criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. i can tell you this has divided people. where do you stand on it.7 and they don't make them like that anymore. the political titan and hull legend, john prescott, he has very sadly passed away. so i'm asking you, do you think we need more folk like him in politics.7 and speaking of politics, elon musk reckons that the established political parties in this country will be crushed. i tell you, at the next election. do you, at the next election. do you agree with him.7 and you, at the next election. do you agree with him? and get this, the chair of bbc's children in need has stepped down as it emerges that they've given money to a charity whose former ceo was convicted and sentenced for life for being a. what is this country coming to? ladies and gents. what is this country coming to? ladies and gents . all of that ladies and gents. all of that and lots more. look who i've got keeping me company. scarlett mccgwire and the former. sorry. the former labour adviser, scarlett mccgwire and the former editor of the sun , kelvin editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie. but before we get

stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines . the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom . the the gb newsroom. the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the leader of hamas, as well as israel's prime minister , israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the country's former defence minister, yoav gallant. 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 gallant. meanwhile, a hamas senior official has told reuters news agency that these warrants are an important step towards justice. now some breaking news. donald trump ally matt gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next us. consideration to be the next us attorney general . after us attorney general. after days of debate over whether to release a report on alleged sexual misconduct and drug use .

sexual misconduct and drug use. posting on x, the 42 year old said that the controversy over his potential nomination was unfairly becoming a distraction to the work of the incoming trump administration . the king trump administration. the king has led tributes to former deputy prime minister lord john prescott, who died at the age of 86 following a battle with alzheimer's. in a message, king charles said i remember him with fondness for his unique character as well as his infectious sense of humour. his family said he'd spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment . justice and protecting the environment. ukraine has claimed that russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at its territory today. the first reported use of such a weapon during the war. however, a us official has disputed these claims, saying that it was an intermediate range ballistic missile, not an icbm. it follows reports yesterday that ukraine has launched british storm

shadow missiles into russia for the first time. essex police has dropped its investigation into journalist allison pearson. that's according to the telegraph newspaper. miss pearson was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november of last year dunng made in november of last year during a visit to pearson's house. it's understood officers refused to tell her details about which post on x was being investigated, or who made the complaint against her. however, it's now reported that the investigation has been dropped following widespread criticism. one of six british tourists being treated for suspected methanol poisoning in laos has died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , died. 28 year old simone white, from kent, had died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , had fallen died. 28 year old simone white, from kent, had fallen ill died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , had fallen ill after from kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking three shots from a local bar in the resort of vang vieng. four people had already died following the suspected poisonings in the southeast asian country , and the southeast asian country, and the second, named storm of the

season is forecast to bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the uk over the weekend. storm babet has been named by the met office with wind gusts of up to 70 miles. an hour expected in some areas. heavy snowfall could bring further disruption to parts of the country, while heavy rain is also likely, especially in western areas. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle 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 very much for that. i'm michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 this evening. i've got alongside me scarlett mccgwire. the former labour adviser and kelvin mackenzie, the former editor of the sun. good evening to both of

you. you're very welcome tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home as well. what's on your mind this evening? get in touch with me all the usual ways. you can email me gb views at gb news.com. go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can reach me if you dare on twitter or x as it's now known. and i add that if you dare, because we've spent a long time, haven't we, following the proceedings of people that have been using twitter and they've found themselves in hot water, i would argue that one of the highest profile examples of that was the journalist allison pearson. we all know what happened to her, essentially , happened to her, essentially, remembrance sunday, she got a knock on the door from a couple of police officers saying that she was being investigated for a tweet that she had put out . tweet that she had put out. originally, she wasn't really made aware of what that tweet was , but only that it caused was, but only that it caused offence and, you know, it really did prick up the ears of a lot of people, especially people that do use social media to vent their frustrations. that do use social media to vent theirfrustrations. it that do use social media to vent their frustrations. it spawned so much debate in this country about how much free speech we actually have. we should have,

and so on and so forth. well, i can tell you now, in the last houn can tell you now, in the last hour, essex police, they have confirmed that they have now dropped that investigation into allison pearson. they said in a statement. and i quote, we investigate crimes reported to us without fear or favour. we're sometimes faced with allegations of crime where people have strong opposing views. that's why we work so hard to remain impartial to and investigate allegations regardless of where they might lead. norman, you're not messing around. you're my first email in tonight. you've got in touch and said, michelle, for the police to drop their investigation into allison pearson, it makes one wonder why on earth it was ever started in the first place. this question is poignant, he says, when many people out there think that we have got two tier policing. kelvin mackenzie, you'll have a strong opinions on this one. >> your thoughts? well, it's a great triumph for allison pearson. it's a tremendous slap in the face for essex police and for the chief constable, who would have to have been all over this when the heat started . he

this when the heat started. he the essex police started piling on against alison wright and actually only because alison is represented by the daily telegraph or by the telegraph, was she able to push back and say what we've seen, we've seen that taking place. and actually, i suspect , a phone call from i suspect, a phone call from somewhere like the home office to the chief constable said, look, mate, you're doing essex police. no favours. we're now reading about what a shocking , reading about what a shocking, shocking clean up crime rate we have for this county. and now you're actually aggravating the whole of the nation, with the exception of some lefties who probably quite enjoy it. but honestly, it is a great triumph for her. she wrote a stunning piece yesterday, putting essex police to the sword, and i doubt whether they're going to get involved in anything like this ever again. non—crime hate incidents are non—crime after all. they questioned a nine year old because he, he or she called another nine year old a retard. i mean , honestly, we don't use

i mean, honestly, we don't use that word. >> thank you. kelvin mackenzie . >> thank you. kelvin mackenzie. >> thank you. kelvin mackenzie. >> well, it's not me that's using it. it was used as the bafis using it. it was used as the basis of a potential crime. and of course, that got thrown out. so honestly, it's a very difficult for world anybody in the, in the, on social media. >> i've got to say, before i bnng >> i've got to say, before i bring scarlett in, the twists and turns of this case are alison said that it was a non—crime hate incident, as you just said. what then happened? that it was very unusual. essex police then released a transcript of some body cam footage, and what they said is that they never said it was a non—crime hate incident. they said that they were always saying it was a they were investigating the incitement to racial hatred, incitement to racial, a more a more serious, 1494 00:08:43,896 --