more a dangerous world today. more dangerous than any time i can recall. >> well, that's iain duncan smith there. what is going on.7 because now we've got european countries preparing for nuclear war. what? on earth? what happened to de—escalating things and trying to create resolutions in this world? also get this everyone. kids as young as 11 years old are now carrying knives , apparently for knives, apparently for self—defence. this is a harsh thing to ask, but do you think it's thing to ask, but do you think wsfime thing to ask, but do you think it's time to admit defeat in the war against knife crime ? can we war against knife crime? can we ever sort this mess out ? all of ever sort this mess out? all of that and lots more. look who i've got. joining me tonight, everyone. my pal peter hitchens, the columnist at the mail on sunday, and zoe grunwald, the political journalist and broadcaster. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines.

>> a very good evening to you. the time is just after 6:00. and these are your latest headlines. we'll start with a developing story from the last hour. greater manchester police has said the remains of a baby have been found in a field in little hulton , salford. speaking at hulton, salford. speaking at a press conference in the last half, an hour, greater manchester police chief superintendent neil blackwood said a cordon would remain in place while officers carried out enquiries into who this baby could be, how long they had been there and how they had died. elsewhere this afternoon there have been unconfirmed reports that ukraine has fired long—range british storm shadow missiles into russian territory for the first time. a spokesperson for prime minister keir starmer said his office would not be commenting on reports or operational matters. britain has previously said ukraine could use storm shadow missiles within ukrainian territory, but the government has been pressing the us to allow their use to strike targets inside russia for several months . at pmqs today, several months. at pmqs today, the government declined to rule

out further increases on inheritance tax or changes to agricultural agricultural property relief. speaking earlier, deputy pm angela rayner defended the government's support for farmers. >> we've committed £5 billion to the farming budget over the next two years. >> that's the largest ever amount for sustainable food production in the uk, and it's alongside £60 million, mr speaken alongside £60 million, mr speaker, to support those affected by extreme wet weather and over £200 million to tackle disease outbreaks. >> despite this, shadow cabinet office minister alex burghart was critical of the government's approach to farmers, telling the house it's obvious that labour had got it wrong. >> perhaps the right hon. lady thinks that everyone came to london yesterday to thank the government. it's clear the government. it's clear the government hasn't got its facts right. the central association for agricultural valuers , the for agricultural valuers, the real experts in this field, say so.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. >> and finally, snow will continue to fall over the weekend. the met office has said between 2 and 5cm is expected widely over the coming days . widely over the coming days. whilst it could reach ten centimetres in some parts of the north—west mainland, with higher ground potentially even seeing up to 15 to 20cm. meanwhile , up to 15 to 20cm. meanwhile, over the weekend, heavy snow is expected on saturday, followed by a rapid thaw and rain on saturday night across much of the uk . those are the latest gb the uk. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next 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 .

slash alerts. >> thanks very much for that, sophie and michelle dewberry. and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight, and i do hope that you're all looking after yourselves. i know that many people see a sign of snow and get very excited and skip out, and i know for many other people that the freezing temperatures are really not anything to enjoy at all. and if you're one of the latter group, then i do hope you are okay. warm as can be and at least enjoy the next hour with us. i mean, we try our best, don't we? we argue, we fall in fights about the winter fuel allowance. i just i will never understand what this government were thinking when it came to that decision. get in touch with me and tell me all your thoughts on the goings on of the day and beyond. i'll tell you who's keeping me company tonight. peter hitchens, the columnist from the mail on sunday, and zoe grunwald, the political journalist and broadcaster. good evening to both of you. good evening. don't forget, if you're wondering how you can get hold of me tonight , you can email me of me tonight, you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go

to the website, which is gbnews.com/yoursay and talk to me and each other there. or of course you can tweet or text me if you're still on x, if you've not stormed off in a mood because you think it's an awful cesspit these days, if you've moved over to the other places, tell me what's it like over there? different or not? but look, lots to get into this evening and we're going to start our show a little bit differently, if you'll indulge us tonight, we've got an exclusive interview with the tory party leader, kemi badenoch . tory party leader, kemi badenoch. let's take a listen to what she has to say. >> kemi badenoch, you were out supporting farmers yesterday in the cold and the rain. you also had a meeting with jeremy clarkson. he's become a bit of a sort of hero figure to farmers, hasn't he? can you tell me what he said to you? well, it was a very good meeting. it was just before the rally. and he wanted to find out what the conservatives were going to do about what labour has done with

the family farms tax. and i was explaining to him that we are the opposition now. we're not the opposition now. we're not the government anymore. we don't have the numbers to reverse it, but we can hold them to account. and i talked about tactics which the farming community and rural communities, as well as everybody else in society who supports this campaign, can take in order to help to get a u—turn from labour. but what do you say to people who are not of the farming community who think, well, you know, 20% on 3 million plus over ten years? that's not a bad deal . i plus over ten years? that's not a bad deal. i have to pay 40% within six months. and so on and so forth. and isn't it right that farmers should have to pay some inheritance tax? i do think that everyone needs to pay their fair share of tax. this is not fair share of tax. this is not fair on farmers . what they are fair on farmers. what they are valuing at 3 million is land. it is not liquid income. valuing at 3 million is land. it is not liquid income . you and i is not liquid income. you and i get taxed based on cash that's come in this isn't cash. that's

being that's being valued. it's land. which means that they have to sell bits of it in order to pay to sell bits of it in order to pay the inheritance tax. and as they sell , what they actually they sell, what they actually make is not enough, because what they have to sell, because what they have to sell, because what they actually make is not enough to pay those taxes. you can have £3 million in assets and make £25,000 a year, and then you have to pay so much that you have to pay so much that you have to pay so much that you have to just sell off the farm. the farm is your home. it's something that has been handed down from previous generations , down from previous generations, and we are starting from first principles. you will remember dunng principles. you will remember during the leadership contest, i said, we're not rushing out with policy. we start with what we believe. we believe in family. conservative party supports families. families that do the right thing, that work hard, that save, that stay rooted in their community. look after the environment. we will support them. we support property rights as well. this is really a way for the government to take away from those who have assets . they from those who have assets. they are asset rich and they are cash poon are asset rich and they are cash poor, and it's not agricultural property relief alone. it's also what they're doing with business

property relief. so it's a double whammy for farmers and we've got to stick up for them. but there is a problem isn't there, in that. people have bought up large swathes of land and it has been free of inheritance tax. to give you the obvious example , james dyson obvious example, james dyson owns 36,000 acres and £612 million in agricultural assets , million in agricultural assets, and he'd be potentially looking at a £120 million bill. surely somebody like him should have to pay somebody like him should have to pay tax, not every farmer is james dyson, so attacking everyone to try and get at one person, in my view, is not the