>>a >> a very good afternoon. >> a very good afternoon. >> it's 1:00 on sunday. the >> a very good afternoon. >> it's1:00 on sunday. the 24th of november. this is the weekend on gb news . of november. this is the weekend on gb news. storm babet has well and truly battered britain. strong winds and heavy snow swept across many parts of the uk, with a major incident being declared in wales. then sir keir starmer has been left bracing for a humiliating commons debate after more than 650,000 people signed a petition to hold yet another general election. and should you be ashamed to be

posh, jacob rees—mogg's wife says she hates how posh she sounds . but says she hates how posh she sounds. but should someone says she hates how posh she sounds . but should someone ever sounds. but should someone ever be ashamed of what they sound like? i've got a thing or two i could say about that. i'll tell you. i'm darren grimes and this is the weekend . is the weekend. now, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of those stories and more that we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay to join that conversation there. i've got it right in front of me right now. now keeping me company on today's show is gb news, senior political commentator nigel nelson, and the broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon. but before we get stuck in to today's stories, we're going to get your news

headunes we're going to get your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> darren. thank you. the top stories. well, another weather alert has been issued and more than 200 flood alerts are in place in the uk as storm bert continues to sweep across the country. the met office says there's potential for fast flowing or deep floodwater to cause danger to life today, after heavy downpours and strong winds battered much of the country. a major incident has been declared in parts of south wales due to river flooding. homes and cars are reportedly underwater there. a yellow wind warning has come into force for large parts of england as well, with gusts of up to 65mph expected in some places. a man died yesterday morning after a tree fell on his car due to the weather conditions. two others died yesterday in the crashes on roads during the stormy weather. in other news, work and pensions secretary liz kendall says nato countries are involved in a hidden cyber war with russia

that as the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, will warn that russia could turn the lights off and won't think twice about exploiting defence gaps in the uk. pat mcfadden is expected to give the warning to nato members next week. in a speech. he will urge countries to bolster cyber security and not underestimate the threat of cyber warfare from russia. it follows warnings from experts last night who urged britain to remain firm and stand strong against vladimir putin's threat. shadow levelling up secretary kevin hollinrake told gb news labour need to increase the uk's defence spending, now one of the highest spenders in nato, constantly have been, but we recognise the growing threats around the world and that's why we committed to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030, and that is a commitment not matched by the labour government. >> they have made some kind of general commitment to get there at some point in the future. but the threat is now and we should bolster our defences now. we

made that firm commitment. labour should do the same. >> in other news, the justice secretary says the state should never offer death as a service. shabana mahmood made the comments in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying bill, ahead of an historic commons vote next week. in a letter to constituents, miss mahmood said she was profoundly concerned by the legislation, not just for religious reasons but because it could create a slippery slope towards death on demand. she has previously made clear she would vote against the bill alongside health secretary wes streeting, who faced a backlash after suggesting the changes would cost the nhs more. a group of faith leaders have signed a letter opposing the bill ahead of its debate by mps. the prime ministers declined to say whether he will back the bill, arguing that he doesn't want to pressure mps. chief executive of labour together , executive of labour together, jonathan ashworth, told gb news it's not a good idea. >> there are two things that would concern me . first of all, would concern me. first of all, i just worry about the pressure that this would put people who

are in the most desperate of circumstances, the pressure they would be under. i just think it would be under. i just think it would change societal norms about that. and i'm not sure that we're ready for that as a society. and secondly, we all know that end of life care in the country is just not satisfactory. the hospice movement are phenomenal, but they have been underfunded for years, and i just don't want people feeling that they are a burden or that they feel their time is up and they have to make these decisions. >> in other news, energy secretary ed miliband has called a financial package for developing nations a critical 11th hour deal at the 11th hour for the climate, as the united nafions for the climate, as the united nations environmental conference drew to a close. delegates at the cop 29in azerbaijan agreed a new climate finance target. they pledged $300 billion a year. that's £239.5 billion to help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change, with rich countries leading the payments. it was feared the

conference would collapse after some of the poorest nations had walked out of those talks. us president joe biden said that while substantial work remained to be done, the conference had set an ambitious international climate finance goal. however, the african group of negotiators described it as too little, too late . now, police say a man is late. now, police say a man is fighting for his life after a stabbing on westminster bridge. officers were called to the scene at around 1045 this morning to reports of a fight, and found a man with a stab injury. he was taken to hospital injury. he was taken to hospital in critical condition. three people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and another has been arrested on suspicion of affray. the met police says two of those arrested were taken to hospital with minor facial injuries. it's understood that incident is not being treated as terror related and novak djokovic has appointed andy murray to coach him into and through the australian open. announcing the collaboration, djokovic said he's excited to have one of his greatest rivals on the same side of the net. in

a video posted on x, the serbian said we had some of the most epic battles in our sport. i thought our story was over, but it turns out it has one final chapter. three time grand slam champion andy murray retired in august after exiting the men's doubles at the paris games , and doubles at the paris games, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, it's back to darren. >> thanks very much, tatiana. we're going to get stuck in to today's topics now. storm babet battered britain, strong winds and heavy snow across many parts of the uk are evident for all to see. the multi—hazard weather event has left three dead and in a spate of weather related road event has left three dead and in a spate of weather related road incidents and thousands of power incidents and thousands of power without homes. it's looking without homes. it's looking pretty serious indeed and today pretty serious indeed and today dozens of weather warnings dozens of weather warnings remain in place as heavy rain remain in place as heavy rain and thawing snow could lead to and thawing snow could lead to floods. now that's why people floods. now that's why people across the united kingdom have across the united kingdom have

been urged in been urged to stay home as the weather causes travel delays across the uk . so good luck to across the uk. so good luck to darren grimes. getting home, i think, is the moral to that story. joining me now to discuss this is the meteorologist john hammond. john, thank you very much for your company. how bad has this been as far as storms go? >> pretty bad darren. good afternoon. yeah. concoction as we've just seen, a concoction of impactful weather. the snow footage, which you just showed was all from yesterday.

footage, which you just showed was moment,yesterday. footage, which you just showed was moment, the erday. footage, which you just showed was moment, the worst the the moment, the worst of the rain, which is falling out of the sky, stretches from south—west england up through the west country into parts of the west country into parts of the midlands. that's all going to head its way down into the southeast, which is dry at the moment. but another deluge later on today . so concerns there on today. so concerns there about the amount of rain, which we're going to see and perhaps knock on effects on flooding for some river systems. in terms of wind, it's still very windy across the southern half of the uk, with gusts as high as 60 or 70 miles an hour in the most exposed places. 70 miles an hour i