so joining me for the cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours , political next few hours, political commentator jonathan lewis next few hours, political commentatorjonathan lewis and commentator jonathan lewis and also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy . she's going to be lizzie cundy. she's going to be very hot in that polo neck and the aircon sort of gone here coming up in my niggle. is it time for chancellor rachel reeves to resign? i think so, especially after her anti—business budget and her dodgy cv. >> minister for rural affairs said that he'd been congratulated by a farmer over the introduction of the inheritance tax. now i think this farmer must have been a cannabis farmer because just yesterday we had 10,000 farmers on whitehall protesting against this madcap decision. >> yeah. so what do you think? does rachel reeves need to go? stay tuned. i hit that head on in my niggle. also, i've got a lot on ex asking you that very question. then for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, should sir keir starmer allow the arrest of benjamin netanyahu if he were to set foot

in the uk? now this comes as israeli prime minister warrant was issued by the international criminal court over alleged crimes in gaza. i'll be getting the latest reaction from that in tel aviv with global star uri geller. then difficult conversations over a year after the horrendous attacks of october the 7th, i'll be joined by someone who's currently helping victims of hamas sexual attacks and advising governments on their approach to such atrocities. and of course, i couldn't leave them out. harry and meghan, are they drifting apart ? angela levin she'll be apart? angela levin she'll be right here in the studio to discuss. plus, what's happening . here. >> we're going to begin at $800,000, at $800,000. >> ha ha ha . oh, sorry. has the >> ha ha ha. oh, sorry. has the world gone bananas? but before we get started, let's get your latest news with joe casper . latest news with joe casper. >> good afternoon. it's just

3:02 o'clock. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom. some breaking news for you. >> now, there have been two deaths today in what is believed to be storm babet related. >> hampshire police said a man in his 60s has died after a tree fell on his car on the a34 near winchester. >> the force were called earlier this morning where they found the driver of a black mercedes dead at the scene. they added that it's so far unclear if the incident is related to storm babet, but that their cause is under investigation . under investigation. >> and in the last few moments we've been told a 34 year old man died in a single vehicle collision in shipley, west yorkshire, this morning . yorkshire, this morning. >> the driver, a 34 year old man from bradford, was treated at the scene but pronounced dead a short time later. west the scene but pronounced dead a short time later . west yorkshire short time later. west yorkshire police has also confirmed that it's currently unclear if this is related to the current weather conditions . the met weather conditions. the met police has issued amber and yellow weather warnings, as well as 16 flood alerts being issued this morning. winds of up to

82mph have been recorded, and 13cm of snow has fallen in some parts of the country. in ireland, the electricity supply board has said that high winds have caused power outages for almost 60,000 customers, and in lancashire, the championship game between blackburn and portsmouth is just one of the games to be postponed. our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie is in county down for us today and has been urging people today and has been urging people to take care . to take care. >> late last night we about 3:00 in the morning. we had snow. now we've been battered by winds and really, really ice cold rain. it's not sleet. the rain is just so freezing cold. and what's happenedis so freezing cold. and what's happened is the roads are now flooded, trees are down. and underneath that line water is ice. so anybody that is out and about this morning, please, please be very, very careful . please be very, very careful. >> a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after one

man died and another was critically injured during a shooting in birmingham. police were called to edgbaston at around 11:00 last night. one man in his 20s was found in a car but was pronounced dead at the scene. another man in his 30s was found injured at a bus stop and was then taken for treatment at west hospital. west midlands police now say a man in his 30s has been arrested and remains in custody . the king attended the custody. the king attended the annual royal variety performance last night alone, although he was forced to go alone after the queen had been had to miss it due to her health. king charles accepted flowers on the queen's behalf as she had to pull out last minute following a recent chest infection. a royal source says queen camilla was naturally disappointed at having to miss the event . more royal news the the event. more royal news the princess of wales has invited the child survivors of the southport attack to her annual christmas concert. it comes after the princess made a surprise visit with her husband, william, to meet the bereaved

families of the victims in southport last month. the princess has set her sights on being able to stage the together christmas service this year, despite the health challenges she has faced this year. a controlled explosion was carried out earlier today near euston station in london after a suspicious package was found. the metropolitan police has confirmed cordons have now been lifted. it comes after the closure of gatwick's south terminal and a controlled explosion at a us embassy yesterday . and the first grey yesterday. and the first grey seal pup of the season has been born at the former weapons testing site along the suffolk coastline. the birth marks the fourth year in a row of seals breeding there. it began there following reduced visitor access dunng following reduced visitor access during the pandemic. the national trust has said more than 130 seal pups were born there last year, with the breeding site now being described as a brilliant wildlife success story . very wildlife success story. very

cute. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm joe caspar. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching seven minutes after 3:00. that was joseph's first time for good. i'm nana akua welcome. so coming up, storm babetis welcome. so coming up, storm babet is battering the uk. heavy snowfall is closing roads and strong rains and winds are expected to cause more travel disruption and havoc flooding. i'll be getting the latest on that then. for the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, should sir keir starmer allow the arrest of benjamin netanyahu? and that is, of course, if he sets foot in the uk. this comes as the israeli prime minister's warrant was

issued by the international criminal court over alleged war crimes in gaza. well, we'll be going to tel aviv for the latest reaction from uri geller. also, don't forget angela levin will be joining us live with the latest on what's going on behind the palace walls. all of that coming up in the next hour. as even coming up in the next hour. as ever, send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . so let's gbnews.com/yoursay. so let's kick things off. i mean, you know how we are in this country. we love talking about the weather. let's go with storm babet has hit the uk with snow, closing roads and strong winds and rain expected to cause further disruption. so far, at least 60,000 properties are without power in ireland , and it without power in ireland, and it is warned that further power outages can be expected throughout the weekend. well, joining me live from a wet and windy county down is gb news reporter dougie beattie dougie. well it looks it doesn't look too bad now. how has it been? >> well, nana the early hours of

the morning were terrible high snow, wind, rain, all driving in, bringing down trees, bringing down power lines , flooding the down power lines, flooding the roads. but what we did see was a lot of manholes and gratings covered by leaves that were blown off the autumn trees down in and of course, blocking those trees up. and behind me you can see the fire service of northern ireland trying to pump out houses here. 25 houses in this area have been absolutely waterlogged and flooded. and joining me now is hannah mccann. hannah, unfortunately, you were one of those that were affected by this. tell us what happened. it was about 8:00 this morning. >> i could feel i could hear, like, running water, like rushing water. >> so i went to check it out, and we realised that the bottom two stairs of our house was completely underwater. so basically everything sort of above ankle height, sort of anything under ankle height, it's just gone. >> essentially. >> essentially. >> so all of our living room, kitchen, everything is just underwater now. >> and i mean that's that's huge. out of that house fo