. it's 1:00 on sunday, afternoon. it's 1:00 on sunday, the afternoon. it's1:00 on sunday, the 17th afternoon. it'51:00 on sunday, the 17th of november. this is the 17th of november. this is the weekend on gb news now , the the weekend on gb news now, the government could copy italy's model to crack down on illegal migrants by paying other countries to stop making people the journey to the uk. it comes amid reports donald trump's team are looking at plans to deport illegal migrants to rwanda. remember that, similar to the scheme that was scrapped by laboun scheme that was scrapped by labour. and pressure mounts on the government to reconsider its plan to change inheritance tax relief on farms. plan to change inheritance tax relief on farms . thousands of relief on farms. thousands of farmers are descending on london this week to protest the changes. but will it convince the prime minister to do one of his famous flip flops .7 and is his famous flip flops.7 and is donald trump for good world peace? volodymyr zelenskyy zelenskyy seems to think so. saying trump's victory will mean the war in ukraine will end sooner than expected, and a protest is taking place at

wembley , calling on the fa to wembley, calling on the fa to stop biological men from playing in women's football. we'll speak to somebody at that protest later on. oh, and let's talk about sex, shall we? it's cuffing season, evidently with almost half of single people on the hunt for a significant other, but what is it about this time of year that makes people want to find a partner ? i don't want to find a partner? i don't want to find a partner? i don't want to find one. i've got one. thanks. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . is the weekend. thank you very much for joining me. and your company is very much appreciated. on this sunday afternoon. i hope you're having afternoon. i hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there because this show is all about you . it's not about me. my you. it's not about me. my brilliant panel. it's about you and your views. and it's really, really easy to get involved in the show. just go to a

gbnews.com/yoursay and you can join in our conversation or have a little chit chat. it's a sunday afternoon. who cares? now , sunday afternoon. who cares? now, keeping me company on today's show is political commentator matthew stadlen and former conservative mp neil parish. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining matching blue. love forjoining matching blue. love it. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news headlines with the lovely will hollis . will hollis. >> thank you. dawn, your top story at 1:00. pressure is mounting on the government to reconsider its plan to apply inheritance tax to farmers. for the first time, the prime minister has been accused of sneaking out like a rat rather than facing farmers protesting at the welsh labour conference yesterday , thousands of farmers yesterday, thousands of farmers from across the country are descending on london this week in objection to the government's

plan to tax assets over £1 million by 20%. when farmers die. earlier, gb news spoke to farmer charles godby . farmer charles godby. >> they now, i think, i'm sure , >> they now, i think, i'm sure, realise that their figures are wrong. we've got the evidence to show that they're wrong, but they're just burying their head in the sand. they don't want to admit it. we're not a farming dynasty yet. we through working hard, investing everything we have and taking far below the minimum wage and managed to build up a sustainable farming business, the government is expected to announce an italian style immigration deal with countries like kurdistan and vietnam , the times reports. vietnam, the times reports. >> the home secretary is preparing to pay millions of pounds to countries to fund more preventative measures, stopping migrants from journeying to britain. despite scrapping the conservatives flagship rwanda plan, labour is said to be modelling their immigration policy on that of italian prime minister giorgio meloni's. deal

with albania. the home office has not confirmed to gb news, which non—eu countries they may be speaking with, or the specifics of any reported deals . specifics of any reported deals. meanwhile, the home office has confirmed that more than 400 illegal migrants crossed the channelin illegal migrants crossed the channel in small boats , as gb channel in small boats, as gb news first revealed yesterday , news first revealed yesterday, officials official figures forgive me, show that 425 people made the journey in nine small boats on saturday before being intercepted by border force vessels more than 33,500 illegal migrants have now crossed since the start of the year. that's already 4000 more than the total number who crossed during the whole of 2023. meanwhile, there are reports that donald trump's team are looking at plans to deport illegal migrants to rwanda following the scheme that was drawn up by the last

conservative government. the president elect is reportedly considering a number of different countries to send illegal immigrants to . a source illegal immigrants to. a source close to trump's team has said he campaigned on a promise to crack down on illegal immigration, and he is determined to stick to it, to the buses . £1 billion in extra the buses. £1 billion in extra funding for bus services has been announced by the government, areas receiving an unprecedented amount of funding include peterborough , the isle of wight peterborough, the isle of wight and torbay, with £712 million for councils and more than £200 million for operators . for councils and more than £200 million for operators. bus fares went up by 50% recently, where they are now capped at £3 for a single trip back to global politics. china is ready to manage differences while working with donald trump, according to the country's president. xi jinping met with american

president joe biden for the final time at the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in peru. president xi said that despite ups and downs, the relationship between the two countries has been stable during the last four years. meanwhile, joe biden said competition should not veer into conflict. president elect trump has pledged to apply tariffs to chinese imports during his last term of office, he labelled covid the chinese virus. in other news, a woman found dead in the boot of a car has been named by police as barela, the 24 year old was discovered in london last thursday after police received a call from a member of the public concerned for her welfare. police believe the woman, from corby in northamptonshire, was attacked by someone she knew, but detectives say they are keeping an open mind. a mandatory referral has been made to the independent office for police

conduct by northamptonshire police because of previous contact with miss barela , and contact with miss barela, and finally, tickets for the next year's glastonbury have sold out in less than 40 minutes. organisers of the somerset music festival apologised to anyone who didn't get a ticket, stating that demand was much higher than supply selling at £373.50, plus a £5 booking fee. this year's line up is rumoured to include northern rock n roller, sam fender punk legends green day and pop star olivia rodrigo . and pop star olivia rodrigo. those are your latest stories for now, let's get back to the delight that is dawn neesom 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 .

forward slash alerts. >> cheers. well, i'll give you the fiver later, mate . thank you the fiver later, mate. thank you very much. right. okay, let's get straight into today's story, shall we? ministers are plotting a series of italy style deals to stop thousands of illegal migrants setting off towards the uk. home secretary yvette cooper is expected to pay millions of pounds to countries such as kurdistan , turkey and vietnam in kurdistan, turkey and vietnam in return for co—operation and security agreements. this comes as across the pond, us president elect donald trump is also planning to crack down on illegal migration, considering deporting them to. oh yeah, rwanda. remember that a scheme actually scrapped by sir keir starmer earlier this year ? for starmer earlier this year? for more on this, let's now talk to somebody who knows exactly what's going on and can explain it in easy language for us. gb news political correspondent. the wonderful katherine forster. catherine, all this sounds very

familiar. for a start. but ministers are preparing to strike a series of italy style deals . deals. >> well, sir keir starmer went to rome in september. i was on that trip and i was very struck by the fact that rishi sunak, the previous pm, had a fantastic relationship with giorgia meloni. this right wing figure, and sir keir starmer seems to be taking a very pragmatic approach. we were there, he was very interested to learn from italy because italy, right at the sharp end of the migration crisis, of course, they've managed to get the numbers coming illegally into italy down by 60, i think 62% based on the same period last year, largely by doing deals with tunisia and libya and paying them to increase security, to stop people leaving from there. and also to encourage people to stay where they are. so we are looking at similar agreements

now. the sunday times has reported looking at deals with vietnam, turkey, kurdistan , vietnam, turkey, kurdistan, vietnam, turkey, kurdistan, vietnam is already up and running. that was done under the conservatives, largely social media post, trying to discourage people from setting out. now worth saying that gb news were in touch worth saying that