cates. the us i'm miriam cates. the us president, joe biden, has given the green light for ukraine to use long—range us missiles to strike targets inside russia. is this necessary for the defence of ukraine, or does it risk escalation? and will britain follow suit? >> and thousands of farmers are set to descend on westminster this week, rallying against labour's controversial plans to increase inheritance tax on farm. how will starmer's government handle this demonstration? >> a school sex education course in scotland is being blamed for the rise in the number of young people questioning their gender identity or experiencing dysphoria. should transgender ideology be taught in schools ? ideology be taught in schools? >> and masked raiders snuck into windsor castle estate as the prince and princess of wales and their children slept in their home nearby. what does this breach in security mean for the future king and the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice across

large parts of the uk , with large parts of the uk, with forecasters warning of disruptive snow or perhaps joyous snow. >> and of course, those problems could last until tuesday, so should we be dreaming of a white christmas ? christmas? and goodness me, it's a busy show. today we're going to be covering lots else besides including this issue of young people in particular signing off from work due to problems with their mental health. >> a large part of the increase in the number of young people not working is 100% down to mental health problems. obviously there's a covid link in there. lots of people got used to not having to go out, not having to go to school. there also seems to be a social media aspect that is harming people's mental health. but really, are these people, should they just be told to go to work? >> yes, and i suppose there's going to be a balance that has

to be struck. but the previous work and pensions secretary did start to dig into this sort of worklessness problem that we are experiencing. it's astonishing that we have such a worklessness problem in the uk, because these are people that are not signed up, because the way that the system works, it's not that they're unemployed, it's that they're unemployed, it's that they're not expected to work . so they're not expected to work. so they're not expected to work. so they are receiving benefits, but no expectations. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so you don't see them in the unemployment figures. so the unemployment figures. so the unemployment figures. so the unemployment figures stay really quite low. it looks like we've got very little unemployment. but that's because we're categorising a lot of people who for every for all intents and purposes, are unemployed as if they're not. >> there seems to be a real understanding of misunderstanding, sorry, of mental health problems because of course, anxiety and depression are real and they affect a lot of people all the time. but sometimes a routine having to go outside the house, having to go outside the house, having to go outside the house, having to think about things that aren't just your problems are actually what can really help people, especially young people. we can't write them off at age 2122 and say, well, you never have to work. >> well, there's that. and of course, much more to come besides, all throughout the show today on good afternoon britain. and we want your thoughts.

please do get involved. post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. all that to come, of course, after your very latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> tom, thank you very much and good afternoon. well, the top stories. sir keir starmer says we need to double down on support for ukraine as president joe biden has given the green light to kyiv to use us. suppued light to kyiv to use us. supplied long—range missiles to strike inside russia . the prime strike inside russia. the prime minister says ukraine is top of his agenda at the g20 summit of world leaders, and told reporters there's got to be full support as long as it takes . support as long as it takes. president vladimir putin has warned the west they would be playing with fire if they allowed ukrainian forces to launch western supplied cruise and ballistic missiles at russia , and ballistic missiles at russia, saying it could even trigger a global conflict . it seems a move global conflict. it seems a move by north korea to send thousands of its troops to fight with russia has changed us calculations and forced joe biden into making this decision, shadow secretary of for state

defence james cartlidge says the move is justified . move is justified. >> russia invaded ukraine wholly unprovoked illegal invasion , a unprovoked illegal invasion, a dictatorship invading a democracy. so it's been the right thing to do to not be directly involved in ukraine, but to support them in whatever way we can in terms of providing munitions. that's helped ukraine to check their advance. but there's been a major development. we talk about escalation. imagine how the russians would feel if 10,000 nato troops were now in ukraine supporting them. the fact is, 10,000 north korean troops have been deployed into this battle. we understand the us state department, they've been injected directly into the fight with russia. that is a major strategic development. and i think in those circumstances, this decision is justified . this decision is justified. >> education secretary bridget phillipson told gb news. the government are committed to helping the ukrainian people. >> we stand steadfast behind the ukrainian people, behind the

ukrainian people, behind the ukrainian government. ukrainian people, behind the ukrainian government . that ukrainian people, behind the ukrainian government. that was the case under the last conservative government and there was cross—party support in there was cross—party support in the face of russian aggression for the ukrainian people. we continue to maintain that position and as we enter almost the thousandth day of the conflict, i think it really bnngs conflict, i think it really brings into sharp focus the sacrifices of the ukrainian people and the prime minister and the defence secretary , from and the defence secretary, from our point of view, will always continue to keep under review what is necessary by way of military aid for the ukrainian people. >> well, some breaking news in the last few minutes. that's the keir starmer says a strong uk china relationship is important for both of our countries. as he met chinese president xi jinping on the fringes of the g20 summit in rio de janeiro. the prime minister said earlier on that the size of china's economy and its membership of the un security council meant he wanted to have those serious and pragmatic discussions with the chinese leader during his time in brazil. it is the first time a british premier has met xi

jinping since 2018. sir keir starmer says he's absolutely confident that the vast majority of farms and farmers will not be affected by changes to inheritance tax announced in the budget. the row over the taxes for farms worth more than £1 million continues, as the prime minister said last night that the money the government has put into the sector is not to be overlooked. a protest is expected in westminster tomorrow as farmers rally on whitehall against the changes announced in last month's budget, while separately the national farmers union will hold a mass lobby of mps in their efforts to get the government to rethink. yesterday, the head of the farming union said that farmers are feeling betrayed about the changes to inheritance tax . changes to inheritance tax. elsewhere, burglars raided the windsor castle estate while the prince and princess of wales and their children reportedly slept nearby. the king and queen were not in the residence. the sun reported that two men are said to have climbed a six foot fence at night, and stole farm vehicles during the raid last

month. they used a stolen truck to break through a gate said to be the nearest exit for the prince, princess and their children before targeting shaw farm, a working farm inside the estate. the pair remain at large . estate. the pair remain at large. and tottenham midfielder rodrigo bentancur has been given a seven match ban and fined £100,000 for an alleged racist remark that he made about his south korean team—mate, son heung min, during an interview. the uruguayan was charged by the football association after the interview, which emerged in june , that which emerged in june, that showed him being asked by a television host to show the shirt of a spurs player. well, he replied , sony's. it could be he replied, sony's. it could be sony's cousin too, as they all look the same. he apologised on instagram after that remark, saying it was a very bad joke. bentancur will miss tottenham's next seven domestic fixtures . next seven domestic fixtures. and those are the latest gb news headunes and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more news from me in half an hour .

half an hour. >> well thank you very much , >> well thank you very much, tatiana. welcome back to. good afternoon, britain with tom and miriam. it is 12:08 pm. now. >> the president of the united states, joe biden, has approved the use of us. long range missiles by ukraine to strike targets inside of russia. this is a decision that has been a long time coming in the eyes of ukraine. it's been warmly welcomed by both president zelenskyy and the embattled ukrainian army. >> well, all eyes are now on the british prime minister, sir keir starmer, to see whether 1508 00:08:3