>> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday the 20th of november. i'm tom harwood and i'm miriam cates as weather warnings sweep the country and winter cold sets in. fears grow for millions of pensioners stripped of their winter fuel allowance. as those bills rise and temperatures plunge . and temperatures plunge. >> the american embassy in kyiv is urgently evacuated over fears of further russian missile retaliation. vladimir putin has warned that russia will make a significant response should any western long—range missiles hit russian territory . russian territory. >> and in a world exclusive, donald trump's son eric has sat down with gb news, the full interview will be broadcast tonight, but in the meantime, eric trump has a message for british farmers. >> i guess my message to them would be go out. >> fight.

>> fight. >> fight. >> fight like hell. make your voices heard and hopefully you'll achieve the same result that we achieved on on the opposite side of the pond. >> and fresh from a historic day of protest in westminster yesterday, the farmers are not giving up their fight. >> we'll speak to farmers all over the country . over the country. >> and it was a privilege yesterday to cover all of the farmer protests in westminster. but i suppose the message doesn't stop from a single day of protest. it goes out and about and around the country, and that's where we'll be today. >> it was really moving, actually seeing people from all generations, especially those small children on tractors, saying , i want to be a farmer saying, i want to be a farmer when i grow up, and just driving home what it might mean if those family farms have to be broken up. >> well, that's what it's all about, isn't it.7 i think there's something so human about the sense of inheritance, of passing

something on to the next generation, of allowing your children to have the same sort of opportunities that you had . i of opportunities that you had. i think that's something so intrinsically human that sometimes if you're sat there looking at a spreadsheet and you're you're wanting to sort of look at the economic theory of everything or, or thinking that how will we how will we make this, this world the most just it can possibly be.7 well, this, this world the most just it can possibly be? well, then we'd go, you know, year zero, let's strip children from their parents and have no sort of hands out. that's not what people think. that's not how life should be. no. >> and that's called communism. and it's been tried many times andifs and it's been tried many times and it's failed every time. but there's something just so different about farms to other assets, because a farm might be in your generation for, you know, hundreds and hundreds in your family for hundreds and hundreds of years. it doesn't change as it's permanent. it's not like a house which you might have owned for 20 years, or a car which you might have owned for ten. >> it's a different kind of asset. >> and of course, you're out on the field, out in that harsh weather, which i know a lot of us are feeling today. we'll also be looking at the plight of pensioners across the country as

they face one of the bitterest winters. yet without the same support that they've been used to for decades. we'll get your views in, post your comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. all to come after the latest headlines with tatyana . tatyana. >> and tom, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories. well, the government has declined to rule out further increases to inheritance tax or changes to agricultural property relief. angela rayner was asked by shadow cabinet office minister alex burghart whether she would commit to those policies. mr burghart also branded high tax and high inflation as starmer ism, as he criticised the government's approach to farmers. >> we've committed £5 billion to the farming budget over the next two years. >> that's a largest ever amount for sustainable food production in the uk, and it's alongside £60 million, mr speaker, to support those affected by extreme wet weather and over

£200 million to tackle disease outbreaks. >> his party could not even get the money out the door for farmers failing to spend over £300 million on farming budgets, perhaps the right honourable lady thinks that everyone came to london yesterday to thank the government. >> let's look at the facts. a typical mid—sized 368 360 acre family farm in the constituency of my right hon. friend for thirsk and malton. they've spoken to their accountant. their new liability because of this government is half £1 million. that's 12 years worth of profit. when this generation passes away, that farm will become totally unviable and it's just one of thousands and thousands of similar farms. it's clear the government hasn't got its facts right . the central its facts right. the central association for agricultural valuers, the real experts in this field, say so. the nfu says so. they are shortly to publish a report showing that 75% of all commercial farms will fall above the threshold .

the threshold. >> in other news, uk inflation jumped last month, in part due to rising energy prices. the inflation rate hit 2.3% in the year to october, an increase from 1.7% in september. annual gas and electricity bills rose by about £149 last month, but pnces by about £149 last month, but prices are rising much more slowly than in recent years. however, the rate is now back above the bank of england's 2% target. treasury chief secretary darren jones insisted the latest inflation figures were good news, but shadow home secretary chris philp told gb news this morning that everyone will be worse off. >> this is not an accident that inflation has jumped up. it's a consequence of what this labour government has done and it's particularly galling because in, you know, in government we spend quite a long time in the last two years battling to get inflation down. there was obviously globally high inflation, a couple of years ago. we got it under control. and labour have made a load of bad decisions in the last few months that are now putting inflation back up. and that means every single one of your viewers, every single one, is

paying viewers, every single one, is paying today higher prices as a result of decisions that rachel reeves and keir starmer have made. and actually, you know what? inflation affects the nhs as well. so the nhs, police forces, schools, they're all going to be paying higher prices as well for the things that they buy to run the nhs. so it's bad for the nhs as well as being bad for the nhs as well as being bad for you and me and every single one of your viewers. >> sir keir starmer has defended his trip to brazil amid domestic concerns as he insisted there was a direct link between the work he does internationally and the impact back at home. the prime minister says it's very important to hold discussions that could trigger money into the economy. having spent the last two days at the g20 summit. it comes amid concerns about the impact of budget measures on jobs and farms, and changes to the winter fuel payment, while the winter fuel payment, while the squeeze on winter fuel payments will force 100,000 pensioners into poverty in 2026. that's according to the government's own estimates. sir keir also defended money to support ukraine and said that

rising energy bills are very important . rising energy bills are very important. domestic reason for being absolutely clear on the issue . and the funeral of one issue. and the funeral of one direction star liam payne is being held today. liam's girlfriend kate cassidy, has arrived at saint mary's church in amersham in buckinghamshire. dozens of locals and fans have also gathered outside the church to pay their final respects. liam passed away on october 16th at the age of just 31, after falling from his third floor balcony in argentina . while one balcony in argentina. while one direction star harry styles arrived at that funeral just a short while ago alongside zayn malik and also former bandmate louis tomlinson . elsewhere, two louis tomlinson. elsewhere, two metropolitan police officers are under criminal investigation for potential driving offences after a heavily pregnant woman and her baby died following a collision with an unmarked police car in

south—east london in october, according to the independent office for police conduct. the 38 year old woman, whose pregnancy was full term and her baby died at the scene following that crash on the a20 near the junction with kidbrooke park road on the 17th of october that is in eltham. two police officers, who were driving both vehicles have been placed under criminal investigation for potential driving offences, including causing death by dangerous driving. now the british embassy in ukraine remains open despite the us shutting its own mission in kyiv because of a potential significant air attack by russian president vladimir putin's forces. russian president vladimir putin's forces . this news comes putin's forces. this news comes just days after us president joe biden announced it would allow us made weapons to be fired into russia. moscow yesterday said that ukraine had hit russia with six long—range missiles supplied by the us, while the uk government, which is considering its own position on government, which is considering its own position o