for the election in the uk. now for the world's richest man helped to save america and elect donald trump. might the uk be his next project? and might that mean nigel farage for prime minister ? nigel farage for prime minister? on yesterday's show, i was joined by vips, very irritated pensioners who've been walloped by the winter fuel allowance cuts . today we'll hear the cuts. today we'll hear the heartbreaking tale of evelyn , an heartbreaking tale of evelyn, an old age pensioner who thinks she'd get better treatment in britain if she arrived here by dinghy . and as the tributes dinghy. and as the tributes continue to pour in after the sad death of labour heavyweight lord prescott , i'll be joined by lord prescott, i'll be joined by geoff hoon, a member of tony blair's cabinet during presser's golden years, and harry miller, the free speech warrior and the founder of fair cop, the man who beat the government on non—crime hate incidents. there he is. manspreading. well, he struck yet again . this time harry has yet again. this time harry has arrested a policeman that he feels was harassing him. an astonishing story.

feels was harassing him. an astonishing story . and on gb astonishing story. and on gb news later on today it's miller time and check this one out. a 71 year old santa claus has been sacked by the charity. he volunteered for after he made anti—labour jokes about sir keir starmer on social media. i'll be joined by the sad santa paul cleary and try and make sense of this crackers decision by christmas killjoys. that's all coming up in your next hour. what a show we've got ahead. in fact , chris hoy, what a show we've got ahead. in fact, chris hoy, our political editor in the wings here, is already laughing his socks off. he's already. the juices are flowing. we can't wait to get stuck into today's show. what about this prospect, this idea of elon musk , who owns twitter of elon musk, who owns twitter x as it is now called, the world's richest man. he's he can't hide his anger for keir starmer over southport over free speech, over the farmers tax, over the

inheritance tax, over the land grab as he sees it, he donated how much money we don't know. into the donald trump campaign. he owns a social media company that many feel helped to influence the outcome of the america and american election might great britain be his next project? could that mean a big rocket boost for nigel farage? how does that grab you ? get in how does that grab you? get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time for your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone. 3:00. afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines . the these are your headlines. the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the leader of hamas, as well as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and the country's former defence minister, yoav galant. they say these warrants are as a result of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. in response, an israeli foreign minister has said the icc has , quote, lost said the icc has, quote, lost all legitimacy with their ruling

on netanyahu and galant. meanwhile, a hamas senior official has told the reuters news agency that these warrants are an important step towards justice. former deputy prime minister lord john prescott has died at the age of 86 following a battle with alzheimer's. his family said he'd spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment. earlier, former labour prime minister tony blair paid tribute to his former deputy. >> he was highly, highly intelligent. that was sometimes masked by, you know, people . masked by, you know, people. people used to make, make fun of his his speeches and his use of the english language. but he was incredibly direct communicator. and even if the syntax never quite made sense, the sentiment was very powerful and made complete sense and i found him, you know, we had our disagreements from time to time, but he was loyal, committed an

enormous help to me , and he had enormous help to me, and he had a fantastic gut instinct about politics. >> now, following reports yesterday that ukraine has launched british storm shadow missiles into russia for the first time, questions have been asked about potential russian retaliation. earlier, prime minister sir keir starmer told the commons that the uk will continue to stand up for what is right. >> ukraine has a clear right of self—defence against russia's illegal attacks . so, mr speaker, illegal attacks. so, mr speaker, i say again, russia could roll back their forces and end this war tomorrow. but until then we will stand up for what we know is right for ukraine's security and for our own security . and we and for our own security. and we will back ukraine with what is needed for as long as it's needed for as long as it's needed. >> in other news, the national crime agency has taken part in a major international operation to

target a syrian organised crime group, which they say is one of europe's key smuggling networks . europe's key smuggling networks. led by germany. the team has so far made at least 20 arrests in a series of raids across the continent, which took place yesterday. those detained are alleged to be responsible for the smuggling of at least 750 syrian migrants into the uk and germany, charging each between 4000 ,512,000. home secretary yvette cooper says the uk will continue to work with international partners to stop people smuggling . people smuggling. >> this is one of the largest ever law enforcement operations against people smuggling gangs right across europe, with arrests in many different countries, including here in the uk. and it just shows why it's so important for us to work internationally, as we're determined to do with our border security command in order to go after these dangerous gangs that are undermining border security and putting lives at risk .

and putting lives at risk. >> meanwhile, today marks 50 years since the birmingham pub bombings, which took place on november the 21st, 1974. in the attack, 21 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured when bombs were detonated at two city centre pubs this afternoon. a service, including a period of silence, was held outside new street station in birmingham to allow people to gather and pay their respects. five decades on, up to 300,000 households will benefit from home upgrades next year. that's as the government announces new steps to help families save money on bills , families save money on bills, whilst also delivering cleaner heating . this scheme will heating. this scheme will include boosting the budget of the boiler upgrade scheme, as well as insulating more homes across the country. this would mean potentially hundreds of pounds of savings per year. these plans come as the government has faced criticism over cutting pensioner fuel allowance, as well as a recent rise in inflation and its deck

the halls at windsor castle. as a royal residence gets into the festive spirit. the royal collection trust has said that the theme this year is red and gold, in order to symbolise that they called the royal magnificence. they added that the main christmas tree, which is decked in some 3000 lights and hundreds of decorations, was taken from the nearby home park and will be replanted after the festive season . those are the festive season. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sophia and welcome all to the show today and what a menu we've got. let's kick off with this one. elon musk shared

an image of keir starmer plummeting approval ratings, with the prediction that all establishment parties in the uk will get crushed in the next election. and after the world's richest man helped to save america and elect donald trump, might the uk be his next target? well, join us now. in the studio. is our political editor, christopher hope chris. this is what i would call pure red meat. it's the world's richest man. yeah. who's now is friends with nigel farage. nigel farage of course, was at mar—a—lago for that historic election night. they had dinner together. elon musk has been very, very outspoken of his disdain for our prime minister. sir keir starmer over southport over free speech arrests. he called him two tier keir over the farmers protests over the allison pearson incident. putting all these dots together, could britain be suddenly a new project for elon musk? >> yeah. hi, martin. well, welcome back from rio, by the way. i saw you in rio. >> livin la vida loca, weren't

you, mate? well, we were in cold in britain anyway. carry on. >> but yeah. yeah. no. no question. i mean , elon musk is question. i mean, elon musk is getting more and more involved in uk politics. he's tweeting off the southport riots. people were jailed for inappropriate tweeting or inflammatory tweeting. musk piled in. of course he's a free speech channel now. x or twitter as it used to be. he's getting more and more engaged by uk politics. he intervened over the allison pearson questioning or the meeting with police in her home. and he's getting more and more 1502