and >> hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb news. where live on tv , online and on digital on tv, online and on digital radio i'm nana akua welcome on board. it is 3:00 and for the next few hours me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines. right now. this show is all about opinion. headlines. right now. this show is all about opinion . it's mine, is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree. but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, author and political organiser james schneider. and also crikey smile, james. man, it might never happen and broadcast. or maybe it already has. and broadcaster and journalist danny kelly coming up as farmers prepare to strike and protests are planned this week over rachel reeves inheritance tax raid. i'm asking do you support the farmers going on strike? there's a pull up on x asking you that very question. do you support the farmers going on strike? and in my niggle at 4:00, what do you want our police force to prioritise policing? thought or policing

crime? >> let's get the police to do the one thing that every member of the public wants them to do, get after anti—social behaviour and violence and threats . and violence and threats. >> and what is rachel reeves talking about here? >> but why it is so worrying that at this crucial time, the prime minister and chancellor concocted a new jobs tax to arrive in the spring, despite all of their election promises to cut national insurance contributions, they are actually raising them against the strong advice of business and trade unions. >> really ? that was rachel >> really? that was rachel reeves a few years ago when she was not in power. i'll play you the full clip later on. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone 3:00. afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. these are your headlines . these are your headlines. 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 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 pass away . earlier, gb farmers pass away. earlier, gb news spoke to farmer charles godby. >> 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 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. >> the home secretary is

preparing to pay millions of pounds to countries to fund more preventative measures , stopping preventative measures, stopping migrants from journeying to britain . despite scrapping the britain. despite scrapping the conservatives flagship rwanda plan, labour is said to be modelling their immigration policy on that of italian prime minister giorgia meloni's. deal with albania the home office has not confirmed to gb news which new countries they may be speaking with, or the 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 news first revealed yesterday , news first revealed yesterday, official figures show that 425 people made the journey in nine small boats on saturday before being intercepted by border force vessels . more than 33,500 force vessels. more than 33,500 illegal migrants have now crossed since the start of the yeah 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 that scheme that was drawn up by the conservative government. the president elect is reportedly considering a number of different countries to send 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. in other news, hundreds of drones and missiles have been fired into ukraine as russia ramps up attacks on infrastructure ahead of winter in the biggest attack for several months, ukraine's foreign minister said energy and water utilities have taken severe damage, with power cuts in several regions, while seven people were killed. the election of donald trump this month has increased the uncertainty around the conflict, with the prospect of a looming push towards negotiations expected . billion negotiations expected. billion in extra funding for bus services has been announced by

the government. areas receiving an unprecedented amount of funding include peterborough , funding include peterborough, the isle of wight and torbay, with £712 million 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. earlier, gb news spoke to transport secretary louise haigh, the first time we are committing this funding in a fair , transparent way. fair, transparent way. >> the previous government took funding streams and they made areas compete against each other with particularly rural areas losing out. today, the funding settlement will give areas like essex, kent, devon and areas across the north like blackburn and liverpool, record sums of money to put into their bus services, which will increase reliability, improve real time information and things like accessibility at bus stops and bus stations. >> china is ready to manage differences while working with

donald trump . that's according donald trump. that's according to the country's president xi jinping met with american president joe biden for the final time at the asia pacific economic cooperative summit in peru. president zigi said the despite the ups and downs , the despite the ups and downs, the relationship between the two countries has been stable during the last four years. meanwhile, 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 and conservative peers are planning to delay the handover of the chagos islands to mauritius to allow donald trump to block the controversial deal. sir keir starmer's government has already agreed a draft treaty for the transfer. however, opponents of the plan say giving up the british overseas territory could give china greater influence in the region , threatening the the region, threatening the security of a us base . those are

security of a us base. those are the 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. >> dot com. forward slash alerts . >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. welcome to gb news. it'sjust >> good afternoon. welcome to gb news. it's just gone seven minutes after 3:00. this is britain's news channel. i'm nana akua coming up the home secretary is expected to strike up an italy style migrant deal with kurdistan. and vietnam, which will see the nations do more to prevent illegal migration at source. then for the great british debate, sir, i'm asking, do you support farmers going on strike as pressure mounts on the government to reconsider its plan to change inheritance tax relief for farms, thousands of farmers are descending on london this week to protest the changes. but will it convince the prime minister to do a

u—turn ? and we have the have the u—turn? and we have the have the police got their priorities wrong when it comes to tackling crime ? kemi badenoch has called crime? kemi badenoch has called for a review to hate crime laws to protect free speech after police launched an investigation into journalist allison pearson over a tweet. and more people are coming out saying that they've also been approached by police for hurty words crimes. that's coming up in the next houn that's coming up in the next hour. as ever, send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . well, it's gbnews.com/yoursay. well, it's been revealed this morning that the 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 turkey and vietnam in return for co—operation and security agreements, and this comes after more than 400 illegal migrants crossed yesterday, taking the total to more than 33,500.

that's quite something in this yeah that's quite something in this year. and as ever, some of your thoughts post your comments. i'd like to hear what you think. let's have a chat to gb news political correspondent katherine forster. okay , katherine forster. okay, catherine. so this has been reported in the sunday times. what are they saying? >> yes . so the sunday what are they saying? >> yes. so the sunday times are saying that within weeks there's going to be agreements reached with vietnam, turkey and kurdistan in terms of giving them money to beef up security and crackdown on