earlier, gb news spoke to egg farmer rebecca tonks . egg farmer rebecca tonks. >> need to support our our farming, our food security is incredibly important and the

sustainability of that is at risk right now. and i can't i can't labour them that enough to europe now, where germany's chancellor has challenged vladimir putin over what sources describe as a grave escalation in the war in ukraine, olaf scholz spoke to the russian president for more than an hour , president for more than an hour, ending the western isolation of the country in place since 2022. >> the chancellor condemned russia's invasion of its neighbour while criticising the deployment of north korean troops to the conflict, promising to continue supporting ukraine until it can achieve a just and lasting peace. meanwhile, vladimir volodymyr zelenskyy has said that ukraine must do everything to ensure the war ends next year through diplomacy, adding that the war will end sooner with donald trump as president. will end sooner with donald trump as president . more than trump as president. more than 300 illegal migrants have arrived in britain by small boat

today. that's according to official figures. it comes a day after gb news revealed the country passed the 33,000 mark for migrants arriving in the uk. earlier this week. the prime minister announced the arrest of a major supplier of small boats in collaboration with police colleagues in europe and across the atlantic. mike tyson says his return to the boxing ring won't be his last after losing to youtuber jake paul by unanimous decision. boxing for the first time in 19 years before a texas crowd , the 58 before a texas crowd, the 58 year old struggled to match his younger opponent , year old struggled to match his younger opponent, a man half his age streamed on netflix to the platform's 280 million subscribers. jake paul's reportedly earned £30 million from the fight and tyson 15 million from the eight round fight . those are your latest gb fight. those are your latest gb news headlines. more in half an 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. >> good afternoon. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio i'm nana akua. coming up are non—crime hate incidents a waste of time? kemi badenoch has urged the prime minister to review hate crime laws in order to protect free speech and this comes following a police investigation into the telegraph journalist allison pearson over a tweet that she posted last year, means should policing really be involved in this rather than, you know , maybe, perhaps you know, maybe, perhaps policing our streets, for god's sake? do you believe that non—crime hate incidents are a breach of human rights? i'll be joined by barrister gerry hayes to talk us through the legal challenges that are involved with them. and a convoy of

tractors have protested outside the welsh labour conference this afternoon, as the inheritance tax on farms continues . afternoon, as the inheritance tax on farms continues. i will speak to a former a current farmer , sorry, and ask how he'll farmer, sorry, and ask how he'll be affected by the chancellor's budget. all of that on the way as ever. send me your thoughts , as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . so , gbnews.com/yoursay. so, opposition leader kemi badenoch has urged the prime minister to review hate crime laws in order to protect free speech. now her intervention follows controversy over a police investigation into the telegraph. journalist allison pearson, after a tweet that she posted last year. and it's also been revealed that children as young as nine are being investigated by police for non—crime hate incidents, as well . i non—crime hate incidents, as well. i don't non—crime hate incidents, as well . i don't know, it all well. i don't know, it all sounds a bit silly. joining me now gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine non—crime hate incidents. right. so let's let's get into it. what is the

what is the detail behind these and what is the government saying with regard to it? >> well, these are things that have been around for a while that they don't meet the criteria to be an actual crime. hence the name non—crime hate incidents. but the police will still log them. and we know that in the year to june of this yean in the year to june of this year, there were 13,000 of these hate incidents logged by the police. now, worth saying of course, they make up a tiny, tiny fraction of the work that police do, but it is quite something, isn't it? when a journalist, you know , has police journalist, you know, has police turning up on her door a year after she's posted something on x, which was subsequently deleted, but they won't tell her what it is. when we have a freedom of information request by the times that yesterday revealed that a nine year old child that had called somebody else