well . it's 9:00 pm. well. it's 9:00 pm. this is patrick christys tonight with me. ben. leo. >> i've spoken to people close to the incoming trump administration and there are deep, deep concerns about a mauritian government that is moving a long way to the left . moving a long way to the left. >> he was warned how trump felt. but sir keir starmer is ploughing ahead anyway with surrendering the chagos islands for himself is a man of very interesting background because he is, by inclination and politics for a long time a person of very, very far left. so is the truth that the pm loves swiping assets because he's a raging communist. also tonight, barbara, we just wanted tonight, barbara, we just wanted to deliver a special award for you. >> you are the bbc women's footballer of the year 2020 for

the bbc. >> crowns its women's footballer of the year. a suspected man who's reportedly failed two gender verification tests . gender verification tests. elsewhere, boris johnson blames childhood obesity on parents who fear there are everywhere. confused? i'll explain all shortly . and the suspects shortly. and the suspects packages blown up all over the uk. and unidentified drones flying over us air bases in suffolk and norfolk. is russia throwing its weight around on british soil? and forget the grannies and farmers. your taxpayer money is going on. expensive legal aid, lawyers for asylum seekers in a bid to crack the backlog. tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by columnist and broadcaster esther krakue, political commentator alex armstrong, and former labour defence minister bill rammell. and it's chaos in government, but at least we've got serious opposition enough to bnng got serious opposition enough to bring the boom was the song of the summer this year. >> put him on the boom metre. we're gonna rate him.

>> is it time to defund the bbc? first, your news headlines with katie bowen . katie bowen. >> and, ben, thank you. and a very good evening. it's just gone 9:00. these are your latest headunes gone 9:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news this evening . some breaking news this evening. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office has said that israel's security cabinet has approved a ceasefire ceasefire deal with hezbollah. and moments ago, us president joe biden has spoken at the white house saying that the us and france will provide assistance to ensure the ceasefire deal is implemented. in a televised address earlier on, the israeli prime minister said we will return all our hostages. we will ensure that gaza will no longer pose a threat to israel, and we will return the residents of the north safely to their homes.

president biden went on to outline more details, saying israel retains its right to self—defence if the deal is broken . broken. >> kyrees today effective at 4 am. tomorrow, local time , the a.m. tomorrow, local time, the fighting across the lebanese—israeli border will end. will end. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities . hostilities. >> elsewhere, business secretary jonathan reynolds said it was a very difficult day for luton after the owner of vauxhall announced plans to shut its van making factory. vauxhall owner stellantis has announced plans to shut the plant, putting more than 1100 jobs at risk. the luton site is expected to close next april. stellantis, which also owns brands including citroen, peugeot and fiat, said it would combine its electric van production at its other uk plant in ellesmere port. stellantis added it hopes to transfer hundreds of jobs to the other plants. rules imposed to speed up the transition to electric vehicles in the uk partly drove the decision, the

company said. a unite spokesman said the proposal that has been tabled today has been a complete slap in the face for our members in luton , where vauxhall in luton, where vauxhall vehicles have been manufactured for 120 years. whatever the positive benefits this plan may have for ellesmere port, that is not acceptable . russia has not acceptable. russia has barred cabinet ministers, including angela rayner, yvette cooper and rachel reeves, from entering the country under new sanctions published by the foreign affairs ministry. jonathan reynolds and ed miliband are also among the 30 british citizens listed. the russian ministry said it was putting members of the uk's political and military establishment, as well as journalists, on its stop list. it comes as russia earlier on expelled a british diplomat and accused him of spying. downing street has denied these allegations, labelling them as baseless and just briefly, the tobacco and vape spill has cleared its first hurdle in the house of commons this evening. mps voted 415 to 47. that's a majority of 368 to approve the

bill. at second reading, conservative party leader kemi badenoch was among the 47 mps to vote against the bill, according to the division list. there was a free vote for tory mps with former health secretary victoria atkins among the 23 conservatives who voted in favour of the bill. the bill will undergo further scrutiny at a later date . those are the a later date. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. let's go back to ben for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news dot com forward slash alerts . alerts. >> good evening. thanks for your company. is there something seriously wrong with the bbc? the corporation has just made a zimbabwean striker its women's footballer of the year. this is barbara banda, a 24 year old who plays for zimbabwe and orlando pride in florida, both their

women's teams. the only problem is that barbara was forced to withdraw from the women's africa cup of nations in 2022 after it became apparent the footballer's testosterone levels were much higher than those permitted by the confederation of african football. speaking at the time, the president of the zambian fa said that barbara failed a gender verification test and a subsequent transfer to real madrid was also then blown apart when barbara failed another gender verification test. so that's two. so with that controversy in mind, why did the bbc see fit to do this ? bbc see fit to do this? >> hello, barbara . i'm sorry to >> hello, barbara. i'm sorry to interrupt your team meeting everyone, but barbara. we just wanted to deliver a special award for you. you are the bbc women's footballer of the year 2020 for. congratulations . 2020 for. congratulations. >> there you go, mate .

>> there you go, mate. >> there you go, mate. >> so well done, barbara. but of all the female footballers in the world, why does the bbc choose somebody who has failed gender verification tests to make its women's footballer of the year? anyone might think the corporation is using licence fee money to, well, maybe troll us. the woman's rights network, which posted a link to the announcement saying a footballer who was banned from the women's african cup of nations. no words and the campaigner and former olympic swimmer sharron davies said on x that the award was just bloody ridiculous. so does the bbc really care about women's football? does it really care about empowering women, or is this all just a big virtue? signalling exercise funded by hard earned licence fee money belonging to brits who have quite frankly had enough of all the gaslighting? it's time aunfie the gaslighting? it's time auntie was shown the red card. let's get the thoughts now of my panel tonight. political commentator alex armstrong , commentator alex arm strong, columnist. commentator alex armstrong, columnist. sorry. political

commentator esther krakow. political commentator alex armstrong and the former labour defence minister bill rammell. good evening to you all. good evening , alex armstrong. it's evening, alex armstrong. it's time to show auntie the red card . time to show auntie the red card. what are they? what are they doing? please explain. >> i don't think anyone knows. it seems it has to be a pr stunt. that's the best i best. i can come up with trying to make sense of everything that i've read here in the story pack. i don't know much about women's football. i'll be completely honest. >> you don't need to. it's not very good. >> well, there we go. and i wouldn't know who else i'd nominate. that sounds bigoted. >> so you'd have to say that these days. >> well, the thing is, every time i say this, people don't understand. it's not because women footballers are not good. if you actually, they've done studies where they've had male and women footballers side to side and you can't tell, like they move their heads, they look exactly the same. the problem is women footballers play on pitches designed for men, so they're the same sizes that men play they're the same sizes that men play on. and because their shots don't travel as far, it looks like watching toddlers on the pitch, i would say, because women footballers aren't as

talented. it'sjust women footballers aren't as talented. it's just they don't they don't invest in the sport. >> yes. do you not watch it? >> yes. do you not watch it? >> i would get in all sorts of trouble if i sat here and gave my. >> how can you rave about women's football? you've not built a single pitch designed for women. >> yeah, but you know what ? >> yeah, but you know what? >> yeah, but you know what? >> isn't the matter of fact. >> isn't the matter of fact. >> sorry, alex, for interrupting. >> sorry, alex, for interrupting. >> we've gone down a tangent. >> we've gone down a tangent. >> no, no, i was just going to say. >> no, no, i was just going to say