away. >> morning, 930 on thursday, the 28th of november. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk with andrew pierce and bev turner. yesterday, the tory leader kemi badenoch made a serious speech in which she said she expects to see a fall in immigration numbers today. >> tomorrow's figures will likely show a reduction in net immigration and no doubt the new government will try to take credit for that reduction. but that change is due to the reforms that the conservatives made in our final months in power , but not a big enough reduction. >> i don't think any moment now we will get those net migration statistics. the home office's data on small boat crossings will also be released. mark white has more . white has more. >> yeah, my favourite time of the year. the office for national statistics website here. just awaiting those figures to start dropping any second now. me and the newsroom team will be piling through those figures . piling through those figures. lots of gb news branded hot

coffee in the hours ahead , and coffee in the hours ahead, and furious farmers fighting back . furious farmers fighting back. >> over 150 tractors took to the port of dover to protest about the government's changes to inheritance tax rules and scottish farmers are today rallying for funding at holyrood. this morning we'll be there and bbc day of action staff are being urged. can you believe this? to wear palestinian colours and a headscarf to show solidarity with palestine? organised by the tuc. is this creating a hostile environment for jews? you bet it is. and the disgraced late businessman mohamed al fayed's alleged youngest victim was just 13 years old. as police identify more than 100 women who he may have raped and abused . and find have raped and abused. and find out why the name of this birmingham pub, the sly old fox, has upset the animal rights group peta. we'd to love know if you've got any views and guesses, do let us know . old and guesses, do let us know. old and cold, the winter fuel payment

means 100,000 extra pensioners could be in poverty. we're going to be in leeds heading to a community hub for some warmth. paul coleman is having to choose between eating and heating . between eating and heating. >> we very rarely have the heating on. i sit in a nightgown and a big furry sort of onesie and a big furry sort of onesie and a big furry sort of onesie and a fur hat . and a big furry sort of onesie and a fur hat. i and a big furry sort of onesie and a fur hat . i should not have and a fur hat. i should not have to sit like that on an evening, you know . you know. >> i'm back. sorry about that. had a microphone emergency that we had to deal with there and reform have got a press conference this morning. we're going to be hearing live from nigel farage, so do not go anywhere. >> timed, of course, because of the immigration figures coming out this morning. >> absolutely. gbnews.com/yoursay for your thoughts this morning. first, though, the very latest news headunes though, the very latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good morning to you from

the newsroom. >> the top story. well, let's start with that breaking news just in to us on those net migration figures. figures to the uk have risen by 20, fallen by 20% in the year to june 2024, according to the latest ons figures. just out in the last few seconds that number the difference between people arriving in the uk and leaving, now stands at 728,000. in the year to june 2024. as i say, thatis year to june 2024. as i say, that is down from 906,000 in the year to june 2023. those figures reveal the situation inherited by the new labour government, who took office in july. we will have plenty more on that with our home and security editor, mark white, in the next few minutes . a police investigation minutes. a police investigation has been launched into more than five people who may have facilitated the former harrods boss, mohamed al—fayed, in his alleged sexual abuse of dozens of women and girls. the force is reviewing evidence spanning from

1977 to 2014, with the youngest victim , aged 13. al fayed, who victim, aged 13. al fayed, who died last year without facing charges, allegedly targeted women at businesses he owned, including harrods, the ritz in paris and fulham football club. an internal review is also being carried out by the metropolitan police in how to how into how the force handled claims about al fayed while he was alive . al fayed while he was alive. russia has launched a massive strike on ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, with explosions reported in cities across the country. ukraine's energy minister says emergency power outages are now in place, urging people to take shelter as missile warnings stretch nationwide. explosions were also heard in the port city of odesa , heard in the port city of odesa, with regional governors there warning residents to stay indoors and stay safe. recent russian airstrikes have now hit half of ukraine's regions, with over 1500 attacks in just the past few days . david cameron over 1500 attacks in just the past few days. david cameron has become the first former prime minister to back the assisted

dying bill, a significant shift after voting against it in 2015. writing in the times newspaper, he said safeguards like jul doctor approval and judicial oversight do address his past concerns about vulnerable patients. he argues the bill isn't about ending life, but about shortening death , and about shortening death, and insists it won't put undue pressure on the nhs. his stance contrasts with other ex—leaders, including boris johnson and gordon brown , who oppose the gordon brown, who oppose the bill. labour mp kim leadbeater will put that legislation to a vote in the commons tomorrow . vote in the commons tomorrow. thousands of teachers at sixth form colleges across england are on strike this morning in a dispute over pay. members of the national education union from 32 different colleges have walked out with a rally planned outside the department for education in london. the strikes are set to last until tomorrow and further disruption is possible next week, with members of the mcu also vowing to strike on tuesday and wednesday unless a resolution is found. union bosses say the government has

failed to address the pay gap, leaving members they say, with no choice but to take action. however , downing street has however, downing street has defended its stance, saying additional funding is being provided to further education. but colleges must, they say, manage their own pay decisions . manage their own pay decisions. and so ed davey is swapping parliament for, well, the pop charts, hoping for a christmas number one with a song called love is enough. it's a charity single featuring bath philharmonic orchestra, young kyrees choir . love is . philharmonic orchestra, young kyrees choir. love is . nine. kyrees choir. love is. nine. that song, recorded with the young carers choir i should have said, with a full orchestra and 20 singers, was inspired by the lib dem leader's own experience as himself, a teenage carer. davey says the single highlights the love and resilience of carers, and he hopes it will strike a chord with families this festive season . those are

this festive season. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for a full roundup now though, let's get the very latest on those net migration figures with andrew and bev 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. >> very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom with bev and andrew. we are live across the uk of course only on gb news. so the latest migration statistics have just been released. it's just after 930. so we're still very quickly getting our head around what these mean. mark white is delving into them for us. i just remind you, this is 12 months to june 2024. it is the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and the number of people leaving the uk. it looks like there's an overall fall in net migration by 20%. are you seeing

the same figures, andrew? yeah, so? >> so down from 906,000 to 728,000. so that is still three quarters of a million people came in. >> and what will be interesting, of course, is how many people are leaving because we know there are particularly a lot of very wealthy people are just fleeing this country at the moment because of the tax situation and how many people are coming in. let's go to our newsroom. let's speak to our home security editor , mark home security editor, mark white. mark, you've had about six minutes to digest these figures. what do you make of them? what conclusions can we draw ? draw? >> well, a lot less than six minutes. by the time you actually find the relevant statistics. so we're just trying to unfold them now. i think that key headline figure, of course, is the interesting one, the fact that the number in terms of the net migration, the number coming versus the number leaving is down 20% to. you can see it here on the for office national statistics website , to 728,000

statistics website, to 728,000 from 906,000 in the year to june the previous year. we go down a little bit further as well. we can show you that the provisional estimate for long term immigration for the year to june 2024 1513 00:09:16,2