and uk is now directly britain and uk is now directly involved in this war. so are the anonymous men in lanyards gagging for world war iii. also tonight it was april 2020. >> the height of the first covid 19 lockdown and a second world war veteran was capturing the hearts of millions. >> he won our hearts during covid, but his kids have now trashed captain tom's reputation . trashed captain tom's reputation. so do we need a big charity revolution elsewhere? >> shocking. it was upsetting. >> shocking. it was upsetting. >> i'm a law abiding person. nobody likes to. i respect the police . police. >> friend of the show and telegraph star allison pearson is cleared in her police hate crime probe. so what now? for the thousands of others who don't have the same platform to fight back and a terrorist who plotted to blow up london could be walking free in january. i'll reveal the grim details shortly. meanwhile, the prime minister called him a truly one off. rest in peace, john prescott.

tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by political consultant suzanne evans, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour adviser matthew laza. and can you guess what happened when the bbc flew 6000 miles to interview a youtube star? >> i have to say, the real logan paul looks very different. >> did you come all the way over here to ask about how i look? >> is logan coming? i'm right here, bob . here, bob. >> just why are we cutting defence spending while squaring up to russia? first, your news headunes up to russia? first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. >> ben. >> thank you. good evening . >> thank you. good evening. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. russian president vladimir putin has threatened to strike the uk with

a new ballistic missile after using the weapon to hit a target in ukraine, downing street condemned mr putin for further escalating the conflict by using a ballistic missile with a range of several thousand kilometres against the city of dnipro. mr putin confirmed russia has tested a new intermediate range weapon, saying it came in response to ukrainian strikes on the russian territory with us and british missiles earlier this week, 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 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. the king has paid a warm personal tribute to lord john prescott, saying he remembered with great fondness his unique and indomitable character, an infectious sense of humour. king charles hailed the former deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, for his decades of pubuc age of 86, for his decades of public service in frontline politics. his family said he'd spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment . in protecting the environment. in other news, journalist allison pearson has told gb news she is hugely relieved that essex police has dropped its investigation into her tweets. mr pearson was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november of last year , but the november of last year, but the force now says no charges will be brought. having sought advice from the crown prosecution service, mr pearson says her case has revealed the appalling overuse of non—crime hate

incidents to silence opinions . incidents to silence opinions. detectives investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in the boot of a car have released a new cctv image on her on the night they believe she was killed . the image shows was killed. the image shows barela walking in the area around the corby boating lake in northamptonshire on sunday, the 10th of november. she is seen in the picture with her husband, 23 year old pankaj lamba, who is being described by police as a prime suspect in the investigation. police are now searching for lamba , who they searching for lamba, who they wish to talk to in connection with her death , and one of six with her death, and one of six british tourists being treated for suspected methanol poisoning in laos has died . 28 year old in laos has died. 28 year old simone white, from kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking three shots from a local bar in the resort of vang vang. four people had already died following the suspected poisonings in the southeast asian country . those are the

asian country. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to ben for the very latest gb news to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com forward slash alerts . >> dot com forward slash alerts. >> dot com forward slash alerts. >> good evening. over the past 24 hours, ukraine has been lobbying long—range british missiles into russian territory and the russkies say we're now directly involved in the war. >> lord alli britain and uk is now directly involved in this war because this fighting cannot happen without the without nato staff. >> so fears of world war iii are escalating and things are getting fruity indeed. so what do the giga brains in government decide to announce just hours later ? our armed forces will later? our armed forces will lose around £500 million worth of military equipment in a cost

cutting exercise that includes drones, ships , helicopters and drones, ships, helicopters and tankers all heading for the scrap heap . at the same time, scrap heap. at the same time, we're dragged into a street fight with putin. once again, labour have been caught red handed, bending the truth and for diplomacy's sake, i'll call them porkies this time round. let me remind you what their so—called cast iron defence pledges were during the election campaign. >> the commitment to 2.5% is absolute and we will get to that 2.5%. it is very important we need to do that within our fiscal rules . fiscal rules. >> the prime minister there and the defence secretary was at it too. >> last time. britain spent 2.5, of course, was in 2010 with laboun of course, was in 2010 with labour. now we will do that as part of the getting to grips with the challenges that we face. so we will launch next week. the prime minister will launch a strategic defence review. it's the way we get to gnps review. it's the way we get to grips with the threats we face and the mp luke pollard , and the mp luke pollard, scrambled to tell the british

pubuc scrambled to tell the british public that labour would match rishi sunak's pledge on defence spending. >> well, there's no doubt that keir has changed the labour party. >> if he's changed the labour party, he can change the country as well. labour is committed to not only 2.5% of gdp being spent on defence, but supporting our nuclear deterrent with an unshakeable commitment to nato, our allies and support for ukraine. >> right, okay, so not only have labour failed to stick to their promise to boost defence spending to 2.5%, they've actually done the complete opposite at a time when we need it most. but don't take my word for it. in september, a new report from the house of lords, international relations and defence committee raised concerns about the capability of the british army, concluding that its current size was inadequate to meet nato commitments and sustain large scale conflict. lord de mauley put it bluntly successive governments have attempted to maintain the notion of the uk as a global power , but the war in a global power, but the war in ukraine has been a wake up call, laying bare the gap between that ambition and reality. now look,

i love my country indeed, but there's an unnerving arrogance that our suited political leaders in westminster think ill equipped britain can square up to the world's biggest nuclear superpower without consequence. i don't know what the end of this war looks like. i'm not an expert, but what i can say absolutely. and i guarantee this is that my children won't be cannon fodder for the anonymous men in lanyards who seem desperate to engineer world war iii. let's get the thoughts of my panel. political consultant suzanne evans , conservative peer suzanne evans, conservative peer lord bailey and the former labour adviser matthew lazer . labour adviser matthew lazer. very good evening to you all. welcome to the warm studio. it's very chilly outside . matthew very chilly outside. matthew laza what's your party thinking when it comes to ukraine? because starmer is now allowing ukraine to lob our missiles into russia. they've not seen through their 2.5% defence pledge . and their 2.5% defence pledge. and now it seems that we want to square up to vladimir putin, a nuclear superpower. well, let's

just unpack that. >> i mean, what's happening in terms of the use of the missiles in ukraine, is that together with allies, notably the americans, we are your mic has gone, matthew. >> we're going to sort that out. suzanne. same question to you. is this naive of the labour government? are we playing with fire? >> yeah, i think this timing is completely wrong. so here we are making obvious defence cuts in advance. i have to say, of the defence spending review,