about to fall and government about to fall and will germany abandon also the european project? and president joe biden pardons his embattled son, hunter , despite saying he son, hunter, despite saying he would never do that. is this the us justice system being used for political purposes? and nigel farage challenges the government over self—determination for the chagos islands. are we witnessing a case of two tiered territories ? but first, it's territories? but first, it's time for your news. and here's sofia hill. in fact, actually, we're going to wait to get to the news. look at this lovely christmas tree. look at my lovely panel. it's going taller andifs lovely panel. it's going taller and it's nigel nelson. we're going to have a great time tonight. that story about elon musk and the $100 million. what a cat amongst the pigeons moment. it's an absolute dynamite story. will it ever happen? more to the point, will the labour party ever allow to it happen? as far as i'm concerned, i predicted this on november the 21st on this show, when elon musk first tweeted all

the political establishments in britain will get crushed. what a night we've got ahead. that's coming . okay. we're talking. coming. okay. we're talking. i've been told to keep talking. gawain, let's bring you in. let's talk about elon musk. elon musk, now you're you're connected to the party or you certainly have have your your finger in the pie. is it going to happen? >> i don't think it's going to happen today. >> here is your news headlines. we'll have more in a minute. >> very good evening. it's just gone. 7:00. i'm sylvia hill with your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news in the last half hour. queen camilla will miss the ceremonial welcome for the emir of the state of qatar. and her highness sheikha jawaher tomorrow. gb news understands there have been no alteration in the diagnosis or any treatment being received, and her majesty just needs time to rest with lingering side effects of a chest infection. the emir of the state of qatar and his wife arrived at stansted airport earlier today ahead of a

two day state visit hosted by king charles in london. the qatari head of state will be treated to a carriage procession up the mall, and a state banquet in buckingham palace's grand ballroom. full coverage on gb news throughout the visit . now news throughout the visit. now the home secretary , yvette the home secretary, yvette coopen the home secretary, yvette cooper, has claimed the tories rwanda plan did not stop a single boat, claiming the scheme cost £700 million of taxpayers money. she went on to say the deterrent did not result in a single deportation or stop a single deportation or stop a single boat crossing the channel , single boat crossing the channel, branding the whole thing a grotesque waste of money. but shadow home secretary chris philp claims the rwanda scheme would have been an effective deterrent if allowed to go ahead . deterrent if allowed to go ahead. >> the labour government, after it was elected , cancelled. they it was elected, cancelled. they cancelled that deterrent. they cancelled that deterrent. they cancelled that deterrent. they cancelled that rwanda deterrent before it had even started and had that flight taken off as planned. we would not have seen the 64% increase that we have seen since the election. exactly as the national crime agency

foresaw. but it's not just me. it's not just the national crime agency. even ursula von der leyen, the president of the european commission, has called for european member states to implement an offshore processing scheme . scheme. >> now, greg wallace has apologised for any offence that he caused after posting a video saying complaints about his behaviour came from a handful of middle class women of a certain age. downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandy has raised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation is under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, greg wallace's lawyer says it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. >> wasn't in a good headspace when i posted it. i've been under a huge amount of stress , a under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion. i felt very

alone under siege yesterday when i posted it. it's obvious to me i posted it. it's obvious to me ineed i posted it. it's obvious to me i need to take some time out and to end . to end. >> travel disruption could be on the way with met office warning, icy stretches and some dense freezing fog this week. temperatures could plunge to as low as minus l degrees —eight degrees celsius after a pretty mild weekend , with tonight mild weekend, with tonight expected to be the coldest night of the week. parts of scotland over high ground are expected to reach the lowest of temperatures. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm xavier hill. now it's back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> and welcome back to farage with me martin daubney covering for the big man. now here's one

for the big man. now here's one for you, tech billionaire elon musk is rumoured to be preparing a $100 million donation to reform uk, aiming to help nigel farage his path to number 10. in fact, he could rocket boost it and this wouldn't be musk's first foray into british politics. of course, the tesla ceo has previously taken aim at sir keir starmer , criticising sir keir starmer, criticising his response to the summer riots, and also his stance on free speech. if the reports hold true, this substantial funding could deal a devastating blow to the conservative party. and earlier on gb news nigel farage responded to these rumours. >> i have literally no idea about this at all. what i do know is that elon musk is very supportive of me. what i'm trying to do, and he thinks that if reform do well in the uk, we can bring about the same kind of change that he intends to do with donald trump in america. all of that is true. yes. he is very supportive . but honestly, very supportive. but honestly, this idea of huge sums of money, well, let's put it like this. it

hasn't been discussed with me. >> well, last month i spoke on my programme about the possibility of elon musk getting stuck into uk politics, citing his fond relationship with nigel farage and what this could mean for the future of reform uk. take a listen to mr martin. musk has shared an image of keir starmer plummeting approval ratings, with the prediction that all establishment parties in the uk will get crushed in the next election. might the uk be his next target? he is now is friends with nigel farage. elon musk has been very , very musk has been very, very outspoken of his disdain for our prime minister, sir keir starmer over southport over free speech arrests. he called him two tier keir over the farmers protests over the allison pearson incident. putting all these dots together, could britain be suddenly a new project for elon musk ? well, should such an musk? well, should such an intervention occur, what form would it take? well, with stringent rules around donations to uk political parties and

previous accusations of labour interfering in the us election, after bussing activists to campaign in key states, how would musk get around this? well, his father spoke to gb news yesterday on nana akua show and suggested this good idea. >> if it's not something he's not allowed to do, i would say as a as a private person, maybe he's allowed to do that. you know, i'm eligible for british citizenship. so is he i suppose. i think, though , that if the i think, though, that if the thing that's stopping farage from moving ahead is money, then he should get money so that he can move ahead . can move ahead. >> oh, it's going to get heads rotating this one. and as nigel farage reveals, he knows nothing of such a financial boost from mr musk, where do reform uk stand on the prospect? well, their deputy leader, richard tice, seems to be embracing the idea with open arms . idea with open arms. >> supporter of what reform is standing for. he's tweeted, quite rightly against the

failings of the prime minister. he stands up for free speech. his political instincts are absolutely bang on anybody who wants to look at donating to reform who shares our values. that's a fantastic. as long as it's as long as it's legally declared by a legal entity. of course, we wouldn't turn it down and would a significant sum help put reform into running the government? yes . government? yes. >> well, are we about to see a major musk intervention in british politics? has christmas come early for reform uk ? would come early for reform uk? would indeedit come early for reform uk? would indeed it be the right thing to do? so tonight i'm asking you the big question should elon musk, the tech billionaire, donate $100 million to nigel farage's reform uk? you can tweet hashtag farage's r